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CTIA announced the beginnings of an effort to implement 2D bar-code scanning via camera phones.; bar-code; cell phone; CTIA; Bullish on smartphone growth and confident of his company’s surging market …

When Qualcomm Inc. talks, people listen. So when Qualcomm recently announced that its “Gobi” embedded connectivity module had been certified by AT&T Mobility for the latter’s network and that Hewlett-Packard …

One species of middleware provider in the enterprise mobility space is essentially delivering mobile access to backend systems long established in the corporate world, from sales-force automation to customer relationship …

Last week’s upheaval in the financial markets certainly will impact the wireless industry, but in what ways and to what extent remains to be seen. Smaller startups may have a …

The big take-away for wireless and other telecom-tech sectors in the wake of the latest Wall Street meltdown might mistakenly be this: By hook or crook, get as big as …

Think Google Inc. has the mobile search space all sewn up? Think again.ChaCha – heard of ’em? – claims to have delivered search results to 1 million users since its …

Palm Inc.’s revenue for the first fiscal quarter just ended was flat and the company lost about $40 million, vastly beyond losses in the year-ago quarter. While Palm said it …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.—CommProve: TVM Capital and Endeavour …

The value of Nortel Networks Corp.’s stock was cut in half after the company announced a restructuring, including plans to sell off its Metro Ethernet Networks business and “mitigate the …

The show got off to a solid start with a well-attended keynote session, anchored by a discussion among the CEOs of Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint. ; CTIA; Yahoo Inc. …

It’s official. The plaintiffs’ bar smells blood.The mobile-phone industry suddenly finds itself under siege over rising text messaging prices; there are now five different class-action antitrust lawsuits against the nation’s …

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 …

T-Mobile USA Inc. said it’s adding seven cities to its list of 3G markets in the next few weeks. And the industry’s No. 4 player said it plans to offer …

Shares of Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. rose slightly after the company said it plans to sell its Converged Services business unit – which offers video, Internet and voice services to off-campus …

The BlackBerry Storm – the first touchscreen device from Research In Motion Ltd. – appears ready for landing at Verizon Wireless, which is both advertising the device and demurring from …

In its legal battle with Motorola Inc. and its subsidiaries Symbol Technologies Inc. and Wireless Valley Communications Inc., Aruba Networks Inc. questions whether the patents involved in the case are …

Wireless subscribers in the United States have closed the gap with Western Europe in terms of 3G adoption, according to new research from Comscore. The firm reports the United States …

A new survey from ABI Research found the top three ‘must-have’ features on cellphones today are digital camera functionality, Bluetooth connectivity and music/radio playback. The survey of 1,402 wireless subscribers …

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won a text message election held during the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 trade show held earlier this month in San Francisco.Obama received 56% …

A Chinese company is becoming a major player in the mobile infrastructure market, according to a study from ABI Research.Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is emerging in the market that has …

SanDisk Corp. stuck to its guns in rejecting a $5.8 billion, $26-per-share takeover bid by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.SanDisk, the Milpitas, Calif.-based maker of NAND Flash memory – included to …

The first handset to feature Google’s Android operating system – an HTC Corp. model destined for T-Mobile USA Inc. – will debut at a media event in New York next …

Google Inc. has taken its Street View service to mobile.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company launched a new version of Google Maps for mobile that includes the same street-level photo images …

Cords are becoming an endangered across America. More than 20 million U.S. households have ditched their landline phones and rely solely on wireless handsets for home telecommunications, according to a …