BROWSING: iPhone 5

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Nextel launches 3G...

Apple next week is scheduled to hold its annual developers conference where the computing giant is expected to rollout enhancements to its software line up, including its mobile-focused iOS software.

Mobile virtual network operator FreedomPop made perhaps its boldest move in the wireless space, announcing support for Apple’s iPhone 5 models. The devices will join currently provided support for select smartphones running Google’s Android operating system. The company, which offers service running across Sprint’s cellular...

Leap Wireless may be in the midst of becoming property of AT&T, but that has not stopped the no-contract carrier from bringing out new devices as the carrier announced plans to begin offering Apple’s latest iPhone 5S and 5C devices beginning Oct. 25. Pricing...

Virgin Mobile USA is set to increase pressure on rival no-contract offerings with the upcoming addition of Apple’s iPhone 5 handset to its lineup. The device, which will sell for $550 beginning June 28, is set to run across the provider’s Beyond Talk plans...

The iPhone may be running into trouble in Europe. According to a document obtained by the Financial Times newspaper, the European Commission is questioning carriers in an effort to find out whether Apple is running afoul of antitrust regulations. Apple says it is in...

Three events have impacted the balance of postpaid power thus far in 2013: 1) Walmart’s introduction of the iPhone 5 (3G only) through Tracfone/Verizon Wireless. We have spent some time on the million net add effect on Verizon Wireless’ Q1

Leap Wireless altered its iPhone-related rate plans and rolled out a new family plan option for customers that it claims is half the price of competing offers from larger rivals. The carrier, which has been struggling as of late to compete in the increasingly competitive...

MetroPCS has rescheduled its shareholder vote on the proposed merger with T-Mobile USA. The meeting originally scheduled for today will take place on April 24 in order to give shareholders more time to consider the sweetened offer made this week by Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile...

Just ahead of the launch of its iPhone 5, T-Mobile USA is sweetening the pot by offering a trade-in credit for customers turning in legacy iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 models. Those devices would also be presumably coming from a rival carrier as T-Mobile...

T-Mobile USA is shaking up wireless pricing, offering the iPhone 5 off-contract starting April 12. The nation's fourth largest carrier is the last of the big four to get the iPhone, but it's getting it in a big way. Consumers will be able to...

Mobile virtual network operator Solavei continued to add high-end device options to customers, announcing plans today to begin offering a nano-SIM card compatible with Apple’s iPhone 5, Samsung’s Galaxy S III and the Google/LG Nexus 4. Solavei reported last month that it was the...

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Greetings from Dallas, home of Texas-style fog. It’s been a crazy weather week in “Big D” –...

The start of the new year was a busy one for the wireless industry, with the annual Consumer Electronics Show knocking lose the cobwebs that tend to settle in during the holiday-soaked ending to every year. Last week was no exception, as wireless carriers...

Apple shares are lower today on concerns that demand for the iPhone 5 may be slackening. Japan's Nikkei news service and The Wall Street Journal both report that Apple has made sharp cuts in its orders for iPhone 5 parts, prompting speculation that orders...

Editor’s Note: With 2012 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 Jan. 1. The first part of the list ran yesterday, with today’s listing...

T-Mobile USA's German parent Deutsche Telekom says the carrier will bring Apple products to its customers next year, meaning that all four of the nationwide service providers now have agreements with Apple. Even some regional carriers have gotten the iPhone, but so far T-Mobile...

Apple has turned the tables on service providers, running tests of the iPhone 5 on their 4G/LTE networks before allowing carriers to market the new smartphone. Now some mobile operators, who are used to testing their own networks when launching a new device, may...

Citing a Merrill Lynch financial analyst, Fortune is reporting that T-Mobile USA could be in the verge of announcing plans to carry Apple’s iPhone as early as next week. The Fortune story cites a report from Merrill Lynch’s Scott Craig that “speculation is heightening” that...

If you work in IT or handle mobile devices for your organization, you’ve likely already experienced it: requests to move to the latest, greatest, fastest smartphone on the market (for the time being),

After selling out within hours of its UK launch, Google's no-contract Nexus 4 hits the Google Play store in the US today. The GSM/HSPA+ phone is sold unlocked for $299 ($349 for the 16GB version). Although it's called the Nexus 4, its display is...

Apple and HTC are finished fighting in court. The two companies say they have a confidential settlement that will allow each of them to license current and future patents from the other for the next ten years. They are also dropping all current lawsuits...

While rival Verizon Wireless surprised analysts with a robust third quarter, AT&T Mobility surprise many by falling short on a number of operational metrics during its most recent fiscal quarter. AT&T Mobility posted 678,000 net customer additions during the third quarter, which was less...

Sprint Nextel is the third tier-one carrier set to release its earnings and performance metrics, scheduled for Oct. 25. The company is in the midst of a turnaround cycle.