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Looking for clarity amid the chaos caused by Hurricane Katrina is like looking for the needle in the proverbial haystack. In the race to restore telecom service to the affected …

NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless signed a fixed-rate promissory note permitting the carrier to borrow, repay and re-borrow up to $9 billion from parent company Verizon Communications Inc., with a maturity date …

JACKSON, Miss.-Regional wireless operator Cellular South, which claims to have been operational in some of the hardest hit areas of Mississippi by Hurricane Katrina Aug. 29, said that as of …

L.M. Ericsson outlined its vision for third-generation evolution, saying that the growing demand for mobile content and the handset’s role as a media channel will pave the way for faster …

T-Mobile USA Inc. again showed that size is not what’s most important to customers. The industry’s smallest nationwide operator posted the highest customer satisfaction performance across all six regions in …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported that Cellcom Israel Ltd., the country’s largest wireless carrier with 2.5 million subscribers, launched i-mode service in Israel on its GPRS network. Five handsets were launched …

RARITAN, N.J.-Wireless data and content delivery will account for as much as 25 percent of overall wireless revenues in five years, generating $50 billion annually, according to a report from …

NEW YORK-Software developer Eatoni Ergonomics Inc. has developed a new e-mail application aimed at helping older mobile-phone users more easily send and receive e-mails. Eatoni Mail reduces the number of …

Motorola Inc. says it is playing its trump card-wireless mobility-in the WiMAX space, skipping over 802.16 Revision D in favor of getting Revision E (the mobile standard) products to market …

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-Mobile-phone design and testing company Applied Wave Research Inc. announced it acquired Aplac Solutions Oy. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Both companies sell software to mobile-phone …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Consumption of data-centric W-CDMA technology has been slower than expected, said a report by ABI Research. “We have refined our appraisal of GSM/GPRS/EDGE vs. W-CDMA,” said Lance Wilson, …

Nextel Partners Inc. lost its bid to stall Sprint Nextel Corp.’s national brand rollout as a three-member arbitration panel ruled Nextel Partners had not demonstrated a likelihood of success on …

SHAWNEE MISSION, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. introduced two new phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to sell over the carrier’s CDMA network. Samsung’s A560 features a speakerphone and voice-activated dialing and …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry averted a potential public-relations disaster, assuring government leaders that wireless services for Hurricane Katrina evacuees would not be cut off for lack of payment. Members of Congress, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Thursday granted Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s waiver of the hearing-aid-compatibility rules, delaying for nearly a year hearing-aid compatible GSM handsets that work in the 850 MHz …

Motorola Inc. may cut EDGE technology from the initial shipments of its forthcoming handsets-including the highly anticipated Pebl and Slvr models-due to problems with chips from supplier RF Micro Devices …

Canadian operator Telus Mobility regained the top spot in N. Moore Capital Ltd.’s ranking of North America’s top wireless operators based on a handful of second-quarter metrics. The metrics include …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solutions provider Alvarion Ltd. said it is filling commercial orders and shipping its WiMAX-ready BreezeMAX PRO customer premises equipment, which includes Intel’s PRO/Wireless 5116 broadband interface …

MobiTV Andy Missan has joined MobiTV as vice president and general counsel. Missan will oversee legal affairs and general corporate matters at the company. Missan brings more than 17 years …

While Tier 1 carriers scramble to deploy sexy applications like full-track downloads and on-demand mobile movies, smaller operators are looking in their own backyards to find more practical services for …

LUXEMBOURG-Skype Technologies S.A. notched another wireless deal this week, announcing a joint venture with China-focused wireless Internet portal Tom Online Inc. The companies plan to develop and market a stripped-down …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Franklin, Tenn., and St. Cloud, Fla., have signed agreements to use Hewlett-Packard Co. equipment for their metro-scale Wi-Fi projects. HP said the deal includes its iPAQ Pocket PC, …

Motorola Inc. announced it acquired Melco Mobile Communication Europe, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mitsubishi’s center is based in Rennes, France, and …

The State of California’s Department of General Services said it plans to award statewide contracts for wireless communications equipment and services to Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. Verizon Wireless …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp.’s share capital increased by $177.97 and its shareholder equity increased by $35,093.53 after 2,389 shares of its stock were subscribed for based on its 2003 employee stock …