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Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to chip off its Nextel Communications Inc. legacy, announcing today that it was consolidating its operational headquarters and corporate headquarters at its Overland Park, Kan., campus. …

The mobile-phone industry finds itself confronted by a new net neutrality bill in the House, a development that adds to mounting pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to force wireless …

Mobile phone design efforts over the past two years appear to have taken the handset as far as it will go, for now, if the handsets coming out of the …

Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to chip off its Nextel Communications Inc. legacy, announcing today that it was consolidating its operational headquarters and corporate headquarters at its Overland Park, Kan., campus. …

BARCELONA, Spain — The Android has landed, so to speak.A number of chip companies showed off demonstrations of Google Inc.’s Android cellphone software today at the Mobile World Congress trade …

The landscape of the wireless industry is in flux as you read this story, with product launches, pre-announcements and hype flying by like so much confetti on the wind.Or is …

A “focus on execution” has allowed Qualcomm Inc. to continue performing well, even while searching for a resolution to its stand-off with Nokia Corp. and defending its business model in …

Texas Instruments Inc. reported increases in revenue and earnings for the fourth quarter and gave an upbeat view of the current quarter. Analysts and investors are monitoring earnings forecasts for …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said today that its telecom division is booming, shoring up weakness in its semiconductor division. Fourth-quarter handset shipments reached 46.3 million units, up a healthy 41% …

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On Monday, a federal judge said that Qualcomm Inc. must end the sale in the United States of W-CDMA chips that infringe on three Broadcom Corp. patents.The ruling’s details are …

A new report from Visant Strategies predicts the next generation of WiMAX devices will spur both fixed and mobile growth for the 802.16 industry.The report said WiMAX vendors are promoting …

Qualcomm Inc. apparently recognizes that mobile consumers remain a chatty lot. And with voice still the dominant mobile use, the San Diego chip company has purchased privately held SoftMax Inc. …

Separate mobile Linux efforts have been cited by competitors as likely to lead to fragmentation.That’s an ongoing debate, to be sure. But one Linux camp and an analyst said last …

In anticipation of possible industry-changing outcomes in next year’s 700 MHz spectrum auction, Qualcomm Inc. announced its CDMA2000 and W-CDMA product lines would be available for devices that run on …

Firethorn Holdings L.L.C. has been a driving force behind many of the major mobile banking announcements within the past year. Recent news that chip maker Qualcomm Inc. would acquire the …

Verizon Wireless’ announcements that it would open its network to certified devices and apps-and further, that it has selected LTE for its fourth-generation technology-kept us pretty busy last week, to …

Some sense that fortune has finally broken in its favor has Qualcomm Inc. glad for “small victories,” though the company acknowledges it has a heaping plate of legal challenges ahead.Last …

Whether an element of schadenfreude-pleasure at another’s misfortune-has played a role in Qualcomm Inc.’s depressed stock value, no one can say. But two analysts this week took a careful look …

THE MOBILE BANKING SPACE saw several shifts last week, as Qualcomm Inc. announced that it will acquire mobile banking company Firethorn Holdings L.L.C. for $210 million, and AT&T Mobility launched …

Qualcomm Inc. announced the dismissal of Nokia Corp.’s complaint in District Court in The Hague against the chip and licensing company over patent exhaustion.Nokia had complained in March that Qualcomm’s …

Qualcomm Inc.’s earnings in the fiscal fourth quarter and full year showed year-on-year improvements, but a modest outlook for the fiscal first quarter sent its shares down around 6% in …

Qualcomm Inc.’s new Gobi chip marks the arrival of a technology long-discussed by the San Diego company, according to one analyst.The chip will offer high-speed access to the Internet via …

AT&T MOBILITY WILL TELL YOU that writers expounding on the issue of unlocked phones far outnumber consumers actually interested in buying them.Preliminary data shows that, while not literally true, that …

The European Commission will expedite an investigation of charges against Qualcomm Inc. by six leading wireless companies that the chip and licensing company has violated antitrust rules.The EC may dismiss …