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State groups said the Supreme Court need not review a lower court ruling that dealt with line-item charges on mobile-phone bills. The Supreme Court ruling struck down a Federal Communications …

Alltel Corp. added a new handset over the past week dubbed the “Snap,” which the carrier is selling online for 99 cents with a two-year contract.The Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. …

Warner Music Group unveiled a division that will develop and produce original programming for mobile phones, cable TV, computers and other platforms.The division, dubbed Den of Thieves, will work with …

T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to have refreshed its handset lineup by discounting most of its Motorola Inc. Razrs-four models dropped to $30 from $50-and discontinuing the Moto Pebl.The Pebl had …

Synchronica plc announced it received $6.9 million in funding. The company, which specializes in data synchronization, device management and over-the-air updating services, said it plans to use the new funding …

Intercasting Corp. announced that it raised $12 million in a second round of funding. The San Diego-based company said it will use the money to expand on carrier-based distribution and …

Tween-focused mobile virtual network operator kajeet Inc. added more than 400 Longs Drugs stores as points of distribution for its pay-as-you-go wireless service. The Longs Drugs stores are located in …

Dobson Communications Corp. reported a larger net loss for the first quarter due to refinancing activities.The regional carriers posted a net loss of $32.6 million for the quarter, more than …

Tower vendor SBA Communications Corp. reported a wider net loss for the first quarter while revenues improved.The company reported total revenues of $95.8 million, up 39.2% from revenues of $68.8 …

Counting on “small details” to differentiate its latest product launch, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. announced it will launch its new S500 handset in the United States. Pricing and distribution …

Motorola Inc. said that dissident, billionaire investor Carl Icahn did not win a seat on the company’s board of directors. The handset maker said that, based on an estimate of …

The front-office shuffle continued among the tier-one carriers as AT&T Mobility said Jim Ryan has stepped down from his post as VP of consumer and business data services.Ryan joined AT&T-then …

Research In Motion Ltd. today announced its BlackBerry Mobile Voice System, which offers BlackBerry enterprise users a secure connection to their desk phone. The solution includes enhancements to BlackBerry device …

Qualcomm Inc. said Lenovo Mobile Communications Technology Ltd., a Chinese handset vendor, would license the San Diego company’s 3G W-CDMA technology for its products. Qualcomm took the trouble to mention …

A majority of 12-to-14-year-olds have their own wireless phones, according to a recent study by research company iGR Inc., and a “significant percentage” of children younger than 10 years old …

Where the days of yesteryear may have seen executives working business deals and networking on the golf course, the poker table has become the new venue for some.Bplay Inc. and …

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, …

American Tower Corp., one of the big three in the wireless tower industry, showed positive growth in its financial results for the first quarter of 2007. The company’s total revenue …

Apptix announced it acquired WebMessenger Inc. for $7 million in a combination of cash and company stock. The company aims to enhance its e-mail and voice services for small- and …

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. …

Dear Editor, Netflix recently made it possible for people to stream movies and television shows to their personal computers. According to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, this is not the end …

When it comes to reporting global broadband rankings, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has become to Bush administration telecom officials what Al Jezeera’s coverage of the war on …

The word last week that Nokia Corp.’s new N75 device would debut soon at AT&T Mobility drew its share of attention, for good reason. Though Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia’s CEO, has …

Traffic is as American as apple pie-millions of commuters face challenges and choices every day as they search for the least stressful, most direct route to work. Indeed, morning and …

The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission, already under siege from the Democratic-controlled Congress on a slew of telecom issues, could be hearing lots more from lawmakers-from both political parties-on a federal-state …