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OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc. announced it’s teaming with Movida Communications to offer prepaid airtime cards, pins and handsets to Hispanic customers. Q Comm provides solutions for prepaid transaction processing …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may not be the best agency to oversee the E-rate, according to a report released Tuesday by the House Commerce investigations and oversight subcommittee. The 52-page …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s Nextel WIP Corp. subsidiary filed its second lawsuit in as many weeks against network affiliate Nextel Partners Inc., part of its ongoing attempts to set a price …

HONG KONG-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it is expanding its broadband access portfolio with the launch of Lucent Multimedia Access Platform, an Internet Protocol-based solution that Lucent said delivers profitable, high-bandwidth …

NEW YORK-Nearly half of 10- to 18-year-old Americans use cell phones, and nearly one-third of them are subscribers of Verizon Wireless, according to a study from GfK NOP Technology. The …

BEIJING-Chinese manufacturer TCL Communication Technology said it will use chips from Texas Instruments Inc. in its line of low-cost handsets. TCT will use TI’s DRP-based, single-chip technology to develop inexpensive …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-A T-Mobile International AG subsidiary is launching “Internet 4G,” saying the next-generation wireless broadband access service is fast enough to allow subscribers to let go of their fixed-line …

HONG KONG-Nokia Corp. released a trio of new phones the company described as “infusing cultural and ethnic influences with luxurious touches of the unexpected.” The fashion phones are part of …

WASHINGTON-A watchdog group said the Department of Homeland Security is considering requiring radio frequency identification chips in drivers’ licenses, an option that it warned carries huge costs and poses privacy …

Motorola Inc. continued its stellar ride with another record quarter, driven in large part by continued demand for the company’s tremendously popular Razr phone. Indeed, Motorola said it shipped 6.5 …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. fell short of reduced expectations for customer growth during the third quarter- adding 867,000 total subscribers-but maintained its position as the industry’s largest wireless operator with 52.3 …

SEATTLE-The mobile music space continued to heat up across the Atlantic this week as two European carriers rolled out new services. 02 Germany unveiled a wireless and Internet storefront that …

Verizon Wireless again was singled out for superior customer service quality in Vocal Laboratories Inc.’s quarterly SectorPulse study on the quality of customer service among the industry’s largest wireless operators. …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless late Monday asked the Federal Communications Commission to waive its rules requiring location technology to be embedded in 95 percent of a carrier’s handset base by the end …

Alltel Corp. said it rolled out new rate plans to former Western Wireless Corp. and Cellular One customers who Alltel acquired when it purchased Western Wireless Aug. 1. The new …

WASHINGTON-The Michigan House of Representatives could vote this week on a bill banning teens under the age of 18 from talking on cell phones while driving. “When I was working …

WASHINGTON-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday morning he plans to offer an amendment to set the hard date for completing the digital TV transition at the end of 2006 or …

REDMOND, Wash.-Hot-spot aggregator Wayport is teaming with Nintendo to provide free Wi-Fi service to Nintendo DS users at 6,000 U.S. McDonald’s restaurants. Wayport will power complimentary access to Nintendo’s Wi-Fi …

BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic-IP Wireless Inc. announced European carrier Orange S.A will launch its “super-speed” UMTS TDD and HSDPA mobile Internet service in the coming months in the Slovak Republic. “Both …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it added a company-record 107,200 customers during the third quarter, which was well above analysts’ estimates and a 14.7-percent jump over the 93,500 customers the …

Heading up a string of device announcements, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new enterprise-focused smart phone from Hewlett-Packard Co. The device features Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating …

Boston Communications Group Inc. suffered yet another legal setback Monday when a federal judge ordered the company to stop providing the prepaid wireless services that account for 70 percent of …

Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson said they have upgraded three of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s UMTS networks with higher-speed HSDPA capabilities. Lucent said it installed the upgrades on Cingular’s network …

RED BANK, N.J.-The Radio Club of America plans to induct 10 new fellows at its annual awards banquet Nov. 18. The club chooses people to be designated with fellow status …

BOSTON-Tele Atlas, which provides geographic content, will offer digital mapping and geographic information to Qualcomm Inc. for use in the company’s wireless business solutions, including the upcoming OmniVision mobile computing …