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Bowing to shareholder pressure in the face of poor performance, Sprint Nextel Corp. Chairman, President and CEO Gary Forsee will step down effective immediately. The company also pre-released a few metrics for the third quarter and said it lost nearly …

The Weather Channel Interactive is touting a new study it says supports the effectiveness of advertising on the mobile Web.The study, which was commissioned by TWC and carried out by marketing research firm Dynamic Logic, found that a recent campaign …

A new study from Informa Telecoms & Media predicts there will be 435 million Session Initiation Protocol-enabled mobile phone users by 2012.The research firm said SIP-enabled mobile phones will number about 275 million this year. It expects the market to …

A new class of devices is ahead as everyday consumer electronics and mobile broadband converge, according to ABI Research.“The market for cellular-enabled consumer electronics devices will gather momentum in 2008 and 2009 with Qualcomm Inc.’s Snapdragon platform. As mobile WiMAX …

More than 2 million U.S. households have direct connections into high-speed fiber networks, according to a new study by the Fiber-to-the-Home Council and the Telecommunications Industry Association.The study said nearly 2% of U.S. households are connected via end-to-end fiber, and …

Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. rocketed after the company broke the 10-million subscriber mark and issued a positive outlook for the rest of the year.The BlackBerry maker reported second-quarter revenue of $1.37 billion, more than doubling revenue during the …

Family plans are the glue that keeps customers sticky, according to the most recent survey of customer satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates-and in households where family members share minutes, they are substantially happier with their wireless service than those …

Although younger users are at the forefront of mobile adoption, new research from InsightExpress found that Baby Boomers are actively embracing wireless too.In a new survey, the firm found that about 80% of all Americans said they own a mobile …

Telecom operators around the world are losing more and more cash to various types of fraud-and in some cases the shortfalls amount to as much as 5% of revenues, according to a new survey of operators.The study, conducted by Analysys …

A little more than one-third of North American cellphone subscribers only use voice services, according to a new report from research firm In-Stat.The firm said wireless carriers should view the findings as an opportunity, reflecting a new, untapped segment for …

If you’re wondering what shape WiMAX-enabled devices will take, you can hop a plane to South Korea and see Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s two models in action on SK Telecom’s WiBro network. Samsung’s M8100 is the world’s first WiMAX-equipped PDA-style …

Americans are more responsive to text ads than their European counterparts, according to new figures from M:Metrics.But that trend isn’t likely to last.The Seattle-based market research firm found that Spanish consumers reported the most SMS come-ons, with 75% of mobile …

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 …

ACE*COMM surveyed teens and parents on their cellphone uses. Based on responses from 1,000 U.S. and 1,000 U.K./German teens in 2005-2006, the firm found:● 39% of American teens use SMS with friends while in school● 24% of U.S. teens play …

Twenty new financing deals with 20 private companies were announced in August, according to Rutberg & Co., valued at $234 million.The bulk of the investments were made in the enterprise infrastructure, consumer application and carrier sectors.Rutberg also said there were …

The state and local public-safety interoperable communications market is expected to grow to $5.5 billion by 2012, according to government business analyst Input.That figure includes $3.4 billion from federal funding sources, said the firm. Input noted the National Telecommunications and …

Wireless call quality continues to improve, with customers seeing a reduction in initial disconnects in particular, according to the most recent J.D. Power and Associates report on call quality.The study, which was based on responses from more than 25,000 wireless …

The cellular backhaul market is expected to reach $23 billion by 2012, according to a new ABI Research study. Backhaul currently accounts for about $14 billion in capital expenditures, the company said. ABI also found that Eastern Europe would replace …

A new survey focused on smartphone operating systems by iGR found that more than half of all respondents use a Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry device, while the majority of the remaining respondents use a Windows Mobile device. At least …

China should surpass 500 million cellular connections during the third quarter, according to Wireless Intelligence, a joint venture of Ovum and the GSM Association.The firm said China adds about 19 million connections per quarter, representing a quarterly growth rate of …

High-value customers feel underappreciated by their carrier, according to In-Stat.The study found more than 60% of high ARPU users say they do not feel their wireless operator appreciates them and 80% believe operators should do more to show their appreciation.“The …

About 84% of the U.S. population will own and use a mobile phone by the end of the year, according to a new study by research company SNL Kagan. Additionally, the number of cellphone users is projected to surge past …

American mobile users are still using cellphones primarily for calls, falling behind other countries in adopting them as multimedia devices, a new study by Universal McCann reports.The study, conducted in June, covered 10,000 Internet-connected mobile-phone users in 21 countries. It …

The smartphone market in North American is in flux, with Research In Motion Ltd. rapidly gaining ground by successfully crossing over into the consumer market from its traditional enterprise role. RIM has grabbed market share while competitors struggle with products …

Customer satisfaction in the prepaid sector has increased considerably since last year, driven by new pricing options and services, according to the latest survey by J.D. Power and Associates. Overall satisfaction got a boost of 10 points on the company’s …