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A few weeks after its official purchase of Helio L.L.C., Virgin Mobile USA has decided on a branding strategy; “Helio by Virgin Mobile: Plan to Have it All.” The mobile …

SAN FRANCISCO — Sprint Nextel Corp. prepped for the holiday shopping rush with a lineup of new devices, and a few customer incentives.The carrier presented five new handsets based on …

SAN FRANCISCO — Don’t believe the hype. That was Andrew Seybold’s message about WiMAX as Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. plan to roll out the new technology in select …

SAN FRANCISCO — So, many mobile subscribers remain wary of the cost of monthly data plans and their failure to “get it” is making the industry’s voice-to-data transition agonizingly slow …

Just as the Federal Communications Commission appears ready to settle the great white-spaces debate – one predominantly framed to date by a powerful broadcast lobby fearing costly disruption to digital …

Now more than ever, policymakers and the wireless providers they regulate are finding it easier – indeed, politically and socially fashionable – to make peace with the latest iteration of …

The ecological impact of the most ubiquitous consumer-electronics device in history – yes, mobile handsets – may be likened to a coin. On the coin’s face is the easily recognized …

The mobile phone industry and others in the telecom sector asked the Federal Communications Commission to overhaul regulations governing how service providers are compensated for carrying each other’s traffic.“Now more …

It’s a big year for wireless. As cellular communications celebrates its 25th anniversary with a lavish celebration planned for this October, more wireless luminaries have voiced support for the Wireless …

Neonode Inc. needs patience from investors, the company’s interim CEO wrote yesterday in an open letter.The fledgling, Swedish public company, known to many for its small, touchscreen N2 device – …

Things move quickly in the U.S. mobile entertainment ecosystem – unless you’re an adult content vendor.From sex texts to moantones to bikini-clad models to full-on hardcore video, wireless porn is …

Public-safety groups, which last year successively persuaded federal regulators to adopt a strict enhanced 911 location accuracy standard over the objections of wireless providers, now say the rule is unworkable …

A tax holiday may be in the future for wireless providers and the nation’s 262 million cellphone users after all. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) introduced legislation …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is coming under mounting pressure to back off a controversial plan to auction a national wireless Internet license that would require the winning bidder …

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today said it will not rule on wireless providers’ challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s backup power rule until …

If desperation is the mother of innovation, Yahoo may just be the future of mobile.A pioneer in the Internet’s youngest days, Yahoo may now be seriously wounded. Shares of the …

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. In the …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In …

Conservationists called for a freeze on all tower registrations and re-registrations until the Federal Communications Commission complies with environmental statutes at issue in a court ruling earlier this year, likely …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check feature. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In …

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN APPEARS DETERMINED to win approval for a free, family-friendly national wireless broadband plan, despite being forced to delay an upcoming vote on the measure …

A dispute has erupted over whether a federal appeals court should delay ruling on the wireless industry’s challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s backup power rule until Bush administration budget …

High-stakes battles over early termination fees are playing out in official Washington and California at a time when carriers face pressure to make good on commitments to open their networks …

Last year around this time Apple Inc.’s iPhone had yet to be unleashed on the public. AT&T Mobility, which was set to be the exclusive carrier for the device, was …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check feature. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In …