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AT&T Mobility slashed prices last week on its two BlackBerry Pearl models to $100, down from $150 for the red model and $200 on the regular model. Research In Motion …

RadioShack Corp. appears to have pulled out of its tailspin, reporting a five-fold increase in net income in the first quarter.The retail chain said it netted $42.5 million in the …

Nokia Corp.’s clamshell-style N75 device, announced last September, has finally arrived at AT&T Mobility’s online store for $200 with a two-year contract-at least it was briefly last week, before the …

The mobile payment space continued to gain steam as Nokia Corp. and 10 network operators joined an effort by the GSM Association to allow consumers to pay with their phones …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is upstaging with the Upstage.Perhaps taking advantage of a lull in pricing changes by its larger rivals, Sprint Nextel this week slashed its price on the latest …

AT&T Inc.’s wireless division, Cingular Wireless, posted mixed first quarter results with customer growth coming in below expectations but churn and average revenue per user exceeding forecasts.The country’s largest wireless …

Big-box retail is second only to the network operators’ own branded retail stores as the channel of choice among American consumers. Big-box retailers as a distribution channel are rapidly rising …

Build it and they will come. Typically, this old saw is trotted out to underscore the odds that, in fact, “they” won’t come when you build “it,” whether it’s a …

Cyphermint Inc. announced a deal to provide mobile payment services for Texas-based financial services provider Fidelity Express.The Marlborough, Mass.-based startup said registered Fidelity Express customers will be able to initiate …

Alltel Corp., the nation’s fifth-largest carrier, discounted two smartphones over the past week, dropping prices on the Palm Inc. Treo 650 to $150 (from $200) and the UTStarcom PPC6700 to …

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. …

LAS VEGAS-New technologies and trends are trickling down to impact the businesses of rural carriers, bringing with them a host of new opportunities and challenges. The common theme among sessions …

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a new addition to its lineup of Sidekick phones, the Sidekick iD, which is a slimmed-down version of the innovative device that will sell for $100 …

LAS VEGAS-When businesses invest in social and environmental responsibility, they reap benefits, according to Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Holdings Inc.-and the crowd at the Rural Cellular …

Verizon Wireless has discontinued sales of its kid-focused Migo phone, by LG Electronics Co. Ltd., while Cingular has dropped its youth-targeted Firefly device at its retail stores, as the nation’s …

The U.S. ringtone market will dip 8 percent this year as the novelty fades and users learn to create their own mobile music clips, according to Broadcast Music Inc.BMI predicted …

U.S. Cellular Corp. has taken its push-to-talk retail offering out of commission and limited the sale of walkie-talkie phones and service only to business channels. Retail stores and call centers …

This year, worldwide replacement handset sales will rise to more than double the number of first-time purchases, according to a forecast by market research firm iSuppli Corp. And that has …

EMI Group has become the first major music label to offer digital music tracks without anti-piracy software. The move has some claiming digital rights management (DRM) software is slipping precariously …

Editor’s Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless.Retail store manager Mark Jones …

Trip Hawkins is at it again.The CEO of Digital Chocolate is proselytizing, pushing what he calls “Mobile Games 2.0”-an effort to create next-generation titles that incorporate familiar themes like community, …

Money was the root of all interest at the recent CTIA Wireless conference, with various announcements from companies that want to play in the mobile payments and banking space, and …

Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. raised prices on its two handsets-the Drift and the Heat, both from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.-to $225 (from $175) and to $150 (from $100), …

In the last days of March, which coincided with the end of the first quarter, both Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless lowered prices on two key smartphones in their respective …

ORLANDO, Fla.-The mantra of profitability remains the guiding principle at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., even as it invests in development efforts in the United States and moves ahead in …