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In an industry where size is often viewed as a result of success, especially when it comes to the bottom line and customers, U.S. Cellular Corp. has managed to operate …

Change has been afoot in the wireless tower industry. In the past 18 months, two of the industry’s five public players have gone through bankruptcy and returned, businesses have been …

After years of development, certain specifications now provide basic guidelines for wireless security at both the commercial and more stringent enterprise levels, but it remains up to wireless users to …

As a company that tends to generate most excitement regarding its bottom line, Nokia Corp. for the most part has been unruffled in the recent turbulent seas of the wireless …

When Java came into wireless, it was welcomed with arms half open. Companies like Qualcomm Inc. thought the technology was too open and had to shrink its appeal. Some said …

It appears that location-based service applications for finding local coffee shops, specialty stores, banks and the like have fallen short in intriguing consumers in the United States. But industry contends …

“You just heard `Turn off the lights’ by Frank de Jojo.” For $1 per message, wireless users in the United States can identify virtually any song they hear, whether it’s …

The new wireless gizmos may be humming with new applications, but promises keep outweighing results. CDMA, the technology leading the march toward a full third-generation era, continues to confront challenges. …

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the subsequent creation of a still-evolving homeland security regime in the United States probably did more for the wireless industry than all …

Although Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW application download system commands a smaller market than that of rival Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java, the company continues to rack up new BREW handsets, applications and …

Two years ago, the wireless gaming market in the United States comprised a few tiny start-ups selling a handful of black-and-white, text-based games. The wireless gaming market today is a …

Few wireless executives have had as much of an impact on the industry over the past several years as Nextel Communications Inc.’s Tim Donahue, who-despite running the smallest of the …

WASHINGTON-It has been 10 years since the Federal Communications Commission took its first steps toward a nationwide wireless enhanced 911 system, and after a long struggle, important progress is being …

The liberation of wireless local number portability is scheduled to sweep across the nation May 24 as carriers serving markets outside of the already WLNP-enabled top 100 markets will be …

As the battle for network supremacy rages on, wireless carriers are targeting places with minimal wireless coverage, including highly trafficked indoor spaces like airports, shopping malls, casinos, office buildings, healthcare …

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. faces a range of obstacles, both major and minor. But one challenge overshadows the rest, according to Mike Lazaridis, the company’s president and co-chief executive …

The wireless industry has had a long and lucrative history with sponsoring sporting events. According to a report released last year by Sports Marketing Surveys Ltd., the telecommunications industry signed …

Despite being a relatively new player in the traditional wireless field, Wi-Fi services have quickly taken over as one of the leading technologies for high-speed wireless data communications as shown …

I’ve owned multiple Nintendo game consoles. I beat the new “Enter the Matrix” game for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox in less than four days. I once played a Super Mario game …

“We don’t think (wireless) is quite mass market enough, and the business model is not quite there yet,” said Trudy Muller, spokeswoman for Electronic Arts, the nation’s No. 1 video-game …

The popularity of Wi-Fi, decreasing wireless chipset prices and consumer affinity for high-tech gadgets combined with a desire for simplicity all add up to the likelihood that wireless home networks …

Editor’s Note: Each year, RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2003 is the consumer, the collective 150 million wireless subscribers …

Mobile computing is on the cusp of revolutionizing healthcare, according to Greg Malkary, founder and managing director of the Spyglass Consulting Group. Indeed, wireless users in many fields are recognizing …

It’s an application that drove an entire segment of the wireless industry. Now, it’s a joke. Imagine: You’re walking down the street with your trusty mobile phone when you pass …

DENVER-Mobile phones are used for talking, texting, gaming, photographing and documenting. They link to the public Internet and private, corporate Intranets. They store important names, numbers and calendars. In the …