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In three to five years, a Chinese company could become the world leader in the mobile infrastructure market without a major presence in North America, according to a recent study by ABI Research.However, Huawei Technologies Inc. is gearing up to …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors–R.W. Baird lowered its estimates on Nortel Networks after the company lowered its guidance. New estimates are a …

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As device and service options become more complex, wireless service providers are increasing their efforts to educate customers. Sprint Nextel Corp., which has been criticized in the past for its customer care, has taken steps to enhance its “street cred.” …

While key House Homeland Security Committee members appear to back Federal Communications Commission efforts to revise D-Block rules, the panel’s hearing brought to surface differences among lawmakers, first responders and others over critical issues – especially the licensing approach – …

Researchers at Cleveland Clinic said they found a link between cellphone radiation and male fertility problems, fresh scientific data that surfaced in advance of a congressional hearing on a long-running health controversy that mobile-phone carriers cannot shake – despite having …

Alltel Communications L.L.C. has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit over levying early termination fees on consumers that left the wireless carrier before the end of their service contracts. “Through a uniform scheme and common course of conduct, defendant charged …

T-Mobile USA Inc.’s new G1 phone will serve as a kind of one-stop shop for Google Inc.’s mobile offerings, but the device’s prospects may hinge on the success of Android Market. The phone will integrate Google Maps (with Street View), …

The long-awaited Google Inc. Android-powered handset by HTC Corp. for T-Mobile USA Inc. – dubbed the G1 – debuted today and its pre-launch reception appeared positive.Timed for release on Oct. 22 at $180 with a two-year voice and data contract, …

As wireless continues to change how companies do business, Alltel Communications L.L.C. is now offering an application allowing employers to track mobile workers in real time.The Alltel Workforce Locator service is a tracking and mobile resource management product designed by …

A $7 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit accusing Timberland Co. and others of illegally sending unsolicited advertising text messages to cellular subscribers. The development represents but the tip of a litigious iceberg in which the number …

THE OPEN-ACCESS POLICY DEBATE, which raged last year and then curiously subsided after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency should not force wireless networks to give unfettered access to third-party devices and applications, is once again alive. …

The back-to-school rush is over and, inevitably, the holidays will soon be upon us. Cue up the chorus of young voices in your household tentatively suggesting that you might want to take them shopping for new handsets.Hmm … just how …

The back-to-school rush is over and, inevitably, the holidays will soon be upon us. Cue up the chorus of young voices in your household tentatively suggesting that you might want to take them shopping for new handsets.Hmm … just how …

Mobile video-messaging startup Mogreet scored carrier deals on both sides of the Atlantic.The Venice Beach, Calif.-based firm is partnering with Fun Text, a U.K.-based content and messaging service, to offer mobile video greeting cards for mobile phones. The companies’ combined …

At an event in New York today, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Google Inc. executives took the wraps off the G1, a device built by HTC Corp. that features Google Inc.’s Android operating system. The phone, which sports a QWERTY keyboard, …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. I have a good vantage point of the mobile social networking opportunity: …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn’t. If you wish to …

Service provider revenues from mobile money transfer services could exceed $5 billion worldwide by 2013, according to a new study from Juniper Research. The firm predicts the market will begin to accelerate as soon as 2010. The study focuses on …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular–United Kingdom: Ericsson said it has …

In an effort to bolster its home phone service, AT&T Inc. unveiled its HomeManager service that integrates many of the telcom provider’s mobile features into a landline offering.The HomeManager service relies on a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.-provided seven-inch color touchscreen …

Clearwire Corp. is prepping for its impending merger with Sprint Nextel Corp.’s Xohm WiMAX business by shuffling employees. In an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Clearwire’s CEO Ben Wolff included an e-mail dated Sept. 19 addressed to …

Steve Largent introduces a study, produced by CTIA and Harris Interactive, titled “Teenagers: A Generation Unplugged.”; Harris Interactive; CTIA; Trip Hawkins, Digital Chocolate CEO, discusses his views on the media revolution.; CTIA; Digital Chocolate; Trip Hawkins; A group of teens …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Another CTIA show has come and gone. There was plenty of …

SanDisk Corp. is the latest player hoping to elbow its way onto the music-distribution playground.The Milpitas, Calif.-based company announced plans to sell microSD memory cards with preloaded MP3 music files through brick-and-mortar and online retailers including Best Buy and Wal-Mart. …