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Sprint and Samsung delayed launch of Galaxy S III, probably because tests showed that the phone needed last minute tweaks.

Nokia will cut 10,000 jobs but continues to invest in new technologies.

Samsung denies reports that it wants to buy Nokia; some speculate that Microsoft will step in.

Samsung Electronics has named Kwon Oh-hyun as its new CEO, replacing 61-year-old Choi Gee-sung. Kwon has been running the Korean conglomerate’s components business, where he helped the company expand into …

Summer is here and with it a hot new smartphone – but this June it’s not an iPhone that will have consumers lining up outside retail stores. While Apple is …

News this week that Leap Wireless would begin offering Apple’s iPhone devices was a significant escalation in the competitive landscapes across the already red-hot smartphone and prepaid markets.

Sprint Nextel’s Network Vision program added some important numbers today as the carrier announced the date it would terminate service across its iDEN network as well as a new credit …

BERLIN – Germans take their days off very seriously, but in the early hours of May 29, just after a Monday holiday when most stores were closed in Berlin, many …

Almost 60% of all smartphones sold in the first quarter were Android-powered, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Apple’s iOS phones accounted for another 23% of sales volume, …

Just a few weeks after taking Apple’s title as the world’s top seller of smartphones, Samsung has scored another victory over Cupertino: The Galaxy S III is emerging as the …

The CEOs of Apple and Samsung are in their second day of closed-door negotiations aimed at settling their ongoing patent disputes. The stakes got a little higher late last week …

It’s been a tough year for Nokia (NOK) in the U.S. and Europe, but the Finnish company’s low-end phones are still ubiquitous in the developing world and that’s where Nokia …

According to a new study released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, customer satisfaction across the wireless industry dropped from last year, despite aggregate gains across all sectors of the …

Samsung Electronics took a step into Apple’s backyard this week, buying Palo Alto-based mSpot to add a digital content hub with cloud storage to its mobile devices. Samsung says it …

Every few months, or whenever the rumor mill is running a bit thin (never!), a new report seems to surface claiming that Apple is looking to become a wireless carrier of some sort.

Describing its new flagship smartphone as “a human product that understands you,” Samsung today launched the Galaxy S III. The new phone will be available through 296 carriers in 145 …

The domestic prepaid space gained a new entrant today as Prepayd Wireless threw its hat into the ultra-competitive market touting no-contract services running across Sprint Nextel’s CDMA network and Clearwire’s …

Seoul Broadcasting System is reporting that Korea’s National Tax Service is asking Samsung to pay about $350 million (400 billion KRW) in additional taxes after authorities reportedly uncovered tax evasion …

Emphasizing the importance of the prepaid market, or at least the intense competition that segment is currently experiencing, nationwide powerhouse Verizon Wireless rolled out new offerings emphasizing the evolving nature …

A California judge has ordered Samsung and Apple to send their CEOs and top lawyers to settlement talks next month. Tim Cook and Choi Gee-sung will meet May 21 and …

Samsung’s Galaxy may now outshine even Apple in the smartphone market, and analysts say the Korean giant has surpassed Nokia as the world’s leading handset vendor. Samsung does not report …

Wireless trade association CTIA shook up the plans for its annual spring event for 2012, pushing the shows traditional late March, early April timing until early May. In announcing the …

Sprint Nextel’s (S) LTE plans look to be drawing ever closer as the carrier today provided a sale date for its second LTE-enabled device ahead of an expected launch by …

Nokia may be trailing Samsung in smartphone sales, but it definitely has a publicity edge this month with its on-the-street smartphone speed tests. Nokia representatives offer cash rewards to any …