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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 …

One of a number of patent-related issues between Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. will be heard today at the U.S. International Trade Commission. The current case was filed last year …

T-Mobile International launched a mobile search service for European t-zones customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, with plans to expand to the Czech Republic later this …

Venture capitalists haven’t completely abandoned mobile virtual network operators-at least, not if the MVNO is tween-focused kajeet Inc. Kajeet announced today that it has raised $36.8 million in series B …

Broadcast mobile TV technology DVB-H scored another point stateside as Clearwire Corp. announced it has agreed to use the technology as it collaborates on a new mobile TV trial with …

The International Trade Commission launched a probe of certain 3G mobile handsets and components supplied by No.1 mobile-phone vendor Nokia Inc. The ITC said InterDigital Communications L.L.C. complained Nokia phones …

The 432,000 members of Utah-based America First Credit Union soon will be able to access mobile banking and payment services via their AT&T Mobility or Verizon Wireless mobile phones.America First …

Days after juicing its retail channels with a price reduction, enraging Apple-ites and then apologizing, Apple Inc. announced today it had sold 1 million iPhones since the device debuted June …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

LAS VEGAS-Less than two months into a broadcast mobile TV service trial, HiWire L.L.C. has wrapped the first phase of its study and is now preparing to increase its scope …

TWO KEY SENATE MEMBERS last week unveiled a sweeping wireless consumer protection bill, setting the stage for a fierce battle between lawmakers and the mobile-phone industry that’s likely to play …

METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS INC. last week made public a proposal to merge with flat-rate rival Leap Wireless International Inc. in a move that could create a fifth carrier with a national …

Despite the Federal Communications Commission’s publicly stated desire to avoid anti-competitive behavior in the 700 MHz auction and its embrace of blind bidding as a safeguard against such activity, there …

In a typical reaction, analyst Iain Gillott of iGR good-naturedly called last week’s price cut on Apple Inc.’s iPhone the “iShaft.”Of course, that was before Apple quickly offered its fanboys …

It must be tough to give a daylong presentation to financial and industry analysts in New York when your take-aways essentially are “meet the new team,” “we can do it” …

An increasing number of parents around the country can sidestep the dreaded $400 cellphone bill boosted by their child’s texting mania, as more wireless companies begin to offer custom controls …

Carriers in the United Kingdom are hoping to get users to PayForIt with their phones.The operators launched a standardized payment scheme designed to provide a consistent user interface regardless of …

Proving who you are-wirelesslyIraqi students are using a mobile social network service to prove their identity, according to Mobixie. The company said students have used the service to get new …

It’s getting a little embarrassing. See, Apple is essentially trouncing the wireless industry with a long and growing list of new, user-friendly innovations. These innovations stretch from the hardware side …

The good news for the mobilephone industry is carriers, manufacturers, trade associations and standards bodies are nearly free of health litigation for the first time in years. The bad news …

With music and imaging an increasing aspect of mobile phones’ feature sets-the engines driving network operators’ ARPU growth-more than 50% of this year’s $32 billion in worldwide accessory revenue will …

Delly Tamer, founder and CEO of online retailer LetsTalk.com, doesn’t know if carriers’ increased interest in bundling accessories presents a rival channel to his own, growing business, but he’s pretty …

hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube. The drastic drop in the price of the iPhone got us hedgehogging …

Miles Flint, president of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, is stepping down Nov. 1 based on personal, family issues, sources said last week.The company said that the move was Flint’s decision, …