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• Wireless industry strong even in struggling economy

  October 27, 2009

  Even during a recession and with their wireline businesses drying up, AT&T and Verizon both posted strong third-quarter results, proof that the wireless industry as a whole is strong.

• Will BlackBerry give Android, iPhone a run for their money?

  October 15, 2009

  With all of the buzz around marketing on the iPhone and Android-enabled devices, there seems to be a sleeping giant left behind in the dust.

• T-Mobile may recover some data but hit to reputation stings

  October 14, 2009

  T-Mobile thinks some of the data its Sidekick customers lost due to a Microsoft computer glitch might be recovered, but a lot of damage has already been done to the carrier’s reputation.

• Regulation could deter wireless growth: CTIA keynote

  October 8, 2009

  SAN DIEGO - AT&T’s message to the FCC during its keynote address at CTIA was clear: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

• T-Mobile runs text-to-win program with blink-182

  September 21, 2009

  T-Mobile has launched its Live the Rock Life text-to-win program to promote its new 3G Sidekick LX handset, offering entrants the chance to party like a rock star with punk-pop band blink-182.

• 2ergo increases focus on carriers with new hire

  September 17, 2009

  Mobile technology provider 2ergo is ramping up its offerings to focus more on wireless carriers and mobile virtual network operators as part of its growth strategy.

• Marketers need to focus on mobile impulse purchases: Study

  September 14, 2009

  Compete’s quarterly Smartphone Intelligence survey found that 30 percent of all smartphone owners are comfortable or very comfortable receiving targeted marketing on their device.

• Call Global's international phone app brings people together worldwide

  September 11, 2009

  Call Global has launched a new application for the iPhone that the company claims will help consumers save 92 percent on international phone calls.

• Apple to FCC: Google Voice alters iPhone user interface

  August 24, 2009

  Apple Inc. defended its right to not approve Google Voice because the Google application changes the iPhone user interface, the Federal Communications Commission was told.

• Google makes enhancements to Gmail app

  August 17, 2009

  Google has made improvements to its Gmail for mobile application that lets users read the emails they have written without a wireless connection.

• Prepaid offerings, smartphones affecting carriers’ Q2 results

  August 7, 2009

  An increase in high-volume/low-value prepaid customers and low-volume/high-value smartphone users affected U.S. carriers' Q2 numbers.

• Sprint Nextel gains prepaid market dominance with Virgin Mobile USA acquisition

  July 29, 2009

  Sprint Nextel Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire Virgin Mobile USA Inc. for approximately $483 million to strengthen the carrier's prepaid offerings.

• Sprint CEO discusses plans for Android device

  July 28, 2009

  At Fortune's Brainstorm: Tech conference, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse declined to discuss Palm Pre results, but talked about the carrier's plans to add a device based on Google's Android OS.

• 52 percent of Americans use mobile for non-voice activities: Study

  July 27, 2009

  Pew Internet's study, "Wireless Internet Use," found that more than half of adult Americans use their mobile phones for a non-voice data activity on a typical day.

• Verizon CEO responds to New York Times’ scathing criticism of carriers

  July 24, 2009

  Verizon Wireless has taken umbrage to the New York Times' less-than-flattering-coverage of wireless carriers.

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