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Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) is pushing an amendment to a homeland security bill that would ensure Internet Protocol-based solutions are not excluded from government grants aimed at making public-safety communications …

Infrastructure equipment maker ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it increased earnings by 9 percent in the past quarter from the same quarter a year ago, but was also forced to restate …

Rural Cellular Corp. posted mixed results as its losses widened, but it made major improvements in churn and customer gains.The Minnesota-based regional carrier reported a net loss of $53.6 million …

Mach announced that it acquired CB Holdings Inc., the parent company of financial-settlement company Cibernet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Combined, Mach and Cibernet is expected to have …

The opening day of the 2007 Game Developers Conference was all about 5 percent.While U.S. consumers increasingly use their phones to send photos and experiment with the wireless Web, mobile …

Research in Motion Ltd. has announced that it will adjust its earnings by $250 million due to the results of an internal review of its stock-option grants, and that several …

The Senate is set to vote this week on a homeland security bill that includes more federal support for interoperable public-safety wireless communications.The legislation addresses a serious first-responder problem highlighted …

TracFone Wireless Inc. agreed to settle a class-action suit alleging the top prepaid cellular company misled consumers by charging them at the roaming rate in their home calling area and …

In the spirit of freewheeling online wireless forums such as Howard Forums and SprintUsers.com, Sprint Nextel Corp. has started its own virtual community for wireless fans, foes and aficionados.Users do …

A flurry of mobile gaming news is coming out of San Francisco in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference. Powerhouses and startups in the gaming industry have saturated the market …

U.S. Cellular Corp.’s parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., is no longer considering making an offer to acquire the portion of the carrier’s stock that it doesn’t already own. …

Treo maker Palm Inc. is considering strategic options ranging from acquisitions to a full-out sale of the company, according to media reports. The news comes as the market for cellphones …

Qualcomm Inc. announced that China Network Systems (CNS) and Taiwan Television Enterprise Ltd. (TTV) have signed an agreement to conduct a technical trial of the San Diego-based company’s MediaFLO technology …

Motorola Inc. does not plan to support billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s plan to join the company’s board, according to media reports.The handset vendor is recommending shareholders vote for the company’s …

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. …

U.S. Cellular Corp. executives told analysts that they continue to be skeptical about the value of upgrading their CDMA 1x RTT network to EV-DO, preferring to wait until they are …

The cellphone industry, the Bush administration and others are urging the Supreme Court to abandon a century-old antitrust standard in favor of one that would give carriers, vendors and others …

Snoop Dogg took the music world by storm in late 1992 when he helped propel gangsta rap to the most commercially successful subgenre of hip hop up to that point. …

Mobile marketing startup Mozes Inc. picked up $5 million in a first round of funding from Norwest Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.Mozes’ service, which is in beta testing, …

The U.S. House of Representatives canceled MobileAccess Networks’ in-building wireless license and add-on business to improve cellphone coverage in the House because of concerns the bidding process may have been …

What is it about the wireless industry that causes everyone outside the space to think that they can have their cake and eat it too?The most recent perpetrator is Skype, …

The mobile-phone industry has jumped into a major Internet music rate case in a New York federal court. The outcome could determine whether cellular carriers, and thus subscribers could be …

Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that reversed a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting states from regulating line-item charges …

Obopay Inc. continued to gain ground in the mobile payment space, inking an impressive deal for a pilot program to allow Citi customers to send and receive money from their …

Motricity Inc. once again added to its bank account, pocketing $50 million in equity funding from controversial investor Carl Icahn. Whether the cash will be enough to see the company …