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A group that tracks political money found that while the previous Congress didn’t pass much major legislation-such as telecom reform-last year, companies in high-tech and other sectors were spending big …

ORLANDO, Fla.-What would a CTIA Wireless event be without lots of carrier news. Sure, the big operators typically garner the limelight, but smaller players were also in the house and …

ORLANDO, Fla.-A quick evaluation of the comments and announcements streaming from the world’s largest infrastructure providers offers evidence that the market is getting wider and more complicated-and that the field …

Daniel Neal is CEO of kajeet Inc., a mobile virtual network operator targeting the ‘tween market and aiming, as he likes to say, to “super-serve kids” with a wireless service …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Mobile television is still in its infancy-mostly gaining traction among early adopters and primarily young men-but the subscriber base has more than doubled from 3 million to about 7 …

The General Services Administration awarded billions of dollars in telecom contracts to AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc. Notably left out of the announcement is Sprint …

Editor’s Note: Lowell McAdam took over as president and CEO of Verizon Wireless in December, as Denny Strigl moved on to head Verizon Communications Inc.

Former president George H.W. Bush admitted to a Blackberry addiction, and his fellow former Oval Office denizen Bill Clinton lamented his new role as Bush’s straight man during the final …

Crashing the party can be risky business in the wireless industry. Just ask Cyren Call Communications Corp., which dared to be audacious by asking policy-makers to take a valuable chunk …

While Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin talked up wireless technology and its potential to reach high-cost rural citizens at the cellular industry’s big bash in Orlando, key lawmakers, mobile-phone …

Amid the rough-and-tumble of the maturing mobile handset business, the mantra du jour appears to be “understanding the consumer.” That simply means mass-market techniques long in vogue to sell other …

If checking out the Internet on a PC can be called surfing, browsing the wireless Web is more akin to hunting snipe in a briar patch: it’s arduous, painful, and …

The wireless Web is strewn with potholes and speed bumps, but John SanGiovanni hopes that widgets can pave the way.SanGiovanni is the founder of ZenZui, a spinoff of Microsoft Corp. …

Boost Mobile L.L.C. has started trialing an unlimited CDMA calling service in some Texas and California markets, moving forward with plans to better compete against flat-rate carriers without involving parent …

Microsoft Corp. showcased a new Web browser that customizes Web pages for smartphone screens.The browser, dubbed Deepfish, delivers small images of Web sites, retrieving detailed information as needed when a …

The Food and Drug Administration said the National Academy of Science will conduct a symposium and issue a report on future research requirements regarding possible health effects from radio frequency …

AT&T Inc. subsidiary YellowPages.com unveiled a text-message search service that delivers local business listings and wireless Web links.Users can send a text message to YP411 with a business name or …

CellStar Corp. received its shareholders’ approval to complete the sale of its U.S. and Latin American businesses-the distribution of handsets and accessories-to a subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc., a deal that …

LCC International Inc. has delayed the filing of its annual financial statements for 2006 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company said its management needs more time to …

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. Carrier Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its EBITDA and EPS …

As carriers urge customers to adopt an ever-expanding list of data services, the bandwidth-intensive applications are driving a higher demand for backhaul capacity. Insufficient backhaul leads to service degradation such …

The Federal Communications Commission levied separate $100,000 fines against Amp’d Mobile Inc. and two other cellular carriers for not complying with guidelines for protecting confidential subscriber information.Amp’d, Easterbrooke Cellular Corp. …

ORLANDO, Fla.-The Mobile Marketing Association announced an effort to boost the mobile urban content market-and to help entrepreneurs looking to provide the stuff.The MMA unveiled a special-interest group charged with …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Mobile television is still in its infancy-mostly gaining traction among early adopters and primarily young men-but the subscriber base has more than doubled from 3 million to about 7 …