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Leap Wireless International Inc. is set launch its Cricket-branded services in Charleston, S.C., tomorrow. The flat-rate carrier plans to open two company-owned stores, and has established a network of seven …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has joined the cadre of telecom companies that have sued small Iowa operators and Internet calling services for alleged “traffic pumping,” while the small companies themselves have …

Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) today plans to sign bills prohibiting drivers from operating cellphones-including sending text messages-while behind the wheel, her press aide said.Washington would join New York, New …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has joined the cadre of telecom companies who have sued small Iowa operators and Internet calling services for alleged “traffic pumping,” while the small companies themselves have …

Nokia Corp. announced seven new phones for markets outside the United States at an event in New Delhi, India, news that coincided with the firm’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Helsinki, …

Internet giant Yahoo Inc. today launched a new advertising campaign that highlights the company’s offerings in mobile and social search. The consumer advertising push, using the tagline “Life is a …

Editor’s Note: Lowell McAdam took over as president and CEO of Verizon Wireless in December, as Denny Strigl moved on to head Verizon Communications Inc.

Of all the industries that the soon-to-be-merged Nokia Siemens Networks will play in, the most important are radio access; services core and applications, which includes IMS; and transport and broadband …

Based on new statistics that suggest soccer moms and teens are warming to smartphones, Handango Inc. is making seven predictions for the smartphone and mobile content market for 2007. The …

Research in Motion Ltd. has announced that it will adjust its earnings by $250 million due to the results of an internal review of its stock-option grants, and that several …

Snoop Dogg took the music world by storm in late 1992 when he helped propel gangsta rap to the most commercially successful subgenre of hip hop up to that point. …

Executives come and go as corporate fortunes rise and fall, as surely as the sun rises and sets. It is rare, however, that that mobility is as seamless or as …

Visto Corp. added to its already impressive coffers earlier this month, raising another $35 million in what the mobile e-mail service provider said is its final round of funding. But …

The cellular industry urged the Federal Communications Commission to delay action on a Justice Department plan that would keep wireless subscribers in the dark for days or weeks after the …

Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. announced it raised another $35 million in venture-capital funding, this time scoring money from Altitude Capital Partners L.L.C. The news means that Visto has now …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. continued to expand its impressive content portfolio, inking deals with actor Jack Black and “24” producer Howard Gordon to offer original, made-for-mobile programming. The news stands atop …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. continued to expand its impressive content portfolio, inking deals with actor Jack Black and “24” producer Howard Gordon to offer original, made-for-mobile programming. The news stands atop …

WASHINGTON-Privacy groups oppose Bush administration efforts to require wireless carriers and others to delay notifying customers when phone records and other personal data are stolen through subscriber impersonation and other …

It was an intimate gathering of sorts last week as dozens gathered at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., for the Off-Deck Mobile Content conference.“Off deck, on deck, it’s …

The latest player in the wireless advertising arena hopes to provide a one-stop shop for companies looking to deploy marketing campaigns across mobile platforms. And it’s set to lock horns …

Wireless operators increasingly are cutting ringtone aggregators out of the loop, opting instead to make deals directly with recording labels. But as EMI Entertainment World Inc.’s lawsuit against InfoSpace Inc. …

An innovation volley between Alltel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. in recent months has been going something like this: Alltel introduces myCircle, a calling plan which allows users to pick …

It’s easy to see the carriers’ logic in dropping the online price of handsets in the holiday season: fire sales attract consumers in droves. Mentioning “free” to an American consumer …

Editor’s Note: In this new monthly feature, RCR Wireless News will talk to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless. Sprint Nextel …

It’s not a phenomenon unique to any of the major wireless carriers, but the forum that concert sponsorship and promotion has entered is now as evolved as the technology it …