Submitted on November 2009, 05:36 am by Steve Parker

The 2010 Board of Directors has been chosen. The members representing the Association are:

Steve Parker - General Dynamics

Brandy Bowlin - Crown Castle

Craig Thieman - CommScope

Todd Briggs - Briggs Law Office

Frank Sellinger - FSTAN

Roy Helm - Vortex Wireless

Mark Mosher - Radiant Network

Tara Runion - Crown Castle

Submitted on May 2009, 07:07 am by Steve Parker

The date and location of the 3rd Annual KWA Charity Golf Outing has been announced.

Please go HERE to sign up TODAY!

Submitted on 8 February 2010, 8:55 am by Fierce Wireless

Research In Motion's BlackBerry Curve was the top-selling smartphone in the fourth quarter, according to research firm IDC, beating out Apple's iPhone 3GS. Although the Curve comes in multiple forms on numerous carriers, the result is still impressive considering that Apple's iPhone sales grew 100 percent in its most recent quarter, to 8.7 million, compared with the year-ago quarter. According to IDC, the Motorola Droid was the No. 3 smartphone in the quarter, benefiting from a full-throated marketing campaign by Verizon Wireless. What other smartphones rounded out the top 10? Special feature

Submitted on 8 February 2010, 8:45 am by Fierce Wireless

Sony Ericsson named a new head of global sales and marketing, who will take over beginning in April, just as the company's first phone running Google's Android platform hits the market.

The struggling handset maker said Kristian Tear, currently the head of Sony Ericsson's Western Europe region and of global customer accounts, will replace Anders Runevad, effective April 1. Runevad, who has been leading the company's sales team for the past three years, will return to parent company Ericsson.

Tear joined Sony Ericsson in 2005 after coming over from Ericsson. His successor has not yet been named. Tear will have his work cut out for him as he works with Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg to try and turn the firm's sluggish sales around. In the fourth quarter, Sony Ericsson reported its sixth straight quarterly loss. The company shipped 14.6 million units, down from 24.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, and its market share was 5 percent, the same as in the third quarter, but down from 8 percent in the year-ago quarter.

Sony Ericsson also confirmed that its first Android phone, which will begin shipping through NTT DoCoMo and other operators in April, will be upgraded to the latest version of Android sometime after it launches. The phone, which runs on a custom user interface, will have Android 1.6 on it when it ships.

For more:
- see this release
- see this Sony Ericsson blog post

Submitted on 8 February 2010, 12:13 pm by Wireless Week

At the annual State of the City Address in Portland, Oregon, Mayor Sam Adams said that the city will make $500,000 available for innovative small business ventures that may be matched by banks. The city is creating a Portland Small Business [...]

Submitted on 8 February 2010, 12:06 pm by Wireless Week

Motorola Inc. said Monday that it has invested in TuneWiki Ltd., a social-networking music service.The company's Motorola Ventures acted as lead investor in a round of funding that also included Intellect Capital Ventures, a venture fund initiative of Nordic telecommunications operator...