Kyocera Communications Inc. (KCI), has announced it will make 12 “premium Android apps” available to Kyocera Echo users for free as part of a summer promotion.
It may be the height of summer, but MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) is running back-to-school promotions on two new handsets as well as some of its existing models. The flat-rate operator is selling Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.'s M835 device for $79, and Samsung Electronics...
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.One of the great things about summer, especially this year’s Midwest rainfest, is watching things grow. Trees,...
Tokyo Metro and the Tokyo metropolitan government inked a deal with UQ Communications to install WiMAX infrastructure and facilities to provide coverage in Tokyo’s subway system. Financial details were not released at this time. UQ Communications will pay for the cost to install the...
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 time, it’s for real.” If I have heard that phrase once, I’ve heard it a thousand...
ORLANDO, Fla. – The world's wireless attention shifted back to the United States and the CTIA Wireless 2011 event following its yearly start in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and Mobile World Congress event held in February in Barcelona, Spain....
UPDATED: ORLANDO, Fla. – Few would argue the allure of a mobile device for consumers when they are selecting which wireless carrier they are looking to join. Sure, carriers like to tout the strength and reach of their network in advertisements, but at the...
CNET | March 21, 2011 | Kent German
Orlando, Fla.--Kyocera today announced a developer's program for the company's new Echo Android handset that it unveiled with Sprint last month. The Kyocera Android Developer Program won't formally launch until April 17, but the company will show...
Following up on comments made earlier this month, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) said it plans to begin rolling out an updated CDMA-based push-to-talk service later this year. The offering will be branded as Sprint Direct Connect, include a more diverse handset lineup and be...
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....
NEW YORK – Sprint Nextel Corp. and Kyocera Communications Inc. announced the Echo, a dual-screen smart phone running Google Inc.'s Android 2.2 operating system. The mobile phone is comprised of two 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen displays connected by a pivoting hinge. Both screens can operate...
NEW YORK – Sprint Nextel Corp. and Kyocera Communications Inc. announced the Echo, a dual-screen smart phone running Google Inc.'s Android 2.2 operating system. The mobile phone is comprised of two 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen displays connected by a pivoting hinge. Both screens can operate...
There are all kinds of rumors swirling about tonight’s Sprint Nextel Corp. announcement. Will David Blaine make WiMAX disappear? Will Dan Hesse pull an iPhone out of his hat? Or will it be something as mundane as a new Android phone?
The worldwide mobile phone market just keeps on growing, with IDC's latest results showing a 17.9% rise in the fourth quarter of 2010 alone. The market research outfit says vendors shipped 401.4 million units in 4Q10 compared to 340.5 million units in the fourth...
MindTree Ltd. said it completed the restructuring of its wireless products business into a design services business, a move first announced Oct. 19. The company said the restructuring cost between $3.6 million and $3.9 million, much cheaper than its original estimates.MindTree in late 2009...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) continued to turn around its flagging customer growth results during the third quarter, though at a tough financial cost.The nation’s No. 3 operator said it added 644,000 net total customers to its network during the third quarter, which was a...
The cavalcade of changes in the prepaid space continued today as Sprint Nextel Corp.’s (S) Virgin Mobile USA division launched a new plan for its PayLo service.The new offering provides customers with 1,500 voice minutes, 500 messages and 10 megabytes of data transmission for...
SAN FRANCISCO – Android mania is in full effect at this year’s CTIA Enterprise & Applications event in San Francisco with mobile operators, handset makers and application developers virtually tripping over themselves to introduce new products and services tied to Google Inc.’s mobile operating...
SAN FRANCISCO – Leap Wireless International Inc. is set to add to its smart phone line up with a Google Inc.’s Android-powered device from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. set to retail for $150 without a contract.The Huawei Ascend will be available starting mid-October featuring...
SAN FRANCISCO – Leap Wireless International Inc. is set to add to its smart phone line up with a Google Inc.’s Android-powered device from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. set to retail for $150 without a contract.The Huawei Ascend will be available starting mid-October featuring...
Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) said its Cricket subsidiary completed the acquisition of the remaining interest in its former joint venture LCW Wireless L.L.C. for $3.2 million. The venture was formed in July 2006 with partners CSM Wireless L.L.C. and WLPCS Management L.L.C.The JV,...
