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The Federal Communications Commission asked the nation’s major telecommunications firms and Google Inc. to explain to the agency the industry’s often unpopular practice of charging consumers to end their cellphone …

Motorola said that China buyers of its Android-driven smartphones can opt for local search engine Baidu instead of Google, the Internet giant behind the mobile software platform.AFP

Verizon Communications Inc. posted rocky fourth quarter 2009 results that were impacted by one-time charges related to job cuts and an increasing dependency on its wireless operations.Verizon announced a 10% …

Ericsson – Magnus Mandersson has been appointed head of business unit global services and Rima Qureshi has been appointed head of business unit CDMA mobile systems. Both Mandersson and Qureshi …

If 2009 is remembered as the year the mobile application space matured, 2010 is shaping up as the year technology had evolved to actually measure what people were doing on …

Palm Inc.’s and Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating systems lost ground on independent mobile aggregator Myxer’s Web site in 2009, giving up a combined 24% of the smartphone traffic on …

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Google Inc. dropped Friday as investors reacted to fourth-quarter financial results that gave some cause for concern about the Internet search giant’s growth prospects. …

The Women’s Wireless Leadership Forum (WWLF) has organized a membership drive with Crown Castle, to be held as a webinar on Jan 29, 2010 for Crown’s female employees. There will …

Verizon Wireless said it has chosen Spirent Communications to provide testing solutions for certification of devices that will operate on its 4G LTE network. Spirent will provide hardware, test simulators, …

Verizon Wireless said it has chosen Spirent Communications to provide testing solutions for certification of devices that will operate on its 4G LTE network. Spirent will provide hardware, test simulators, …

More than 25 years after its birth, Tetris is the best-selling mobile game of all time, having surpassed 100 million paid downloads on cell phones around the world.Associated Press

Nokia is offering people who buy its smartphones free access to its personal and car-based navigation platform in an effort to spur the development of location-based and social-networking applications on …

Staff working on the proposed National Broadband Plan are hoping to wrap up the final comments cycle by Jan. 27, Phoebe Yang, chief counsel and senior advisor to the Omnibus …

The mobile advertising war brewing between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. took on a smaller rival today as Opera Software said it had acquired AdMarvel Inc. for an undisclosed amount. …

The past week was a good one for the RCR Wireless Stock Index, with gainers leading losers by a more than 2 to 1 margin. Notable losers for the week …

The explosion of wireless devices and content – with predictions of 7 trillion devices connected to wireless networks by 2017 – will present increasingly complex challenges for service providers trying …

The American Red Cross has received more than $22 million in U.S. text-message donations for Haiti earthquake relief efforts, far outpacing the charity’s previous record of $400,000 for emergency relief …

M-Dot Network – David Diamond, President of David Diamond Associates, has been appointed to the board of advisors. David Diamond Associates is a strategic marketing consulting practice with clients in …

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Cellphone users in the United States have contributed more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in what is being hailed as an …

While 2009 was dismal for overall semiconductor sales, smartphones, electronic readers and netbooks/smartbooks should help the industry in 2010. “The year 2009 will be remembered as one of the most …

Numerex Corp. said it will offer machine to machine communications services on Vodafone Group’s network in the United Kingdom. Today’s announcement is the latest in a series of tie-ups between …

Millions of dollars are being sent to Haiti via a number of text-messaging campaigns, according to various sources.Red Cross text-messaging donations from the United States to Haiti have topped $3 …

Acision & Telenor: Telenor Norway announced that it has chosen to deploy the most recent version of Vantrix Message Optimizer. The company’s agreement with Telenor was secured by Acision as …

Mobile advertising services provider Amobee Media Systems announced plans to acquire mobile advertising agency RingRing Media for an undisclosed amount. Amobee said the deal will help it round out its …

Nexit Ventures Invests in User Interface TechnologyFrom: PR NewswireNexit Ventures, a mobile venture capital firm focused on wireless technologies and services, announced an investment in Rightware, a developer of advanced …