In Motion

TeliaSonera, the Stockholm-based network operator, will offer Apple Inc.’s iPhone this year to some portion of the 115 million subscribers it covers in seven countries, the operator said yesterday in …

CORPORATIONS’ IT “SPEND” THIS YEAR is markedly less than last year, yet mid-year changes have yet to surface, according to several sources. An annual survey of CIOs conducted by Gartner …

Alltel Communications L.L.C. is the latest major mobile-phone carrier to be tagged with a patent infringement suit by NTP Inc., the Virginia-based patent holding firm that scored a $612.5 million …

The simple banner ad: Those tiny little slivers of real estate on tiny little cellphone screens produce the same level of brand recall as a 30-second television commercial, a Verizon …

Rural mobile-phone operators have asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate exclusivity deals between the industry’s major carriers and handset vendors, taking aim at an entrenched business practice that they …

Cellphone sales in the United States declined abruptly in the first quarter of the year, the first time since The NPD Group began tracking handsets, the firm wrote in a …

Forces swirling throughout the wireless industry are clearly shaping handset offerings expected to reach U.S. consumers in the second half of this year. While that pattern has been typical in …

Apple Inc. appeared poised to enter the second phase of its foray into the mobile industry, judging by events last week. Apple’s Web site reflected that its two models of …

News on the high-end smartphone front continues to come in hot and heavy, with Apple Inc. expanding its iPhone market, Research In Motion Ltd. reportedly gearing up to release its …

Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its first 3G handset, dubbed the “Bold,” is coming “soon” – likely in the heat of what looks to be a long hot …

Apple Inc.’s Web site today reflected that its two models of iPhones are “currently unavailable,” though AT&T Mobility’s online site continues to show the devices in stock. The iPhone’s absence …

Traditional Web sites are often lost in translation on mobile phones. So developers are hoping to bridge the disconnect between wireless phones and the Internet by building a “middle Web.”The …

A sequential dip in shipments by Motorola Inc. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications between the fourth quarter and the first quarter spelled t-r-a-c-t-i-o-n for numerous second-tier handset makers, particularly in …

Qwest Communications International Inc. is jumping wireless ship from its current mobile virtual network operator relationship with Sprint Nextel Corp. to reselling Verizon Wireless services. The move, expected to begin …

The once-monolithic handset market is becoming a lot more interesting.As growth slows in developed markets, players with strong presence in emerging markets may see more dependable gains. But macro-economic uncertainty …

Microsoft Corp. subsidiary TellMe said it added a GPS location feature to its voice portal to give BlackBerry users information about businesses, movies, traffic, weather, maps and driving directions. The …

Competitive pressures are leading American companies to adopt mobility for the obvious reasons: increasing productivity, decreasing costs and distinguishing themselves among their competitors.The top three carriers in the United States …

The wireless industry’s two heavyweights continued to tweak their service plans with both AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless offering up new packages targeted at different demographics.AT&T Mobility unveiled a new …

JUDGING BY THE HANDSET NEWS out of CTIA Wireless 2008 last week, competition in the United States is a SKU vs. SKU battle -handset-to-handset combat, if you will. In the …

LAS VEGAS-Flashback to CTIA Wireless 2006: As former Nokia Corp. CEO Jorma Ollila gave his farewell address to the industry two years ago this spring, he exhorted his audience to …

Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. surged after the BlackBerry maker reported strong quarterly revenues and offered a rosy forecast for the current quarter.The Waterloo, Ontario-based developer reported $1.88 billion …

AT&T Mobility hopes a new 30-inch touchscreen table will lead to more customers leaving its stores educated and satisfied with the entire shopping experience — a little fun and simplicity …

Remember the “soccer mom”? First, she was avidly courted as a voter, later as a consumer. If you believe the handset marketers — admittedly, a leap of faith — the …

Mobile gaming continues to languish, plagued by a lack of innovation, overpriced titles and the constraints of tiny screens and 12-key pads. But game makers are hoping that Apple Inc.’s …

In this age of on-the-go videoconferencing and eye-popping wireless games, Cequint Inc. seems to be making headway with . wait for it . a kind of caller ID. No, really.The …