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Just about a week has gone by since the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 event in San Diego and I have just now been able to go through the …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Mobile e-mail, advanced …

SEVEN has unveiled its messaging solution for the Android platform that addresses personal and business e-mail on one integrated interface.The solution, which is being showcased at this week’s GSMA Mobile …

Everyone loves a good horse race. But with macro-economic conditions reverberating throughout the wireless industry – handset vendors’ aggregate volume growth in the third quarter appeared to be stagnating – …

Two weeks after swallowing the rest of the Crazy Frog, News Corp. is reorganizing its mobile business.Rupert Murdoch’s media giant this week will unveil Fox Mobile Group, a three-pronged operation …

SAN FRANCISCO — A California company believes e-mail shouldn’t be just for smartphones and the application should be compatible with voice and text messaging.As the annual CTIA Wireless I.T. & …

Alltel Communications L.L.C. announced a tiered approach to its data pricing, with options starting at $10 per month for unlimited mobile Web access.The carrier – which is in the process …

The LiMo Foundation announced nine new members today and said that more handsets with its operating system are launching in North America and Japan. The organization is a leading proponent …

The companies listed below represent the seven largest global infrastructure vendors as of the first quarter of 2008. Rankings were provided by research firm Dell’Oro Group and include CDMA, W-CDMA …

Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. topped the rankings in the latest customer-satisfaction study of prepaid users from J.D. Power and Associates.The Dallas-based carrier performed particularly well in five out …

The crackdown on mobile in Europe continued this week as the European Union said it will continue to investigate hundreds of content storefronts for breaching consumer rules.The organization said an …

Apple Inc.’s launch of its 3G iPhone this morning got off to a rocky start for some. According to AT&T Mobility spokesman Mark Siegel, customers buying the device were having …

Despite ongoing government and industry efforts to improve safety, maintenance of mobile-phone and other communications towers continues to be the most hazardous work around. And because of the relatively small …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Mobile penetration …

Wireless Oakland, a municipal wireless network covering Oakland County, MIch., is offline due to lack of funds, Deputy Oakland County Executive and CIO Phil Bertolini said today. The project’s private-sector …

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 …

Who’s sending that text message to your cellphone? It could be your neighborhood auto dealer.Dealers are joining other auto advertisers in marketing on mobile phones. Consumers now can gain access …

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. – A pair of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group executives didn’t paint such a rosy picture for mobile in a keynote here at the MEFCON conference.Thomas …

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. – The writing team of Terry Rossio and Jocelyn Stamat wasn’t allowed to write during the 100-day-long writer’s strike that ended last February, but they were …

In case book buyers felt limited by stores, direct mail and online options, Barnes & Noble is adding one more: mobile phones. The Manhattan-based book retailer announced the launch of …

TeliaSonera, the Stockholm-based network operator, will offer Apple Inc.’s iPhone this year to some portion of the 115 million subscribers it covers in seven countries, the operator said yesterday in …

Nokia Corp. took another baby step to pry open the U.S. market with an announcement that its 5310 XpressMusic phone would sell at T-Mobile USA Inc. beginning on May 28. …

GOOGLE INC.’S OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE has attracted plenty of attention in the hot mobile Linux space, but the LiMo Foundation is assembling an impressive coalition of its own.Verizon Wireless last …

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Calling mobile the most personal platform to date and one that advertisers need to capitalize on soon to keep pace with the rapidly evolving convergence of …

Google Inc.’s Open Handset Alliance has attracted plenty of attention in the mobile Linux space, but the LiMo Foundation is assembling an impressive coalition of its own.Verizon Wireless has thrown …