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With a new leader in place, Crown Castle International Corp.’s mobile TV subsidiary Modeo L.L.C. says with confidence that its upcoming New York City trial will attract partners, enabling the company to carry out further launches of its streaming, multicast …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel’s former operations chief, Len Lauer, who was fired from the company earlier this year following Sprint Nextel’s disastrous second-quarter financial performance, has landed at Sprint Nextel’s technology partner Qualcomm Inc. Lauer will be Qualcomm’s corporate executive vice …

WASHINGTON-The United States International Trade Commission has ruled that Qualcomm Inc. has infringed on one of three patents held by rival Broadcom Corp., upholding the initial determination of an administrative law judge in Broadcom’s complaint against Qualcomm.The ITC will decide …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. is joining the white-hot location-based services (LBS) bandwagon with a new assisted-GPS offering.The chipmaker is targeting carriers with its new BREW Locate Signature Solution, a location-aware platform and hosted content delivery service that works with A-GPS enabled …

Crown Castle International Corp.’s plan to launch its Modeo mobile TV networks in major U.S. markets took an apparent blow as Modeo’s President Michael Schueppert stepped down without any explanation from Crown Castle or Modeo. Schueppert’s resignation was disclosed in …

First OFDMA and now MIMO. Qualcomm Inc.’s acquisition of Airgo Networks and its Multiple-Input, Multiple-Out technology, as well as the company’s previous purchase of Flarion Technologies Inc., position Qualcomm to play big in future wireless broadband.The behemoth San Diego-based chipmaker …

Qualcomm Inc. plans to profit from in-house Bluetooth intellectual property to drive down the cost, power consumption and footprint of chip-based functionality in mobile handsets and consumer electronic devices, the company said last week in the wake of its acquisition …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carrier Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its estimates on Sprint Nextel Corp. based on expectations of lower postpaid net adds …

SAN DIEGO-Now that Qualcomm Inc.’s acquisition of Airgo Networks Inc. is out of the bag, the companies announced the availability of an 802.11n Draft 2.0 Wi-Fi chipset featuring Airgo’s TrueMIMO Gen-N Technology.The companies said the AGN400 is Airgo’s fourth-generation 802.11n-compliant …

HOUSTON-The head of Crown Castle International Corp.’s mobile TV effort unexpectedly resigned, throwing a potential wrench into the company’s plans to build mobile TV networks in the nation’s top markets.Crown Castle disclosed the move in a government filing. The company …

SAN DIEGO-Russian CDMA operator Sky Link now has BREW wireless data services available to its customers, enabled by Qualcomm Inc. Sky Link is the largest Russian CDMA operator, and now its customers have access to mobile content including games, ringtones, …

TV Guide Mobile Entertainment Inc. and mobile broadcast software company Roundbox Inc. said they signed an exclusive agreement that calls for them to develop and co-market an Electronic Service Guide for mobile television. Roundbox is providing its software to the …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported plans to acquire RF Micro Devices Inc.’s Bluetooth-related assets for $39 million in cash. Qualcomm said that the acquisition, which focuses on Greensboro, N.C.-based RF Micro Device’s Bluetooth-related intellectual property and team in San Diego, would …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. apparently couldn’t resist adding Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output technology to its already huge portfolio of wireless technology. The behemoth chipmaker announced it is buying MIMO creator Airgo Networks Inc. for an undisclosed amount to extend its mobile broadband offering …

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone companies asked U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake to refer jurisdictional questions to the Federal Communications Commission in connection with brain-cancer and headset lawsuits in Maryland federal court, a request that builds on emerging agency activism in support of the …

As the world’s more mature wireless markets shift to third-generation networks and beyond, it seems as if backers of CDMA technology and those who are pushing 3G flavors of GSM are racing each other to hype their respective market gains.The …

Just when it seemed like the world had stopped making predictions about when China’s government would grant third-generation licenses to operators, reports surfaced in the Chinese press indicating that the government will make its move in February.An article published by …

And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever …

Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO USA subsidiary said the industry’s No. 4 operator T-Mobile USA Inc. is trialing its mobile TV service, adding another national carrier to its list of partners even as it prepares for the initial commercial launch of service …

Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO USA subsidiary said the industry’s No. 4 operator T-Mobile USA Inc. is trialing its mobile TV service, adding another national carrier to its list of partners even as it prepares for the initial commercial launch of service …

WASHINGTON-Qualcomm Inc. Chairman Irwin Jacobs said he believes the San Diego-based CDMA technology firm is entering a new phase of heightened regulatory and antitrust scrutiny around the world.Jacobs, speaking at a conference at George Mason University Law School, said Qualcomm …

SAN DIEGO—Japanese authorities may be the next to look into Qualcomm Inc.’s business practices. The chipmaker said it has been notified by the Japan Fair Trade Commission that the agency may investigate its licensing and chip business practices in Japan. …

Editor’s Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics’ Chris …

Trying to form a sense of the sprawling chip market for mobile phones is akin to getting a tape measure around an elephant’s waist. With dozens of players and product types, the chip industry that enables the fantastic functions of …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. reported increases in both revenues and earnings for its fourth quarter and full year, but the company warned that it is “not optimistic” that its licensing negotiations with Nokia Corp. will conclude when the companies’ current deal …