Consortium for indirect wireless dealers to launch

A new buying consortium and membership-based trade organization for indirect wireless dealers is hoping to barnstorm the International CTIA Wireless trade show next week.

HTC vows to fight Apple's patent suits

HTC is convinced it can counter a lawsuit brought against it earlier this month by Apple, and will use every means at its disposal to fight back.

T-Mobile mulling JV to enhance spectrum position

T-Mobile USA confirmed that it has talked with Clearwire and various cable companies about a possible joint venture to enhance the company's spectrum position.

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series: Just like Apple?

This week Microsoft released details on its new Windows Phone 7 Series operating system for smartphones, timed to be commercially available by the critical fourth quarter holiday shopping season.

Jarich: Cisco, Alca-Lu and the hyperbole of the packet core

Last week, Cisco announced the CRS-3, a core router promising three times the switching capacity of its flagship CRS-1--topping out at 322 Tbps in a fully-loaded cluster.

All in: Sprint nabs the Nexus One, too

Google is collecting carriers.

Sprint Nextel announced that it, too, will support Google's flagship Android smartphone that the search giant is selling through its own online store--the move makes Sprint the last of the Tier 1 U.

Report: Sprint to unveil WiMAX smartphone next week

Sprint Nextel will use next week's CTIA Wireless trade show to debut its first smartphone running on Clearwire's mobile WiMAX network, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Report: BlackBerry Bold top handset in Q4

Research firm Strategy Analytics tracks the design and engineering trends in the handset market, and, thanks to a teaming between Strategy Analytics and FierceWireless, we'll bring you some key figures from the firm's reports.

Qualcomm to bid in India's spectrum auction

Qualcomm said it will bid in India's wireless broadband spectrum auction in an attempt to promote the TD-LTE standard in the world's second most populous country.

Unlocked: Google's Nexus One now working on AT&T

Google released a new unlocked version of its Nexus One Android phone that will work on AT&T Mobility's 3G spectrum bands, a move that could spur wider distribution of the smartphone.