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T-Mobile USA Inc. said government testing revealed interference from operations in a spectrum block that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin wants to auction for wireless broadband and that is …

SAN FRANCISCO — Bullish on smartphone growth and confident of his company’s surging market share, Research In Motion Ltd.’s co-CEO Jim Balsillie devoted his keynote address Thursday to … consumer …

SAN FRANCISCO — Personal Communications Devices L.L.C. chose the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 as its coming-out party, announcing a deal to distribute Virgin Mobile USA Inc.’s first CDMA2000 …

SAN FRANCISCO — The inevitable explosion in wireless data usage may well present the biggest challenge to an industry as eager as any other to go “green.” Global telecom’s power …

Jennifer Granick leads the civil-rights division of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit law firm focused on civil rights in the digital age. Granick came to the attention of the …

In the wireless industry – where talk of hockey-stick projections and tipping points dominates conversation – device management has been a relatively tranquil space. But that may be about to …

SAN FRANCISCO — The first day’s keynote ended with a trip back in time with two wireless veterans reminiscing about an industry they helped mold 25 years ago. Craig McCaw, …

Mid-range phone models will begin to feel the squeeze and customers opt more for the high-end smartphone and low-cost handset segments during the next five years, according to study from …

SAN FRANCISCO — Verizon Wireless stoked the white-hot social-networking fire, launching three offerings that allow subscribers to share content and stay in contact with their friends.The carrier yesterday unveiled SocialLife, …

SAN FRANCISCO — A California company believes e-mail shouldn’t be just for smartphones and the application should be compatible with voice and text messaging.As the annual CTIA Wireless I.T. & …

SAN FRANCISCO — Sprint Nextel Corp. prepped for the holiday shopping rush with a lineup of new devices, and a few customer incentives.The carrier presented five new handsets based on …

SAN FRANCISCO — Nokia Corp.’s Ovi conjures images of cutting-edge mobile services that run the gamut from entertainment to navigation to social communities. But the success of the ambitious concept …

The Justice Department’s hiring of prominent lawyer Sandy Litvack to reportedly assist its probe of the advertising tie-up between search-engine giants Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. is fueling speculation that …

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has thrown out the last of a group of class-action lawsuits that sought to force wireless carriers to supply consumers with headsets and reimburse those …

Following a lot of bad publicity in the wake of AT&T Mobility’s exclusive contract for Apple Inc.’s iPhone and 700 MHz auction rules that demanded an open network, wireless carriers …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Cellphones, …

American consumers may well be treated to “a moveable feast” this fall. Unlike the sketches of 1920s Paris by Ernest Hemingway by the same name, however, this one is more …

A decision to show up in Washington, D.C., nearly two years ago is starting to pay off for AirCell Inc. as it attempts to revolutionize the way people stay connected …

Businesses are watching their bottom lines amid uncertain economic conditions and may reign in their spending to mobilize their workers, several analysts who monitor the mobile enterprise said last week. …

There’s nothing easy about being smallest national mobile-phone carrier. Competing day to day for customers against AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Next Corp. is brutal enough. But it’s also …

September, it’s a month that starts with a three-day weekend, marks the end of summer and puts kids across the country back in school. There’s a lot to be done …

Americans love the $50 clamshell, but a small, growing number of wealthy people are paying astronomical prices for feature phones that often sport a cachet-laden brand name or are slathered …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News teamed with the Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News subscribers to gauge their thoughts on various technology issues. …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.There …