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WASHINGTON-The District of Columbia Superior Court judge overseeing a cellular industry motion to dismiss six brain cancer lawsuits could be swayed by a Supreme Court ruling expected today. That ruling concerns whether to review a 4th Circuit decision remanding to …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reported net income of $374 million, or 8 cents per share, in its fourth quarter, up slightly from the previous quarter when Lucent reported net income of $372 million, or 7 cents per share. The …

WASHINGTON-Another federal court has ruled that law enforcement may not track someone using a cell phone without probable cause. The federal district court for the southern district of Texas said that monitoring the location of someone using only cell-site data …

HERNDON, Va.-GeoLogic Solutions, which provides tracking solutions for the transportation industry, said its MobileMax customers can use Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s nationwide data network to expand terrestrial wireless coverage and increase data capabilities. GeoLogic noted that Southeastern Freight Lines is its …

WASHINGTON-National Telecommunications and Information head Michael Gallagher announced the creation of the spectrum management advisory committee. The committee plans to advise the Commerce Department on key elements of President Bush’s spectrum policy initiative for improving management of the nation’s airwaves. …

WASHINGTON—Despite the increasing use of wireless services worldwide, companies offering wireless services have seen their monthly recurring revenues drop by 13 percent during the past year, according to a report from TeleGeography Research. The report found that global wireless average …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s Nextel WIP Corp. subsidiary filed its second lawsuit in as many weeks against network affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. as part of its ongoing attempts to set a price for Sprint Nextel’s expected acquisition of Nextel Partners. The …

SEATTLE-The mobile music space continues to heat up across the Atlantic as two European carriers roll out new services. 02 Germany unveiled a wireless and Internet storefront that allows users to browse, search and download full-track songs directly to their …

OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc. announced it’s teaming with Movida Communications to offer prepaid airtime cards, pins and handsets to Hispanic customers. Q Comm provides solutions for prepaid transaction processing and electronic point-of-sale distribution, and Movida Communications is a mobile …

Motorola Inc. nixed a smooth transition for its former president and chief operating officer, Mike Zafirovski, to take the top seat at Nortel Networks Ltd. Motorola last week filed a lawsuit asserting that by taking the Nortel position, Zafirovski breached …

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 a small percentage access e-mail from their handsets. And while …

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 understand the urgency of developing a comprehensive and modern alert …

LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile hopes to bring a little hell to your handset with a mobile version of Doom. The game-maker launched the much-awaited Doom RPG, a role-playing wireless title based on Id Software’s revolutionary PC-based first-person-shooter. The game is available …

Wireless Facilities Inc. announced a contract win to provide network design and deployment services for Madison, Wis.’s proposed municipal Wi-Fi network. The company said it plans to work with communication technology company Cellnet and Madison Gas and Electric to deploy …

WASHINGTON-Legislation guiding the transition to digital TV is creeping along as a Senate committee aims to address policy issues on the matter this week, while a House committee considers a bill that sets the hard date at Jan. 1, 2009. …

Heading up a string of device announcements, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new enterprise-focused smart phone from Hewlett-Packard Co. The HP iPAQ hw6510/hw6515 Mobile Messenger features Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating system and a design similar to …

Boston Communications Group Inc. suffered another legal setback when a federal judge ordered the company to stop providing the prepaid wireless services that account for 70 percent of its revenue. BCGI provides a platform carriers like Cingular Wireless L.L.C. use …

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 for small businesses. NATE tried to have the requirement changed …

WASHINGTON-The Michigan House of Representatives passed legislation making it illegal for teens under 18 years old to talk on cell phones while driving. The bill, sponsored by Democratic state Rep. David Law, imposes a $50 fine on violators. The measure …

LOS ANGELES-The rush to provide TV services to mobile phones heated up as two established French wireless companies each joined the playground in separate announcements. In-Fusio, an entertainment publisher, launched a new TV channel for Sprint PCS Vision subscribers. The …

ACTON, Mass.-AutoCell Laboratories Inc. announced it received follow-on venture funding from investors that participated in the company’s series C financing round, including Motorola Inc., Siemens Venture Capital and Thomas Weisel Venture Partners. Terms were not released. The company also announced …

LONDON-The Boeing Co. reported it received positive feedback from passengers sampling high-speed Internet and mobile phone service on recent demonstration flights in Europe. “Enabling people to make and receive phone calls during flight demonstrated the flexibility of a high-speed connectivity …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it rolled out new rate plans to former Western Wireless Corp. and Cellular One customers who Alltel acquired when it purchased Western Wireless Aug. 1. The new rate plans take advantage of Alltel’s extensive roaming …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. inched ahead with its planned launch of third-generation services, upgrading its UMTS networks in Seattle, Phoenix and Dallas to higher-speed HSDPA capabilities. Cingular noted it is the first carrier in the world to commercially launch a HSDPA …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has completed a mobile WiMAX data call and will begin WiMAX trials in 2006. “This is an important step in our WiMAX development work, and we are very encouraged by the results,” said Markku Hollstrom, …