Handsets

SHENZHEN, China–ZTE Corp. went to great lengths to provide access to key executives including Xu Ming, global GM for the ZTE’s Wireless Business Unit. We basically spent the day together …

SHENZHEN, China–Why did the publisher of RCR Wireless News visit China earlier this month? In many respects, it was to see first hand the explosive growth of the Chinese wireless …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.This year, like …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

Palm Inc.’s and Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating systems lost ground on independent mobile aggregator Myxer’s Web site in 2009, giving up a combined 24% of the smartphone traffic on …

Verizon Wireless’ plans to launch commercial LTE services this year will look to attract customers initially using data-intensive devices like PC cards and embedded modules, but the long-term growth of …

Nokia is offering people who buy its smartphones free access to its personal and car-based navigation platform in an effort to spur the development of location-based and social-networking applications on …

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.For …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.On the threshold …

The wireless industry’s increasing desire to attract customers looking for service without the hassles of a contract is taking its toll on those operators focused on such goals. MetroPCS Communications …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.As wireless voice …

Bell Mobility began selling its handsets and services in its own retail stores. The Canadian operator last March bought The Source’s 750 retail locations when parent company Circuit City declared …

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.With …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. As the …

For all that it promises to change in our daily lives, wireless technology still comes up short far too often. We live in a world that’s both fascinating and discouraging. …

Verizon Wireless said part of the reason its early-termination fees are more expensive for advanced devices is because the difference between what it pays manufacturers vs. what it sells devices …

Imagine your business with no telephones on the desk top. No large PBX to maintain if you have digital phones, no PBX configuration changes due to office moves. If you …

Following the launch of the first device using its technology, Swype Inc. announced it has secured $5.6 million in series B funding led by Samsung Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners and …

Did you feel it? For a brief moment over the weekend, the wireless world as we know it almost ceased to exist when Google announced on its blog that it …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.The holiday season …

The Government Accountability Office said the Federal Communications Commission needs to do a better job of monitoring complaints about wireless service, including informing unsatisfied customers that they can complain to …

Telespree Communications said it won a contract to provide self-service activation to i-wireless customers, an MVNO that uses the Sprint Nextel Corp. network. The self-provisioning tool guides people who buy …

With just weeks left in 2009 (and not a moment too soon) predictions of what to expect in the new year are beginning to trickle out. The telecommunications industry is …

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.Over …

With the country still reeling from a recession and wireless growth slowing, industry players are becoming especially creative this holiday season in trying to attract consumers. We have already seen …