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AS WORD SANK IN that Motorola Inc. is “exploring the structural and strategic realignment” of its business – including the possible creation of a standalone company for its devices business …

The landscape of the wireless industry is in flux as you read this story, with product launches, pre-announcements and hype flying by like so much confetti on the wind.Or is …

If you spend any time speaking with national carriers or multinational device vendors, you know that they exist only to meet consumer demand. It’s all about the consumer, etc.A plausible …

As word sank in that Motorola Inc. is “exploring the structural and strategic realignment” of its business – including the possible creation of a standalone company for its devices business …

Motorola Inc. remains in the doldrums as its handset division — formerly the engine of the company’s revenue and earnings — posted a huge loss in the fourth quarter of …

Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. will sell its ailing handset business — and wireless infrastructure assets — to Kyocera Corp. for about $375 million, the two companies announced.Sanyo’s handset unit had …

The first two handset vendors to report fourth-quarter and full 2007 earnings last week both forecast 10% growth for their sector in 2008, on top of healthy unit volume growth …

The Japanese-Swedish joint venture, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, had a mixed fourth quarter but ended 2007 with strong numbers and a projection of 10% industry-wide handset growth this year.The news …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said today that its telecom division is booming, shoring up weakness in its semiconductor division. Fourth-quarter handset shipments reached 46.3 million units, up a healthy 41% …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service …

PREDICTIONS ARE SO LAST YEAR.Instead, let’s talk “expectations” – a term that seems to promise a more realistic look ahead at the new year. And there are questions worth asking …

The LiMo Foundation, an alliance of mobile vendors and service providers, announced its member base has grown to 25 this week with the addition of five new members.Huawei Technologies Co. …

Full data on how various handsets and carriers fared during the holiday shopping season awaits collection and analysis. Various firms will report their definitive views in late January, early February.Based …

While we won’t know for a couple of weeks how specific wireless carriers did during the holiday season, it is safe to assume as a whole they did pretty well. …

MVNO Helio L.L.C. continues to roll out devices in the face of financial challenges, offering a new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. slider handset sporting haptic feedback on exterior keys.The Mysto …

Today’s children live in a digital world. They’ve embraced electronics. As parents, we live and die by the Best Buy.I confess that, earlier this year, I let my 11-year-old daughter …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-There’s always a first shot at everything; first to the moon, first to summit Mount Everest, first to end homelessness. It may not be as altruistic as the …

Mobile Complete launched an application that gives Web surfers the opportunity to try out various handsets before buying them. The interactive, consumer-focused Web program, called “TryPhone,” builds off the company’s …

CompUSA, a leading consumer electronics retailer and purveyor of unlocked mobile phones, is going out of business, the company announced. The announcement did not cite a reason for CompUSA’s sale. …

T-Mobile USA Inc. continues to expand its lineup of handsets serving the carrier’s HotSpot @ Home service, with the new Katalyst from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The quad-band, EDGE slider …

AT&T Mobility isn’t wasting any time promoting its products and services in the former Dobson Communications Corp. territories it just acquired. The carrier said that the first phase of its …

Wireless patent licensor InterDigital Inc. said it won confirmation from a federal judge that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. owes it $134 million in royalties for sales of GSM and GPRS/EDGE …

In its annual rating of wireless service, Consumer Reports christened Verizon Wireless and Alltel Corp. its top picks-and largely panned service from Sprint Nextel Corp.Based on nearly 48,000 responses from …

Swapping out a chief executive sends a message of change.In the case of Ed Zander’s long-anticipated departure from his CEO position at Motorola Inc., the message-new leadership-appears to require more …

Swapping out a chief executive sends a message of change. In the case of Motorola Inc.’s CEO Ed Zander’s long-anticipated departure, announced today, the message-new leadership-will require updates. Investors and …