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The handset market in the United States in the first quarter grew 12% over the year-ago quarter, with the sale of about 39 million units valued at nearly $3 billion, …

Video-compression technology vendor On2 Technologies Inc. announced it acquired Finland-based Hantro Products Oy, a firm that sells video software to cellphone makers. On2 will pay around $58.5 million for the …

Harbinger Capital Partners is hoping to buy Openwave Systems Inc. at closeout prices.The investment firm is looking to buy more than 40 million Openwave shares at $8.30 each-a 4% premium …

Qwest Communications International Inc. has started offering mobile broadband service using Sprint Nextel Corp.’s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A network.The Qwest Wireless Mobile Broadband card from UT Starcom is priced …

Mobile search startup JumpTap Inc. expanded its relationship with mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. with a local search application.The white-label offering, which launches this week, delivers local …

The U.S. cellular industry added 18 million connections during 2006, bringing the total number of U.S. wireless connections to 232 million, according to Wireless Intelligence, a joint venture of Ovum …

Acuity Mobile and Acxiom Corp. announced a mobile marketing partnership that marries Acxiom’s consumer-based data and behavior analytics with Acuity’s mobile advertising platform.The deal will make Acxiom’s database of consumer …

The Federal Communications Commission revised the standard for relocation costs Sprint Nextel Corp. must pay to public-safety licensees, a move aimed at improving a confusing and contentious 800 MHz rebanding …

Clearwire Corp. announced it completed the first phase of a mobile WiMAX field trial in Hillsboro, Ore., a suburb of Portland. Individuals participating in the trial, which covered 15-square miles …

AT&T Inc. made a major re-branding push by stripping a number of its company-owned stores of Cingular-related trappings overnight and replacing them with AT&T logo and signage.The company said in …

Verizon Wireless is hoping to spur its full-track mobile music sales with a new music-identification application.The carrier launched Vcast Song ID, allowing users to play a tune into their phone …

Clear Channel Communications Inc. launched a suite of text-based applications that allow radio listeners to make song requests and participate in contests with their mobile phones.The company rolled out the …

Leap Wireless International Inc. is using TechnoCom Corp. for testing and optimizing E911 services for the carrier’s Cricket offering, enabling the carrier to potentially offer location-based services as well-a step …

Alltel Corp. announced Sunday that it agreed to be acquired by two private-equity firms in a $27.5 billion transaction.The buyers are TPG Capital, the global buyout group of private-investment firm …

A Georgia judge has given AT&T Inc. permission to add its brand on the carrier’s No. 31 NASCAR racecar, which currently carries the “Cingular” brand.“We are pleased that the court …

Funambol plans to push ahead with its open source mobile e-mail strategy this week with an upgraded version of its white-label offering for carriers.The Redwood City, Calif.-based startup is set …

California announced plans to develop and launch a statewide emergency cellphone alert system within 12 to 14 months. The move is definitely apropos for “the Golden State,” which has long …

Cellphone, tower, broadcasting and wireless broadband trade groups collectively told the Federal Communications Commission that scientific data on the relationship between antenna structures and migratory bird mortality is not sufficient …

In what might be billed as “The Natural History of a Startup,” tiny, San Diego-based Sequoia Communications is making the rounds, hoping to lure W-CDMA baseband chip vendors into using …

Mobile-phone carriers blasted a new Federal Communications Commission proposal to cap wireless universal service support in rural areas.The FCC plan, based on a recommendation by the Federal-Joint Board on Universal …

This summer is starting to look pretty good.First of all, “The Simpsons Movie” is coming out in July. That’s reason enough to get excited. But that’s not the only reason …

The Bush administration is not alone in questioning the accuracy and relevancy of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s broadband penetration rankings, a constant source of heartburn for Federal …

Machine-to-machine communication is all about efficiency: collecting data from far-flung locations with less labor, less danger, lower power and in real-time. Thus one might conclude that the perennial drive for …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Apparently Japan plans to set up an experimental high-tech wireless zone on the …

RealNetworks Inc. expanded its mobile entertainment business with the $9 million acquisition of Sony NetServices.A joint venture between Sony DADC and Sony Europe, Sony NetServices targets carriers in eight European …