Nokia’s Lumia 710, often lost in the shadow of its higher-profile brothers, has actually gained a modest foothold at T-Mobile USA. While not a blockbuster, the Lumia 710 has gotten decent traction at T-Mobile’s online store. Web sites such as Amazon and Wirefly similarly have the device ranked high among T-Mobile customers. Its performance marks …

Verizon Communications, in justifying its planned acquisition of spectrum from the major cable providers, said today its wireless arm could suffer from a capacity shortage in its bigger cities as early as next year. “We will need this spectrum in a number of significant markets by 2013, so there is no time to lose in making this spectrum available,” said …

Nokia’s Windows Phone is starting to make some headway in Europe. Specifically, in the U.K., Nokia’s Lumia line of Windows Phone smartphones has started to outsell Nokia’s Symbian devices over the past few months, according to Bloomberg, which cited a study from research firm Kantar Worldpanel. Of the U.K. mobile phone purchasers interviewed in the last three months, 2.5 percent …

Developers with education app ideas will find a sympathetic ear at AT&T. The company plans to spur the development of apps that will help improve the state of education, and is planning an education-centric “hackathon” contest in June to find the smartest apps. The idea is to bring the Internet, video, social media, and the concept of “gamification” to the …

Deborah Moncure and her app bring a new spin to the notion of a “Jesus Phone.” The introduction page to the Central Baptist Church app. Central Baptist Church When Moncure, who works for the Central Baptist Church in St. Louis, Mo., was looking around last year for a way to get information out about the church’s schedule and activities, she …

Cricket has signed on to use Clearwire’s forthcoming 4G LTE network to augment its own next-generation deployment. Cricket, owned by parent Leap Wireless, and Clearwire said today that they have signed a five-year wholesale deal. While Cricket is building a 4G LTE network across two-thirds of its own territory over the next three years, it will need Clearwire’s wider reach …

For a company that builds telecommunications equipment and smartphones, Huawei has–in its own admission–not been so great at communicating its story. Huawei’s focus on serving its customers in the past came at the expense of establishing any kind of presence with the media or consumers, something its executives believe opened the door to a misinformation campaign that has stunted its …

Telecom geeks (like me) may know Ericsson as the mammoth company that supplies phone network equipment to carriers. But did you know it has a burgeoning app following as well? That was news to me as I sat down with a few executives from Ericsson while at Mobile World Congress. But the company has long fostered a small, but healthy, …

China may hold back on moving into 4G LTE even as the U.S. carriers race ahead to roll out next-generation networks. The Chinese government is looking to hold back on granting the licenses required for its own carriers to deploy 4G LTE, according to a report from PC World, which cited local state-owned TV. The government said it may wait …

Sprint Nextel wants to be the king of the hill when it comes to providing a cellular connection to any device, whether it is a heart monitor or a dog collar. Sprint plans to do this not just by offering a wireless connection, but also through a broad offering of advice, maintenance, and other services–supplied by both Sprint and a …