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Motorola Inc. said it would cut 4,000 more jobs in the coming year, on top of 3,500 job cuts to be completed by next month. The reduced headcount at the …

To Broadcom Corp., a favorable federal jury verdict last week in a patent infringement lawsuit against arch-rival Qualcomm Inc. was “gratifying.” That’s understandable, as the decision vindicated Broadcom’s position in …

Longtime VeriSign Inc. chief Stratton Sclavos stepped down as the company’s internal investigation into stock-options grants is nearing its end. The Mountain View, Calif., company declined to offer reasons for …

Cellphone dodges bullet An Aurora, Colo., man may have his cellphone to thank for his life. Roger Baxter was shot in the chest during a burglary in his home, but …

Business users in Western Europe and other regions will help drive surging sales of smartphones and other converged devices over the next few years, according to new figures from IDC. …

Enterprise applications are poised for impressive growth in the United States while the U.K. mobile content market is approaching a “tipping point,” according to two new reports. Compass Intelligence L.L.C. …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Verizon Wireless has teamed up to deliver Prince’s new single “Guitar” on its …

Longer contracts are pushing American consumers to keep their handsets longer, according to a new study by J.D. Power and AssociatesThe average length of ownership of a particular handset has …

The Federal Communications Commission ordered wireless and wireline operators to have backup power sources for telecom facilities and to submit reports on the reliability of their 911 systems, but the …

Leap Wireless International Inc. said that it intends to sell $285 million in senior notes in a private placement to institutional buyers. The flat-rate carrier said that net proceeds from …

The Federal Communications Commission ordered wireless and wireline operators to have backup power sources for telecom facilities and to submit reports on the reliability of their 911 systems, but the …

In the sudden rush of handset announcements-isn’t June the traditional window for launching handsets?-AT&T Mobility plans tol bring on two new models from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The Samsung SGH-a717 …

U.S. mobile users rang up $215 million in off-deck premium SMS downloads in the first quarter, according to new figures from Telephia.The San Francisco-based market research firm found that premium …

The top two handset vendors made small ripples this week in near-perfect juxtaposition. They both want something the other has-and gettin’ some is going to be difficult. Nokia Corp. announced …

Nokia Siemens Networks is getting some fresh blood to fill its CFO position. Eric Simonsen, an American with varied experience in senior management positions at telecommunications and financial companies and …

Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit against Nevada-based I-VEST Global Corp. and various anonymous organizations alleging each has sent unsolicited wireless spam to its customers.The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. …

Airadigm Communications’ Einstein Wireless, a GSM cellphone carrier in Wisconsin, said it fired up the nation’s first cellular broadcast emergency alert system covering the community of Appleton.“Together with CellCast Technologies …

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards urged the Federal Communications Commission to fashion 700 MHz rules to further the reach of the Internet using an open-access approach advocated by Frontline Wireless …

Verizon Wireless, meet Prince, the prolific artist who aggressively protects his fusion of just about every musical genre imaginable. The man whose bitter battle with a record label prompted him …

U.S. carriers are missing out on millions of dollars by making it difficult for users to discover and download mobile games, according to new figures from Strategy Analytics.The market research …

Sprint Nextel Corp. made the cut this time, snagging one of the prized contracts in a multibillion-dollar program to modernize the federal government’s telecommunications system. The General Services Administration today …

Online casual gaming giant Oberon Media bought its way onto the mobile playground, picking up London-based publisher I-play for an undisclosed sum.Oberon powers storefronts customers such as MSN Games Network, …

Clearwire Corp. completed its acquisition of 2.5 GHz spectrum from AT&T Inc.; the larger company had to divest itself of the spectrum as part of the requirements for the approval …

Motorola Inc. said yesterday that it would cut 4,000 more jobs in the coming year, on top of 3,500 job cuts to be completed by next month. The reduced headcount …

As AT&T Inc. continues its acceleration of transitioning away from the Cingular brand, the company has revamped Cingular.com into an AT&T-branded site. Instead of reaching the old Cingular.com site, users …