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The wireless industry again faired poorly in Consumer Reports’ annual mobile-phone report, which detailed chronic, major problems with service, billing and complaint handling with every national wireless carrier. Consumer Reports …

AUSTIN, Texas-Wireless and wired broadband service provider Wayport Inc. said it has become the nation’s largest Wi-Fi hot-spot provider with more than 6,300 locations available in the United States. The …

HERNDON, Va.-Northrop Grumman Corp. said it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to complete the Puget Sound (Wash.) 911 computer-assisted dispatch system. NGC’s contract is for the …

Time Warner Cable is in discussions with Sprint PCS to test a wireless offering that would be bundled with the media giant’s TV, landline phone and Internet services. However, it …

ORLANDO, Fla.-A real estate company launched a service last week that allows prospective buyers to access information about homes on the market via text messaging. Main Street Realtors of Windermere, …

Wireless SuperSession: Friday, Jan. 7 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the convention center’s North Hall, room N257. Executives from Virgin Mobile, M-Forma, Verizon Wireless, Motorola and Nokia will participate. …

As usual, the wireless industry plans to come out in force during this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, running Thursday through Sunday in Las Vegas. Among the expected announcements: c LG …

ORLANDO, Fla.—A real estate company launched a service last week that allows prospective buyers to access information about homes on the market via text messaging. Main Street Realtors of Windermere, …

The infamous rumor mill was rampant last week with continuing industry merger and consolidation scenarios and various analysts, media outlets and market watchers making suggestions for the next billion-dollar buy. …

WASHINGTON-Predicting the future is not as difficult as you might think. To predict the future is to know the present in cold, sober terms. You can read what the experts …

Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, …

Sprint PCS became the first U.S. carrier to offer streaming audio for mobile users last week, launching a radio-like service that delivers short video clips and six channels of streaming …

Pantech&Curitel, a South Korean manufacturing company comprising the mobile-phone operations of Curitel Communications Inc. and Pantech Group, announced ambitious plans to sell 10 million Pantech-branded mobile phones in the United …

LiveBridge Mark Irwin has been promoted to vice president of finance at contact center services company LiveBridge Inc. Irwin joined LiveBridge in 1999 as corporate controller. He directed the company’s …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless today said the company’s corporate Web site has been improved to make it more accessible to customers with disabilities. The nation’s No. 2 mobile-phone carrier said new …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Good Technology Inc. announced Wednesday they will partner in an effort to tap the mobile enterprise market. The companies will work together to market and sell …

DALLAS-Preferred Voice Inc. notched its second carrier win with the announcement that it will provide ringback services for Oklahoma regional carrier Panhandle Telephone Cooperative. Ringbacks allow subscribers to choose music …

Verizon Wireless and Good Technology Inc. announced Wednesday they will partner in an effort to tap the mobile enterprise market. The companies will work together to market and sell the …

Preferred Voice Inc. notched its second carrier win with the announcement that it will provide ringback services for Oklahoma regional carrier Panhandle Telephone Cooperative. Ringbacks allow subscribers to choose music …

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. By successfully closing the …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless today said the company’s corporate Web site has been improved to make it more accessible to customers with disabilities. The nation’s No. 2 mobile-phone carrier said new …

Verizon Wireless said it has extended coverage of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Broad- bandAccess network to nearly all of Los Angeles county, as well as into portions of Riverside and …

Many in the industry peg iDEN handset vendor Motorola Inc. as a major winner following the merger between Sprint and Nextel Communications Inc. Motorola’s position is enviable as the company …

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. By successfully closing the …

They’ve been called the last untapped demographic for mobile phones, but some seniors say the industry itself may be to blame for the lack of elderly mobile users. Wireless devices …