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HTC Corp. moved from original device manufacturer to original equipment manufacturer at Sprint Nextel Corp. this week with an HTC-branded smartphone at the high end of the price range for …

Hang on, sports fans. We’ve got a hum-dinger of a race here.NASCAR filed a $100 million countersuit against AT&T Inc. for alleged breach of contract and fraud over Richard Childress …

YouTube Inc. quietly launched a stripped-down, mobile version of its popular video-sharing site.The wireless offering, available at m.youtube.com, offers a small selection of streaming videos in a handful of categories …

Regional telecommunications provider NTELOS Inc. announced plans for an overhaul to its advertising efforts, news that coincides with the company’s hiring of new advertising firm The Johnson Group. NTELOS said …

Microsoft Corp. overhauled its MSN Mobile portal, adding services and simplifying the user interface.The software giant said the new site, mobile.msn.com, incorporates MSN services such as Hotmail, Live Messenger, Windows …

Mobile entertainment startup RemoTV announced a beta launch of a free application that allows cellphone users to access multimedia from their PCs.The Connecticut-based newcomer said mobile users can create channels …

Silverback Media plc, a marketing agency that operates on mobile and online platforms, announced it has entered into a preliminary agreement to acquire a majority interest in Atlas Telecom Mobile, …

The U.S. telecom industry appears to largely be treading water when it comes to fixed-mobile convergence-with much talk about the subject and a few tentative sallies in that direction, but …

A large percentage of young drivers in the United States say they both talk and send text messages on their cell phone while driving. A Zogby International poll found two-thirds …

Almost half of early adopters in the United States planning to replace their cellphones want Wi-Fi capability, according to a recent survey by In-Stat. The market research firm noted that …

A consumer group has raised conflict-of-interest and qualification issues regarding a proposed National Academy of Sciences panel spawned by a government-wireless industry research program to examine where additional research is …

InfoSpace Inc. scored another carrier customer for its wireless Web service even as it continued to beat a retreat from the content space.The Seattle-area company expanded its relationship with Verizon …

The guys who founded Atlas Mobile are back with a community-based contest offering for mobile phones and PCs.Isaac Babbs, Andy Riedel and Ken Scott unveiled Tapatap Inc., a San Mateo, …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-If there ever was a first shot fired in the battle toward a digital age, the music industry was likely the first to hear it. By the close …

Network operators will earn more than $10 billion this year from selling self-branded handsets made by ODMs, according to ABI Research. That’s a nearly 25% jump from the prior year. …

The Supreme Court delayed a decision on whether to review a lower court’s pro-state pre-emption ruling, inviting the views of the U.S. solicitor general who previously signaled disinterest in pursuing …

I suspect other journalists at sometime experience the kind of curious, recalibrated relationship with a source of the kind I had with Norm Sandler. Check the archives and you quickly …

It’s no secret that a stroll through the offerings on carrier decks is enough to give you carpal tunnel syndrome. A recent study of four U.S. wireless services providers by …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube. While we are not obsessing over the Apple iPhone and its impending …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. could overtake Motorola Inc. in market share for the second quarter, according to projections from analyst Ittai Kidron at CIBC. The share shift would be remarkable, …

Sony Ericsson has tapped Gracenote to power a sideloading-enabled mobile music platform.The new platform includes features such as search and discovery, song identification and playlisting, and is designed to allow …

CellAntenna Corp. asked the Federal Communications Commission to permit first responders to use jamming equipment to prevent terrorists from using cellphones to detonate bombs known as improvised explosive devices.The Coral …

More than meets the eyeGlu Mobile Inc. launched a mobile game and content associated with the upcoming Transformers movie due out July 4. The launch is the first release from …

AT&T Mobility says more than a million customers have signed up for information regarding the much-hyped iPhone, and Apple Inc.’s Steve Jobs has said that he expects the device to …

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION appears to have gained sufficient political cover to move forward with plans to auction a national 700 MHz license designed to serve unmet public-safety and consumer …