2006

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—Not only has Motorola Inc.’s Q device set a new low point for smart-phone pricing at around $200, it also has achieved a low production cost as well, …

BEDFORD, Mass.—Boston Communications Group Inc. settled its long-running legal dispute with Freedom Wireless Inc., agreeing to pay $55.3 million to the patent-holding firm. The provider of prepaid billing software suffered …

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SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. reported third-quarter results of $1.95 billion in revenue and $643 million in net income, increases of 44 percent and 15 percent, respectively, from the year-ago quarter. The …

SEOUL—LG Telecom Co. Ltd.’s next move is unclear now that South Korea’s Ministry of Information and Communications has stripped the carrier of its third-generation license after the company chose to …

WASHINGTON—Instead of giving subsidies to rural telephone companies, the government could save $1 billion annually by giving away free wireless and satellite phones to Americans who do not have access …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Yahoo Inc. took yet another step onto the wireless playground, inking a deal to preload its Go for Mobile service on “tens of millions” of handsets from Motorola Inc. …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless settled a lawsuit with a telemarketing firm that had placed more than 500,000 Spanish-language calls to the carrier’s customers, telling them that they had won a …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. kicked off the industry’s second quarter results reporting with an unexpectedly high 1.5 million net new customer additions, as well as the company’s highest-ever net income of …

   CUPERTINO, Calif.—Rumors of an “iPod phone” gained further traction after an Apple Computer Inc. executive hinted at an iTunes-friendly handset during a conference call with analysts Wednesday. Chief Financial …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Boingo Wireless Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Concourse Communications Group L.L.C., which operates airport wireless access systems. The acquisition combines Concourse’s operations with Boingo’s Wi-Fi network …

FREMONT, Calif.—@Road Inc. announced it has terminated a week-old agreement to purchase MobileAria Inc. due to difficulties surrounding MobileAria’s mobile resource management services contract with Verizon Services Corp., a division …

MINNEAPOLIS—ADC Telecommunications Inc. said it expects its sales from continuing operations for 2006 to come in lower than it previously predicted. Sales are expected to be between $1.28 billion and …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—With unexpectedly strong growth in its second-quarter earnings boosting Motorola Inc.’s fortunes, the handset vendor plans to feed the buzz by launching an undisclosed number of much-anticipated new handset …

WASHINGTON—Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), ranking member of the House telecom and Internet subcommittee, today said the government should consider requiring mobile phone carriers and other communications service providers to provide …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.—MobiTV Inc., which provides television and digital radio services for cellular and Wi-Fi networks, said it added seven new national stations to its MobiRadio lineup. The new stations are …

NEW YORK—Investment banking firm Raymond James & Associates Inc. reduced its estimates for Syniverse Holdings Inc.’s earnings based on acquisition costs and concerns that “the company’s number portability contracts may …

ST. LOUIS—Amdocs Ltd. continued its spending spree, agreeing to shell out $375 million to acquire operations support systems provider Cramer Systems Group Ltd. Amdocs, which specializes in billing and customer …

MINNEAPOLIS—T-Mobile USA Inc. moved ahead of Verizon Wireless in customer satisfaction, according to a survey by Vocal Laboratories Inc. The survey draws on the experiences of individuals who provide Vocal …

TOKYO—KDDI Corp. is reportedly working with Toshiba Corp., Sanyo Electric Co. and Qualcomm Inc. to develop a common operating system for mobile phones to cut the cost of developing new …

WASHINGTON—A top official at the Department of Homeland Security blasted his agency’s inspector general over a recent report highly critical of the ability of the government to identify and organize …

FORT WORTH, Texas—RadioShack Corp.’s turbulent summer continued as Chief Financial Officer David Barnes said he will leave the retail chain to take a job with Western Union Holdings Inc. No …

SEOUL, South Korea— LG Electronics Co. Ltd. reported a net loss of $10.1 million on static sales of $6.1 billion in the second quarter on lackluster handset shipments and poor …

SEATTLE—Starbucks Coffee Co. is the latest mega-brand to go mobile, launching a scavenger-hunt promotional campaign for wireless users. The coffee giant launched a Web site, starbuckssummer.com, that allows customers to …

WASHINGTON—The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police plans to urge Congress to lean on the Federal Communications Commission to put the 700 MHz Cyren Call Communications Inc. proposal out for …