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WASHINGTON-A group of rural and regional wireless carriers repeated their assertion that the Federal Communications Commission needs to adopt automatic-roaming rules they believe are necessary for competition. “Many carriers, particularly regional and rural carriers are concerned that competitive market forces …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.—Motorola Inc. said it is testing the concept of selling its products through robotic retail stores. The automated vending stores are operated by Zoom Systems and will be branded InstantMoto. They will be placed in high-traffic locations like airports …

WASHINGTON—A group of rural and regional wireless carriers again urged the Federal Communications Commission to adopt automatic-roaming rules they believe are necessary for competition. “Many carriers, particularly regional and rural carriers are concerned that competitive market forces are no longer …

NEW YORK—Demand is strong at T-Mobile USA Inc. retail stores for the recently launched Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry Pearl, according to a national channel check by UBS analyst Maynard Um. The device, announced Sept. 7, combines productivity functions with …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will add two more handsets to its portfolio—both Walkman music phones—from Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. in the next couple of weeks, the carrier acknowledged. The first to be released will be Sony Ericsson’s W300i, which will …

Sure, it’s fun to crack jokes about snazzy-suit-wearing lawyers, but the reality is that eventually everyone comes to appreciate a competent attorney, and the wireless industry is no different. Hence, Edward Donohue, Catherine Blue and Thomas Carroll formed Donohue & …

WASHINGTON–The Federal Communications Commission hopes to adopt rules next month to start it down a path that will allow unlicensed devices to operate in vacant TV spectrum following the completion of the transition to digital TV in 2009. The full …

WASHINGTON–The recent scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co.–where executives collected the phone records of board members to ascertain who had been speaking with the news media–is the impetus needed to push a bill onto the House floor requiring carriers to better protect …

LOS ANGELES–Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled a pair of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A laptop cards last week–including one that consumers can get for free after rebate–and has more device and network announcements in the works, according to company officials. The …

LOS ANGELES–Nokia Corp. knows how to get the buzz going. On the first day of CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment event last week the handset manufacturer launched a new productivity and multimedia device?the E62 smart phone?at Cingular Wireless L.L.C., at …

LOS ANGELES-Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled a pair of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A laptop cards this week—including one that consumers can get for free after rebate—and has more device and network announcements in the works, according to company officials. RCR …

Nokia Corp. knows how to get the buzz going. RCR @ CTIA Click here for complete coverage of the CTIA Wireless I.T. show. Click here for the latest headlines from the show. Today it launched a new productivity and multimedia …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. is “fast approaching” 50,000 subscribers and is on track to have a customer base of between 100,000 to 150,000 customers by Christmas, according to Peter Adderton, chief executive officer and founder of the mobile virtual network operator. …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Palm Inc. said it expects revenues to fall short of its previous guidance for the first quarter of next year due to slower sales of its Treo device in carrier retail channels. The company now expects revenues for the …

LOS ANGELES—Amp’d Mobile Inc. is “fast approaching” 50,000 subscribers and is on track to have a customer base of between 100,000 to 150,000 customers by Christmas, according to Peter Adderton, chief executive officer and founder of the mobile virtual network …

   NEW YORK—In a note to investors this week, CIBC World Markets analyst Ittai Kidron wrote that LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Chocolate phone has “challenged” the dominance of Motorola Inc.’s Razr, though actual sales of LG’s much-touted handset have been …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Atheros Communications Inc. isn’t wasting any time getting its pre-802.11n Wi-Fi technology on the market, having launched its new pre-n chips and networking processors last week. The company says its launch of pre-n gear could push WLAN access …

ATLANTA-Samsung Electronics Co. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced the handset vendor’s first HSDPA phone for Cingular’s 3G network-in-progress. The Samsung SGH-zx20, an exclusive for Cingular, is a silver-and-black, clamshell-style handset that sells for $100 with a two-year contract (and $50 …

More than one-third of wireless customers have some sort of data plan as part of their wireless subscription, according to research by The NPD Group. However, the retail and consumer information company concluded that “consumer adoption of most data services …

Sprint Nextel Corp. last week launched a new program for enterprise customers, hoping to be a “one-stop shop” for a range of needs from fleet dispatch management to mobile device management, with additional aspects to be added to the program …

ATLANTA—Samsung Electronics Co. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. today announced the handset vendor’s first HSDPA phone for Cingular’s 3G network-in-progress. The Samsung SGH-zx20, an exclusive for Cingular, is a silver-and-black, clamshell-style handset that sells for $100 with a two-year contract (and …

The executive shuffle continued last week at RadioShack Corp. as President and Chief Operating Officer Claire Babrowski said she will step down at the end of the month. But the chain’s woes go far beyond the front office’s revolving door. …

Age, income, gender and location are among the familiar elements of demographic-based marketing across industries and, to an extent, the wireless industry has embraced the basics. One-touch dialing for pre-teens and seniors, feature-loaded, expensive gadgets for early adopters, pink handsets …

Wherify Wireless Inc. will retail its Wherifone GPS Locator phones through Toys `R’ Us outlets nationwide starting Oct. 1, after a long delay during which the firm twice re-engineered the product. Wherify plans to sell the phone under a mobile …

CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. increased its service revenues and average revenue per user in the first quarter of 2006, but its net customer additions were down compared to the year-ago period. U.S. Cellular posted a14 percent year-over-year increase in service revenues, …