Wireless Retailers

Leap Wireless International Inc. juggled its offerings with the launch of its new PayGo prepaid service, which will replace its previously offered Jump prepaid plans. The PayGo service is a …

“Oh no, where’s my phone?” That has to be one of the scariest questions these days. And we’ve all done it; left our cellphone in a taxi-cab, on the counter …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News teamed with the Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News subscribers to gauge their thoughts on various technology issues. …

As Washington wrestles with its bailout of the banking system, retailers are working up an unofficial relief plan of their own. Their response to nervous consumers who might not want …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Retailer Best Buy has been given antitrust approval to buy digital music service Napster, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.

It seems you’re nobody in wireless if you’re not building – and bragging about – your app store. Apple got the ball rolling, of course, by opening its iPhone to …

You’ve got to hand it to carriers for at least trying to come clean with consumers, though in some cases those efforts are a day late and a dollar short. …

As if things didn’t look bleak enough, two retail groups are predicting that this holiday shopping season could be the most severe since the 1991 recession.

A new survey from ABI Research found the top three ‘must-have’ features on cellphones today are digital camera functionality, Bluetooth connectivity and music/radio playback. The survey of 1,402 wireless subscribers …

Taking a cue from competitor Best Buy Inc., RadioShack Corp. said Wednesday it plans to change its wireless and GPS displays in 4,000 stores so that shoppers can compare products …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

SAN FRANCISCO — There is no shortage of challenges in getting m-commerce off the ground in the United States. But maybe the most important factor is time.That was the takeaway …

Nokia Corp. gave somewhat vague mid-quarter guidance last Friday that sent its stock tumbling more than 9% to a new 52-week low. The Finnish giant, with about 40% global market …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. expanded the distribution of its phones and services with an agreement with Best Buy Mobile. The deal covers locations in 14 markets. The retailer currently offers four …

Nokia Corp. is teaming with The Carphone Warehouse to bring its all-you-can-eat mobile music service to U.K. users next month.Comes With Music, as the effort is branded, packages one year …

AT&T Mobility is set to expand international data plans for 3G iPhone owners – but they’ll pay a pretty penny for it.Beginning tomorrow the carrier will release two new, international …

The electronics retailer continues to consider various options for the future, as it remains committed to its plan to restore the company to profitability.

Just a month and a half after Virgin Mobile USA Inc.’s announcement to acquire Helio L.L.C., all but one of Helio’s five retail stores have already closed. The New York …

Verizon Wireless ranked highest in J.D. Power and Associates’ 2008 Wireless Customer Care Performance study. The results, which normally find T-Mobile USA Inc. on top, included more than 11,000 respondents …

Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility just added nearly another 1,000 retail outlets for the iPhone 3G by hooking up with big-box retailer Best Buy. That’s likely to gin up iPhone …

Three things you need to know about the handset market in the United States last quarter, courtesy of Strategy Analytics: 1) Overall unit sales reached nearly 42 million, up 5.3% …

T-Mobile USA Inc. said it scored two court wins – one awarding the No. 4 wireless provider several million dollars in punitive damages – in connection with mushrooming litigation to …

A California Superior Court judge ordered Sprint Nextel Corp. to pay $73 million after finding its early termination fee policy violated California law.Alameda County Superior Court Judge Bonnie Sabraw said …

Editor’s Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retailers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless. The Wireless Zone is a …

iPhone, iPhone, iPhone. Apple Inc.’s new device is dominating chatter in the wireless world, selling out in most stores and AT&T Mobility employees couldn’t be more pleased. But some third-party …