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The very mention of Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem puts a whir in many propeller hats. The whirring is justified to a certain degree, but wireless carriers have approached investment in …

Tier 1 operators are beginning to use retail outlets to build long-term customer relationships and generate revenues from lucrative data applications. But when it comes to the brick-and-mortar sales counter, …

If Amp’d Mobile Inc.’s bargain-basement full-track download music service was designed to get attention, it’s working. The recently launched mobile virtual network operator made headlines a few weeks ago when …

Editor’s Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past 12 months. This year’s choice is …

For the past few years, the strategy for U.S. carriers looking to retain customers was simple: offer subscribers a slick new handset at no charge. But in today’s transitory market-where …

While Bluetooth’s emergence into the marketplace was probably over-hyped a couple of years ago, the short-range wireless connectivity technology is coming of age quickly. Last week, the Bluetooth Special Interest …

The hottest trend in video games has nothing to do with 3-D graphics, big-brand tie-ins or real-time multiplayer. It’s advertising. And it’s coming to mobile gaming. In-game advertising is rapidly …

After years of hype and billions of dollars in network upgrades, the time has come for the worldwide W-CDMA market to take off. Perhaps the best indication that W-CDMA technology …

Opinions are not hard to come by in the ongoing debate between proponents of GSM and CDMA technologies. It’s easy to get caught up in questions about which technology is …

While most will busy themselves with decorations and gifts this holiday season, U.S. carriers and handset makers likely will be caught up in fierce battles over pricing, services and-ultimately-customers. As …

There’s little doubt that m-commerce is quickly gaining traction among U.S. users. But exactly what m-commerce means to the wireless industry is far from clear. Contactless payments-speedy point-of-sale transactions that …

Technologies that employ some aspect of tracking and monitoring are all around these days, and although many people might consider such applications an invasion of privacy, it’s hard to deny …

Wireless developers really do own the short end of the stick. Whereas Microsoft Corp.’s Windows system largely dominates the computer industry, there is no such unifying platform in wireless. Developers …

During the past 10 years, more than 400 million mobile-phone users have become intimately familiar with Christian Lindholm’s designs. In his new job with Yahoo! Inc., Lindholm hopes to reach …

While deep-pocketed publishers try to wow gamers with sophisticated titles and eye-popping three-dimensional graphics, Randy Shepherd is stooping to conquer. The managing director of Werd Interactive Inc. is targeting middle-aged …

U.S. wireless carriers ultimately want to get every American on their networks. In this utopian dream, everybody would be a paying customer. Subscribers would make all their voice calls from …

Wireless operators rank among the most prolific advertisers in the business world. The wireless industry spent $692 million on advertising during the first quarter, a 17.7-percent increase from the $588 …

Jason Ford can walk through any mall in the United States without eliciting a second glance. But in the tiny universe that is wireless gaming, he may as well be …

As profit margins from voice become razor-thin, operators are hoping to push lucrative content and applications to bulk up the bottom line. Ironically, they’re looking to voice-driven technologies to help. …

When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launches high-speed data packet access-based service en masse in the United States later this year, the protocol is expected to double the carrier’s reach, making a …

Ironically, the march toward a simplified, converged “digital home” is producing an overwhelming number of wireless and wireline offerings for consumers. It seems the only thing growing as fast as …

Even as Voice over Internet Protocol providers race to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s deadline to offer enhanced 911 service, many of them are running into the same roadblock that …

As the mobile-phone market continues to surpass all forecasts, there are multiple ways those phones end up in the hands of consumers. At the beginning of last year, industry observers …

Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java technology is 10 years old this year, a milestone the company is using to highlight Java’s widespread influence throughout the electronics and computer industries. When Sun …

The coming surge of mobile virtual network operators will target virtually every demographic, from ethnic groups to sports fans to rural users. But no group of consumers is being courted …