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Handset pricing gyrations ran the gamut last week, as all of the nation’s tier-one carriers tinkered with the cost of their handset portfolios.–AT&T Mobility slashed in half the price on …

Mobile subscribers’ options for video and TV programming continue to bloom as spring takes hold. The latest: The Disney-ABC Television Group announced a new channel at Sprint Nextel Corp. for …

Verizon Wireless and mFoundry announced they are working together on a banking and financial services solution.According to mFoundry Inc., Verizon Wireless will support its Spotlight Financial Platform, which allows its …

Discovery Mobile, the mobile programming effort of the Discovery network, is launching 14 made-for-mobile series. The shows will roll out throughout the summer.Four of the new series focus on promoting …

Promising to “put the ‘wow’ back” into Motorola Inc.’s products, CEO Ed Zander announced a new Razr model that he referred to as the “Razr Two.” (The handset’s printed name, …

Third Screen Media finally found a well-heeled suitor.The Boston-based mobile advertising startup was acquired by Time Warner Inc.’s AOL Internet division for an undisclosed sum. Third Screen will operate as …

Nokia Corp. upped its market-share forecasts for the second quarter, news that helped boost the company’s stock almost 4% to around $26.04 per share. The world’s largest handset maker said …

Leap Wireless International Inc. is set launch its Cricket-branded services in Charleston, S.C., tomorrow. The flat-rate carrier plans to open two company-owned stores, and has established a network of seven …

Ask.com announced it will offer a GPS-enabled mobile search application, a move that puts the company in direct competition with the likes of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.-and also further …

British mobile gaming company Cometa Wireless Gaming Systems announced it received nearly $2 million in its first round of funding. Mfusion led the investment.“We are delighted to be working with …

PopCap Games announced it hired Andrew Stein, who most recently served as the senior marketing manager of games for AT&T Mobility’s Media Mall. The move is the latest in the …

Jott Networks Inc., a firm that offers a free speech-to-text service, announced it closed its first funding round of $5.4 million. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with Draper Richards, …

Infrastructure spending by North America’s mobile operators increased slightly during the first quarter, while wireline capital spending decreased 9%, according to a report from Ovum-RHK.Mobile carriers spent $5.1 billion during …

Yet another executive is exiting through Sprint Nextel Corp.’s revolving front-office door.The carrier said last week that Mark Schweitzer will step down from his post as chief marketing officer at …

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. …

Investment capital continued to flow into the mobile social networking space as two new startups closed their first rounds of funding.Project Goth, which operates the “global mobile Internet community” mig33, …

Shared Spectrum Co. didn’t need the luck of the Irish in the first public demonstration of its cognitive radio technology at the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Conference in Dublin …

The yellow carpet was rolled out, margaritas and other libations flowed and costumed characters mingled with a crowd celebrating the 400th episode of the Simpsons at the 20th Century Fox …

State groups said the Supreme Court need not review a lower court ruling that struck down a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting states from regulating line-item charges on cellphone bills.Sprint …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has joined the cadre of telecom companies that have sued small Iowa operators and Internet calling services for alleged “traffic pumping,” while the small companies themselves have …

There’s a lot of doom and gloom in the predictions being floated around as the dinosaurs of traditional media battle and play catch-up with the rise in new media alternatives. …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Major props to all involved in this story: If you built a tower, …

Long billed as the killer app of tomorrow, location-based services finally appear to be gaining mass-market appeal. And network operators are well positioned to cash in. A study released late …

USB Cellular modem shipments could grow to more than 22 million units by 2012, according to a study from ABI Research.“Proliferation of 3G networks is the primary driver of growth …

Few music companies have pursued mobile as aggressively as The Orchard Enterprises Inc. The New York-based company serves as a kind of digital music aggregator, distributing content from dozens of …