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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 …

L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed a GSM expansion framework deal with China Mobile Communications Corp. valued at $1 billion. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt …

If you were wondering whether Nokia Corp. would take advantage of last week’s potentially bruising decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban new 3G handsets bearing Qualcomm Inc.’s …

Richard Notebaert announced his retirement as chairman and CEO of Qwest Communications International Inc., pending the company’s selection of a successor.The company has not set a timetable for naming a …

InfoSpace Inc. scored another carrier customer for its wireless Web service even as it continued to beat a retreat from the content space.The Seattle-area company expanded its relationship with Verizon …

USA Today is partnering with mobile search provider 4INFO Inc. on an ad-supported, text-message news alert service for mobile users.Consumers can register to receive free SMS alerts about news, sports …

Mobile security software developer AdaptiveMobile said it pocketed $14 million in a second round of funding.Doughty Hanson, an early-stage venture capital fund, led the round, joined by Noor Financial Investment …

IBM Corp. announced it agreed to buy Swedish software firm Telelogic for $745 million in cash to raise its profile as a leading software provider to major companies. Telelogic counts …

Fixed-mobile convergence subscribers will number 170 million by 2012 and generate $33.4 billion in revenue, if cooperation increases between all the players in the value chain, according to a new …

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. …

With multiple technologies promising all the bells and whistles required of next-generation networks, infrastructure developers and operators are clamoring for their place as they determine which wireless technology to put …

T-Mobile USA Inc. instituted a set of new promotional price plans and expanded its offerings at the increasingly popular $40 price point. The carrier added a $40 per month Get …

HTC Corp., the nimble, Taiwan-based smartphone maker that is a leading purveyor of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating system, announced its new HTC Touch, a phone that employs touchscreen technology. …

Fans of GPS applications are getting enhanced features at two of the nation’s largest carriers. AT&T Mobility announced four of its newer Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices can now …

Research in Motion Ltd.’s push into the consumer space with video-friendly BlackBerry devices is set to get a boost from QuickPlay Media, which recently unveiled its mobile media package for …

Executives at Palm Inc. appear to believe they’ve bought the time and talent to move from less than 3% of the smartphone market to leadership in mobile computing.To paraphrase Neil …

Opposition to a federal-state panel’s recommendation to cap universal service fund support in rural areas mounted last week, with a key senator and agriculture groups joining the mobile phone industry …

AT&T Mobility revamped its prepaid play with new add-on package options for its GoPhone Pay As You Go customers.GoPhone users can now choose a calling package of 3,000 off-peak minutes …

Despite the prevalence of end-to-end billing systems as operators have consolidated in recent years, some companies may prefer a one-shot solution to a particular problem without the expense and effort …

Perhaps we should all just go back into hibernation for a few weeks until some of this iFrenzy subsides.On the other hand, given that iHysteria will only gather greater force …

Wireless and wireline carriers remain vulnerable to lawsuits over the National Security Agency’s anti-terrorist wiretapping program, with Congress so far refusing to consider a Bush administration legislative proposal that would …

Virgin Mobile in the United Kingdom said it as has tapped InfoSpace Inc. to provide a suite of mobile search and Internet services.InfoSpace said it will power a mobile search …

The production and delivery of mobile video is becoming a two-way street. Although a majority of programming seems to follow a top-down approach from TV studios’ more successful programs, those …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.The Coca-Cola company announced it will offer a mobile social networking service based …

Editor’s Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless. Wireless Toyz stores operate …