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CHICAGO-MobileIgnite declared its autonomy as an independent industry association, announcing that its top priority is to accelerate the adoption of fixed-mobile convergence interoperability. The new trade group said 16 industry …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. posted-stronger-than-expected third-quarter financial results, which were bolstered by solid customer growth and improved customer revenues. The carrier, which offers its flat-rate Cricket service in 37 …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it added 1.059 million subscribers during the third quarter, which was well above the 901,000 customers the carrier added last year and surpassed most analyst …

WASHINGTON-Since the digital TV transition issue put universal-service reform on the back burner, lawmakers recently agreed to renew a one-year restriction on any efforts by the Federal Communications Commission to …

CHICAGO-More than half of the world’s mobile phone users with multimedia handsets use their phones to access the Internet or check e-mail at least once a month, according to a …

While most will busy themselves with decorations and gifts this holiday season, U.S. carriers and handset makers likely will be caught up in fierce battles over pricing, services and-ultimately-customers. As …

Regional carriers continued to bleed customers during the third quarter as more competition and evolving networks drove up churn for a number of operators Dobson Communications Corp., SunCom Wireless Holdings …

BERLIN-Citing changing industry dynamics, German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG said it plans to cut 32,000 jobs during the next three years-with most of the reductions coming from its T-Com …

Sprint Nextel Corp. became the first U.S. operator to offer full-track music downloads, launching a dual-delivery service last week using phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration’s spectrum agenda is showing signs of losing momentum and direction, a development that has prompted frustrated National Telecommunications and Information Administration officials to quietly push forward on …

Product announcements streamed out of Boston during WiMAX World 2005, a show where the attendance increased from the hundreds in 2004 to the thousands in 2005. As the industry moves …

NETANYA, Israel-Mobile users who have trouble accessing data services are far more likely to give up than to seek help from their operator or mobile content provider, according to research …

CHICAGO-More than half of the world’s mobile phone users with multimedia handsets use their phones to access the Internet or check e-mail at least once a month, according to a …

BERWYN, Pa.-Regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. lost 45,556 customers during the third quarter and ended the first nine months of the year with 919,550 subscribers on its network. …

BERLIN-Citing changing industry dynamics, German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG said it plans to cut 32,000 jobs during the next three years-with most of the reductions coming from its T-Com …

LAS VEGAS-Ford Motor Co. will offer a dealer-installed “mobile office” with a wireless-enabled PC, printer and GPS system in its F-250 trucks next year, the automaker said Tuesday . Ford …

TORONTO-Nokia Corp.’s Preminet offering gained another backer Tuesday as Tira Wireless said it is offering its porting technology to content providers using the delivery platform. Tira said it has made …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced an agreement with ZAO Start Telecom to construct a fixed WiMAX network in Russia based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. In the deal, Siemens will provide …

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz Transition Administrator released information Wednesday on how Sprint Nextel Corp. should reimburse labor and other costs as part of the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to solve public-safety …

BOSTON-Product announcements are streaming out of Boston as the WiMAX World 2005 show gets underway. First up, Motorola Inc. is set to demonstrate the capabilities of its MOTOwi4 Canopy solutions. …

WASHINGTON-At least two national mobile-phone carriers are unilaterally selling huge amounts of subscriber location data to third parties for city and state traffic management. The practice has the potential to …

Few killer apps have fizzled the way mobile e-mail has. Although it seems nearly every U.S. consumer has at least two e-mail accounts-one for work and another for personal use-only …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation to create a national emergency alert system designed to take advantage of wireless, Internet and other advanced technologies. “I’m pleased that my colleagues …

The W-CDMA race has just started, but chipset vendors from all corners of the industry are driving to play in the nascent but growing market. Already, industry heavyweights Texas Instruments …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation to create a national emergency alert system designed to take advantage of wireless, Internet and other advanced technologies. “I’m pleased that my colleagues …