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LAS VEGAS – EVER SINCE television was invented in 1926, the industry has seen over-the-air broadcasts reach more screens as the medium exploded in popularity. The industry’s first push was …

SO WHAT WILL IT BE for the sequestered 700 MHz D Block? A few tweaks here and there, an approach one lawmaker dismissively coined ‘D Block lite’? A complete overhaul? …

Sprint Nextel Corp. hopes to clean up the direct-to-consumer content business by hitting wayward partners where it hurts.The carrier last month told off-deck content aggregators that it will be “strictly …

The market for Long Term Evolution technology took another step forward last week as seven infrastructure heavyweights announced a framework for licensing the rights to the next-generation wireless standard.Alcatel-Lucent, L.M. …

One of the hot topics leading into the CTIA Wireless 2008 event earlier this month was the recent move by carriers to offer unlimited, flat-rate calling plans. While I didn’t …

MobiTV Inc. has spent the past 18 months developing new technologies that will speed up the time between channel changes to less than a second and optimize cellular network backhaul …

The global Broadband Wireless Access/WiMAX subscriber base reached nearly 1.8 million during the fourth quarter, according to figures from research firm Maravedis in its WiMAX Counts Quarterly Report.“Even with an …

Our favorite country to the North, Canada, is going to have its own spectrum auction next month. We can’t wait! Will Google play? Will bidders shell out billions to build …

OK, Mark Twain’s “mysterious stranger” was actually Satan’s nephew, and we’re certainly not deriding the devilish Steve Jobs or his wonderful company – but the theme of unwanted intrusion is …

To hear Cyriac Roeding tell it, CBS Mobile started in 2005 as a “department of one.” Just two suitcases and three boxes in tow, Roeding left his home in Europe …

One hesitates returning to the blame-game that engulfed and sullied the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and other sinister storms of 2005, because – despite …

With so many smart people in the wireless industry, how can there be so many problems with mobile content?At CTIA Wireless 2008, I had the privilege of moderating a panel …

It seems there’s no shortage of players looking to help carriers compile all the customer information that can be gleaned from their networks. But it appears network operators are still …

NTT to test mobile aroma services Mobile music is floundering and wireless TV is struggling to gain traction. So NTT Communications is targeting users through their noses.The Japanese telecom announced …

Mark Louison’s unassuming manner dovetails well with Nokia Corp.’s efforts to project a kinder, gentler approach to the North American device market, an effort he has led for the past …

The Federal Communications Commission said the nation’s top prepaid wireless company, TracFone Wireless Inc., is now eligible for universal service subsidies in ten states and the District of Columbia, a …

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION approved technical guidelines for a voluntary mobile phone emergency alert system, but the new public warning regime still lacks a federal coordinator.Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel …

MOTOROLA INC. MADE two major moves last week to put its house in order as it works to revive its flagging mobile device business.First, the company and investor Carl Icahn …

SENS. BYRON DORGAN (D-N.D.) and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) introduced a bill to give the Federal Trade Commission authority to crack down on fraudulent and anti-competitive behavior in the mobile phone …

Attendees heard plenty at the recent CTIA Wireless 2008 event about all the sexy things in the mobile space including music, video and, of course, mobile advertising. But the quiet …

You might be surprised at how much mutual strategy a carrier and handset vendor can pack into a single device. Consider the Z750a by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications for AT&T …

ICO Global Communications Holdings’ half billion-dollar gamble leaves the launching pad this week.The Reston, Va.-based firm is slated to launch its $500 million satellite into space Monday, setting the stage …

THE NATION’S TOP TWO CARRIERS plan to deploy Long Term Evolution network technology over their recent spectrum winnings. However, Verizon Wireless executives said an LTE rollout won’t happen until 2010 …

JUDGING BY THE HANDSET NEWS out of CTIA Wireless 2008 last week, competition in the United States is a SKU vs. SKU battle -handset-to-handset combat, if you will. In the …

Cyren Call Communications Corp. said it never demanded long-term payments as a condition for a winning bidder of the 700 MHz national commercial/public-safety license, breaking its silence in response to …