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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 a week for revolutions: Egypt has changed from a dictatorship to democracy in just...

BARCELONA, Spain – Last night, Nokia Corp. CEO Stephen Elop took the stage at Mobile World Congress to discuss Nokia’s partnership with Microsoft Corp. and what it means for the future of both companies in the smart phone space. Elop, who was appointed as CEO and president at...

Nokia Corp. has done the unexpected. Never mind, the news already leaked. The world's largest handset manufacturer has taken its search for a modern smart phone operating system outside its ranks and inked a wide-ranging deal with Microsoft Corp. to make Windows Phone the...

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 as open as possible,...

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has chosen Openwave Systems Inc.'s (OPWV) Integra technology to power its Sprint Browser VAS (value-added services) ecosystem, which enables developers to access different pieces of the Sprint network to develop applications and services that run in the browser. Sprint...

Nokia Corp. (NOK) could well be on its way to reversing the downward spiral that it's been on for about three years. If the company's just-reported earnings for the third quarter don't build overwhelming confidence in that notion, the firm's new CEO Stephen Elop...

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.I congratulate you on assuming leadership of one of the great mobile and wireless companies...

Merchants and their banks are mandated by the credit card companies to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a set of security best practices defined by the credit card industry and focused on protecting cardholder data. Compliance is determined...

Nokia Corp. (NOK) said this week that it wants to improve its business in the United States with plans to work more closely with operators and provide devices that meet the unique characteristics of the market. This quest has been a near annual proclamation...

Nokia Corp. (NOK), the world’s largest mobile device maker, said current CEO and President Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo will leave the company on Sept. 20 and be replaced by current Microsoft Corp. executive Stephen Elop."The time is right to accelerate the company's renewal; to bring in...

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is hiring an iPhone application developer for its new incubator lab, Qualcomm Services Labs Inc. QSL is an incubator for mobile applications, so it stands to reason the CDMA chip company would expand to popular mobile platforms like Apple Inc.’s,...

Nokia Corp. continued its expansion outside of its traditional device sphere announcing plans to acquire U.S.-based mobile analytics firm Motally Inc.Nokia said Motally’s in-application tracking and reporting service will be adapted for Qt, Symbian, Meego and Java developers. Nokia also said it will continue...

Nokia Corp. (NOK) is making plans to reset and rename its all-you-can-eat music service after less than two lackluster years on the scene.While ambitious, the unlimited music service that was bundled into the price of select Nokia devices has never lived up to its...

The latest report on app downloads doesn't pack many surprises, but it does shine a brighter light on the runaway hit that mobile apps have become.According to the latest data from ABI Research, Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iOS will command more than half, or 52%,...

The Palestinian telecom sector is growing. Exports in IT, software and mobile are finding customers in regional markets. Access to capital is improving with new VC firms dedicated exclusively to the Palestinian IT sector. At the macro level, the Telecommunication Regulation Commission (TRC)...

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The 80-page special edition is available here. The Subscriber Identity Module – that standard little chip that houses all of...

SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm Inc. has paid $3 billion to developers using its BREW platform, CEO Paul Jacobs told a crowd of about 3,000 during yesterday's keynote speech at the company's first Uplinq conference. That $3 billion amounts to an average selling price of...

Alcatel Lucent (ALU) continued its strategy of connecting operators, enterprises and developers, buying ProgrammableWeb, a repository for more than 2,000 application programming interfaces, for an undisclosed sum.The acquisition will give Alcatel Lucent access to ProgrammableWeb's developer community, as well as the company's...

Nokia is doing a bit of early morning house cleaning, it seems, closing down its Ovi store for an indeterminable period of time.

Nokia Corp. continues to buckle under the increasing might and will of its competitors in the smartphone space. In a note to investors , the company downgraded the financial outlook for its devices and services division for the second (current) quarter and full...

Lost in the shuffle of AT&T Mobility’s announcement this week that it was now limiting previous smartphone data plans to 2 gigabytes of data transmission were changes rival T-Mobile USA Inc. quietly made to its data packages last weekend. The nation’s No. 4 carrier...

Editor's Note: This special report on mobile marketing first appeared in the March Special Edition of RCR Wireless News. The special report is running in two parts. The second part of the report will be available online on Tuesday. Mobile marketing...

Nokia and Yahoo announced a worldwide strategic alliance to get Yahoo services on Nokia' Ovi platform and Nokia's navigational tools on Yahoo's online offerings. The companies have been collaborating for years and this alliance could give them a better chance to compete in a...

Finnish phone maker Nokia is reinventing itself yet again, reorganizing its business units and reshuffling its executives in an attempt to pull itself together and make a concerted stand against its burgeoning competitors.