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The fixed-mobile convergence market could grow to 250 million users by 2012, according to new research from ABI Research.Converged services on fixed and mobile networks are currently available, and a …

Sales of mobile phones to consumers in the United States reached 146 million units in 2007, according to a report from The NPD Group. The market generated $11.5 billion in …

The explosive success networks are having with text voting on TV shows comes with a level of responsibility that they and others in the value chain are trying to bear.“Now …

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. JUST CAN’T get itself out of the spotlight. And if any of the tier-one carriers needs a time out right now, Sprint Nextel is certainly the most …

If you add up a number of factors, the new LG Glimmer at Alltel Corp. makes a lot of sense for the two companies. Touchscreens are hot. The Glimmer offers …

ONCE THE DOMAIN OF EARLY ADOPTERS on high-tech smartphones, mobile RSS is quietly moving into the mainstream.RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, first came to the Internet in 1999, and the …

As the 700 MHz auction winds to a close – apparently without a winning bidder for the commercial/public-safety license or a clear roadmap for meeting first responders’ communications needs – …

When “going green” sometimes means having large polluters pay for lavish advertisements focused on how much they care about the earth, it helps to look beyond platitudes to tangible specifics.Right …

A blizzard of impressionsAccuWeather.com said its mobile Web site experienced a record-breaking February, with more than 32.7 million page impressions. The previous record was 31.6 million page impressions, which happened …

Wireless carriers have turned up the heat on the Federal Communications Commission, arguing in a lawsuit that new enhanced 911 location accuracy guidelines grossly miss the mark and that the …

Fourth-generation subscribers, including LTE and WiMAX users, could exceed 90 million in 2013 if a number of milestones are met, according to a report by ABI Research.The study said there …

The WiMAX market is expected to grow to $7.7 billion by 2011, predicts research firm Infonetics Research in a new WiMAX and Mesh Network Equipment and Devices report.Infonetics said the …

Almost 18 months after the advanced wireless services spectrum auction wrapped, carriers are on the verge of commercially launching networks and devices that make use of the recently cleared 1.7/2.1 …

NextWave Wireless Inc. tapped Alcatel-Lucent to develop WiMAX broadcast solutions that the company plans to integrate with its recently announced MXtv technology.NextWave plans to use the technology to give WiMAX …

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. stock dropped more than 53% from its closing price after it reported a $14.7 million loss in the fourth quarter. The mobile virtual network operator did, …

The juxtaposition of the Spitzer sex scandal and the debate over whether telecom companies should have retroactive immunity for participating in the Bush administration’s post-9/11 warrantless wiretap program is rich …

As I’ve noted in previous columns, I go coco for spectrum auctions. Love ’em. Can’t get enough of ’em. Want more of ’em.Or so I thought until the last week …

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) asked chief executives of AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. to explain whether they will pro-rate early termination fees as previously promised. Her …

It’s no secret that trying to find content or information on a mobile phone is a daunting task for most consumers.Carrier deck layers can seem like concentric circles of hell, …

While Opera Software ASA continues to attract attention with its mobile browsers and a host of startups go directly to consumers with their transcoding technology, InfoGin is quietly making headway …

When Texas Instruments Inc. lowered its revenue guidance last week for the quarter about to end, citing weakness in 3G sales to a large customer, analysts were quick to speculate …

Four days after Apple Inc. released its iPhone software development kit (SDK), the company announced that more than 100,000 developers had already downloaded the set of application programming interfaces (APIs) …

So let us get this straight. 100,000 developers paid $100 a piece to download Apple’s new SDK for the iPhone. We are no math majors, but doesn’t that translate to …

If you think you’re seeing Bluetooth headset advertisements everywhere, offering a bewildering array of styles and functionality from innumerable companies, you’re spot on. The growth of mobile multimedia – driven …

The House Commerce Committee’s probe of the Federal Communications Commission moved to a new level, with key lawmakers asking FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to produce extensive documentation on a wide …