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Visual voicemail is still in its infancy – it’s only available on a handful of devices from the nation’s top four carriers – but as the service becomes more prevalent, smaller wireless providers may see it as a way to …

The Apple iPhone beating out BlackBerry devices from Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd. for smartphone market share is being seen as a sign that the iPhone is making headway toward becoming not just a consumer device, but a corporate mobility …

AT&T Inc. reported plans to acquire Wayport Inc. for $275 million, expanding the telecom giant’s Wi-Fi offering to thousands of locations and offering free Internet access to millions of its customers.The acquisition expands AT&T’s Wi-Fi footprint to nearly 20,000 domestic …

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 RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

The third quarter was a rough one for T-Mobile USA Inc. The carrier posted the lowest number postpaid net additions – 293,000 – since its inception in 2001, according to Kate Price of Technology Business Research Inc.“Some high-value, postpaid subscribers …

Craig Harper went from trying to keep track of his daughter to launching his own company that aims to help businesses keep track of their mobile workforce and be more productive.In 2006, Harper bought his 9-year-old daughter a Disney Mobile …

Shares of Glu Mobile Inc. continued to slide after the mobile game maker posted a $56.9 million quarterly loss.The San Mateo, Calif.-based publisher reported third quarter revenue of $23.9 million, up 44% from the same period last year, thanks largely …

The handset market has been unseasonably chilly this fall.Where the third quarter typically reflects a ramp-up for the holiday spending orgy, it appeared from the metrics that the togas may remain in the closet this quarter. Media coverage that typically …

The strongest growth in Apple Inc. 3G iPhone sales is occurring among consumers who earn below the median household income, according to comScore/M:Metrics. While nearly half of iPhone owners earn more than $100,000 annually – the proverbial early adopters with …

You know that dusty smell you experience when you open a book that hasn’t been picked up in decades? That’s the feeling I get lately when I think of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile.Smartphones – and the applications that run on them …

Despite some financial hiccups, Alltel Communications L.L.C. managed to acquire more than 1 million gross customer additions during the third quarter, a 28% increase from a year ago. The carrier recorded 335,152 net customer adds, with 255,299 of those signing …

The “OS wars,” as some would have it, are alive and well – at least in the data on the various contenders’ shifting market share.“Symbian is still by far the most popular operating system for smartphones, with about 50% global …

Gameloft offered a surprisingly upbeat outlook for mobile gaming as it posted $34.1 million in third-quarter revenues.The Paris-based game maker reported an 8% increase from last year’s revenues during the same period, and generated $99.6 million during the first nine …

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. Having just returned from the Rutberg Wireless Influencers conference this past week, …

The presidential contest that will – almost certainly – be decided this week may be remembered as the point where politics collided with mobile. And I’m not talking just about Barack Obama’s text-message campaign.A small army of wireless players is …

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. Data usage is an important component for future revenue growth …

VERIZON WIRELESS ADDED 2.1 million customers during the third quarter, just slightly behind numbers posted by rival AT&T Mobility.In organic growth, Verizon added 1.5 million retail net customer additions, essentially all postpaid. AT&T Mobility gained 1.7 million customers in postpaid …

A survey by internet monitoring firm comScore has shown that the iPhone is proving most popular among low income earners in the US, despite its high price tag.

Uncharted territory. It’s a phrase bandied about in many quarters since mid-September, when Wall Street’s facade began to crumble. But it’s particularly relevant to the wireless industry as it heads into the year’s strongest quarter for handset sales and contract …

Is the Google Android operating system a game changer? The answer to that question may determine the answer to one of wireless’s biggest questions: Who owns the customer? From the time the first cellphone call was made, wireless carriers have …

The economic downturn is already dragging down the online-marketing space, but pure-play mobile ad companies swear they’re not worried about its affect on the wireless Web.Nielsen Online last month reported a 6% overall decline in “image-based” online ad spending in …

Although in numbers it lags behind Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari, the Opera web browser is known for having a devoted fanbase. Opera has made inroads into gaming consoles and mobile platforms including the Wii, Nintendo DS, and approximately 40 …

EA Mobile said it will expand its support for Nokia Corp.’s N-Gage platform with nearly a dozen new, high-profile titles over the next year.EA Sports FIFA 09, Spore Origins and Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition will launch in …

If this keeps up, content owners may forget the whole “on-deck vs. off-deck” argument. Instead, they’ll be trying to figure out which mobile application stores’ shelves they want to stock.Google Inc. is the latest player in the app-store game, launching …

AT&T Mobility is once again caught in a spat over its claims of network coverage, but maybe the company should be concentrating its efforts on lucrative data services.As RCRWireless.com’s Allie Winter reported earlier this week, the nation’s largest carrier is …