There is good news for application developers, mobile marketers and anyone in the wireless industry who wants a piece of consumers' attention while they are on their smartphones, according to a new survey from research firm Compete. The survey found...

MetroPCS appears to be interested in a merger with prepaid rival Leap Wireless, but a key company executive declined to elaborate on the topic. "Obviously, we're very interested in the combination of our companies," MetroPCS CFO Braxton Carter said a...

Nokia has revised down its global handset market share for 2009 from 38 percent to 34 percent, based on a new methodology for measuring the handset industry. The company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission the new measurement...

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said he did not know whether the advent of LTE networks would cause wireless carriers to shift to usage-based pricing for mobile data, but he reiterated his position that such a move would happen. "I don't know what th...

New figures from research firm comScore show Motorola and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion commanding the U.S. device market. According to the firm's January numbers, close to 23 percent of the 234 million Americans over the age of 13 who owned a...

Motorola inked an agreement with Microsoft to deploy the software giant's Bing search and mapping services across Motorola's Android-powered smartphones for the Chinese market, eschewing Android creator Google's own mobile offerings in the process. T...

Verizon Wireless said it made a "production change" to the hardware of its BlackBerry Storm2 to improve the gadget's "touchpad performance and tactile issues." The carrier said the change was made last month and that the new iteration is now starting...

The FCC's long-awaited national broadband plan will make its debut Tuesday, March 16, during an open meeting of the commission. The plan, which will be presented to Congress March 17, was originally supposed to make its debut last month but...

T-Mobile USA debuted new webConnect data plans to mimic its suite of Even More and Even More Plus calling plans. The carrier also said it will launch its first HSPA+ device, the webConnect Rocket USB stick, on Sunday, March 14. Specifi...

A key Verizon Wireless executive said the carrier plans to debut an LTE handset three to six months after it commercially launches LTE service. However, Verizon's LTE gadgets likely will sport dual-mode chips so they are backward compatible to the ca...

Previous page On the flip side, I have suggested that those in the two-way radio industry should start attending CTIA Wireless to learn more about commercial capabilities. Even though they share wireless as their communications media, there are many...

This week, only two weeks before the big CTIA Wireless 2010 event, I will be in Las Vegas for a very different type of show--the International Wireless Communication Expo, for the two-way radio industry that includes public safety and two-way radio c...

The world's handset makers are looking forward to a stronger year in 2010 than they had in 2009. ABI Research's Michael Morgan checks out the world's 10 largest branded cell phone makers in the fourth quarter of 2009, providing sales data as well as...

LG released its first phone running Google's Android platform in its home market of South Korea, part of a broader effort to strengthen its smartphone portfolio worldwide. The device, called the LG-KH5200, is the second Android phone to hit the Korea...

Verizon Wireless threw its support behind the FCC's effort to craft a nationwide, interoperable public-safety broadband network, but reiterated its opposition to a key provision of the plan. "The nation's police officers, firefighters and EMS technic...

Ahead of the FCC's official release of its national broadband plan, key parts of the initiative are drawing intense opposition, particularly from broadcasters leery about giving up spectrum and lawmakers concerned by the plan's cost. The FCC has been...

AT&T Mobility scored a coup by being Apple's only U.S. wireless partner for the iPad, but rival Verizon Wireless isn't about to let that stand in the way of a potential market opportunity, according to a leaked internal Verizon document. Accordin...

It has become painfully clear that smartphones are where the growth is in the handset market. Evidence of this is seemingly everywhere: IDC reports the converged mobile device market (translation: smartphones) grew nearly 30 percent year over year i...

Verizon Wireless received top marks for quality, value and customer satisfaction in YouGov's Brand Index survey of the Tier 1 U.S. wireless carriers. The survey, which looks at how the various carriers' brands are viewed, was conducted every week day...

The FCC may release spectrum for "free or very low-cost" wireless broadband service to boost wider broadband adoption. The proposal is one small part of the commission's national broadband plan, which it will formally present to Congress March 17. Th...

Leap Wireless cut 180 jobs and shuttered 27 company stores nationwide. The flat-rate carrier said the restructuring reflects its changing priorities for the year. Leap spokesman Greg Lund told FierceWireless that 90 of the job cuts were corporate pos...

Declining GSM sales contributed to a 13 percent drop in total global mobile infrastructure revenue in the fourth quarter, according to research firm Dell'Oro. Total revenue for the market last quarter was around $10 billion. The decline in the GSM ma...

Sprint Nextel is hoping to reverse revenue losses over the next several quarters as postpaid subscriber defections slow and prepaid increases as a growth engine, according to CFO Bob Brust. Brust, speaking at an analyst conference, said that aft...

Verizon Communications CFO John Killian said the telecom firm will keep its capital expenditures roughly flat in 2010, a sign Verizon Wireless' LTE network buildout is not putting undue strain on the company's resources. Speaking at an analyst confer...

As Nortel Networks mulls what to do with its valuable LTE intellectual property, the vultures are beginning to circle. Nortel, which filed for bankruptcy last year and subsequently sold off its various businesses, is said to be exploring strategic al...

Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on communications, technology and the Internet, has great authority to create legislation affecting the wireless industry. And he plans on doing just that. In an...

Verizon Wireless has jettisoned its $100 mail-in rebate requirements for its Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus smartphones, possibly smoothing the way for shoppers to snap up the gadgets. The Pre Plus is now available for $149.99 and the Pixi Plus is...

Skype won't promote its newly won position in Nokia's Ovi Store in the United States. Instead, the firm will focus its U.S. marketing efforts on its recently inked deal with Verizon Wireless. Last week, Nokia and Skype announced with great...

ZTE is planning to release at least four smartphones this year running Google's Android platform. The company discussed the devices at Mobile World Congress last month in Barcelona, Spain, and now has provided additional details about them....

Verizon Wireless said the throughput speeds it is seeing in its LTE network tests are topping out at between 40 Mbps and 50 Mbps. The figures are the latest update from the carrier as it speeds along toward commercial deployment of the next-generatio...

It's no longer a question of which technology U.S. wireless carriers will use for their next-generation network technology, but a question of when they'll use it. With the exception of Clearwire and its wholesale network partners like Sprint Nex...

While not entirely surprising, the nation's two largest wireless carriers took in the lion's share of net wireless subscriber additions in the fourth quarter, according to a new report from Wireless Intelligence. The two operators accounted for more...

Rivals MetroPCS and Leap Wireless probably won't embark on a possible merger until the second half of 2011, an analyst said, casting doubt on speculation that the two prepaid unlimited carriers are poised to combine their operations to combat fierce...

Standard & Poor's Ratings Service downgraded Sprint Nextel's credit rating, making good on its warning from November. S&P cited the carrier's continuing postpaid subscriber losses as a key worry, despite the growth the carrier has seen in the...

Verizon Wireless will launch two phones from Microsoft in the late spring or early summer that are aimed at teenagers and are being developed under the software giant's "Project Pink" initiative, according to multiple reports. Citing unnamed sources,...

Sony is developing a new smartphone with Sony Ericsson that will be capable of playing PlayStation games, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The report, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, said Sony is taking a more active...

While announcements at last month's Mobile World Congress were viewed through the lens of discrete market segments, in the wake of the trade show it's important to try and piece together the disparate parts and understand what they mean as a whole, a...

AT&T Mobility is launching two new USB modems, including its first with built in aGPS, promising users easier access to location-based applications. The carrier said the Velocity USB modem, built by Option, can be paired with a GPS application av...

I just returned from the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society 2010 conference in Atlanta, where I was struck by the contrast between this healthcare-oriented conference and the wireless-focused confabs that I normally attend. The HIMSS e...

Motorola's decision to split into two companies next year has put a spotlight on the company's handset and set-top box businesses, which will be run by co-CEO Sanjay Jha. But the company's networking unit has big aspirations too. Bruce Brda, Motorola...

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said the company envisions more consolidation in the wireless chipset market, and that Qualcomm will be there to scoop up market share for 3G chips as other players are bought or simply fade away. "Consolidation will happen o...

A federal judge in Delaware has put competing patent-infringement claims between Apple and Nokia on hold while the U.S. International Trade Commission tries to resolve the dispute. The order staying the proceedings covers both Nokia's claims and...

Previous page Lefebvre estimated there are roughly 10,000 outdoor DAS nodes, or site deployments, in the United States. Recently, NextG said it crossed the 5,000 deployment mark. And the market for indoor DAS, or in-building wireless deployments, is...

Over the past few years, distributed antenna systems have quietly emerged as a powerful tool for wireless carriers looking to bolster their coverage and boost their capacity--key concerns in the age of smartphones and 3G. DAS technologies can be used...

Questions remain about the details and viability of the FCC's national broadband plan, which will be presented to Congress March 17. However, one thing appears clear: It's going to carry a hefty price tag. According to the Wall Street Journal, the pl...

Qualcomm predicted its fiscal second-quarter profit and revenue would be at the high end of estimates. Despite the buoyant outlook, the company's top executives faced off with shareholders frustrated that the chip maker's stock was not worth more. "W...

Virgin Mobile USA refreshed its prepaid mobile broadband offerings by adding more data to its existing options. The company said the plans--specifically its high-end plan--are meant to replace customers' wired Internet connection. The new plans, call...

Verizon Wireless confirmed that some customers across parts of the Eastern United States lost data service this morning, but said the problem has been fixed. Voice service was unaffected. Verizon spokesman Tom Pica told FierceWireless some customers...

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said he thinks the wireless industry is going to adopt usage-based pricing models for mobile data. While he did not provide specific plans for how AT&T Mobility might implement such pricing structures, he said ther...

Video is often mentioned as the "killer app" for the future of mobile data. FierceDeveloper's latest Developer Workshop profiles the one company that is trying to get ahead of the curve with mobile video. While most mobile video solutions have focuse...