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The Federal Communications Commission agreed to divide mobile satellite service L-band spectrum between CDMA operator Globalstar Inc. and TDMA operator Iridium Satellite L.L.C., while soliciting public comment on a plan …

Google Inc. drew considerable media attention last week with an idea and 33 influential friends.Missing was its long-rumored gPhone, whose actual fate remains a closely guarded secret. Instead, Google announced …

It appears Nokia Corp. has learned a few lessons from its doomed Club Nokia mobile content business. But that doesn’t mean the direct-to-consumer waters are getting any easier to navigate.The …

T-Mobile USA Inc. added 857,000 net subscribers to its network during the third quarter, numbers boosted by the carrier’s prepaid offering. The carrier had added 802,000 net subscribers during the …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is said to be pushing universal service fund changes that would reduce government subsidies for mobile phone carriers serving rural areas, likely setting up …

Editor’s Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless.RadioShack Corp. sells wireless devices …

CinemaElectric Inc. is quickly finding its groove in the mobile video space. With more than half of its content produced in-house, the company has inked deals with 90 carriers in …

T-Mobile USA Inc. added 857,000 net subscribers to its network during the third quarter, numbers primarily driven by the carrier’s prepaid offering. The carrier had added 802,000 net subscribers during …

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it will pro-rate its early termination fees for customers, the last of the four national wireless carriers to do so.Sprint Nextel’s move comes on the heels …

T-Mobile USA Inc. jumped on the bandwagon for a more consumer-friendly wireless service contract, announcing plans to begin pro-rating early termination fees in the first half of 2008. The changes …

Andrew Corp. agreed to sell its satellite communications business to Resilience Capital Partners in a deal that will allow Andrew to maintain an ownership stake in a new company that …

Who says quarterly financial calls are no fun? During last week’s call by Qwest Communications, financial analysts grilled newly hired CEO Edward Mueller, which we encapsulated here for you.Analysts: “Where’s …

As always, something has me a little confused.What is it this time? Well, it’s the phone locking issue that has everyone from tech geeks to politicians in a tizzy. (Actually, …

THE MOBILE-PHONE INDUSTRY’S BUSINESS MODEL continues to come under attack, with challenges to carrier control increasingly playing out in the courts, Congress and at the Federal Communications Commission.National wireless carriers …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s quarterly profits plunged as the carrier bled postpaid iDEN and prepaid Boost Mobile L.L.C. subscribers, posting a net loss of 60,000 subscribers for the quarter. The company’s …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

AT&T Mobility launched a service offering tailored to seniors, following a similar recent move by Verizon Wireless. The new AT&T Senior Nation 200 plan includes 200 anytime minutes, 500 off-peak …

LITIGATION SURROUNDING RULES for auction-bound 700 MHz wireless licenses took an unexpected turn last week.Verizon Wireless filed to withdraw its appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s 700 MHz open-access rule, …

SAN FRANCISCO-Direct-to-consumer is going directly, well, nowhere.Approaching mobile users directly has long been seen as the path to riches for outfits too small-or too edgy-for placement on carrier decks. But …

Organized labor stepped up its criticism of Verizon Communications Inc., accusing the telecom giant in a new report of violating labor laws by interfering with workers’ attempts to unionize in …

Alcatel-Lucent and Dominican Republic-based operator Onemax announced that they’ve completed the world’s first mobile handoffs on a commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 network in the 3.5 gigahertz spectrum band just one day …

EarthLink Inc. posted a third-quarter loss driven by restructuring costs and its investment in mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C., but promised that it was in the midst of a …

The buzzword du jour: presence. “Presence” is getting a lot of play, from the focus of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s opening keynote address on Tuesday to a panel discussion Wednesday. …

RCR Wireless News met with PacketVideo’s VP of Marketing Gretchen Griswold for five minutes on the show floor to see where the multimedia software company is tapping into the wireless …

John Wang momentarily wears a distant look on his face. How to convey a sense of the process at HTC Corp.’s MAGIC Labs that resulted in the Touch device and …