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Three things you need to know about the handset market in the United States last quarter, courtesy of Strategy Analytics: 1) Overall unit sales reached nearly 42 million, up 5.3% over the year-ago quarter, which the market analysis firm said …

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 adoption of the wireless web grows, so too does …

T-Mobile USA Inc. said it scored two court wins – one awarding the No. 4 wireless provider several million dollars in punitive damages – in connection with mushrooming litigation to curb what appears to be a widespread practice of purchasing …

Verizon Wireless announced it completed its purchase of Rural Cellular Corp., bringing to a close a yearlong transaction that sparked complaints from consumer advocates and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).Under the final agreement, Verizon Wireless placed Rural Cellular licenses and assets …

Hardware, software, high-speed networks, uptake . it seems all the pieces are in place for mobile commerce to take off. Well, all the pieces except maybe a viable business model or two.That was the takeaway from last week’s Mobile Financial …

Mobile music has been a one-hit wonder. But the big follow-up to the lucrative ringtone market may not be ringback tones, full-track downloads or any other single application. It may be advertising.Ringtone revenues in the United States will shrink in …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX–India: Redline Communications Group said it …

A California Superior Court judge ordered Sprint Nextel Corp. to pay $73 million after finding its early termination fee policy violated California law.Alameda County Superior Court Judge Bonnie Sabraw said the carrier must pay $18.25 million to users who paid …

Centennial Communications Corp. put out results for its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year that ended May 31, with a consolidated annual revenue exceeding $1 billion.Consolidated revenue for the fourth quarter totaled $258.7 million, with $142.5 million coming from domestic operations and …

Verizon Wireless quietly launched visual voicemail, allowing customers to view caller and voicemail information and listen to voicemail messages in any order on their phone.Voice messages will be displayed on users’ phones with sender and time information, and customers can …

VERIZON WIRELESS MAY LAG BEHIND larger rival AT&T Mobility in total customers, but the industry’s No. 2 players continues to hold a financial lead.Verizon Wireless posted an 11.8% increase in total revenues during the second quarter, reaching $12.1 billion, which …

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 …

Verizon Wireless released partial second-quarter results showing it added 1.5 million new subscribers to its “Can You Hear Me Now?” network during the period. The results came in ahead of the 1.3 million customers the industry’s No. 2 carrier posted …

Apple Inc.’s stock sank more than 10% in after hours trading today after the company forecast fiscal fourth-quarter earnings below analysts’ expectations.The company sold 717,000 iPhones in the fiscal third quarter that ended June 28, but no clear, year-ago quarterly …

A federal judge in Seattle ruled a class action texting lawsuit against T-Mobile USA Inc. will move forward, a development that comes as the mobile-phone industry offers to help federal regulators crack down on third-parties that send unsolicited commercial messages …

Apple Inc.’s 3G iPhone is making its way across the world, with reportedly more than 1 million sold in the first weekend, and AT&T Mobility spokesman Mark Siegel said the carrier couldn’t be more thrilled. However, it doesn’t look as …

There are countless companies trying to target consumers through their phones, but mobile advertising may be an especially good fit for athletic shoes.Pardon the pun.Nike kicked off – oops, launched – an interactive campaign in Hong Kong last month to …

Leap Communications International Inc. subsidiary Cricket Communications Inc. added another version of Motorola Inc.’s venerable Razr handset to its lineup with the V3s that is compatible with the carrier’s advanced wireless services spectrum it acquired during the Federal Communication Commission’s …

The iPhone 3G’s “opening weekend” — get used to the movie lingo in this context — saw “one million devices sold” in 21 countries, according to Apple Inc.’s CEO Steve Jobs. If true, that’s more than three times the volume …

AT&T Mobility’s decision to take Synchronoss out of the Apple Inc. iPhone-activation loop contributed to last week’s debacle at Apple and AT&T Mobility stores, according to ThinkPanmure L.L.C.Apple last year employed New Jersey-based Synchronoss to handle activations for iPhone purchasers …

The 3G iPhone is here and the world is still turning. We went to two Apple retail stores on Friday to check out the scene and get the scoop on iPhone seekers in Denver and Boston.; 3G iPhone; The term …

Anxious iPhone fans came from far and wide to wait in line for the 3G iPhone at Apple retail stores across the country. // By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C // …

Apple Inc.’s launch of its 3G iPhone this morning got off to a rocky start for some. According to AT&T Mobility spokesman Mark Siegel, customers buying the device were having trouble synching their new phone to Apple’s iTunes service in …

You know what Google Inc. does on the Internet, right? Sifting through billions of destinations to help people find what they’re looking for? That’s what Sense Networks executives want to do for every city on the planet.A New York-based startup …

Verizon Wireless is set to open up existing text message bundles and benefits to prepaid customers. Starting July 14th prepaid customers can get unlimited text, picture and video messaging to Verizon Wireless customers, plus get an additional 250 text, picture …