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As expected, Verizon Wireless announced in conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas details of its planned mobile TV service, which will run on Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO mobile TV network. Verizon Wireless did not disclose what it will charge for the service,...

Sling Media Inc. was only a blip on the wireless industry's radar screen until April, when the company released its SlingPlayer Mobile software. The $30 software allows SlingBox owners to watch TV on any smartphone running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 5.0, Symbian or...

Conventional wisdom says, and consumers certainly seem to think, that family wireless plans offered by cellular carriers are a great deal. In exchange for tying other family members into one service plan at the standard $10 per month, consumers can cut down on their...

It's not a phenomenon unique to any of the major wireless carriers, but the forum that concert sponsorship and promotion has entered is now as evolved as the technology it relies on for delivery.When carriers began sponsoring live concerts as early as 2001, it...

IN THE BLEAK WORLD of digital rights management, wireless service providers may actually serve as a beacon out of the darkness.But don't count on it.Anti-piracy software may be nearing a crossroads. A handful of record labels are beginning to experiment with DRM-free music, releasing...

CLEARWIRE CORP. COULD EMERGE a dark-horse winner of AT&T Inc.'s $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp., with Craig McCaw's wireless broadband firm getting the chance it sought to buy additional 2.5 GHz spectrum from the telecom giant at a time when Clearwire is pursuing...

In the hard light of early January, the shape of the year unfolding ahead remains somewhat amorphous. What to watch for in the handset space, the wireless industry's most tangible interface with consumers? An informal survey of leading analysts, not surprisingly, takes a multifaceted...

Sprint Nextel Corp. was the first U.S. carrier on the mobile music dance floor in October 2005, launching a full-track, dual-download service for its music-loving subscribers.For now, though, Verizon Wireless is the belle of the ball. And Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s new service may prove...

Cellphones are everywhere! They rule! Indeed, the new James Bond remake, Casino Royale, (seen over the holidays) should have listed the cellphone as a character because the storyline revolved around the phone with at least three major plot points center on the mobile device....

WIRELESS IS EXPECTED to be the heart of the newly merged AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., bundling multiple services with cellular and allowing advertisers to reach multiple media platforms through one company. And that wireless heart will be the nation's largest carrier, Cingular Wireless...

Six months after unveiling plans to build a WiMAX network in the United States, Sprint Nextel Corp. announced Nokia Corp. will be a key infrastructure and device provider for that upgrade.Other than naming it a "major supplier" to Sprint Nextel's WiMAX efforts, the agreement...

Sprint Nextel Corp. and its WiMAX infrastructure vendors said they will demonstrate devices and applications using the technology, including mobile TV, during the Consumer Electronics Show next week. According to a company statement, the demonstrations will include "true mobile WiMAX TV, blending multicast and...

Citing a need for "fresh thinking," Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's No. 3 cellphone provider, which spends $1.6 billion in marketing, has placed the creative portion of its advertising account into review. Sprint said it is seeking an ad agency that can provide it...

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest cellphone carrier, announced it will renew its content distribution deal with Motricity. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed."Motricity has reduced Cingular's time to market for new content and increased title selections for their end-users," said Motricity Chairman...

The N, a TV channel for teens developed by MTV, will be available on Sprint Nextel Corp.'s mobile TV service, the companies announced. MTV's The N Mobile will be available for $5 per month and will feature short video clips and behind the scenes...

Changes in online handset prices keep raising questions for observers: Is the post-holiday retail model one of continued discounting to milk any lingering consumer desires to shop and spend money? Or, does the arrival of a new year offer a chance to regroup and,...

Alltel Corp., the nation's fifth-largest wireless carrier, is being floated as a potential target for a leveraged buyout by private-equity firms, according to unnamed sources in an article in today's Wall Street Journal.Alltel currently has a market value of $21.7 billion and a debt...

Verizon Wireless is pushing their mobile music offerings by allowing users to download a free ringtone on New Year's Eve.Subscribers can text the word "tone" to short code 2007 to get instructions on how to download a free ringtone. Users can choose from a...

Perhaps Santa Claus understands the Byzantine machinations of handset pricing at the major carriers, but with his work done for the year, Santa's contract calls for silence. Thus one is left to ponder the pricing gymnastics of, say, the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. A900m...

Verizon Wireless will soon begin to allow advertising to accompany content from its official content partners, a company spokesperson said today. Verizon Wireless will become the second major U.S. carrier to carry mobile advertising, a closely watched sector that has yet to be embraced...

Editor's Note: Following are the most-read stories from RCRNews.com this year. They have been edited to fit in paper format.1. Vodafone records $41B loss, reworks strategic plansMay 30Vodafone Group plc posted a massive $41.1 billion loss for 2005, mainly from impairment charges over assets...

Research In Motion Ltd. said that new product launches helped fill its sails as the company reported robust revenue and earnings in its fiscal third quarter, despite an ongoing, internal review of its stock option grants that may lead to extensive restatements of past...

Time was when the wireless industry's major, marketshaping impact in the telecom sphere was defined by the number of mobile phones that became substitutes for landline telephones, which historically consumers have relied on for day-to-day communications.Just as Ma Bell back in the day grossly...

Editor's Note: Following are the most-read stories from RCRNews.com this year. They have been edited to fit in paper format.1. Vodafone records $41B loss, reworks strategic plansMay 30Vodafone Group plc posted a massive $41.1 billion loss for 2005, mainly from impairment charges over assets...