Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

Smith Micro Software Inc. announced it will acquire PCTEL’s Mobility Solutions Group for $59.7 million, the company announced. PCTEL’s mobile division offers a range of software that allows users to roam among networks including 3G, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and VoIP. The …

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.CellularChina: China Mobile Group Beijing Ltd. …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. inked a three-and-a-half year contract extension with Alcatel-Lucent, which covers the buildout of the flat-rate carrier’s AWS spectrum holdings in seven major metropolitan areas. Financial terms of the deal were not revealed.MetroPCS scored the new markets through …

CompUSA, a leading consumer electronics retailer and purveyor of unlocked mobile phones, is going out of business, the company announced. The announcement did not cite a reason for CompUSA’s sale. But the electronics retailer, founded in 1984 in Dallas, had …

T-Mobile USA Inc. continues to expand its lineup of handsets serving the carrier’s HotSpot @ Home service, with the new Katalyst from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The quad-band, EDGE slider handset is priced at $80 with a mail-in rebate and …

Microsoft Corp. has jumped into the mobile advertising fray. MSN Mobile customers in the United States will begin seeing banner and text advertisements as soon as today.Microsoft said the ads will all conform to the Mobile Marketing Association’s mobile advertising …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Jupiter Research’s …

It is beginning to look increasingly unlikely that satellite operators will participate in the upcoming 700 MHz auction, partially due to rules guaranteeing the satellite industry a role in the deployment of a nationwide commercial-public safety broadband network in the …

Google Inc. and the upcoming 700 MHz auction seem to have sparked an “open” movement among U.S. carriers. Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility have been preaching their new “open” message from the public pulpit, and the mainstream press has embraced …

Patent-holding company Acacia Research Corp. announced settlements with Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. after filing a lawsuit earlier this year through a subsidiary that claimed the operators were violating a patent on synchronizing information on wireless devices. Terms …

Ad-subsidized mobile content appears to be gaining steam even as the paid gaming segment treads water.MobileRated, a Canadian ad-subsidized gaming subsidiary of Kalador Entertainment Inc., said it has seen downloads increase one-third over the past three months, delivering more than …

Palm Inc.’s stock plunged more than 16% after the company acknowledged that “a key product” failed to launch in the lucrative fourth quarter, that sales would badly miss its own estimates and that a financial loss loomed.The company’s quarterly revenue …

Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News runs through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what to look for in the coming weeks, months and years. Check …

Motorola Inc. CFO Tom Meredith told a Lehman Brothers investor conference this morning that the company would meet its guidance for the fourth quarter, sending the handset maker’s stock up more than 3% to $16.15 per share by midday.Meredith acknowledged …

Opera Software ASA introduced a BREW-enabled version of its popular Mini browser for mobile phones.Opera Mini, which has been downloaded by more than 27 million mobile users, formats Internet content for the smaller screens and limited memory of wireless handsets. …

Nokia Corp. scored another carrier win for its direct-to-consumer Ovi service.Telecom Italia said it will offer Nokia handsets featuring Ovi, an umbrella brand comprising mobile music, mapping, gaming and social-networking services. The Nokia N95 8GB and N81 will be the …

AT&T Mobility isn’t wasting any time promoting its products and services in the former Dobson Communications Corp. territories it just acquired. The carrier said that the first phase of its integration of Dobson-a $2.8 billion purchase that closed in mid-November-will …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

The identities of likely 700 MHz bidders continue to emerge little by little as the Federal Communications Commission gears up to release a complete list of applicants in advance of the auction’s Jan. 24 start date.Clearwire Corp. became the latest …

Better late than never.Handsets that didn’t arrive by “Black Friday” or “Cyber Monday”-the ultimate days for in-store and online shopping, respectively-may still make an impression on harried shoppers.Nokia Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. announced that Nokia’s 6263 will be available …

Wireless patent licensor InterDigital Inc. said it won confirmation from a federal judge that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. owes it $134 million in royalties for sales of GSM and GPRS/EDGE devices between 2003 and 2005.InterDigital’s stock climbed more than 20% …

A San Francisco-based startup is hoping to cater to on-the-go cellphone users who, um, need to go.Yojo Mobile unveiled MizPee, a wireless Internet-based application that provides information on public bathrooms in 16 U.S. cities. Users can enter addresses or intersections …

Padmasree Warrior has been named Cisco Inc.’s CTO just a day after her departure from Motorola Inc. Cisco, based in San Jose, Calif., is one of the world’s biggest networking companies. Warrior, who had been Motorola’s chief technology officer since …

If some early returns from Land Rover and 20th Century Fox are to be believed, Apple Inc.’s iPhone will raise the stakes for marketers that go mobile. To be sure, the iPhone, with more than 1 million sold since its …