Palm Inc. pulled off a high-wire act this afternoon, publicly resurrecting the company’s fortunes in front of a live audience at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Proof? A packed ballroom at the Venetian Las Vegas Hotel ooh’d and aah’d at a flawless presentation and Palm’s stock shot skyward. Palm stock gained more than [...]

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Markey), a major force on wireless legislation the past two decades as chairman of the House telecom subcommittee, is giving up his post to head the Commerce subcommittee on energy and environment. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), another influential telecom lawmaker on the House Commerce Committee who chaired the subcommittee Markey will lead, is [...]

Nokia Corp. said today it would stop producing its mobile Internet tablet designed for a U.S.-based WiMAX network, raising questions on the phone maker’s view of that nascent market. The N810 WiMAX Edition MID was Nokia’s only product for WiMAX, which is slowly rolling out in the United States. The device had sold briefly through [...]

The District of Columbia cancelled today’s scheduled cellphone jamming demonstration at a city jail, but the controversy apparently is not over.Cellular industry association CTIA yesterday petitioned a federal appeals court to overturn the Federal Communication Commission’s Jan. 2 order permitting the D.C. Department of Corrections to host a demonstration using equipment supplied by CellAntenna Corp. [...]

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way. We hope you enjoy it!And without further ado:So normally I [...]

Microsoft has elbowed out the much larger competition to become the default search engine on Verizon Wireless handsets, ending a drawn-out battle to mine advertising revenue from what is expected to be the largest U.S. cellular subscriber base. Under the five-year deal which begins in the first half of 2009, Microsoft would provide the on-deck [...]

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it recorded a solid final quarter for 2008, adding 385,000 new customers that contributed to an overall increase of 34% for the year.The regional, flat-rate carrier announced that it ended the year with 3.84 million customers and saw growth in the fourth quarter in its existing and expansion markets. The [...]

Editor’s Note: The following lists ranks the 10 most popular handsets in the United States for the month of November. Rankings were provided by AvianResearch L.L.C. The firm derives its ranking via its Monthly Retail Store Survey, which is based on responses from 100 service representatives and store managers at retail stores of the four [...]

The difficult macro economic environment is having a neutral to moderately negative impact on current wireless technology initiatives, according to a recent study commissioned by RCR Wireless News.Nearly half of respondents to the survey indicated the economy is having a moderate negative impact on initiatives and budgets for such initiatives. About one-third said the economy [...]

Tax breaks for companies that increase Internet speed or create new networks are likely to go to existing large players.