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MetroPCS Communications Inc. continued its LTE roll out plans with the launch of services in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. The launch follows up the carriers launch last week in …

Leave it to the little guys to lead in LTE deployments.Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) this morning launched its LTE service in the Las Vegas area offering customers …

SEATTLE — While demand for mobile ads is growing, supply is exploding, Millenial Media CEO Paul Palmieri said here at Mobile Future Forward on Wednesday.In many ways, it’s both a …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly 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.Last …

The torch has been passed: Mobile data traffic now surpasses voice and it will continue to grow indefinitely. As a consequence, operators need to find ways to not only support …

Editor’s Note:The following is a list of notable alliances and partnerships announced over the past two weeks. Brightpoint Inc. said it expanded a strategic alliance with Research In Motion Ltd. …

VeriSign Inc. said it partnered with CAQH, a nonprofit alliance of health plans and trade associations, to conduct a pilot program to demonstrate secure authentication for health IT interoperability. The …

Shares of RealNetworks Inc. nosed downward after the company said it will be in line with quarterly revenue expectations but swallow nearly $250 million in charges.The Seattle-based firm said next …

Best Buy is surely hoping to give its digital-music business a boost with last week’s acquisition of Napster Inc. But what it might mean for mobile music is far from …

SAN FRANCISCO — Full-track downloads are spinning their wheels and subscription services are falling on deaf ears. So Nokia Corp. and its music-industry partners are hoping music lovers will shell …

Full-track music download services continue to spin their wheels in mobile, but Verizon Wireless is hoping to get some traction by overhauling its offering.The carrier last week launched a new …

Verizon Wireless finally rolled out its new full-track download service, coupling an all-you-can-eat subscription offering with a pay-per-download option.The carrier is teaming with RealNetworks and MTV Networks to offer Vcast …

NMS Communications Corp. subsidiary LiveWire Mobile is hoping to gain traction in a very slippery space: full-track mobile downloads.LiveWire, which was rolled out as a separate division in December, last …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–RBC Capital Markets lowered its price target on Embarq to $54 …

In the early days of wireless, rate plans were an a la carte-style hodgepodge of offerings at a host of price points. Like new cars, basic calling plans could be …

Apple Inc.’s iTunes dominates the digital music dance floor. But following Apple’s lead may not be a wise move for mobile music services.An astounding 89% of teens go to iTunes …

With ringtone revenues in decline and full-track downloads struggling to find an audience, carriers and third-party vendors are working furiously to breathe life into a withering mobile music industry.Ringtones for …

Apple Inc. slashed the price of its 8GB iPhone by one-third and, separately, the company launched a Wi-Fi storefront hawking full-track tunes and albums for the device.The company said it …

Nokia Corp. is hoping to build a doorway directly to mobile consumers. Again.But whether carriers will tolerate the move is far from clear.The manufacturer-cum-mobile-media company last week outlined a surprisingly …

Dear Editor:We would like to raise an issue about the methodology and claims cited in the Aug. 13 article, “The MMS disconnect” by Colin Gibbs.The article used assertions of two …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier –Standard & Poor’s assigned it’s A rating to AT&T Inc.‘s …

Like a first-year student struggling with the violin, carriers have hit a lot of wrong notes with their music offerings.But that may finally be changing.Verizon Wireless last week garnered headlines …

Verizon Wireless is hoping it can make better music as part of a trio than it did singing solo.The carrier last week announced a partnership with MTV Networks and RealNetworks …