RCR Wireless News

Verizon Wireless entered the camera phone race with a new picture-messaging service and advanced phone from LG Mobile Phones. The move was expected, as RCR Wireless News reported on the …

Approaching its 95th birthday, the Radio Club of America continues to be a source of inspiration and education to its members, whose ongoing contributions make this living history of radio …

Albany, N.Y.-The New York State Assembly has passed a bill requiring the recycling of wireless phones. The state Legislature unanimously passed the bill 147-0. The measure would require manufacturers and …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to cut about 1,000 jobs, or approximately 3 percent of its current work force, this year as part of the carrier’s plans to …

Albany, N.Y.-The New York State Assembly has passed a bill requiring the recycling of wireless phones. The state Legislature unanimously passed the bill 147-0. The measure would require manufacturers and …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to cut about 1,000 jobs, or approximately 3 percent of its current work force, this year as part of the carrier’s plans to consolidate …

Dear Editor, Jeff Silva wonders why all mobile-phone health suits have headed south (Opinion, RCR Wireless News, June 9). Perhaps, he suggests, the judge who threw out one major case …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Service Utilities Commission to settle a year-long probe of the nation’s No. 2 mobile-phone carrier’s business practices, a development that could …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) confirmed to RCR Wireless News he is being considered for the top job at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, but it is unclear whether the …

Nextel Communications Inc. reported it has seen a positive response to its Nationwide Direct Connect service, which the carrier launched in early June, noting the service is available in half …

What began as a rumor turned into an unpleasant reality last week for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., as the handset maker announced it will shut down its CDMA research …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) confirmed to RCR Wireless News Wednesday that he is under consideration for the top job at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, and his statement leaves …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Venture capital fund Genesis Campus, which focuses on information and wireless technologies, has appointed wireless industry pioneer Mal Gurian to its board of advisors. Gurian, who was named to …

Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Officer Denny Strigl said the company will not charge its customers additional porting fees if they want to switch to another carrier and take …

What began as a rumor turned into an unpleasant reality today for Sony Ericsson Corp. as the handset maker announced it will shut down its CDMA research and development site …

A certain RCR Wireless News reporter based in D.C. who shall remain nameless likes to hold onto her stories for a little bit before turning them in to be edited. …

MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network, spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier’s total …

Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier’s total operational …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s board of directors could vote this week on a new 800 MHz public-safety interference plan strongly supported by mobile-phone carriers but at odds with …

The legal duel as well as the claims and counterclaims between Motorola Inc. and Turkish carrier Telsim intensified with a recent full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal and some …

RESTON, Va.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. scored reselling agreements with two of the nation’s largest wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc., moves that follow up on the company’s …

WASHINGTON-A Pennsylvania customer of Nextel Communications Inc. has filed a lawsuit in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas against the mobile-phone carrier because Seth Lamb is mad about extra charges …

ROUND ROCK, Texas-Dell Computer Corp. and Good Technology Inc. released some details of their previously reported partnership, including plans to develop reference designs for advanced wireless devices and services. RCR …

DENVER, United States-GlobalWirelessNews.com will suspend publication at the end of the month, and all mobile industry coverage will be included in the Web site rcrnews.com beginning 1 May. Crain Communications, …

WASHINGTON-Steven Price, the Pentagon spectrum czar responsible for strengthening military wireless policy and negotiating complex deals with industry over the rights to the airwaves, is leaving the Department of Defense. …