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A while back, I noted that where you compute was becoming as important as what you compute . Now that App Store has been established and Core Location has become a standard part of the iPhone SDK, reality has born …

Qualcomm Inc. last week won an appeal of an International Trade Commission ruling issued last year that banned the importation of 3G handsets containing a Qualcomm chip that the ITC found infringed on a battery-saving patent owned by Broadcom Corp.The …

CHICAGO – The Wireless History Foundation celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first cellphone call with an evening of festivity featuring a celebrity attendee list similar to what you’d find in People magazine – if People magazine covered the wireless …

Simon & Schuster unveiled a deal to make more than 500 of its titles available through the Macmillan Publishing Solutions’ MPS Mobile.The effort launched with books such as the best-seller “The Secret” as well as titles from the “Star Trek” …

A leading provider of location-awareness services geared toward business customers has joined an alliance started by Research in Motion Ltd.Apisphere Inc. announced today it joined the BlackBerry Independent Software Vendor Alliance Program. With resources and tools available through the alliance, …

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and Aegis Mobility unveiled new technology they said manages incoming and outgoing calls and text messages on drivers’ mobile phones, a product aimed at reducing – and capitalizing on – the problem of distraction while behind …

Motorola Inc. announced its first touchscreen phone for the U.S., called the Krave, with Verizon Wireless on Tuesday. The phone is now available for $150 with a mail-in rebate. The phone is a variant of the Ming, a popular model …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years.Policymakers must have done something right …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years. When Nextel started to roll …

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) – Making music just got easier. A Japanese game maker has teamed up with the nation’s leading cellphone network carrier to enable users to play an orchestra with their fingertips.

LONDON (Reuters) – Mobile operator 3 UK is to sell Nokia’s N95 Comes With Music handset which offers unlimited music downloads, an industry source told Reuters on Tuesday.

The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir’s screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.

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The electronics giants – best known for its printers and displays – is challenging premium notebook vendors, seeking to challenge Toshiba, Sony and Apple for the high-end mobility market.

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular–Canada: Nokia Siemens Networks announced a …

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. The mobile ecosystem is expanding. We are quickly moving from an era …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years.The history of mobile data teems …

In this week’s RCR Wireless Newscast we’re taking a look back at the past 25 years of cellular. To toast this anniversary, we are replaying a keynote session from this fall’s CTIA I.T. show. Wireless pioneers Craig McCaw and John …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years. A quote, “Under the tree …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years. Make your voice count! Vote …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years. People of a certain age …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years. During the past 25 years, …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years. The wireless industry’s evolution from …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years. Crucial trends in the semiconductors …

National mobile-phone carriers denied any wrongdoing in reaction to a key Senate lawmaker’s probe into industry-wide text message price increases, pointing out competitive bulk texting plans have actually reduced costs to consumers and that congressional questions about the matter alone …