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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.Would you be willing to pay for coffee, a new sweater, …

The worldwide mobile phone market just keeps on growing, with IDC’s latest results showing a 17.9% rise in the fourth quarter of 2010 alone. The market research outfit says vendors shipped 401.4 million units in 4Q10 compared to 340.5 million …

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.This week we have a bevy of changes occurring in Silicon Valley to …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) has kept its foot on the LTE throttle announcing today that it has launched services in Jacksonville, Miami and Orlando, Fla.; and Atlanta. The expansion builds on previous launches in 13 metro areas, including Boston; Dallas-Fort …

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has now served more than 10 billion app downloads. Since launching the App Store in June 2008, Apple’s presence in the mobile space has grown considerably.The company surpassed 3 billion downloads just a year ago. Near the …

Enterprise is expected to comprise at least a quarter of all tablet sales this year and drive an even greater slice of the market going forward, according to a new report from Deloitte Development LLC.Just about everyone predicts that tablets …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News Editor Sylvie Barak delved deep into the Russian wireless landscape during a recent trip to the country. She delivered a feature report for RCR Wireless News that was included in our November Special Edition. Click …

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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Verizon Wireless (VZ) did millions a favor and finally got a room.The two biggest names in the domestic mobile business made it official today with Verizon Wireless announcing it will begin offering a CDMA version of …

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.While there has been a lot of hype about this year’s Consumer Electronics …

In a move to perhaps brace itself from the rumored impending availability of Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone at rival carriers, AT&T Mobility (T) said it would begin selling the previous generation iPhone 3GS model for $50 beginning Jan. 7. That …

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.What do the Virgin Group, Poste Italiane, and Wal-Mart have in common? They …

If Wirefly.com is any indication, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) could be in for some surprising fourth quarter results. The online wireless retailer, which is owned by Simplexity, reported that the HTC Corp. Evo 4G was its best selling device during …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) has tweaked pricing plans for its recently launched LTE service, dropping the starting price from $55 per month to $40 per month. The carrier said the entry-level plan will include unlimited nationwide talk, text, Web browsing …

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 …

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has in the past been the butt of jokes when it came to customer care issues. This view was bolstered by repeated poor showings in customer care surveys as well as internal decisions that focused on …

Editor’s Note: The mobile space witnessed a lot of news over the past 12 months that have and will alter the mobile landscape for years to come. With the end of 2010 just days away, RCR Wireless News takes a …

Editor’s Note: The mobile space witnessed a lot of news over the past 12 months that have and will alter the mobile landscape for years to come. With the end of 2010 just days away, RCR Wireless News takes a …

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.This week, we touch on the second part of the “wish list” – …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) continued to roll out its LTE services today with launches in Boston, New York City and Sacramento, Calif. The carrier now offers the service in nine metropolitan areas following previous launches in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; Detroit; …

Interesting conclusions are being drawn based on some daily point-of-sale data that ITG Investment Research analyst Matthew Goldman apparently leaked to AllThingsD.Depending on who you ask or what you read, Verizon Wireless (VZ) could be too dependent on Android devices, …

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is putting the final details on its FLO TV shutdown.Leading up to the shutdown of the service on March 27, 2011, the company has opened up a rebate program that will effectively reimburse some of the company’s …

Rural telecom operator Ntelos Holdings Corp. (NTLS) said it plans to split up its current operations into separate wireline and wireless businesses in an attempt to maximize the value of both organizations. The transaction is structured as a tax free …