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Boost Mobile has tapped Telmap for its branded navigation application, which will run on Java-enabled handsets with GPS.Boost Navigator provides turn-by-turn walking and driving directions as well as information about …

Mobile search provider Medio Systems Inc. and m-commerce technology company mPoria Inc. announced a strategic partnership to help retailers reach wireless users on their phones.Medio, which powers Verizon Wireless’ Get …

Broadcom Corp. will proceed with an antitrust action against Qualcomm Corp. over deceptive conduct before a standards-setting body after an appeals court reversed a lower court that had dismissed its …

Mobile advertising startup Quattro Wireless pocketed $12.3 million in a second round of financing from Globespan Capital Partners and Highland Capital Partners.The Waltham, Mass.-based company said it will use the …

Mobile phone distributor Brightstar Corp. said it will make a $5 million equity investment in InPhonic Inc., the Washington-based online retailer of wireless products and services.Brightstar will purchase about 2.5% …

Give Palm Inc.’s CEO Ed Colligan credit for straight talk, which may bode well for the company’s new direction and ultimate survival. Colligan yesterday delivered a difficult message with a …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.–D2C Games: Rubicon Venture Partners …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier –R.W. Baird adjusted its third- and fourth-quarter estimates on MetroPCS …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

Google Inc. is hoping to patent a text-based system for mobile payments.The Internet giant filed an application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to patent “a computer-implemented method of …

Um, you know that fewest-dropped-calls claim? Never mind.After spending a big chunk of its massive $1 billion budget bludgeoning the American public with the message that it has the “fewest …

AT&T Mobility has joined the ranks of wireless companies offering parents control over their children’s wireless usage. The operator today introduced a Web-based service, Smart Limits for Wireless, to allow …

Carriers in the United Kingdom are hoping to give mobile transactions a boost with a new, standardized payment scheme for consumer purchases. PayForIt, which launched Saturday, provides a consistent user …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the …

Corporate-speak is designed to be opaque, so when Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications issued a release today stating that President Miles Flint was stepping down and would “take a short career …

Telecom carriers traditionally have been among the nation’s biggest advertisers. Through the years, those advertisements have educated us about rate plans, weekend calling, in-network calling, call quality and the joys …

The Federal Communications Commission officially dismissed wireless broadband applications of M2Z Networks Inc. and others, concluding the public interest would be best served by initiating a rulemaking on how to …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless New’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. has proposed a merger with its flat-rate rival Leap Wireless International Inc.Metro said it sent Leap a letter detailing its offer, which involves a “stock-for-stock, tax-free merger …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

Perhaps banking on a sense that only someone over 65 would know what a “coupe” is, Verizon Wireless launched a handset by that name along with a rate plan aimed …

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THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Commission appeared poised to reject M2Z Networks Inc.’s plan to offer free nationwide broadband service on the 2155-2175 MHz band, a move likely to prompt a court …

Nokia Corp. is hoping to build a doorway directly to mobile consumers. Again.But whether carriers will tolerate the move is far from clear.The manufacturer-cum-mobile-media company last week outlined a surprisingly …