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AT&T Mobility recently announced the launch of ShopAlerts, a voluntary opt-in service that provides mobile promotions, rewards and discounts to AT&T wireless subscribers on their phones when they are in …

It used to be that messaging, which gained popularity as simple texting or Short Message Service (SMS), was just for teens—a way for them to interact in real-time via their …

Fresh off its announced purchase of CommScope Inc., the Carlyle Group announced plans to buy Syniverse Technologies in a $2.6 billion deal, and take that company private as well.The offer …

Total annual spending for advertisements on mobile devices will exceed $1 billion this year and could increase to about $7.6 billion by 2013, according to a report from Juniper Research. …

Public-interest groups reiterated their call for federal regulators to protect text-messaging rights, framing the debate as far-reaching in terms of the potential implications for free speech, disability access and competition …

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION approved technical guidelines for a voluntary mobile phone emergency alert system, but the new public warning regime still lacks a federal coordinator.Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel …

i luv uNorth American cellphone users were expected to send 2.2 billion mobile messages, including short message service messages and multimedia messaging service messages, on Valentine’s Day, according to VeriSign …

More than meets the eyeGlu Mobile Inc. launched a mobile game and content associated with the upcoming Transformers movie due out July 4. The launch is the first release from …

Gemalto plans to introduce two new products this week at CTIA Wireless 2007.The company said it will introduce its Smart Dongle product that allows subscriber to securely access mobile carrier …

Safari SMSKenya’s largest cellular operator, Safaricom, launched a money transfer service that allows its customers to transfer money using short message service technology. According to a Reuters report, in Kenya …

Is nothing sacred? The British will answer their cellphone just about anywhere, according to a study conducted by Dial-a-Phone. While most respondents generally agreed that phones should be switched to …

Cellular phones played a key role in stopping a burglary in Brazil. A Brazilian businessman was in Germany when he received an alert on his phone that someone had entered …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is quietly reassessing long-held resistance to a cell-broadcast technology that’s getting a serious look by the Department of Homeland Security and increasingly embraced in Europe, Asia and …

WASHINGTON-President George W. Bush signed the port-security bill into law, a move that also creates the Warning, Alert and Response Network. The WARN legislation was attached to the port-security bill, …

WASHINGTON—President George W. Bush Friday signed the port-security bill into law, a move that also creates the Warning, Alert and Response Network. The WARN legislation was attached to the port-security …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission’s plan to extend emergency alert service rules to mobile-phone operators appears to be in limbo, following congressional passage of a bill that effectively pre-empts telecom regulators …

WASHINGTON-Two proponents of cell-broadcast technology said a Senate-passed bill to update the nation’s emergency alert system could further delay widespread deployment of wireless warnings to the nation’s 219 million cell-phone …

WASHINGTON—Two proponents of cell broadcast technology said a Senate-passed bill to modernize the nation’s emergency alert system could further delay widespread deployment of wireless warnings to the nation’s 219 million …

WASHINGTON-Passage of a Senate bill to integrate wireless communications and other advanced technologies into the Cold War-era emergency alert system is hung up over a partisan dispute whether a new …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—U.K. carrier O2 plc and Openwave Systems Inc. announced an initiative that calls for the companies to build a simplified mobile messaging service based on Openwave’s core messaging …

PUNE, India—Indian GSM operator Idea Cellular Ltd. deployed Kodiak Networks’ Real-Time Exchange System in the Maharashtra and Goa circle, according to the companies. The product allows for group-oriented voice applications …

RFS Radio Frequency Systems said it plans to demonstrate a fast bit-rate remote radio head unit that permits fiber connectivity direct to the towertop at CTIA Wireless 2006. The RHH …

ATLANTA-Air2Web Inc. said it is providing wireless gateway services for WNEP Channel 16 in Pennsylvania to allow the station to send short message service notifications about weather-related school closures to …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Jamster is hoping to scrub its image with a worldwide rebranding effort. The content provider launched a marketing campaign touting a new logo, redesigned Web site and new …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Jamster is hoping to scrub its image with a worldwide rebranding effort. The content provider launched a marketing campaign touting a new logo, redesigned Web site and new …