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4G LTE Cellular To Speak With 2 VoicesBy Joseph Palenchar, November 4, 2009Dallas - Major cellular carriers, handset vendors, and infrastructure worldwide agreed on another international standard to add voice calling and SMS text messaging to the 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) cellular-data standard. More
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SonyEricsson Readies Android PhoneBy Joseph Palenchar, November 3, 2009
Raleigh, N.C. - SonyEricsson's first Android-based smartphone, the Experia X10, will be available in the U.S. during the first quarter for use in 3G HSPA networks.
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NPD Puts Holiday Research OnlineTWICE Staff, November 2, 2009Port Washington, N.Y. - The NPD Group, a leading market research firm, has launched of a new online resource for information on consumer spending during holiday 2009. More
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Sprint Stores Get 3G-Embedded NetbooksBy Joseph Palenchar, November 2, 2009Overland Park, Kan. - Sprint began offering a netbook with embedded 3G wireless for the first time in its stores in select markets, joining indirect retailers who offer netbooks certified for use on the carrier's 3G network. More
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Sprint Launches 4G In More MarketsBy Joseph Palenchar, November 2, 2009Overland Park, Kan. - Sprint launched 4G Mobile WiMAX service under its brand in five more market and plans to launch two more markets by the end of the month, spreading its WiMAX footprint to 23 markets. More
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Sprint Sketches Out Product RoadmapBy Joseph Palenchar, October 30, 2009Overland Park, Kan. - Sprint plans to unveil additional cellphones for holiday sales, but consumer marketing VP David Owens declined to specify whether they would include Android-based smartphones. More
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RadioShack To Run Target's Mobile BizBy Alan Wolf, October 30, 2009Minneapolis - Target has outsourced its mobile phone operation to RadioShack. More
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Motorola Posts Q3 Profit On Lower Handset LossesBy Joseph Palenchar, October 29, 2009Schaumburg, Ill. - Motorola posted its second consecutive quarterly net and operating profit in the third quarter on significantly lower losses by the company's wireless-handset division, which reduced its operating losses for the fourth consecutive quarter. More
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SonyEricsson Cellphone Connects To PS3By Joseph Palenchar, October 28, 2009
San Diego - SonyEricsson's Aino 3G multimedia phone, which uses Wi-Fi and 3G to place-shift content stored on a remote PlayStation3, made it to U.S. shores as an unlocked $600 phone available in Sony Style stores and SonyStyle.com.
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Verizon Reveals Motorola DroidBy Joseph Palenchar, October 28, 2009
New York - Verizon Wireless's first Android-based smartphone, the Droid by Motorola, will go on sale Nov. 6 backed by the largest marketing campaign in the carrier's history, Verizon executive VP/CMO John Stratton announced.
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Carriers Reveal Storm2, PixiBy Joseph Palenchar, October 26, 2009New York - Verizon Wireless priced the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone at $179.99, and Sprint priced Palm's Pixi at $99.99. More
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Carriers Target Multiple Cellular Niches In Q4By Joseph Palenchar, October 21, 2009
New York - New cellphones livening up fourth-quarter competition include a restyled BlackBerry Bold for T-Mobile and AT&T, a new Pantech quick-messaging phone for AT&T and phones for senior citizens from MVNO Consumer Cellular.
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Cellphone Supplier PCD Adding Converged DevicesBy Joseph Palenchar, October 16, 2009Hauppauge, N.Y. - Personal Communications Devices (PCD) is expanding beyond cellphones and cellular modem to offer netbooks, mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and other converged devices with embedded cellular. More
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Walmart To Stoke Q4 Cellular CompetitionBy Joseph Palenchar, October 15, 2009Bentonville, Ark. - Walmart, which already sells TracFone-branded prepaid cellular on a nationwide basis, will now add Straight Talk-brand prepaid services, also provided byTracFone, on an exclusive basis beginning Oct. 18. More
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AT&T Adds Monthly Unlimited PrepaidBy Joseph Palenchar, October 9, 2009Dallas - AT&T plans an Oct. 12 launch of its first monthly unlimited-use prepaid plan for cellular users. More
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CTIA Sets Voluntary StandardsBy Joseph Palenchar, October 8, 2009Washington D.C. - The CTIA-The Wireless Association is encouraging further standardization of inputs and outputs on cellular phones. More
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Samsung Expands Android Selection To 2By Joseph Palenchar, October 7, 2009
Dallas - Samsung announced its second Android-based smartphone, this one intended for the Sprint network.
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FCC: U.S. Faces Cellular Spectrum GapJoseph Palenchar, October 7, 2009San Diego - "The biggest threat to the future of mobile in America is the looming spectrum crisis," the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told the wireless industry during a trade show here. More
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AT&T Readies Cellular VoIP For iPhone By Joseph Palenchar, October 7, 2009Dallas - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hailed AT&T for reversing its position and allowing the iPhone to use VoIP applications that run on AT&T's cellular network. More
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Verizon To Offer Android Handsets In Q4Joseph Palenchar, October 7, 2009Basking Ridge, N.J. - Verizon Wireless will begin offering Android-based smartphones in the coming weeks, joining T-Mobile and Sprint in the Android market in time for the Christmas selling season. More
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