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Bowing to shareholder pressure in the face of poor performance, Sprint Nextel Corp. Chairman, President and CEO Gary Forsee will step down effective immediately. The company also pre-released a few …

The Weather Channel Interactive is touting a new study it says supports the effectiveness of advertising on the mobile Web.The study, which was commissioned by TWC and carried out by …

A new study from Informa Telecoms & Media predicts there will be 435 million Session Initiation Protocol-enabled mobile phone users by 2012.The research firm said SIP-enabled mobile phones will number …

A new class of devices is ahead as everyday consumer electronics and mobile broadband converge, according to ABI Research.“The market for cellular-enabled consumer electronics devices will gather momentum in 2008 …

More than 2 million U.S. households have direct connections into high-speed fiber networks, according to a new study by the Fiber-to-the-Home Council and the Telecommunications Industry Association.The study said nearly …

Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. rocketed after the company broke the 10-million subscriber mark and issued a positive outlook for the rest of the year.The BlackBerry maker reported second-quarter …

Family plans are the glue that keeps customers sticky, according to the most recent survey of customer satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates-and in households where family members share minutes, …

Although younger users are at the forefront of mobile adoption, new research from InsightExpress found that Baby Boomers are actively embracing wireless too.In a new survey, the firm found that …

Telecom operators around the world are losing more and more cash to various types of fraud-and in some cases the shortfalls amount to as much as 5% of revenues, according …

A little more than one-third of North American cellphone subscribers only use voice services, according to a new report from research firm In-Stat.The firm said wireless carriers should view the …

If you’re wondering what shape WiMAX-enabled devices will take, you can hop a plane to South Korea and see Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s two models in action on SK Telecom’s …

Americans are more responsive to text ads than their European counterparts, according to new figures from M:Metrics.But that trend isn’t likely to last.The Seattle-based market research firm found that Spanish …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. …

ACE*COMM surveyed teens and parents on their cellphone uses. Based on responses from 1,000 U.S. and 1,000 U.K./German teens in 2005-2006, the firm found:● 39% of American teens use SMS …

Twenty new financing deals with 20 private companies were announced in August, according to Rutberg & Co., valued at $234 million.The bulk of the investments were made in the enterprise …

The state and local public-safety interoperable communications market is expected to grow to $5.5 billion by 2012, according to government business analyst Input.That figure includes $3.4 billion from federal funding …

Wireless call quality continues to improve, with customers seeing a reduction in initial disconnects in particular, according to the most recent J.D. Power and Associates report on call quality.The study, …

The cellular backhaul market is expected to reach $23 billion by 2012, according to a new ABI Research study. Backhaul currently accounts for about $14 billion in capital expenditures, the …

A new survey focused on smartphone operating systems by iGR found that more than half of all respondents use a Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry device, while the majority of …

China should surpass 500 million cellular connections during the third quarter, according to Wireless Intelligence, a joint venture of Ovum and the GSM Association.The firm said China adds about 19 …

High-value customers feel underappreciated by their carrier, according to In-Stat.The study found more than 60% of high ARPU users say they do not feel their wireless operator appreciates them and …

About 84% of the U.S. population will own and use a mobile phone by the end of the year, according to a new study by research company SNL Kagan. Additionally, …

American mobile users are still using cellphones primarily for calls, falling behind other countries in adopting them as multimedia devices, a new study by Universal McCann reports.The study, conducted in …

The smartphone market in North American is in flux, with Research In Motion Ltd. rapidly gaining ground by successfully crossing over into the consumer market from its traditional enterprise role. …

Customer satisfaction in the prepaid sector has increased considerably since last year, driven by new pricing options and services, according to the latest survey by J.D. Power and Associates. Overall …