Handsets

LAS VEGAS-Evangelize the opportunity in mobile marketing-why the dearth of advertisements on your handset as you checked the scores in the NCAA finals? But when you take the plunge, adhere …

LAS VEGAS-Hanging out with the Walt Disney Co. can do wonders for your reputation, especially if you’ve been flying under the radar for years, like Pantech Wireless Inc. The South …

LAS VEGAS-As Voice over Internet Protocol calling over Wi-Fi networks picks up speed, interoperability issues between voice and Wi-Fi platforms, networks and applications are emerging. But almost as quickly as …

LAS VEGAS-Sprint Nextel Corp. doesn’t expect to add many new mobile virtual network operators to its network and plans to take time to digest the ones it already has and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to back the wireless industry in health litigation against mobile-phone companies has become a flashpoint in six brain-cancer lawsuits awaiting a key ruling by the …

WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee last week passed its version of telecom reform by a vote of 27-4, leaving out amendments on network neutrality, universal service and a study of federal …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR …

   LAS VEGAS—When Jorma Olilla, chairman and chief executive officer of Nokia Corp., bid farewell to the industry at CTIA Wireless 2006’s opening day keynote session on Wednesday, he asked …

LAS VEGAS-SMS.ac Inc. is joining the stampede toward user-generated mobile content. The San Diego-based messaging company unveiled a software offering designed to allow users to publish and monetize their own …

LAS VEGAS—Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Co. Ltd. and others showed off a variety of new handsets at the CTIA Wireless 2006 trade show. Vendors continued to …

LAS VEGAS—Verizon Wireless celebrated its sixth anniversary this week with a blizzard of announcements, from devices and alliances to location-based services. First up, Verizon Wireless announced an alliance with Adobe …

LAS VEGAS—Sprint Nextel Corp. doesn’t expect to add many new mobile virtual network operators to its network, and plans to take time to digest the ones it already has and …

LAS VEGAS—Qualcomm Inc. said it would blanket Las Vegas with its MediaFlo mobile TV technology in conjunction with the CTIA Wireless 2006 trade show, which starts tomorrow. Qualcomm said the …

WASHINGTON-Siyamend Zaid Othman is helping lay the foundation for a new Iraq where information flows freer than it did under the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein and where ordinary people …

The squeeze is on, the stakes are high and the options few. Second-tier handset makers-their exact numbers globally are unclear, but there may be more than 100 players-are scrambling to …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-In a move that could help it retain a core piece of business, Motorola Inc. is developing handsets for Sprint Nextel Corp. designed to work on both the carriers …

All signs point to the Walt Disney Co. gearing up to jump into the wireless space soon. The company’s mobile virtual network operator’s Disney Mobile Web site has been stepping …

XG Technology L.L.C. said its first consumer product, a Voice over Internet Protocol handset, will be available by the end of this year and that the device will work with …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Operators struggling with decreasing profits from basic services may want to look to mobile music, according to two new studies. The worldwide market for full-track mobile music downloads …

In the wireless universe, one outstanding fact about India trumps its ancient history, heterogeneous society and complex political and economic mix: With more than 1 billion people, India is the …

BOGOTA, Colombia-A national survey of Colombian wireless users found Nokia Corp. dominating the South American country’s mobile handset market, which despite its modest size-at 43 million in population, the world’s …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. sent ripples through the mobile-device industry by raising its 2006 growth estimate for global handset sales from 10 percent to 15 percent “or more” over last year. …

LAS VEGAS-Mobile virtual network operator XE Mobile said it plans to launch its pay-as-you-go cellular service targeted at students during an event in Las Vegas this week. The company said …

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Handset distribution company Brightpoint Inc. announced it will provide soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. with wireless device distribution services, including inventory procurement and management, and custom packaging. …

The advent of ancillary terrestrial component, or ATC, will revolutionize the mobile satellite services industry in the long run, according to a new report from Northern Sky Research, a market …