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For all that it promises to change in our daily lives, wireless technology still comes up short far too often. We live in a world that’s both fascinating and discouraging. Just think, if we own the right car and the …

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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

Did you feel it? For a brief moment over the weekend, the wireless world as we know it almost ceased to exist when Google announced on its blog that it was testing a new mobile device running its Android operating …

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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

Winners of the 2009 Mobile Excellence Awards winners were announced earlier this week at the organization’s awards show in Los Angeles. Attendence and award submissions at the event doubled this year, according to organizers. The list of winners follows: Best …

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.Wireless service providers and their manufacturing partners are feeling the heat to deliver …

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.With holiday shopping in full swing, and an early snow to boot, it’s …

According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the year of the tiger (apologies to Tiger Woods). Some people in the mobile industry believe that 2010 will be the year of 4G, Android or other smartphones. But in my book, 2010 …

Consumer Reports is out with its latest annual report on cell phones and cell phone service. Surprise: you love your cell phone but your cell phone service? Not so much. According to the survey of 50,000 readers of Consumer Reports, …

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.As I was driving to daycare this morning, listening to CNBC …

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.As the spin doctors try to put a happy face on the retail …

Canadian telecom giant Rogers Communications Inc. is reportedly set to lay off 900 middle-management positions as part of a corporate restructuring designed to streamline the company’s operations.According to the Financial Post, the jobs cuts would impact about 3% of Rogers’ …

With the country still reeling from a recession and wireless growth slowing, industry players are becoming especially creative this holiday season in trying to attract consumers. We have already seen nearly every operator adjust their rate plans to take advantage …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this …

Say what you will about exclusive device lineups, the network is still worth fighting for, as evidenced by more court action between two nation’s largest carriers. In the U.S., AT&T Mobility’s request for a temporary restraining order against Verizon Wireless’ …

LOS ANGELES – What a perfect setup for this week’s Mobile Marketing Forum. Barely a week ago, AdMob gets acquired by Google Inc. for $750 million, making it the third-largest acquisition in Google’s history.“If that’s not a validation … then …

HONG KONG – China Mobile, the country’s largest mobile operator, said Wednesday it is still in negotiations with Apple over the sale of iPhones in China.AFP

South Korean regulators gave Apple a business license on Wednesday that would allow it to launch the iPhone in the country at any time.IDG New Service

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.Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone, Android. What’s next? The public’s taste in smartphones seems …

DUBLIN—With a government mandate to innovate around future technology growth areas like information communications technology, a number of Irish companies have responded to the charge with diverse products and services covering everything from antennas to entertainment applications to high-end billing …

Singaporean mobile operator StarHub will start selling Apple’s iPhone before the end of this year, the company said Monday.PC World

Google’s back on the acquisition front, spending $750 million in stock Monday to acquire mobile display ad company AdMob.AdMob is perhaps best known for serving display ads on iPhones, but it also recently started a business unit focused on ads …

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 wireless industry is at a critical inflection point for smartphones. According to …

Big box retailers have made comparing cellphone plans and pricing much quicker by putting most of the options under one roof. So the real question is who has what?Best Buy Co. Inc. sells more than 90 different handsets across nine …

Ericsson’s growing presence in the North American market is set for further expansion in the coming months as the infrastructure and technology giant this week announced that its current CTO Hakan Eriksson would begin heading up the company’s IP business …