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SAN DIEGO-Doug Hutcheson, Leap Wireless International Inc.’s president and chief executive officer, approved $10,000 bonuses each for Glenn Umetsu, the carrier’s executive vice president and chief technical officer, and Leonard …

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 …

SHANGHAI, China-China Digital Wireless Inc., which distributes mobile phones and information services in Shanghai, said it plans to seek a listing for its stock on the American Stock Exchange. If …

NEW YORK-Orsus Xelent Technologies Inc. said it plans to purchase a 10-percent stake in Chang Zhou Moben Communication Co. Ltd., an original equipment manufacturer in China. Chang Zhou Moben has …

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 …

Qualcomm Inc. positioned itself squarely in the race to fourth-generation technology with the acquisition of OFDM technology startup Flarion Technologies Inc. Qualcomm said it will pay about $600 million for …

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted 972,000 net customer additions for the second quarter, which fell short of the nearly 1.1 million customers the carrier added during the second quarter of 2004, …

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. appears to be joining the likes of Enfora L.P., Firefly Mobile Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. in selling mobile phones to children. According to documents filed …

Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said it has entered into a forbearance agreement with Sprint related to Sprint’s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. …

GENEVA, Switzerland-In-flight communications company OnAir Inc. said it is working with software developer TriaGnoSys GmbH and server provider Miltope Corp. to build a GSM-only mobile-phone offering for use onboard jetliners. …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported that its newly acquired Western Wireless International Austria Corp. subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Austrian business Tele.ring Telekom Service GmbH …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. will score $4.4 billion in accumulated earnings in the third and fourth quarters thanks to a federal tax incentive. The company said the incentive will add $200 …

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 over the second quarter of 2004. Brightpoint …

Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS expanded their mobile music offerings this week with two announcements. Verizon Wireless will team with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast clips from the Latin …

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 …

PixToPix Inc., an Internet-based picture-messaging service, announced it is shutting down its free interoperability service. The service allowed users to send camera-phone pictures to subscribers of rival carriers. Although questions …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Bolstered by its recent acquisition of fellow affiliate AirGate PCS Inc., Sprint Corp.’s largest wireless affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. posted a 75-percent increase in second-quarter revenues from $193.3 million …

SAN DIEGO-InCode, a wireless technology and business consulting firm, said it has acquired Stockholm, Sweden-based Northstream, which provides advisory services to wireless companies. Northstream co-founders Bengt Nordstrom and Jonas Twingler …

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 …

LONDON-The Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance has contracted with IDC to assess the challenges and opportunities presented by global convergence during the next five years. The project will support an FMCA workstream …

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile users can exchange e-mails, instant messages, pictures and profiles with like-minded subscribers under a new localized community application. The mobile virtual network operator launched Boost Hookt, which …

LONDON-Acta Wireless Ltd., an investment and advisory firm to wireless companies, appointed Paul Palmieri as a venture partner and leader of its mobile entertainment practice. Palmieri will be responsible for …

WASHINGTON-Wireless customers are still complaining with their feet. Three million customers switched mobile-phone providers from December 2004 to the end of April, and the figure does not include customers who …

CHICAGO-A group of companies with interest in the radio-frequency identification technology arena said they plan to form an intellectual property licensing consortium. The consortium will offer patent management for patent …

WATERLOO, Ontario-SunCom Wireless Inc. introduced Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry 7100g for its customers in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico. The BlackBerry 7100g operates on SunCom’s GSM/GPRS network. …