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EDINBURG, Va.-Shenandoah Personal Communications Co. and Sprint Nextel Corp. agreed to extend a mutual agreement to avoid litigation until they can work out a management agreement that takes Sprint Corp.’s …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Swiss operator Sunrise announced they’ve signed a partnership agreement to launch Mobile TV services in Switzerland and plan to offer sports, entertainment and news video clips …

ANDOVER, Mass.-Groove Mobile music service is partnering with Telecom New Zealand to power the carrier’s nationwide music service, the Telecom Music Store. Subscribers will be able to download songs from …

VANCOUVER, B.C.-Sierra Wireless Inc. unveiled a new embedded laptop card ready to operate on Sprint Nextel Corp.’s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network. The Sierra Wireless MC5720 PCI Express Mini Card is …

SEATTLE-Nearly half of U.S. consumers said they expect wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Internet-capable personal digital assistants, to have the greatest impact on their lifestyle in the coming year, …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-With only a handful of shopping days before Christmas, Alltel Corp. said it is offering eight credits to download content from the Sony Music Box when customers buy …

NEW YORK-Push-technology company Vocel and Random House Inc. announced a partnership to mobilize Random House’s Living Language foreign language self-study product onto mobile phones. Living Language is offered by major …

IRVINE, Calif.-Wireless infrastructure services company VelociTel Inc. said it plans to acquire Crown Castle Corp. subsidiary Site Safe Inc., which provides RF health and safety compliance solutions for the wireless …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Sprint Nextel Corp. will purchase the 68 percent of Nextel Partners Inc. it does not currently control for $6.5 billion, the two companies announced today. Nextel Partners had the …

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics announced it has joined the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, which is developing a Wi-Fi standard proposal for the IEEE 802.11n Task Group. ST says it plans to share its expertise …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The WiMAX Forum appointed Jeff Orr director of marketing and Matt Wangler director of operations. Orr will oversee global marketing strategy and day-to-day marketing operations. Prior to joining …

TORONTO-Bell Canada launched a full track music download service powered by Groove Mobile, which also enables a similar service recently launched by Sprint Nextel Corp. Bell Canada said consumers are …

ATLANTA-The Association County Commissioners of Georgia endorsed Verizon Wireless as the preferred wireless provider for county governments across the state. ACCG and Verizon Wireless announced an agreement today under which …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it received a $70.8 million order from the Saudi Railways Organization to upgrade more than 600 miles of the Saudi Arabian railway network infrastructure between Dammam …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it will acquire Velocita Wireless through a stock purchase agreement, and that the national carrier will begin using some of Velocita’s 900 MHz spectrum to …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Adding to its quickly lengthening list of video content partners, Verizon Wireless announced that scenes and trailers from the WB Network shows “Everwood,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Smallville” and “Supernatural” will …

LOS ANGELES-Amp’d Mobile Inc., which began offering wireless plans and phones last week through its Web site, announced a string of collaborations with television producers who will provide original mobile …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it entered into a new 5-year, $6 billion revolving credit facility and a new 364-day $3.2 billion term loan. The new credit facilities replace Nextel …

Editor’s Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past 12 months. This year’s choice is …

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-CDMA-based network infrastructure provider Airvana Inc. said it plans to begin providing inflight wireless broadband equipment to industry operators including Verizon Airfone Inc. Airvana claimed that Verizon Airfone has …

BOSTON-Enpocket Inc. reported a partnership with Internet Broadcasting to provide wireless access to 32 of Internet Broadcasting’s partner television stations using Enpocket’s Mobile Content Engine. Enpocket said the service will …

U.S. consumers will be shopping for high-tech phones to take advantage of new high-speed networks this holiday season, according to a new study from Boston-based research firm Compete Inc.. Instead …

The thought of bar codes typically goes hand-in-hand with sleep-inducing topics like managing inventories, tracking shipments and supermarket check-out lanes. But Jim Levinger wants you to associate bar codes with …

The wave of litigation in the mobile e-mail space continued last week as Visto Corp. filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. Visto claims the software giant violated three patents …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. quietly took its e-mail service wireless, allowing users to access their Gmail accounts from Web-enabled handsets. The service, which is free aside from carrier data charges, …