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WASHINGTON—A California state appeals court has reinstated a wireless billing suit against Sprint Nextel Corp. A trial court threw out the case last year. The appeals court ruling turned on …

WASHINGTON–The recent scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co.–where executives collected the phone records of board members to ascertain who had been speaking with the news media–is the impetus needed to push a …

WASHINGTON–The Federal Communications Commission and major mobile-phone carriers asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider last month’s decision vacating agency truth-in-billing regulations that pre-empt states from regulating …

WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin confirmed the agency is investigating AT&T Corp. in connection with deceptive means used to obtain the phone records of Hewlett-Packard Co. board members and …

LOS ANGELES—Mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile announced it will begin selling advertising spots within its video content offerings. The carrier said it partnered with advertising vendor Rhythm NewMedia for …

Telecom operators around the world lose about 12 percent of their revenue on average to factors ranging from internal and external fraud to bundling and the billing complications that providing …

WASHINGTON—Telecom-reform legislation likely won’t pass this year, much to the delight of consumer advocates who urged lawmakers to remove language from the bill that would pre-empt states from regulating wireless …

WASHINGTON—A new federal pre-emption battle has broken out at the Federal Communications Commission between two small wireless companies and Qwest Corp. The small carriers are asking telecom regulators to intervene …

Valista Ltd. is vying for more space on the mobile payments playground with a hosted, WAP-based offering for carriers in the United States and Europe. The Dublin, Ireland-based developer this …

Sprint Nextel Corp. last week launched a new program for enterprise customers, hoping to be a “one-stop shop” for a range of needs from fleet dispatch management to mobile device …

Wherify Wireless Inc. will retail its Wherifone GPS Locator phones through Toys `R’ Us outlets nationwide starting Oct. 1, after a long delay during which the firm twice re-engineered the …

   REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Wherify Wireless Inc. will retail its Wherifone GPS Locator phones through Toys ‘R’ Us outlets nationwide starting Oct. 1, after a long delay during which the firm …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Social networking provider FriendFinder.com said it launched a new payment system that allows its members to be billed for the company’s services via their cellular carrier. “We are …

BOSTON-Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. tumbled after the company said it will be unable to file its quarterly report pending an internal review of its practices regarding stock-option grants. …

BOSTON-Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. continued to slide after the company received a letter from Nasdaq indicating it was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s requirements for continued listing. BCGI, …

BOSTON—Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. continued to slide after the company received a letter from Nasdaq indicating it was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s requirements for continued listing. BCGI, …

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Social networking provider FriendFinder.com said it launched a new payment system that allows its members to be billed for the company’s services via their cellular carrier. “We are …

BOSTON—Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. tumbled after the company said it will be unable to file its quarterly report pending an internal review of its practices regarding stock-option grants. …

WASHINGTON-Low-income consumers will be harmed by the government’s plan to refund the 3-percent federal excise tax on long-distance communications because the rules require them to file income-tax returns, according to …

WASHINGTON-Wireless industry trade association CTIA is pushing Congress to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that said the Federal Communications Commission overreached when it said states could not prohibit wireless …

WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court ruled Monday the Federal Communications Commission overreached when it said states could not prohibit wireless carriers from putting certain line items on their bills. Only Congress …

Call it the WAP gap. Major media companies and mega-brands around the world are trying to lure customers by promoting short codes as a kind of red carpet to their …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—LaNetro Zed’s future became even hazier as mobile data and billing services provider mBlox Inc. announced the acquisition of the content company’s Singapore-based technical center. MBlox, which had hoped …

Boston Communications Group Inc. settled its long-running dispute with Freedom Wireless Inc., agreeing to pay $55.3 million to the patent-holding firm. BCGI suffered a potentially fatal blow last year when …

Amdocs Ltd. continued its spending spree last week, agreeing to shell out $375 million to acquire operations support provider Cramer Systems Group Ltd. Cramer, a privately held, London-based outfit, produces …