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Google Inc. will pull the plug on Dodgeball, cease development of its microblogging service Jaiku and slash roughly 100 jobs as it streamlines its operations in a struggling economy.An SMS-based, …

The world’s leading handset and chipset makers – Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. – head to court today to resolve disagreements over their contractual relationship in a case that may …

One hesitates returning to the blame-game that engulfed and sullied the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and other sinister storms of 2005, because – despite …

Mobile entertainment community Limbo inked a year-long deal with Virgin Mobile USA Inc. to offer mobile promotions to customers.Limbo, a 2-year-old startup headed by founders of the mobile marketing firm …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the …

The Federal Communications Commission took another step toward reform of the universal service fund, while further leaving in limbo a highly controversial effort by Chairman Kevin Martin to order a …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the …

Alvin invasion via voicetonesWho wouldn’t jump at the chance to sound like a Chipmunk without the aid of helium? 20th Century Fox is promoting its forthcoming “Alvin and The Chipmunks” …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. …

Mobile marketing startup Limbo 41414 pocketed $8 million in a financing round led by Azure Capital Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and New Enterprise Associates.The Burlingame, Calif.-based firm said it will …

Iraq has scrapped its long-delayed cellular auction and instead decided to license the three national wireless carriers in June under an arrangement calling for revenue-sharing and an upfront cash payment …

Iraq has scrapped its long-delayed cellular auction and instead decided to license the three national mobile phone carriers in June under an arrangement calling for revenue-sharing and an upfront cash …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.You gotta love Nokia. Here is a company that is handily the largest …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 …

The Bush administration shows signs of internal division over a $1 billion public-safety wireless interoperability grant program, with implementation delays undercutting post-9/11efforts to improve communications among first responders and attracting …

At the 3GSM World Congress, as at other major industry confabs, there are gadgets galore. And then there are the market-based strategies and financial plans behind them. Attempting to translate …

The House Homeland Security Committee asked the Bush administration to explain why implementation of a $1 billion public-safety wireless interoperability grant program continues to be delayed, with lawmakers expressing particular …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court rejected a request by Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. to stay its reversal of a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting state regulation of line-items …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is moving closer to deciding whether to seek a rehearing or possibly a Supreme Court review of a federal appeals court’s rejection of rules that pre-empt …

WASHINGTON—A bill outlawing deceptive tactics by data brokers to acquire and sell cell phone records may soon get a vote on the House floor after mysteriously being pulled from a …

Money continued to pour into the mobile marketing space last week as VeriSign Inc. inked an agreement to shell out $250 million in cash for wireless messaging and content services …

SAN MATEO, Calif.—Three former executives from mobile marketing company Enpocket have teamed to launch a “reverse auction” service for wireless users. Limbo 41414 unveiled a beta site that rewards users …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission officials last week refused to discuss whether they were prodded by cellular lobbyists to get involved in brain-cancer lawsuits, the first time to date the agency is …

WASHINGTON-North Carolina’s potentially precedent-setting telecom tower standard has gone into effect, despite objections from the National Association of Tower Erectors to a fall-protection provision that it says is too harsh …

WASHINGTON-President Bush last week signed an executive order directing federal agencies to implement recommendations in two spectrum reports, while a more pressing White House initiative to earmark military frequencies for …