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U.S. Cellular Corp. said it has reached an agreement to purchase its common shares from Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. as part of a stock repurchase plan announced earlier.The accelerated share …

The head of Motorola Inc.’s venture capital arm has quietly left the company. News of Warren Holtsberg’s departure from Motorola Ventures surfaced after MVC Capital Inc., a New York investment …

As Disney Mobile L.L.C. approaches its one-year anniversary, the company provided a glimpse of how customers are making use of the innovative, family-centric applications at the heart of its service. …

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 …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Other Credit Suisse First Boston revised its estimates on NeuStar …

U.S. Cellular Corp. has taken its push-to-talk retail offering out of commission and limited the sale of walkie-talkie phones and service only to business channels. Retail stores and call centers …

Investors appeared pleased with preliminary financial results announced by NeuStar Inc., which offers clearinghouse services to wireless carriers and others, as well as a shakeup in the company’s senior executive …

Shares of Veraz Networks Inc. dipped after the company’s initial public offering raised $72 million at a price below its forecast range.Veraz opened at $8 per share, in line with …

NeoMedia Technologies Inc. continued its retreat from the mobile marketing space, selling the German outfit 12snap for “just under” $5 million.NeoMedia, which is streamlining in an effort to focus on …

Centennial Communications Corp. reduced its losses during its fiscal third quarter, posting an overall net loss but essentially breaking even on revenues from its continuing operations. The carrier also saw …

Nokia Corp. announced it will pay Qualcomm Inc. $20 million in patent royalties for the second quarter of this year, a move that stands as yet another thrust in the …

The turbulent world of mobile content was highlighted once again this week as one well-known firm filled its coffers and another continued to fight for its life.CellFish Media raked in …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Arlington County has selected EarthLink Inc. to build a Wi-Fi network throughout the Virginia county. EarthLink will own and operate the network, which will cover 26 square miles.The Internet service …

Rural Cellular Corp. has completed its purchase of several Minnesota markets from Alltel Corp., a divestiture that was required of the latter company as part of its 2006 purchase Western …

Flat-rate carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. said it expects to raise a bit more than $1 billion when it makes an initial public offering.According to filings with the Securities and Exchange …

Nokia Corp. is hoping to encourage development for its S60 platform with a new plug-in extension for Linux-targeted open source projects.The Finnish company announced the availability of an SDK designed …

Verizon Wireless rang up the most mobile data revenue in the fourth quarter of 2006, but Sprint Nextel Corp. regained its lead in data ARPU, according to new figures from …

The Federal Communications Commission officially grounded the idea of permitting cellphone calling on airplanes.FCC Chairman Kevin Martin signaled two weeks ago the agency likely would terminate a proceeding to re-examine …

Television networks relish the thought of re-engaging viewers who no longer get their TV fix at home. And as technology developers work to deliver on that potential in the mobile …

Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. raised prices on its two handsets-the Drift and the Heat, both from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.-to $225 (from $175) and to $150 (from $100), …

Shares of InPhonic Inc. slid after the company said it will restate results for the second and third quarters of 2006 due to accounting errors.The company, in a filing with …

In the last days of March, which coincided with the end of the first quarter, both Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless lowered prices on two key smartphones in their respective …

The Government Accountability Office said the reliability of the nation’s emergency warning system is questionable, and that a federal advisory panel addressing the integration of wireless into the system, as …

Leap Wireless International Inc. has retooled its price plans and included unlimited messaging in all of its plans-bucking the current industry trend of charging more for text messages. Instead of …