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AT&T Inc. reported an agreement with Eurpean Wi-Fi provider The Cloud that adds more than 9,000 Wi-Fi locations available to its customers traveling in the United Kingdom, Germany and Scandinavian …

There’s good news for a beleaguered American handset giant named Motorola Inc.The company’s Razr handset-beefed up on functionality and spun off in customized form in myriad colors for all four …

Mobile software developer NetMotion Wireless is touting another customer win this week, unveiling a deal to deploy its mobile virtual private network with cable behemoth Cox Communications.The nation’s third-largest cable …

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. …

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION LAST WEEK approved 700 MHz rules to foster the creation of a nationwide public-safety/commercial broadband network and introduce new devices and applications in a wireless space …

Despite the widely recognized success of Amp’d Mobile Inc.’s large portfolio of original content, a source at the company has told RCR Wireless News that less than 1% of the …

WHILE THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND OTHERS CELEBRATED anticipated public-safety and wireless benefits of last week’s 700 MHz auction rules decision, skeptics question whether the action will indeed produce a …

THE FCC’S RULES FOR NEXT YEAR’S auction of 700 MHz spectrum could change the game substantially for wireless content owners and application developers. Then again, maybe not.Chairman Kevin Martin last …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. went dark last week, after filing for bankruptcy and being unable to raise sufficient funds to carry it through reorganization.The company joins Mobile ESPN in the annals …

NII Holdings Inc., formerly Nextel International, has found success in Mexico and South America and recently passed the 4 million subscriber mark across four countries. The international company is based …

MediaFLO USA Inc. is still holding most of its customers’ usage data close to the vest-thanks in part to continuing exclusivity with Verizon Wireless until AT&T Mobility launches the service …

Cell-cessful surgery Cellphones played a lifesaving role during a surgery in Argentina recently. According to a Reuters report, a blackout in Policlinico, Argentina, interrupted an emergency appendix operation on 29-year-old …

With the 700 MHz auction rules officially out (and before any legal challenges are launched), now is a good time to reflect on the government’s role in spectrum auctions.In the …

For sure, the reaction to the Federal Communications Commission’s 700 MHz decision was mixed. But no one was so visibly and verbally downcast about what the agency had wrought than …

Inching closer to its long-sought goal of 40% of the global market, Nokia Corp. confirmed last week that its business is firing on nearly all cylinders.The Finnish vendor notched impressive, …

It appears the case has been made for mobile TV. The big question now is, what do on-the-go users want to watch? Once a questionable proposition even for early adopters, …

FiberTower Corp. announced that it has inked a deal with the No. 3 carrier to provide backhaul services in seven of Sprint Nextel’s initial WiMAX launch markets. Terms of the …

Inmarsat Global Ltd. has challenged TerreStar Networks Inc.’s request to delay for nearly a year its mobile satellite launch currently scheduled for November.TerreStar in late May asked the Federal Communications …

A federal court in California ruled a class-action suit accusing Cingular Wireless L.L.C.-now AT&T Mobility-of false and misleading advertising can go forward.The complaint, brought under state consumer protection laws, involves …

hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environmentby poking your head over the top of the cube. While there is plenty of coverage on the FCC’s 700 MHz auction rules …

Congress appears unlikely to act before its August recess on a Bush administration request to shield mobile-phone operators and other telecom carriers from lawsuits stemming from participation with the National …

Consumers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla., market use mobile coupons at a higher rate than consumers in other U.S. markets, according to research by mobile coupon company Cellfire.Markets in Northern …

First, Balda AG and its partner, TPK Holdings, won Apple Inc.’s business for the touchscreen module for the latter’s iPhone.Now Balda’s shareholders are agitating for the company to spin off …

Verizon Wireless backed up its strong second-quarter customer numbers with solid financials and a new acquisition that will make the nation’s largest CDMA carrier a roaming provider for GSM services.The …