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February 16 2011 - 12:15 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Latin American telecommunications provider América Móvil (AMX) said it will introduce a mobile advertising platform that will deliver targeted advertisements to mobile devices based on consumer preferences. The platform, which...

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Latin American telecommunications provider Am

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 — The availability of enterprise-class features, tools and security is a pervasive concern for virtually ever IT decision maker. While the major smart phone operating systems are adding some of these to their arsenal, there are many others that are being left...

Telecommunications service provider CenturyLink Inc. (CTL) said it has entered into an agreement with Verizon Wireless (VZ) under which CenturyLink will be an authorized agent of Verizon Wireless services. As such, CenturyLink will offer Verizon Wireless equipment and service plans to its residential and...

BARCELONA, Spain – HTC Corp. used the global stage here at Mobile World Congress to announce three updated versions of existing smart phones, two new devices targeting the social media savvy and its first tablet.The HTC Flyer, which marks the company's first foray into...

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.Sprint Nextel Corp. reported earnings last week, and it looks like the four year winter of subscriber...

BARCELONA, Spain – Step aside Apple Inc.(AAPL), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. claims to have the world’s thinnest smart phone on the way.As the weekend came to a close, Samsung held a standing-room only event where it announced the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab...

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,...

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...

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 us the wrong way....

There is little about the mobile space that should shock or surprise anyone anymore. Just think for a minute about all that you can do with that five-ounce device that you tote around wherever you go and it’s hard to think of surviving without...

Verizon Wireless’ (VZ) push to bring voice services to its recently launched LTE network gained momentum as the carrier said it placed an “IMS-based VoLTE (Voice over LTE) call over its commercial network” yesterday morning. The carrier claims the call was the first over...

It's been more than nine months since Hewlett-Packard Co. acquired Palm and the company is just now taking the wraps off its plans for the technology and talented team that it bought for $1.2 billion.At a drawn-out press event yesterday, HP unveiled three new...

NEW YORK – Sprint Nextel Corp. and Kyocera Communications Inc. announced the Echo, a dual-screen smart phone running Google Inc.'s Android 2.2 operating system. The mobile phone is comprised of two 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen displays connected by a pivoting hinge. Both screens can operate...

MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) continued its pioneering work in the LTE space announcing today the imminent availability of Samsung Telecommunications America's LTE-equipped Galaxy Indulge smart phone. The device is the first LTE-enabled smart phone to hit the domestic market, just beating out scheduled deployments...

NEW YORK – Sprint Nextel Corp. and Kyocera Communications Inc. announced the Echo, a dual-screen smart phone running Google Inc.'s Android 2.2 operating system. The mobile phone is comprised of two 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen displays connected by a pivoting hinge. Both screens can operate...

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.If we learned anything from the events of the past week, it’s that brand loyalty matters little...

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,...

AT&T Mobility (T) is gearing up to launch a mobile hotspot application on Feb. 13.Making its debut on HTC Corp.'s Inspire 4G device, the AT&T mobile hotspot application will cost $20 a month for 2 GB of data. Bundled with the AT&T Data Pro...

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, or a movie ticket...

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. In my last column, “Wave of consolidation washing over wireless,” I summarized the key drivers of...

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,...