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LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired began trading on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market under its ticker symbol “UNWR.” “Returning to Nasdaq is part of our strategy to enhance our visibility within the investment community,” said Robert Piper, US Unwired’s president and …

SECAUCUS, N.J.-Panasonic Corp. of North America, the North American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., announced it shut down its U.S. mobile-phone operations. The news comes as little surprise, however-the company had previously failed to find carrier partners to …

WASHINGTON-A bi-partisan bill to end the digital TV transition on Dec. 31, 2006, and give spectrum to public safety was re-introduced Thursday after failing to pass in the last Congress. “The Hero Act sets a firm deadline of Jan. 1, …

Music companies are rushing to bring streaming music services to U.S. wireless users, but while the technology exists to provide radio-like offerings to wireless users, the viability of a radio-like business model in wireless is far from clear. Clear Channel …

“The Spot” hopes to celebrate its first birthday by going even more high-tech. A weekly Web-based program that combines elements of both a soap opera and a reality show, “The Spot” complements its program daily with brief slide-show broadcasts to …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) said he will block President Bush’s nomination of Rep. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) as the next U.S. trade representative, a move that comes as the administration ratchets up pressure on several countries to lower fees charged by …

WASHINGTON-Even as government tries to figure out how to alter universal service funding to make it viable, the part of the fund that pays to connect schools and libraries to the Internet is under its own scrutiny. The Senate Commerce …

CallWave Inc. is looking to break into the wireless market with Voice over IP technology, but not exactly in the way some would expect. CallWave is not a VoIP carrier like Vonage Holdings Corp. The company does not transmit or …

WASHINGTON-The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has consolidated two challenges to the Federal Communications Commission’s recent truth-in-billing decision in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. The FCC in March extended truth-in-billing to wireless carriers, but rejected a …

The Syracuse City School District in New York is installing a converged voice and data network with high-speed wireless access across 22 sites provided by Bluesocket Inc. The Eugene School District in Oregon selected Roving Planet’s software suite to secure, …

Wall Street has generally had a harsh view of Lucent Technologies Inc. The company’s stock is trading near its 52-week low of $2.49 per share, and most analysts rate it as a neutral or hold. However, some see Lucent as …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Consumer Electronics Association, which represents more than 2,000 corporate members, said it has created the Wireless Product Specialist Study Guide designed to aid the wireless retail community in training sales staff and provide better service to consumers. CEA …

Wireless technology and broadband telecommunications company MobilePro Corp. reported that its CloseCall America subsidiary plans to launch a prepaid wireless product within the next 30 days via a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Verizon Wireless. The company noted the …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced a new music service that will offer ringtones of singles before the songs are released to the public. The carrier will offer ringtones in advance of, or in conjunction with, the radio debut of new tunes. …

AUSTIN, Texas-A new report from iGillottResearch Inc. finds there are more than 56.5 million mobile workers in the United States, and it expects that number to rise to more than 61 million by 2009. The report, “Enterprise Wireless & Mobile …

Verizon Communications Inc. said it has agreed to purchase approximately 43.4 million shares of MCI Inc. from MCI’s largest single shareholder, Carlos Slim Helu, for $25.72 per share in cash. Industry analysts noted the sale equals a 13.4-percent stake in …

The mobile-gaming waters got even more crowded last week as New York-based publisher Vindigo said it will dive in with “a broad selection” of adventure and casual games later this year. Vindigo, which is best known for a variety of …

At first blush, the first quarter could prove an interesting dichotomy for wireless operators as preliminary results from a pair of regional operators paint very different pictures. Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it added 81,000 subscribers during …

NEW YORK-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported in a SEC filing that its Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary filed a request on April 12 for a waiver of certain defaults and potential defaults under its credit agreement. The company previously noted that …

Wireless technology is becoming as much a part of today’s classrooms as chalkboards, books and desks. Nearly four out of five colleges or universities have deployed wireless networks on their campuses, according to the most recent “College Technology Review” by …

DENVER-A group of technology firms looking to license anti-piracy software said it lowered its proposed royalty fees in response to protests from wireless carriers and handset manufacturers. MPEG LA, which has pooled licenses from five companies for digital rights management …

WASHINGTON-The International Association of Fire Fighters, the union representing more than 85 percent of firefighters and emergency medics in United States and Canada, today formalized plans to solicit funding for a study to determine whether use of fire stations as …

SpectraSite Inc. filed a statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 250,000 shares of its common stock to adjust to a market price obligation. This will fulfill a stock buyback agreement with Goldman, Sachs & Co., and the …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Mobility Electronics Inc. announced it scored a $10 million investment from Motorola Inc. and RadioShack Corp. to expand its itip power products for low-power mobile electronic devices. Mobility Electronics said it will form an operating division exclusively dedicated to …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-IEEE said it has approved work to begin on an amendment to the 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks. The project involves a WLAN standard amendment for WLAN devices to support protection of management frames, said the group. …