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WASHINGTON-Telecom analysts said the mobile-phone industry’s legal exposure is heightened by the Supreme Court’s refusal last week to block health-related lawsuits from going forward in state court. The high court …

Sprint Nextel Corp. became the first U.S. operator to offer full-track music downloads, launching a dual-delivery service last week using phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration’s spectrum agenda is showing signs of losing momentum and direction, a development that has prompted frustrated National Telecommunications and Information Administration officials to quietly push forward on …

LONDON-The worldwide public Wi-Fi market is expected to reach 100,000 hot spots by the end of this year, according to Informa Telecoms & Media’s Wireless Broadband Analyst report. There were …

WASHINGTON-The Senate late Thursday agreed to set the date to complete the digital TV transition at April 7, 2009, after a failed attempt to move the date to April 2008. …

Reston, Va.-Mobile Satellite Ventures continues to push its terrestrial-satellite wireless offering, announcing a Capitol Hill demonstration of its technology as well as plans to focus on patent licensing and enforcement …

WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. appears to be prepping an EV-DO device similar to its 7100-series of gadgets. According to documents on Bell Mobility’s Web site, the carrier …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. got a jump on the holiday shopping season by rolling out a promotional rate plan that includes 1,500 anytime calling minutes for $40 per month. Customers …

WASHINGTON-Recognizing that sometimes the local wireline carrier is the impediment to new communications technologies gaining access to enhanced 911 services, the Senate Commerce Committee passed legislation requiring the Federal Communications …

SAN DIEGO-As demand for and shipments of Qualcomm Inc.’s chips took off, so did the company’s financial performance. Qualcomm, the world’s second-largest chip maker for mobile devices, posted fourth-quarter net …

TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies said it signed a multiyear contract renewal with T-Mobile USA Inc. to provide clearing and settlement services for wireless voice roaming. Syniverse said it will provide the …

LOS ANGELES-Sennari Entertainment inked a deal with Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products to create prize-based games based on the Star Trek franchise. The publisher of wireless loyalty applications said it …

TOKYO-NEC Corp. said its High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology is ready for commercial use worldwide after the company tested the technology on Vodafone K.K.’s network in Japan over the …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-XG Technology said it successfully demonstrated its radio-frequency modulation and encoding platform, xMAX, by broadcasting a data stream equal to full-motion MPEG-2 video with stereo sound at a …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. outlined its mid- and long-term goals at its analyst day event this week, promising to become one of the world’s top-three electronics companies by 2010. The …

If all Congress does before leaving town for the year is approve fiscal 2006 funding for the Federal Communications Commission and other government agencies it will be a victory. Partisan …

Nokia Corp.’s Preminet offering gained another backer last week as Tira Wireless said it is offering its porting technology to content providers using the delivery platform. Tira has made its …

Product announcements streamed out of Boston during WiMAX World 2005, a show where the attendance increased from the hundreds in 2004 to the thousands in 2005. As the industry moves …

NEW YORK-Mobile ESPN L.L.C.’s unveiled rate plans for the trial launch of its mobile virtual network operator service that rolled out this week in a handful of markets. The postpaid …

What constitutes a wireless carrier? Years ago, I used to have an annual fight with an MCI spokesman because RCR Wireless News listed MCI as the nation’s largest reseller in …

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association tapped VeriSign Inc. to power its text messaging service. The industry association, which represents 10 carriers, will use Metcalf Inter-Carrier Messaging, a joint offering from …

Nortel Networks Ltd. posted a third-quarter net loss of $105 million, or 2 cents per share, less than what was expected after the mayhem of firing senior executives, correcting numbers, …

WASHINGTON-The Senate late Thursday agreed to set the date to complete the digital TV transition at April 7, 2009, after a failed attempt to move the date to April 2008. …

WASHINGTON-Top Bush administration trade negotiator Rob Portman said the United States negotiated an agreement with the European Union, Japan, Korea and Taiwan in applying zero tariffs on multi-chip integrated circuits, …

MIAMI LAKES, Fla.-Calypso Wireless Inc. announced two purchase orders for its C1259i Dual Mode ASNAP Wi-Fi/GSM/GPRS Voice over IP phone. The first order is a $2.02 million purchase order from …