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Growth in the handset market in the United States remains healthy, and recent market-share figures for vendors paint a markedly different picture than the global scene. Handset sales in the …

Helio sought to capture the hearts, minds and wallets of its target market-young, affluent, tech-savvy, Web-browsing and messaging enthusiasts-by designing a handset that would deliver ease-of-use in a stylish package. …

Sprint Nextel Corp. added online streaming radio service Pandora to its lineup of music offerings, allowing users to create a customized “radio station” by entering their favorite song or artist.Pandora’s …

Handset maker Pantech announced a three-year licensing agreement with VoiceSignal. Under the terms of the agreement, Pantech will get access to VoiceSignal’s range of speech-recognition products, which allow users to …

The handset market in the United States in the first quarter grew 12% over the year-ago quarter, with the sale of about 39 million units valued at nearly $3 billion, …

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. By Kelly Hill Leap …

Handset pricing gyrations ran the gamut last week, as all of the nation’s tier-one carriers tinkered with the cost of their handset portfolios.–AT&T Mobility slashed in half the price on …

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. …

It’s full steam ahead for Motorola Inc.Free, for the moment, from the shadow of billionaire and dissident shareholder Carl Icahn and his influence on Motorola Inc.’s direction, CEO Ed Zander …

T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to have refreshed its handset lineup by discounting most of its Motorola Inc. Razrs-four models dropped to $30 from $50-and discontinuing the Moto Pebl.The Pebl had …

Alltel Wireless is following AT&T Mobility’s lead by encouraging subscribers to side-load tunes from their computers to mobile phones.The Little Rock, Ark.-based carrier launched Jump Music, a free downloadable application …

Having survived an attempted coup by dissident shareholder Carl Icahn earlier this week, Motorola CEO Ed Zander hit the road this week to tout Tuesday’s launch of his company’s new …

Alltel Corp. added a new handset over the past week dubbed the “Snap,” which the carrier is selling online for 99 cents with a two-year contract.The Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. …

Alltel Corp. added “The Wafer”-a new, thin, bar-style handset from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.-to its portfolio. The handset is $50 with a mail-in rebate and two-year contract, and is available …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

Alltel Wireless added “The Wafer”-a new, thin, bar-style handset from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.-to its portfolio. The handset is $50 with a mail-in rebate and two-year contract, and is available …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and a division of the U.S. Army have announced they will begin collaboration on an evaluation of WiBRO mobile broadband technology (the South Korean version of …

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 …

Following the mass murders at Virginia Tech, we received a number of e-mails touting the benefits of emergency broadcast alerts of one kind or another. Whether any of those systems …

As carriers tempt customers to move into data services beyond text messaging, some of them are designing service or accessory packages that specifically appeal to how different types of customers …

Everyone loves a horse race, and in the first quarter global competition in the handset industry has tightened, infusing the high-stakes race with a sense that the future is in …

The global handset market grew 12 percent in the first quarter over the year-ago quarter to 252 million units, the first time in two years that growth in this segment …

Sony Ericsson continued its strong momentum in the first quarter of the year, posting big gains in revenue and profit. The vendor’s growth in those two metrics far outstrips all …

Hello!And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us …