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SANTA ANA, Calif.-WiMAX player eWan 1 Inc. announced it scored a $1 million funding commitment to build out its WiMAX offering in places like the Virgin Islands and Mexico. eWan’s …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Antenova Ltd., an integrated RF solutions provider, announced it has acquired Finland’s Perlos Corp.’s gigaAnt short-range wireless antenna business, expanding Antenova’s High Dielectric Antenna technology and Radionova radio …

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. outlined a new business strategy that includes focusing on two separate market segments and announced organizational changes to support the new strategy. The market segments are …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Siemens Venture Capital GmbH made a strategic investment in Dune Networks, which provides merchant silicon solutions for traffic management and scalable switching fabrics. “Dune’s traffic management technology together with …

NEW YORK-Flytxt, which provides mobile marketing technology and services, said it is partnering with HarperCollins Children’s Books to launch the Meg Cabot Mobile Club, a cell-phone text messaging program to …

BOSTON-M-Qube Inc., a mobile channel enabler, announced it secured $10 million in new financing in a round led by HarbourVest Partners L.L.C. Existing investors also participated in the funding. The …

Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a five-year agreement with the National Football League for the wireless carrier’s Sprint-branded service to become the official wireless telecommunications service sponsor of the NFL. The …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. is partnering with Shazam Entertainment Ltd. and Rocket Mobile Inc. on a mobile music identification offering. The carrier launched SongIDentity, which delivers information, including artist, title …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. completed its merger with SpectraSite Inc., creating a combined company with more than 21,500 wireless towers, more than 400 broadcast towers and nearly 100 in-building sites. Stockholders …

To the Editor, I know it’s been a long time since we’ve conversed, but I read your most recent RCR Opinion piece (“Telecom reform dejà vu” in Aug. 1 issue) …

LAUREL, Md.-Verizon Wireless said it will hire more than 300 customer service representatives to help staff a new $22 million Maryland call center about 12 miles from the company’s regional …

As the wireless industry and others that provide content and value in the supply chain wrestle with digital rights management in the age of the third screen, those same players …

Jason Ford can walk through any mall in the United States without eliciting a second glance. But in the tiny universe that is wireless gaming, he may as well be …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Anritsu Corp. signed an agreement with Axcel, the Danish investment firm that owns NetTest, to acquire NetTest, a global network monitoring systems and field use test products provider. In …

America Online Inc. is stepping up its move into the wireless industry with the acquisition of privately held software developer Wildseed Ltd., the Internet giant announced last week. Terms of …

WASHINGTON-Continental Airlines Inc. is fighting an order from the Massachusetts Port Authority that Continental discontinue its free Wi-Fi service inside its Presidents Club at Boston’s Logan International Airport, saying the …

Rumors are circulating that Nokia Corp. is planning a major public offensive against Qualcomm Inc. over royalty rates for W-CDMA mobile phones. Those in the industry believe Nokia is hoping …

TORONTO-Shares of software developer 724 Solutions Inc. tumbled Wednesday after the company hinted it could lose a key contract with Sprint PCS. In a press release regarding the company’s second-quarter …

WASHINGTON-A group of 14 Democratic House members led by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject a wireless-industry petition that would prohibit state regulation of early-termination …

MIAMI-Hispanic-targeted prepaid service Movida said it will launch a suite of information services next month. The 6-month-old service said it will offer regional news programming, Latin American soccer scores, celebrity …

The battle for wireless customers between the industry’s No. 1 operator Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and No. 2 Verizon Wireless is set to move into the rapidly expanding hybrid-plan market segment. …

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. signed an agreement to provide its location technology to Nokia Corp.’s GSM network base station subsystem customers and to license certain Nokia technologies that will be …

SK-Earthlink’s plans to launch a mobile virtual network operator service have been pushed back until at least early next year, but despite the delay, the company is not scaling back …

WASHINGTON-Within hours of telling reporters that he expected to fill “current open positions” during the month of August, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin named Bruce Franca chief of the FCC’s Office …

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. released its second-quarter earnings, reporting net income of $4.9 million, or 27 cents per share, which is a 35-percent increase from the second quarter of 2004. Brightpoint …