2010

California has gained a reputation as one of the most difficult states to get towers sited. One company is using that ungainly standing as a way to differentiate its services …

Has mobile data growth already crested at AT&T Mobility (T)? CTO John Donovan told a group of developers earlier this week that the growth rate of mobile data traffic is …

Has mobile data growth already crested at AT&T Mobility (T)? CTO John Donovan told a group of developers earlier this week that the growth rate of mobile data traffic is …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) bolstered its prepaid offering with a trio of new plans it hopes will gain the interest of consumers heading into the holiday shopping season. The plans …

ID-WiBB, a non-profit organization created to encourage broadband interoperability in Indonesia, launched an Indonesian broadband roaming facility to serve wireless broadband service providers in the region. The initiative will enable …

Motorola Mobility has put another tool in its arsenal as it prepares go it alone following a split at Motorola Inc.The company has acquired 4Home Inc. to bolster its position …

Executives at Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) were never eager to offer up subscriber count numbers for FLO TV. Until now, sort of.At an event in Silicon Valley earlier this week, CEO …

LTE deployments in the Nordic region are gaining traction as Sweden has three operators competing for LTE customers and Finland gets its first LTE deployment.Swedish wireless operator Tele2 (OH6V) is …

Just a day after Verizon Wireless (VZ) announced plans to begin offering its LTE-based mobile data services on Dec. 5, rival Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) said it plans to raise more …

AT&T announced a global strategic relationship with advertising and marketing communications firm Omnicom. The agreement includes a contract valued at $57 million. The companies said as part of their new …

AT&T announced a global strategic relationship with advertising and marketing communications firm Omnicom. The agreement includes a contract valued at $57 million. The companies said as part of their new …

Local San Jose wireless chip maker Altera has said it will boost its R&D spending in 2011 while optimistically forecasting a rise of between 3-6% in its fourth quarter revenue – in line with earlier analyst predictions.

Don’t throw in the towel on BlackBerry just yet. BlackBerry users ate up more mobile data than iPhone users last month, according to StatCounter.Research In Motion Ltd.’s (RIMM) BlackBerry OS …

Filling in some of the final pieces of its LTE network launch plans, Verizon Wireless (VZ) today announced the launch date, pricing and the initial device line up for its …

Dell Inc. (DELL) is ready to start selling the Venue Pro again after halting sales three weeks ago due to Wi-Fi connectivity problems and mislabeled batteries.The Windows Phone 7 smart …

Federal Communications C omission Chairman Julius Genachowski delivered a short speech today outlining his plans to “preserve the open Internet” ahead of a Dec. 21 meeting during which the agency …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) continued the rollout of its LTE network today with the commercial launch of service in San Francisco. The move follows previous launches in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; …

Motorola Inc. (MOT) finalized plans to break its operations into two separate companies beginning Jan. 4 that will include a tax-free dividend involving the distribution of all Motorola Mobility common …

O3B Networks, which is building a satellite Internet backbone for telecom operaters and ISPs, said it closed its final funding round prior to its service launch, bringing its total financing …

AT&T Mobility (T) is the anchor tenant on new Distributed Antenna System (DAS) networks at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University deployed by NextG Networks.The universities hold some …

Hewlett-Packard Co. will play $16.25 million to the government as part of a settlement for alleged fraud in the E-rate program, which funds Internet connections in schools and libraries. The …