Apple announced the newest version of its iOS operating system yesterday at its Worldwide Developer Conference. iOS 7 will improve battery life for iPhones and iPads, and it will feature an iPhone control center -- a finger swipe from the bottom of the screen...
AT&T Mobility is hoping to pick up some new customers next month after Sprint Nextel turns off its iDEN network at midnight on June 30. Diehard iDEN customers who have ignored their carrier's efforts to get them to switch over to Sprint Nextel's CDMA/LTE...
All eyes will be on Apple as it kicks off its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco today. Although iOS is no longer the world's top mobile operating system, it is still perhaps the most closely watched when it comes to innovation and design.
While...
AT&T Mobility followed rival Verizon Wireless in altering its device upgrade program, announcing this weekend that customers will now have to wait 24 months in order to receive a new device with a full subsidy.
The carrier noted on its consumer blog post that the...
Apple is reportedly launching a trade-in program in its stores, taking old iPhones off the hands of customers who want to upgrade to the iPhone 5. Right now iPhone users can trade in their existing phones online or with their carriers, but Apple is...
The iPhone may be running into trouble in Europe. According to a document obtained by the Financial Times newspaper, the European Commission is questioning carriers in an effort to find out whether Apple is running afoul of antitrust regulations. Apple says it is in...
Brian Krzanich has been at the helm of Intel for less than a week, but he's gotten a lot done. In a company-wide email obtained by Reuters, Krzanich told his team that he will be taking direct control of Intel's mobile communications group, its...
Regional operator U.S. Cellular looks set to join the dark side, announcing plans to offer Apple products by the end of the year. The carrier had originally decided to not offer products from the computing giant citing high costs associated with subsidizing devices for...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Apple took investors through its numbers yesterday, but not all those numbers were financial results or product sales. Faced with slowing growth rates and declining margins, Apple focused on numbers from outside research firms that show the high degree of loyalty and engagement that...
Leap Wireless altered its iPhone-related rate plans and rolled out a new family plan option for customers that it claims is half the price of competing offers from larger rivals.
The carrier, which has been struggling as of late to compete in the increasingly competitive...
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are off almost 5% this morning on concerns about the company's upcoming earnings report, due next Tuesday. iPhone 5 buzz has died down somewhat, and many smartphone buyers may be waiting for the Galaxy S4, the HTC One, or another...
China's Foxconn is hiring workers to produce a new version of the iPhone, according to Bloomberg. The news service says that Foxconn has ended a hiring freeze at its Zhengzhou plant and is bringing on new employees to make a new smartphone, probably the...
Just ahead of the launch of its iPhone 5, T-Mobile USA is sweetening the pot by offering a trade-in credit for customers turning in legacy iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 models. Those devices would also be presumably coming from a rival carrier as T-Mobile...
I think it might be time for Samsung to have an intervention. This week, the consumer electronics giant unveiled its latest Galaxy smartphone, which according to my memory is the 39th iteration of that device in the past three weeks.
China Mobile saw net profits inch up only slightly in 2012, with financial growth stymied by increased expenses. The carrier did maintain its position as the world’s largest wireless operator, ending the year with 710 million total customers.
Operating revenues increased 6.1% year-over-year to $90.1...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Regional wireless provider Ntelos posted robust quarterly results highlighted by strong growth in its postpaid business that translated into solid financial returns. The results were more impressive considering the struggles posted by a number of smaller carriers during the quarter, especially in terms of...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
It is official: The iPhone trademark in Brazil belongs to Gradiente. The company was granted the trademark registration to use the term in 2008 when referring to cellular telephone apparatus, cellular telephone devices that enable Internet access for both fixed and mobile telephony, digital...
T-Mobile USA’s comeback from its 2011 abyss continues as the carrier’s plan to reinvigorate the industry’s competitive landscape is in full flight. Those efforts have also spilled over to its enterprise offerings, where the carrier is looking to build on the foundation laid in...
Sometimes it’s not even worth getting out of bed in the morning. Unless someone has made breakfast for you, and that breakfast includes bacon, but that’s another story.
AT&T went on a spectrum buying spree and investors went on an Apple selling spree. Verizon Wireless and AT&T both reported healthy gains in postpaid subscribers and both said that more than half of those subscribers are now using smartphones. RCR wraps up the...
Record sales of iPhones and iPads were not enough to renew Wall Street's appetite for Apple. The stock fell 10% in after hours trading following the company's fiscal first quarter earnings report. Many investors are worried that future revenue gains will increasingly come from...
