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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Vodafone Group plc will offer mobile games from Electronic Arts Inc. through its carriers in Europe, Egypt, South America, Australia and New Zealand. The wireless operator said it …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Telemar Oi, a Brazilian telecommunications company, to start trials of Nokia’s Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions. The solutions make …

Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it signed a three-year agreement with electronics manufacturing services company Celestica Corp. giving Celestica exclusive rights to manufacture Lucent’s existing and new wireless products, according to …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Siemens AG have been granted third-generation network contracts from Polish-operator Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa. The value of the contracts was not disclosed Ericsson will deliver 3G radio …

LOS ANGELES-PriceGrabber.com, a comparison shopping Web site launched its Cell Phones, Plans & Accessories Channel, in conjunction with InPhonic Inc. PriceGrabber said the new service will allow shoppers to easily …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it would cut 1,900 jobs as part of its ongoing efforts to restructure and improve its supply chain. The company said it would take a pre-tax …

DSL provider Covad Communications Group Inc. announced it purchased pre-WiMAX carrier NextWeb Inc. for $24.7 million in cash and stock. NextWeb offers wireless broadband services to 3,000 business customers in …

Sprint Nextel Corp. reported that one of its subsidiaries has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Voice over Internet Protocol service providers Vonage Holdings Corp., theglobe.com Inc. and its operating …

SAN FRANCISCO-Mforma Group Inc. said it raised $30 million in a third round of institutional financing. The round was led by venture-capital firm Institutional Venture Partners. Existing investors Bessemer Venture …

LAS VEGAS-Amp’d Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that expects to launch service later this year, chose Card Player Media as its exclusive poker content provider, according to Card Player. …

LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it will work with ATI Technologies Inc. to develop three-dimensional wireless entertainment applications. “3D games are an important part of the future of mobile gaming …

Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. attracted $600 million in private-equity funding from Madison Dearborn Partners L.L.C. and TA Associates as part of a $739 million minority equity investment in …

Initial shipments of Motorola Inc.’s long-anticipated iTunes-capable phone appear somewhat sluggish, according to a recent analyst report from Piper Jaffray. The firm said its recent store checks show that some …

Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. provide the highest retail sales satisfaction among the wireless industry’s six largest operators, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Wireless Retail Sales …

Wireless Facilities Inc. said it’s joining forces with Google Inc. to bid on San Francisco’s municipal Wi-Fi project. WFI specializes in the design, deployment and management of wireless networks and …

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile unveiled its latest phone for the youth market, the glossy black i835 from Motorola Inc. The phone features Boost’s Walkie-Talkie service and support for multimedia messaging and …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. announced it will use over-the-air updating technology from InnoPath Software Inc. The technology will allow CHMC to remotely update the software in …

Tower giant Crown Castle International Corp. said it’s considering whether it should hang onto its 77.6-percent ownership in Crown Castle Australia, which is Australia’s largest tower operator with 1,387 towers. …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint Nextel Corp. wireless affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. set a record date of Oct. 17 for the dividend payment on its 7.5-percent series B convertible preferred stock. The dividend …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Group plc has chosen L.M. Ericsson to supply a W-CDMA upgrade and mobile softswitch to expand its network in Fiji in a deal that Ericsson called the first …

Sprint Nextel Corp. said it has closed on its $287.5 million acquisition of network affiliate Gulf Coast Wireless Ltd. Partnership that was originally announced last month. Sprint Nextel noted that …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation’s largest wireless carrier, gave a “suggestion” to San Francisco that the city let Cingular’s EDGE network complement its planned Wi-Fi project. A host of companies …

Motorola Inc. scored its first content agreement for its forthcoming iRadio service, a deal that will make Universal Music Group’s extensive music catalog available to iRadio subscribers. The news comes …

WASHINGTON-Communication Technologies Inc. announced it completed a citywide commercial broadband-over-powerline technology deployment in Manassas, Va. The company and City of Manassas officials plan to hold a news event to announce …

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International AG said it expanded its agreement with Starbucks Corp. to Austria, allowing T-Mobile Austria to provide its HotSpot Wi-Fi service in eight of the nine Austrian Starbucks …