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Carriers and financial institutions keep announcing mobile-banking and payment services, but so far, U.S. adoption is being dwarfed by that of developing nations, where it’s more useful.

Mobile games have never been a big money maker for wireless operators or the game developers themselves.

MANILA -(Dow Jones)- Philippine Long Distance Telephone Friday said a subsidiary has signed deals with two units of Hutchison Whampoa for a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, venture in …

Broadcom Corp. has won what may be the final round in its patent infringement case it filed three years ago against Qualcomm Inc.In a ruling Wednesday, the U.S. Court of …

The Federal Communications Commission voted to put in play a new 700 MHz auction plan to foster improved public-safety and commercial wireless broadband communications. However, several commissioners raised concerns over …

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, introduced legislation to require telecom recipients of rural universal-service funds to provide automatic roaming on just and reasonable …

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Visa Inc. outlined a series of initiatives with three big-name partners in an effort to make mobile payment services “broadly available” to U.S. consumers by year’s end.Visa next month will …

T-Mobile USA Inc. has erased the worrisome fine print on the data-usage agreement related to its recently announced G1 phone, which the carrier unveiled with Google Inc. and HTC Corp. …

A new application created by a San Francisco-based company pledges to give enterprise workers with Apple Inc.’s 3G iPhones mobile access to Microsoft Corp.’s Office Communication Server.CallWave recently announced the …

MySpace Rocks And Rolls With New Music Store

On the surface, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to reverse a three-judge panel and hand San Diego County a surprise victory over Sprint Nextel Corp. is just …

M2Z Networks Inc. said new test results demonstrate the Federal Communications Commission’s wireless broadband plan will not lead to interference as mobile-phone carriers claim. The company accused T-Mobile USA Inc. …

The government’s goal of restructuring 700 MHz public-safety/commercial rules by year’s end and conducting a re-auction in mid-2009 could be in jeopardy, with key House members urging Federal Communications Commission …

Sony Ericsson finally unveiled its response to Nokia Corp.’s Comes With Music service.The company outlined PlayNow plus, a hardware-and-content offering that will bundle as many as 1,000 pre-loaded songs with …

Nokia Corp.’s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, isn’t counting out rival Motorola Inc. Although Nokia has benefited as much as any company from Motorola’s stumbles in the cellphone business during the past …

Machine-to-machine companies around the world have banded together to form an alliance geared at providing a unified, seamless network across the globe for delivering applications created by providers in the …

The typical U.S. mobile subscriber sends and receives more text messages than phone calls. In a finding that might benefit mobile marketing, Nielsen Mobile found that during the second quarter …

While key House Homeland Security Committee members appear to back Federal Communications Commission efforts to revise D-Block rules, the panel’s hearing brought to surface differences among lawmakers, first responders and …

As device and service options become more complex, wireless service providers are increasing their efforts to educate customers. Sprint Nextel Corp., which has been criticized in the past for its …

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The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors–R.W. Baird lowered its estimates on Nortel Networks …

In three to five years, a Chinese company could become the world leader in the mobile infrastructure market without a major presence in North America, according to a recent study …

SanDisk’s plan to use memory cards as vehicles for digital music has drawn derisive snorts from Apple fanboys and techier-than-thou types who dominate industry blogs and message boards. But for …

TOKYO (AP) — A new Japanese mobile phone will automatically unlock the doors of its owners’ cars and let drivers start their engines without using an ignition key….