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WASHINGTON-The federal judge who a month ago dismissed a class-action lawsuit claiming the nation’s top mobile-phone operators violated antitrust laws by tying handset sales to the purchase of wireless service …

ASPEN, Colo.-With the ashes of recently deceased gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson still raining down from the sky, the Progress and Freedom Foundation brought its gonzo deregulation motto to the …

The big mouse is finally loose in the wireless house as the Walt Disney Co. announced plans to launch a family-oriented mobile virtual network operator wireless service using Sprint Corp.’s …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless and SBC Communications Inc. signed a Wi-Fi roaming agreement that gives Boingo customers access to 3,400 Wi-Fi hot spots in SBC’s FreedomLink network. Boingo said its …

AT&T Corp. is reportedly set to begin testing a wireless broadband network in the Atlanta area using an early version of WIMAX technology. AT&T, which is in the process of …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless and SBC Communications Inc. signed a Wi-Fi roaming agreement that gives Boingo customers access to 3,400 Wi-Fi hot spots in SBC’s FreedomLink network. Boingo said its …

SECAUCUS, N.J.-As part of its “Technician of the Future” initiative, SBC Communications Inc. said it plans to deploy 21,000 Panasonic Computer Solutions Co. Toughbook 29 notebook personal computers designed to …

SECAUCUS, N.J.-As part of its “Technician of the Future” initiative, SBC Communications Inc. said it plans to deploy 21,000 Panasonic Computer Solutions Co. Toughbook 29 notebook personal computers designed to …

WASHINGTON-A bill sponsored by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) banning municipal telecommunications, including Wi-Fi, has brought to the national stage a fierce battle already playing out in the states, pitting wireline …

BellSouth Corp. is not letting its minority stake in wireless operator Cingular Wireless L.L.C. deter its own wireless efforts as the regional telecommunications provider announced a pair of wireless initiatives. …

WASHINGTON-While government approval of the proposed $35 billion Sprint Corp.-Nextel Communications Inc. deal and other pending telecom mega-mergers do not appear in doubt, there is a lively debate going on …

WASHINGTON-After hearing emotional presentations from users who were unable to successfully connect to 911 from Voice over Internet Protocol phones, the Federal Communications Commission last week adopted rules requiring VoIP …

EDISON, N.J.-VoIP carrier Vonage Holdings Corp. said it has agreed to purchase access to elements of the wireless and wireline enhanced 911 network to offer E911 service to its customers …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department said antitrust czar Hewitt Pate will resign next month, creating a vacancy amid a pending $35 billion merger between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. and other …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department today said antitrust czar Hewitt Pate will resign next month, creating a vacancy amid a pending $35 billion merger between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. and …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry is backing a bill in the Missouri legislature to raise wireless taxes in exchange for eventually capping the tax at 3 percent and ending a slew of …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. launched a package of integrated wireless remote access options for its virtual private network portfolio that the company said would help business travelers access network applications …

We’ve all seen the ads: “Raising the Bar.” “Can you hear me now?” “Nextel. Done.” “Get More.” Then again, with the wireless industry spending billions of dollars each year on …

Sprint Corp. signed Wi-Fi roaming agreements with four broadband Internet service providers and a virtual network enabler that the carrier said will increase the number of Wi-Fi locations accessible by …

Sprint Corp. signed Wi-Fi roaming agreements with four broadband Internet service providers and a virtual network enabler that the carrier said will increase the number of Wi-Fi locations accessible by …

One consequence from the intrusion of wireless, Internet and other technologies into a space Bell telephone giants have comfortably occupied for the past century or so has to do with …

T-Mobile USA Inc.’s position as the nation’s fourth-largest wireless operator, as well as one of the industry’s fastest growing, might not be enough to guarantee its long-term prospects. Several industry …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. said it has signed a deal with the University of Arkansas to provide a wireless mesh network using Nortel Networks Ltd.’s solution. With this network, students …

NEW ORLEANS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said its wide area- and local area-based wireless data networks now cover more than 250 million potential customers with EDGE technology and nearly 4,000 Wi-Fi hot …

David Steinberg stands as an example of the surplus of opportunity within wireless. As chief executive officer of Internet activation company InPhonic Inc., Steinberg has overseen the growth of the …