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Dwango Wireless suffered its third straight multimillion-dollar quarterly deficit, reporting a net third-quarter loss of $5 million. The mobile entertainment publisher said it generated $968,000 in revenue during the period, …

HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group announced that the standard for CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision B is on schedule for publication in the first quarter of 2006 and should significantly increase …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Loc-Aid Technologies snared $5 million in its first round of institutional financing, the location-based services application developer said. Loc-Aid said it plans to use the cash to expand …

JAPAN Access Co. Ltd. said it completed its acquisition of PalmSource Inc., which provides the Palm OS operating system for mobile devices. PalmSource now is a wholly owned subsidiary of …

Just two months after launching its own branded wireless e-mail offering, Nokia Corp. is jumping head-first into the space with the $430 million acquisition of Intellisync Corp. The handset manufacturer …

Watching Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. exchange nasty barbs over intellectual property rights smacks of similar bickering between Qualcomm and L.M. Ericsson in 1999 over patents for the CDMA protocol. …

After years of hype and billions of dollars in network upgrades, the time has come for the worldwide W-CDMA market to take off. Perhaps the best indication that W-CDMA technology …

HONG KONG-Several infrastructure vendors reported successful demonstrations at the 2005 3G World Congress and Exhibition in Hong Kong. Motorola Inc. unveiled a prototype CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A solution, which …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry would take a hit if a universal-service reform bill becomes law, although the bill’s sponsor said the broadband standard was specifically crafted to include wireless. Reps. Lee …

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy said she plans to leave the Federal Communications Commission Dec. 9, even though the White House has yet to name a replacement. Abernathy’s announcement was expected. …

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers and others are urging the government to launch a rulemaking to decide what to do with discarded mobile satellite services frequencies rather than unilaterally giving more radio channels …

Siemens AG said its Music2You music download technology is set to launch through T-Mobile International. The two companies signed a framework agreement, making Music2You the preferred solution for all T-Mobile …

Alltel Corp. continued its rural expansion by gobbling up privately held Midwest Wireless for $1.075 billion in cash. The acquisition comes just months after Alltel closed on its $6 billion …

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc., with challenges aplenty as the smallest national cell-phone carrier, has unwittingly angered the nation’s top consumer group and publisher of an influential magazine that rates mobile-phone carriers. …

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it has resumed production and shipping of base station subsystem products after a labor dispute halted manufacturing for about a week at its Shenzhen, China …

WASHINGTON-XM Satellite Radio last week quietly launched an application to bring its radio service to Windows-powered mobile phones. The largest U.S. satellite radio provider launched Pocket XM Radio, which streams …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless inked a deal to operate kiosks in more than 100 BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. locations, the carrier said Monday. Verizon will sell wireless phones and services through …

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-By 2010, less than 5 percent of broadband subscribers will use WiMAX technology as a fixed wireless broadband access solution, said research firm iSuppli Corp. WiMAX technology will …

RESTON, Va.-Dobson Cellular Systems said it will use Actix’s CellOpt AFP for automatic frequency planning on its GSM/GPRS and TDMA networks. The product also allows Dobson to plan and implement …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Taiwanese carrier Chunghwa Mobile Business Group said it will deploy Azaire Networks Inc.’s Internet Protocol Converged Network Platform. The product will allow Chunghwa Mobile to provide services across …

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz rebanding process may not be going as quickly as first hoped. The 800 MHz Transition Administrator recently told the Federal Communications Commission that there will be a …

Like European missionaries of centuries past, Bango came to U.S. shores last week preaching the gospel. The Cambridge, U.K.-based company held events in Southern California and New York to tout …

PORT WASHINGTON, New York-Big-box retailers deliver a better shopping experience for mobile phone users than wireless operators do through their own branded outlets, according to a study from The NPD …

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy said Thursday she will leave the Federal Communications Commission Dec. 9, even though the White House has yet to name a replacement. Abernathy’s announcement was expected. …

Alltel Corp. continued its rural expansion by gobbling up privately held Midwest Wireless for $1.075 billion in cash. The acquisition comes just months after Alltel closed on its $6 billion …