2007

The market for enabling premium mobile content will grow to $7.4 billion by 2011 as consumers demand richer media on their mobile phones, according to new figures from iSuppli Corp.The …

Alltel Corp. introduced a new phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd, the AX8600. The flip phone features a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, an expandable memory slot, an MP3 player and …

AT&T Inc.’s Cingular Wireless asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a record $12 million fine levied by the California Public Utilities Commission against the top mobile phone carrier in …

Investors fled San Diego-based Wireless Facilities Inc. in droves after the company announced an internal review of the company’s stock-options granting practices as well as several impairment charges. The company’s …

In a routine update of its business outlook for the first quarter, Texas Instruments Inc. narrowed its expected revenue and earnings per share ranges. Investors may have expected a more …

Faith Inc. continued its retreat from Europe and North America, selling off Paris-based mobile content company Digiplug SAS to global technology consultant Accenture.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Digiplug, which …

Amobee Media Systems is the latest startup on the ad-supported mobile game space, teaming with Exit Games to deliver marketing messages in titles running on Java and BREW handsets.Exit is …

Towerstream Corp. launched a fixed WiMAX network in Miami, to provide businesses there with broadband data services. The company’s first point-of-presence is the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami. The network …

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Social networking sites and user-generated content have taken the driver’s seat in the world of digital media, Michael Stroud, CEO and co-founder of iHollywood Forum, said in opening remarks …

Dobson Communications Corp. has introduced push-to-talk service for customers in Alaska through its Cellular One retail brand.The company said it will be the first to provide PTT in the large, …

Clearwire Corp.’s stock continued its substantial slide Monday, its third day of public trading. The widely anticipated initial public offering of Clearwire stock has had a rocky start. The company’s …

Nortel Networks Ltd. just keeps taking the hits, this time from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC has filed civil fraud charges against four former executives at the company …

The animated character that made spinach a mystical elixir will continue battling his arch-rival Bluto on his lasting quest to win back his sweetie for years to come, thanks to …

Buongiorno S.p.A. reported a net profit of $16.2 million for 2006, more than doubling its bottom line from the previous year.The content aggregator said it generated $253 million in revenue …

AT&T Inc. is retooling the look and feel of its wireless retail stores to reflect a multi-faceted product offering, and introduced its first super-sized, flashy AT&T Experience Store in Houston.The …

Third Screen Media bagged yet another media customer, inking a deal with Fox to deliver ads to mobile phones.Fox News will be the first franchise of the News Corp. subsidiary …

While the wireless world and “Apple fanboys” wait breathlessly for the iPhone, Daren Tsui is hoping to turn mass-market phones already on the market into on-the-go digital music players.The CEO …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to a special edition of our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. This week we’re introducing four new contributors, Current Analysis’ Avi Greengart, Compete’s Miro Kazakoff, Jupiter Research’s Julie …

One of the great debates of the day in official Washington is over Internet freedom, a notion that wireline, cable TV and, yes, wireless carriers should be neutral on the …

Nokia Corp. has created a new executive position-president of Nokia Inc., the vendor’s North American arm-to lead its efforts in the United States, where the world’s leading handset vendor has …

The mobile phone industry is pressing the Federal Communications Commission to force Bell telephone companies to promptly process wireless number porting requests, with cellular carriers claiming they are losing business …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.What got the RCR Wireless News editorial staff talking this week? Simple: the …

Rural Cellular Corp. posted mixed results as its losses widened, but it made major improvements in churn and customer gains.The Minnesota-based regional carrier reported a net loss of $53.6 million …

When Skype, the PC-based Voice over Internet Protocol provider, petitioned the Federal Communications Commission last month to allow consumers to load third-party, IP-based software onto their mobile phones, the company …

Momentum for mobile television is building. Whether there is a market for it or not, the wireless industry is getting serious about hawking mobile TV services. Oh, sure carriers have …