2010

Palm Inc.’s and Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating systems lost ground on independent mobile aggregator Myxer’s Web site in 2009, giving up a combined 24% of the smartphone traffic on …

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Google Inc. dropped Friday as investors reacted to fourth-quarter financial results that gave some cause for concern about the Internet search giant’s growth prospects. …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 …

Sony Ericsson reported progress in its turnaround plan on Friday as losses met expectations, but the mobile phone venture offered a cautious view on 2010 market conditions.Reuters

The Women’s Wireless Leadership Forum (WWLF) has organized a membership drive with Crown Castle, to be held as a webinar on Jan 29, 2010 for Crown’s female employees. There will …

Verizon Wireless’ plans to launch commercial LTE services this year will look to attract customers initially using data-intensive devices like PC cards and embedded modules, but the long-term growth of …

Verizon Wireless said it has chosen Spirent Communications to provide testing solutions for certification of devices that will operate on its 4G LTE network. Spirent will provide hardware, test simulators, …

Verizon Wireless said it has chosen Spirent Communications to provide testing solutions for certification of devices that will operate on its 4G LTE network. Spirent will provide hardware, test simulators, …

Verizon Wireless finally filled in the blanks for its planned launch of Palm Inc.’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus scheduled for Jan. 25. The devices, which were shown at the …

The recent adjustments made to rate plans by Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility are good news for customers that talk a lot each month, and do nothing else with their …

More than 25 years after its birth, Tetris is the best-selling mobile game of all time, having surpassed 100 million paid downloads on cell phones around the world.Associated Press

Nokia is offering people who buy its smartphones free access to its personal and car-based navigation platform in an effort to spur the development of location-based and social-networking applications on …

Staff working on the proposed National Broadband Plan are hoping to wrap up the final comments cycle by Jan. 27, Phoebe Yang, chief counsel and senior advisor to the Omnibus …

The Federal Communications Commission updated the state of communications in Haiti as it helps its Haitian counterpart Conatel restore telecoms and other media in the nation battered by a devastating …

The mobile advertising war brewing between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. took on a smaller rival today as Opera Software said it had acquired AdMarvel Inc. for an undisclosed amount. …

Brazil is expected to auction several spectrum licenses this year, which could lead to increased mobile broadband adoption, according to a new report from research firm Maravedis. Regulator Anatel could …

Following are infrastructure contracts that were announced during the past week: EricssonNorway and Sweden: With TeliaSonera to be the sole supplier of a common core network and also to supply …

Adtran’s board of directors declared a cash dividend of 9 cents per common share for the fourth quarter of 2009. Brightpoint Inc. completed a stock repurchase of nearly 9.2 million …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.For …

The past week was a good one for the RCR Wireless Stock Index, with gainers leading losers by a more than 2 to 1 margin. Notable losers for the week …

It seems like nowadays you can’t throw a mobile phone without hitting a television showing a commercial from a wireless carrier touting its network coverage. The wireless world has gone …

The explosion of wireless devices and content – with predictions of 7 trillion devices connected to wireless networks by 2017 – will present increasingly complex challenges for service providers trying …

The American Red Cross has received more than $22 million in U.S. text-message donations for Haiti earthquake relief efforts, far outpacing the charity’s previous record of $400,000 for emergency relief …

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.On Friday, Verizon …

Not wanting to be left out of the fun of a price war, regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. announced today that it would also join the recent rush to …