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With the recent HP shut-down of the WebOS and Palm divisions, it’s becoming increasingly clear that to succeed in the mobile device market, an OS needs to have significant device, …

The pain continues for Nokia Corp. (NOK). Device sales are down across the board and profits have fallen off a cliff, well into the red. Indeed, Nokia is bleeding red …

Northwestern University selected Motorola Solutions (MSI) to deploy a 900 MHz ASTRO 25 Project 25 voice and integrated data communication solution. The new P25 system replaces a 14-year-old analog trunking …

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 …

Nearly four years after Nokia Corp. (NOK) paid $8.1 billion to acquire Navteq Corp., the struggling Finnish company is repositioning the business under the arm of “location & commerce.” The …

NeoMediaTechnologies Inc., which provides mobile barcode scanning, just had its patent for the technology affirmed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This is the second time the patent has …

BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Service providers are not the enemy of application developers, despite a preconceived notion that they are, Alcatel-Lucent’s Laura Merling told a crowd of developers at this morning’s Glue Conference …

DALLAS – “Telecom is buzzing again,” said Windstream Communications President and CEO Jeff Gardner and Genband President and CEO Charlie Vogt during a keynote address today at the Telecommunications Industry …

The combined revenue of the four major mobile application stores is projected to jump nearly 80% this year, according to a new report from iSuppli Corp. Following 2010, when Apple …

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) said it is making its OpenPlug Studio toolkit available for free to application developers as the network vendor tries to flesh out the ecosystem for more enterprise end …

Mobile mapping just got more attractive, as Nokia unveiled its new beta version of Ovi Maps 3D. In a blow to Google, the Finnish phone firm has impressed the masses …

LAS VEGAS—AEG Digital Media, which produces digital media services for live video-streaming events, is using part of Cisco Systems Inc.’s Videoscape portfolio to live stream video over any device on …

LAS VEGAS—Because of all of the bickering between wireless trade organization CTIA and broadcaster trade association the National Association of Broadcasters, I was curious to find similarities and differences in …

Just when European fixed operators thought they had seen off the threat of fixed-to-mobile broadband substitution, some, mainly in Nordic markets, are encountering new mobile services that are genuinely substitutive …

ORLANDO, Fla.—Ericsson (ERIC) is launching a wireless innovation program designed to connect innovators, application developers, entrepreneurs, device manufacturers, vertical service providers an operators to evolve the network society, the company …

AUSTIN, Texas–Peter Vesterbacka, CEO of Rovio, and Ville Vesterinen CEO and co-founder of Grey Area, talk about the future of mobile gaming, which is more about the experience than the …

The relationship between carriers and app developers is an evolving one. Carriers have increasingly opened up their APIs to developers – even if a developer is offering an application that …

AUSTIN, Texas—SouthbySouthwest, that quirky music show that is morphing into an important play for companies in the wireless space, is back with a vengeance this year in Austin, Texas. The …

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News’ January Special Edition: “Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that …

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News’ January Special Edition: “Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that …

BARCELONA, Spain – Neustar Inc. and Hook Mobile are teaming up with National Geographic to show how their technology can enable mobile giving. Neustar has introduced its Neustar Intelligent Cloud …

BARCELONA, Spain – L.M. Ericsson signed a strategic alliance with Akamai Technologies Inc. to jointly develop solutions around improving the end-user experience on the mobile web. Ultimately, the combination could …

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.What …