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

Having survived an attempted coup by dissident shareholder Carl Icahn earlier this week, Motorola CEO Ed Zander hit the road this week to tout Tuesday’s launch of his company’s new …

First impressions really do count in wireless, and retail store staff had better be quick on their feet, according to the most recent customer satisfaction survey by J.D. Power and …

AdMob is teaming with mobile media company mywaves to power click-to-video advertisements on wireless phones.The offering will allow wireless Web surfers to click on a banner ad to watch a …

The Federal Communications Commission said it received 4,600 wireless complaints in the fourth quarter of 2006, a slight increase over the previous quarter. Most fourth quarter wireless complaints dealt with …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

TeleCommunications Systems Inc. has extended a pact to provide hosted E911 Mobile Positioning Center (MPC) services to Verizon Wireless.The Annapolis, Md.-based mobile data technology firm announced a new, five-year contract …

PlayPhone Inc., which provides off-deck entertainment offerings, said it raised $18.7 million in a third round of venture capital funding.The financing was led by Scale Venture Partners and included participation …

LAS VEGAS-At a press conference at the Cable Show yesterday, News Corp. COO Peter Chernin offered his views on both mobile and online business efforts. “We’ve been spending a lot …

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted a solid first quarter, bringing in 980,000 net new subscribers and outperforming analyst’ expectations, largely on the strength of its prepaid customer growth. The company’s net …

Motorola Inc. said a lawyer for a California landscape contractor who alleged in a suit that heavy cellphone use caused his fatal brain tumor has asked a state court to …

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

Brightpoint Inc., the mobile handset distributor that’s rapidly becoming “a global powerhouse,” according to one analyst, posted solid sales for the first quarter of the year, but earnings and gross …

A subsidiary of UniCell Advanced Cellular Solutions Ltd. has acquired TippCom Ltd. for an amount reported only as “several tens of millions of shekels (Israeli currency),” which could be anywhere …

Regional carrier SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. reported mixed metrics for the first quarter of 2007, but cut its losses compared with the year-ago period.The company, which operates in the southeast …

Nokia Corp. is teaming with live music company Live Nation to give mobile phone users access to concert tickets before they are available at the box office.The handset manufacturer said …

AT&T Mobility announced that its Cingular 8525 Pocket PC (made by HTC Corp.) will henceforth be known as the AT&T 8525 Pocket PC. The operator said that the device has …

Mobile software developer Semotus Solutions Inc. said it plans to jettison its wireless financial information assets to Stockgroup Systems Inc. for an undisclosed sum.Semotus, which markets software that connects enterprise …

Sanef announced that it has acquired location-services firm Webraska for an undisclosed sum. The European telecom infrastructure management company said the move will help it gain a foothold in the …

Shares of Clearwire Corp. slid after the wireless broadband carrier reported a net first-quarter loss of $92.6 million, up drastically from the $55.2 million loss over the same period last …

Several private-equity groups have reportedly formed in an attempt to acquire Alltel Corp., according to the Wall Street Journal.The paper said at least three groups exist that are pursuing the …

Verizon Wireless said it added a variety of new features to its VZ Navigator location service.The new Place Messaging feature allows customers to send directions to their contacts through a …

Leap Wireless International Inc. nearly tripled its net customer additions during the first quarter of 2007 compared with the same period last year, landing more than 318,000 new users and …

Sun Microsystems Inc. previewed a simplified way to write Java applications for mobile phones, DVD players and Internet browsers at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco.The developer unveiled JavaFX Script, …

High Tech Computer Corp., also known as HTC, said today it would henceforth adopt a global marketing strategy that appeared to call for all its products to be branded as …