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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. issued guidance for the third quarter, saying it expects to record revenues of between $67 million and $68 million. The guidance is below average analyst estimates of $69.02 million for the quarter. The company’s …

SAN FRANCISCO-Burger King Corp. is letting its customers get their information their way-and more and more, that way appears to be via a mobile phone. Although McDonald’s Corp. and other rival chains have toyed with mobile marketing tests, such as …

BERWYN, Pa.-Michael Kalogris, chairman and chief executive officer of SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc., has resumed his official duties after taking a medical leave of absence due to injuries he sustained in a car accident. SunCom’s chief financial officer, Eric Haskell, …

Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. landed a deal to deliver CDMA2000 network equipment to Leap Wireless International Inc. for market buildouts in Spokane, Wash.,; Boise, Idaho; and Reno, Nev. Huawei said it plans to deploy its SoftX3000-Softswitch, Air …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. was set to launch its fourth flagship store last week, taking the wraps off a multimedia retail outlet in its home country. The world’s largest handset maker planned to open the doors Aug. 18 at the new …

Amid intensified airport security, U.S. passports outfitted with RFID technology rolled off the government’s presses as the U.S. State Department began issuing electronic passports to the public. The State Department said e-passports are being produced at its Colorado Passport Agency …

BOSTON-Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. tumbled after the company said it will be unable to file its quarterly report pending an internal review of its practices regarding stock-option grants. The developer of prepaid telecommunications software launched the review in …

BOSTON-Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. continued to slide after the company received a letter from Nasdaq indicating it was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s requirements for continued listing. BCGI, which develops billing software for mobile network operators, said it …

If, at first blush, associating the Sony Ericsson brand with prepaid handset offerings at Cingular Wireless L.L.C. seems like a mismatch, look at it this way: the link simply illustrates a number of ways in which carriers and handset vendors …

TORONTO-Pantech Group continued its march to establish a global brand identity by launching its first Pantech-branded handset-the PN-3200 for young consumers-in Canada. The handset is available through Telus Mobility, Canada’s second-largest CDMA operator, for $100 with a two-year contract. As …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc., a wholesale network aggregator and operator of Wi-Fi networks, raised $65 million in Series C funding from new and existing investors. Boingo said the funds will provide long-term capital and underwrite its acquisition of Concourse …

The woman who steered Philadelphia’s municipal Wi-Fi project through city politics and battles with incumbent telcos is leaving her post as the city’s communications information officer next month to lead Georgia-based technology consulting firm Civitium’s international practice as a senior …

WASHINGTON-A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that could have potentially stalled the auction of 700 MHz spectrum, scheduled for 2008. A lawsuit by Public Citizen, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, argued that the …

Sprint Nextel Corp. tweaked its Fair & Flexible price plans, leaving the dollar amounts the same on the basic voice plans but changing the number of minutes for three of its mid-range plans and increasing the cost of overage minutes. …

WASHINGTON-A group of federal and state regulators plan to re-examine the use of reverse auctions to determine which companies score universal-service funds to support telecommunications in high-cost rural areas. The Federal-State Join Board on Universal Service is seeking comment on …

SAN FRANCISCO-European carrier Orange plc said it approved the Access Linux Platform to run on its network, potentially giving much-needed support to Japanese firm Access Co. Ltd., which has sought operator partners for its new mobile-phone operating system. The companies …

SAN FRANCISCO-More than 34.6 million people used mobile Internet services in June, according to market research firm Telephia. E-mail and weather information sites proved the most popular among mobile Internet users, followed by sports Web sites, search sites and city …

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-FaithMobile will team with Crisp Wireless to deliver faith-based content to wireless users beginning next month. A subsidiary of Good News Holdings, FaithMobile said it will offer a subscription-based service hawking ringtones, images and video clips from content …

TEMPE, Ariz.-Motorola Inc. said it has teamed up with Taldia Inc. to bring news programming to its iRadio digital music network. The deal calls for Taldia professionals to read current news, business and lifestyle stories for the iRadio network. The …

In a decision worthy of professional boxing, Sprint Nextel Corp. and its affiliates Horizon Personal Communications Inc. and Bright Personal Communications Services L.L.C. claimed victory in a lawsuit that pitted the companies against one another following Sprint Corp.’s acquisition of …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-WiMAX gained another backer as MobiTV Inc. said it will support the wireless broadband technology. The wireless video provider said it has been “investing heavily in research and technology development” for WiMAX, and committed to deploying multimedia services over …

NEW YORK-The broadening investigation into stock-option grants continues to plague wireless as federal prosecutors brought criminal charges against three former executives of Comverse Technology Inc. The criminal complaint, which was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, accuses founder and former …

Nokia Corp. filed a complaint with the Delaware Court of Chancery over several matters relating to its disputes with Qualcomm Inc., the latest in a series of squabblings between the two companies. The Nokia statement, though brief, raised a handful …

NEW YORK-Sprint Nextel Corp. subscribers will soon be able to tune in to live radio broadcasts of their favorite professional baseball teams straight from their handsets. The carrier unveiled a non-exclusive pact with Major League Baseball Advanced Media to deliver …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-An e-mail Trojan targeting Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry users has been developed and, according to its inventor, will be released into “the wild”-that is, launched in public, not just circulated among hackers-this week. That news has led …