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NEWS LAST WEEK THAT MOTOROLA INC. HAD SETTLED ON Windows Mobile and Android as handset platforms in an effort to simplify, focus on innovation and manage costs underscored the unknowns …

The “OS wars,” as some would have it, are alive and well – at least in the data on the various contenders’ shifting market share.“Symbian is still by far 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. Having just …

LG Electronics Co. said today it will work more closely with Microsoft Corp. on converged devices, likely smartphones the Korean vendor is pursuing. The two parties announced the signing of …

A mobile device management software company has filed a lawsuit against Research in Motion Ltd. alleging infringement of two patents.Mformation Technologies Inc. filed the lawsuit against the Canadian maker of …

VERIZON WIRELESS ADDED 2.1 million customers during the third quarter, just slightly behind numbers posted by rival AT&T Mobility.In organic growth, Verizon added 1.5 million retail net customer additions, essentially …

Uncharted territory. It’s a phrase bandied about in many quarters since mid-September, when Wall Street’s facade began to crumble. But it’s particularly relevant to the wireless industry as it heads …

AT&T Mobility, computer-maker Lenovo and infrastructure vendor L.M. Ericsson announced a teaming to knock off $150 from the price of 3G-capable laptops, with an eye toward enticing customers to mobile …

Motorola Inc. lost $397 million on $7.5 billion in revenue across all its businesses in the third quarter and said today it would delay its plan to spinoff its handset …

All John Famiglietti needs is access to a computer to manage a fleet of 44 rigs that are equipped to clean up hazardous materials in the country’s largest city. Famiglietti, …

If this keeps up, content owners may forget the whole “on-deck vs. off-deck” argument. Instead, they’ll be trying to figure out which mobile application stores’ shelves they want to stock.Google …

What do you do when you have one of the fattest marketing wallets in the world, but a chunk of your potential customers are being drawn in by ancillary offerings …

Texas Instruments Inc. said last week that it will sell or shutdown its merchant baseband chip business, and focus on application processors and multimedia for smartphones. The news appeared to …

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 – …

In an attempt to keep up with the needs of today’s businesses, Alltel Communications L.L.C. launched a new service allowing workers with smartphones access to client information and data while …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. beat expectations on handset shipments in the third quarter, and gained market share partly through aggressive pricing. Handsets drove the Korean conglomerate’s revenue in the quarter …

BOSTON – What would a next-generation mobile Internet show be without some discussion about openness? During keynote presentations at the Mobile Internet World 2008 event, Sprint Nextel Corp.’s VP of …

BOSTON – The American waistline isn’t the only thing expanding. The latest crop of high-end wireless devices have been testing consumers’ size-and-shape boundaries, and it seems today’s shoppers are prepare …

BOSTON – The future apparently belongs to mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that will be connected to broadband wireless networks like WiMAX and offer graphically rich, touchscreen-based interfaces, at least according …

BOSTON – A day after the release of the first cellphone powered by Google Inc.’s Android software, the founder of the startup that initially developed the software took the Mobile …

The much-delayed but much-anticipated BlackBerry Bold will begin selling at AT&T Mobility on Nov. 4 “for as low as” $300, with a two-year contract and mail-in rebate.The price tag will …

AT&T MOBILITY POSTED A COMPANY RECORD 2 million net customer additions during the third quarter, fueled by strong sales of Apple Inc.’s 3G iPhone, but that growth also took a …

BOSTON- One of the most difficult questions asked during panel discussions at the Mobile Internet World 2008 event was “What is a mobile Internet device?” Answers ranged from something bigger …

From early indications, the uncertain shift to open platforms in the wireless space will not take a linear path and instead is apt to evolve in zigzag fashion due to …

Siemens Enterprise Communications launched an enterprise-focused one-stop shop for mobile unified communications.The German-based company unveiled its OpenScape Mobility Solution last week and an analyst predicts the offering will reduce costs …