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Here’s everything you need to know about the popularity of WAP advertising: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter has a mobile Web site. Fans of Unilever’s butter substitute can now …

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will allow its Cricket customers to roam in Cricket markets across the country without paying an additional fee. The carrier also announced a new …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Google Inc. is offering a download that is designed to make mobile access to its free Gmail service faster, and Sprint Nextel Corp. is making the download available …

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. announced it will allow its Cricket customers to roam in other Cricket markets without paying an additional fee. The carrier also said it is pushing …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Google Inc. is offering a download that is designed to make mobile access to its free Gmail service faster, and Sprint Nextel Corp. is making the download available …

Flash Lite is finally here. Verizon Wireless last week became the first U.S. carrier to offer Adobe Systems Inc.’s wireless platform, introducing a stripped-down version of its popular Flash Player …

CHICAGO—Forbes magazine is the latest old-school print publication to go mobile, teaming with wireless developer mdog.com to offer a wireless version of its online content. The company is targeting on-the-go …

LONDON—European mobile consumers are far more likely to access the wireless Web than their U.S. counterparts, according to new figures from digital media measurement firm ComScore Networks. The company found …

Mobile porn is slowly finding an audience among U.S. mobile users. And network operators are trying to figure out how to cash in. Adult wireless content is gaining substantial traction …

PC maker Lenovo posted positive results with a mobile marketing campaign it used for branding. The campaign, developed by OgilvyInteractive, New York, ran for four weeks in June. It had …

Mobile porn is slowly finding an audience among U.S. mobile users. And network operators are trying to figure out how to cash in. Adult wireless content is gaining substantial traction …

NEW YORK-Content provider Mobile Streams said it built an off-deck WAP portal to provide content from Showtime Networks Inc. The company said it will offer video clips from various Showtime …

NEW YORK—Content provider Mobile Streams said it built an off-deck WAP portal to provide content from Showtime Networks Inc. The company said it will offer video clips from various Showtime …

We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of a friend, a pioneer an innovator: Mobile ESPN. First of all I want to thank all of those how showed …

Those performing autopsies on Mobile ESPN will find plenty of causes of death. But mobile advertising revenues could have offered a lifeline to the doomed mobile virtual network operator. Analysts …

The brave new world of wireless advertising is giving rise to a wide variety of business arrangements between network operators, content owners and mobile marketing firms. And carriers are working …

ARLINGTON, Va.—The Washington Post Co. is the latest old-school news company to go mobile, unveiling wireless Internet sites for three of its high-profile products. The company launched wireless versions of …

LOS ANGELES—Mobile Entertainment company WAAT Media and mobile games developer Charismatix formed a parent company, Twistbox Entertainment Inc., which the companies said will represent the operating unit and brand for …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Mobile application software company iLoop Mobile said it acquired Danish mobile content company InAphone A/S. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ILoop said the InAphone purchase solidified …

Hello! And welcome to a special CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2006 edition of our column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is expected to become the first Tier 1 carrier to officially step onto the mobile marketing playground this week, tapping Enpocket in an effort to generate revenues …

NEW YORK—Bango announced it has partnered with MTV Networks U.K. & Ireland to provide its browse-and-buy technology for MTV’s new WAP site. The MTV WAP site is designed to promote …

NEW YORK—Bango said it has partnered with MTV Networks U.K. & Ireland to provide its browse and buy technology for MTV’s new WAP Web site. The MTV WAP site is …

LOS ANGELES-A new partnership between TV Guide Mobile Entertainment Inc. and 4INFO Inc. aims to deliver TV listings to cellular phones. Wireless subscribers will immediately be able to search for …