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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands—In the parallel 3G universe occupied by China, the world’s largest mobile-phone market, the cart apparently comes before the horse. The first video phone destined for the country’s TD-SCDMA …

BONN, Germany—T-Mobile USA Inc. posted the best overall performance last year among parent company T-Mobile International’s subsidiaries, helping to drive solid gains in parent company Deutsche Telekom AG’s full-year profit …

ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. and Telenor R&D announced that after teaming up to develop converged services, they are now able to deliver Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem-based services over Nokia’s broadband platform, …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—InnoPath Software Inc. reported that Japanese wireless operator Vodafone K.K. selected its firmware over-the-air device management solution to deliver upgraded features and services to its subscribers. “With the growing …

EDINBURG, Va.—Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. announced that it plans to restate its financial results for the years 2003 and 2004, plus the first three quarters of 2005, with a cumulative net …

BERWYN, Pa.—Regional operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. pushed back its fourth quarter and full-year 2005 financial report by two weeks. The company had been slated to make its results public …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—UbiquiTel Inc. turned out positive numbers for 2005 including increased income and reduced churn—although its average revenue per user slipped and the company added 25-percent fewer customers than it …

NEW YORK—Sprint Nextel Corp. added to its mobile video offerings with a new deal to add content from MTV Networks to its Sprint TV service. The carrier added four channels …

Operators are beginning to deploy full-track digital music services as a way to increase revenues, boost customer loyalty and slow churn. But if carriers are going to compete with Apple …

ESPOO, Finland-Vodafone Group plc named Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson as its preferred suppliers for IMS technology, an agreement that could stand as a major boost to both vendors. Nokia …

While regional carriers might not be able to call their fourth-quarter performances revivals, companies that reported results last week seemed to be stemming the flood of subscriber losses and, unlike …

LONDON—Vodafone Group plc said it expects to file a $48 billion charge to its assets related to the value of goodwill, or the difference between an asset’s value and how …

BOSTON—Citing accounting changes and an increase in outstanding shares, American Tower Corp. posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $87.3 million on revenues of $307.6 million. For the same period in …

EDINBURG, VA.—Shenandoah Telecommunications postponed the release of its financial results for the fourth quarter and year 2005, citing a delay in completing its annual independent audit. The company did not …

SAN FRANCISCO—Independent music aggregator Digital Rights Agency lashed out at Sprint Nextel Corp., blasting the carrier’s full-track download service for its “failure to include independent record label catalogs.” DRA said …

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp.’s earnings took a hit from merger-related expenses, but the company’s wireless segment stepped into the limelight with 2 million net additional customers, tying a record performance …

WALL, N.J.—Centennial Communications Corp. cut its earnings guidance for the 2006 fiscal year, which ends May 31. Instead of a consolidated adjusted operating income of $370 million to $390 million, …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. said it has agreed to buy cellular operator First Cellular of Southern Illinois, which covers a population of 485,000. First Cellular covers several major transportation conduits …

European operator Vodafone Group plc announced a new agreement with Chinese equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. that calls for Huawei to build 3G phones that Vodafone plans to sell …

As all things GSM were talked about last week during the 3GSM World Congress trade show, the wireless industry was put on notice that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is getting down …

WASHINGTON-North Carolina officials are probing the death of a worker who fell from a cell phone tower on Feb. 9. “We have an investigator assigned and he is working on …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless has snapped up a small cellular operator in Northern California, Cal-One Cellular LP, which operates under the Cal North Wireless brand. Financial terms of the deal were …

WASHINGTON-The mobile phone industry’s campaign to further reign in state regulations was potentially dealt a serious blow last week when a key lawmaker hinted federal pre-emption of state and local …

With equipment orders not rolling in like they used to, or at least having slowed down slightly, equipment vendors are looking for new ways to bring in revenues. At the …

Virgin Mobile Holdings plc is set to be one of the first European operators to launch mobile TV services using a dedicated mobile TV network. The company, which operates a …