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LightSquared continues to cry foul in its ongoing attempt to secure governmental approval to use its 1.6 GHz spectrum assets to launch a mobile telecommunications service. Throwing together a last-minute …

One of the biggest stories of 2012 will be whether anyone credibly challenges Apple and Google in mobile phones and the apps, content and services ecosystems that support them. Time is running out for Microsoft and RIM to convert consumers upgrading from featurephones; stealing subscribers away from iOS and Android will be an even more difficult task.

We expect to see some traction on the TD-LTE front in India in the second half of 2012. Maravedis forecasts that the TD-LTE subscriber base in India will reach 2.25 million by the end of 2012. RIL, a pan-India license holder, is expected to lead the market in terms of the number of TD-LTE subscribers with a 62% market share in 2012.

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was big on attendance, but small on news across the wireless space. Sure, there were a number of new devices announced at what is traditionally …

LAS VEGAS – Days after announcing plans for initial market launches, Sprint Nextel added more color to its LTE plans with news on devices. The carrier said its LTE network …

Shares of Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ: SMSI) are up more than 15% after the company said Sprint has chosen its Mobile Network Director client to provide traffic management for its …

Sprint Nextel’s LTE plans received some clarity as CEO Dan Hesse announced the first four markets to receive the carrier’s new network offering scheduled to launch later this year, with …

In a move that could indicate future plans, LightSquared announced that it has hired Marc Montager as chief financial officer. Montager was previously with SkyTerra, a company absorbed into LightSquared’s …

LightSquared has reportedly garnered a 30-day extension from potential network host Sprint Nextel (S) to gain governmental approval to use its controversial 1.6 GHz spectrum holdings. The Wall Street Journal …

Editor’s Note: With 2011 nearly over, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the top 100 stories from the past 12 months. The stories are in chronological order beginning …

With the fourth quarter just about at an end, analysts at Wells Fargo Securities updated their forecasts for what they expect the nation’s top four carriers to report for the …

Stung by recent tests that showed potential interference with ground-based GPS systems, LightSquared has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking to confirm the company’s rights to use …

With its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA now dead, AT&T Mobility look set to end the year having to plan how to proceed. Details of the deal’s demise indicate that …

Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) managed to attract $715.5 million in new funding through a rights offering and deeper investments by parent company Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) that will allow the company …

Leaked accounts that the latest round of interference testing to see whether LightSquared’s attempt to launch an LTE network would interfere with commercial GPS communications garnered a strong reaction from …

Clearwire (CLWR) has upped the ante in its previously announced stock offering with plans now to raise an additional $50 million through the sale. Clearwire had originally planned to offer …

AT&T Mobility continues to get hammered in highly publicized consumer surveys, with the latest blow coming from Consumer Reports, which claims that the nation’s No. 2 operator is anything but …

The past couple of weeks have witnessed several industry events that could reshape what the wireless industry will look like going forward. Those events have been centered on the growing …

Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) looks to be making steps to secure its financial future announcing today plans to offer $300 million in Class A stock, plus up to $45 million more …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) bolstered its spectrum war chest today by announcing plans to acquire 122 1.7/2.1 GHz spectrum licenses (also known as AWS spectrum) covering 259 million potential customers for …

Clearwire (CLWR) avoided a potential default on an interest payment and secured its near-term future through a new agreement with parent company Sprint Nextel (S). The deal also guarantees the …

Technology upgrades and spectrum management are a fact of life for mobile operators that are having to constantly update networks and rearrange spectrum assets in order to continuing serving growing …

China Mobile (CHL) continued to accumulate customers at a breakneck pace, reporting it added more than 5.3 million net customers in October. The growth pushed the world’s largest wireless operator’s …

UPDATED: This story has been updated to clarify Cox’s spectrum holdings as well as its initial reliance on Sprint Nextel for coverage in its launch markets. Cox Communications has finally …

Sprint Nextel has re-constructed the pricing structure of its dual-band 3G/4G mobile broadband offerings weeks after curtailing unlimited data access to its “4G” service. The new plans combine data access …