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Look out, Texas Instruments Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG. Your closest competitor in EDGE baseband chips and W-CDMA RF transceivers, respectively-Philips Semiconductor-has a new, ambitious owner anxious to position its acquisition to eat your lunch. Or at least grow Philips …

WASHINGTON-Lucent Technologies Inc. filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission stating that once its acquisition by Alcatel Inc. closes, the combined company will be called Alcatel Lucent. The SEC filing contains a letter from Lucent in which the …

There’s nothing like a new nationwide WiMAX network to invigorate the already booming tower industry, though news of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s WiMAX plans didn’t come in time to boost second-quarter results from Global Signal Inc. or American Tower Corp. During …

In addition to the potential impact from Sprint Nextel Corp.’s WiMAX deployment, analyst firms expect tower companies to see an impact from the ongoing advanced wireless services spectrum auction. In a recent report, Merrill Lynch provided insights on potential tower …

Motricity Inc. continued to fatten its wallet, snaring $32 million as part of “a larger funding round” that will gradually be disclosed over the next few weeks. The latest round was led by Advanced Equities Inc. and joined by other …

WASHINGTON-In any policy dispute, the perception of what is really happening often depends on who is talking. Such is the case with the decade-long roaming quarrel between nationwide carriers and several small, regional and rural carriers. The Federal Communications Commission …

Sprint Nextel Corp. said it won a $1 million settlement in its case against data broker 1st Source Information Specialists Inc. Sprint Nextel secured a permanent injunction against the company in March. The data broker issue came to a head …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court-which earlier sided with the Federal Communications Commission that VoIP and broadband Internet services must comply with the digital wiretap act-may be questioning itself. The court has asked the FCC to explain why the court should not …

In a quarter where the carrier transitioned from one-year to two-year service contracts, T-Mobile USA Inc.’s net customer additions were down sharply and its churn was up. Service revenues increased 18 percent year-over-year, but the carrier’s net income plunged nearly …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. and Melodeo Inc. announced they are working together to offer podcasts to Alltel subscribers. The Axcess Mobilcast service is expected to allow Alltel subscribers to search and listen to thousands of podcasts on their wireless phones …

DALLAS-The U.S. mobile video market can’t support all the multimedia networks scheduled to come online in the next 18 months, according to a new report from Parks Associates. The prospects appear bright for Sprint Nextel Corp.’s planned WiMAX network and …

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. said it has signed a three-year master services agreement with T-Mobile USA Inc., which calls for its Brightpoint Services L.L.C. business unit to provide all of the carrier’s handset logistics in the United States. Brightpoint said it …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless handset distribution company InfoSonics Corp. saw its second-quarter profit fall due to stock-option charges. Net income for the quarter was $127,000, down significantly from net income of $408,000 during the same period last year. Excluding the stock-options charges, …

SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. became the latest carrier to step onto the full-track download playground, teaming with digital music provider Napster L.L.C. to offer a relatively vast library of 2 million tunes. SunCom subscribers can download songs to both a …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-XM Satellite Radio Corp. notched its first deal with a U.S. carrier, teaming with Alltel Corp. to offer 20 channels of commercial-free music. The service, available for $8 a month, offers several music genres including pop, alternative, country, …

WASHINGTON-South Dakota citizens in November will be able to vote to repeal a 4-percent gross-receipts tax on wireless service after the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled the initiative could be placed on the ballot. The decision is a victory for …

SEOUL-Mobile entertainment company WiderThan Co. Ltd. reported increased income and revenue for the second quarter. Net income clocked in at $4.6 million, more than double the net income of $1.6 million reported during the same period last year. The company …

WASHINGTON-Low-income consumers will be harmed by the government’s plan to refund the 3-percent federal excise tax on long-distance communications because the rules require them to file income-tax returns, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court. “After years of …

Research In Motion Ltd. will likely continue to dominate the high-end mobile e-mail market, according to Strategy Analytics. But the growing number of open-standard service providers will drive the market in the long term, the market research firm predicted. The …

LONDON-Shares of content aggregator MonsterMob Group plc received a much-needed boost after the company acknowledged it may be a target for acquisition. MonsterMob, which operates ringtone storefronts in the United States, Europe and Asia, said it had “received an indicative …

Andrew Corp.’s merger-and-acquisition adventures skidded to a full stop last week as the company pumped its brakes on potential deals with both ADC Telecommunications Inc. and CommScope Inc.-preferring instead to go it alone. Andrew announced in May a merger with …

U.S. Cellular Corp. released limited operating results for the second quarter, reporting a churn rate that ticked upward and net overall customer activations that were about half of what the carrier achieved during the same period last year-however, the company …

The beauty of unlicensed mobile access, or UMA, it seems, is in the eyes of the beholder. The question of the technology’s appeal to network operators who might deploy it depends on the particular operator’s business plans and whether adopting …

Nokia Corp. is buying its way onto the mobile music playground, agreeing to acquire distributor Loudeye Corp. for $60 million. But the key to success in mobile music still lies in the devices. The world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones …

WASHINGTON-The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials endorsed a proposal submitted earlier this year by Cyren Call Communications Corp. that would set aside 30 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band for a next-generation public-safety network that industry would …