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Best Buy readies branded mobile broadband services from Clearwire

July 29 2010 - 12:20 pm ET | Matt Kapko

Best Buy Co. Inc. hasn't been shy about its grandiose plans for mobile. The company has gone after the app space, devices and music, just to name a few. ... Read More »

ERF Wireless inks deal to plug wireless holes in oil spill area

July 29 2010 - 12:32 pm ET | Matt Kapko

ERF Wireless Inc. has struck a deal with BP PLC to provide wireless services on Galveston Island, Texas. ... Read More »

T-Mobile gets top nod in customer service survey

July 29 2010 - 12:15 pm ET | Matt Kapko

Any carrier can claim network superiority and best-in-class customer service, but independent surveys from the likes of J.D. Power and Associates take on an different air of authenticity. In fact, they mostly clear the air and ... Read More »

WAC launches corporate entity; joins with JIL

July 29 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Kristen Beckman

The Wholesale Applications Community, which is an alliance of telecom companies focused on building an open applications platform, announced it is now a corporate entity and said it has teamed up with the Joint Innovation Lab. ... Read More »

Alliances: Qualcomm equips charging stations; Avaya renews Trapeze contract; and more

July 29 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Kristen Beckman

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) and ECOtality Inc. (ECTY) have teamed up to implement cellular connectivity into vehicle charging stations. ... Read More »

Losses mount for Sprint as it reduces churn

July 28 2010 - 12:25 pm ET | Matt Kapko

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Losses continue to mount at Sprint Nextel Corp.even as it makes well-received strides in customer care and reduces churn. ... Read More »

Featured Video: Latin American WiMAX operator

July 28 2010 - 6:30 pm ET | Tracy Ford

-IBW CTO Paul Ives Choiseul-

RCR Wireless News sat down with Paul Ives Choiseul, chief technology officer at Latin American operator IBW to discuss the carrier's decision to deploy WiMAX technology. ... Read More »

Analyst Angle: A nexus to vex us

July 28 2010 - 11:39 am ET | Ross Rubin, Executive Director of Industry Analysis, The NPD Group

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The 80-page special edition is available ... Read More »

Day in the life of a chip designer

July 28 2010 - 10:42 am ET | Igor Hiller

Deep inside the bowels of a wide, glass-paneled three-story building in Austin, Texas, a group of engineers stands huddled around a whiteboard. Furiously scribbling and erasing, pointing and arguing, the group has been given a ... Read More »

Wal-Mart to add AT&T network to prepaid offerings

July 28 2010 - 1:14 pm ET | Tracy Ford

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) will soon add AT&T Mobility (T) as a network option for its Straight Talk prepaid wireless service, giving the nation's largest ... Read More »

Juniper to pay $70M for mobile device security company

July 28 2010 - 11:52 am ET | Tracy Ford

Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR) is paying $70 million to acquire SMobile Systems Inc., a Columbus, Ohio-based software company that specializes in mobile ... Read More »

Wireless network expenditures set to increase in 2011 with 4G deployments

July 28 2010 - 10:13 am ET | Tracy Ford

Capital spending on wireless infrastructure is set to rise in 2011 as global operators build out fourth-generation networks, according to iSuppli Corp. Following two years of less spending worldwide, operators are expected to ... Read More »

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