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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 …

The mobile-phone industry may be facing a legal texting tsunami in U.S. courts with the filing of two new antitrust class-action lawsuits against the nation’s largest wireless carriers – filings …

Carriers are beginning to use carrot-and-stick strategies to bring their third-party content partners to heel. And both the carrot and the stick are made of cash.Sprint Nextel Corp. earlier this …

Barack Obama has added one more record to his historic bid for the White House.Nielsen Mobile estimates that 2.9 million mobile subscribers received the Democratic Illinois senator’s text message announcing …

Lately in the land of red, white and blue, people are talking a lot about green, including wireless service providers. In an industry that boasts 263 million subscribers who get …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced a $1 million settlement with a Hong Kong wireless content firm in connection with a state probe into consumer complaints about charges for …

Verizon Wireless announced it completed its purchase of Rural Cellular Corp., bringing to a close a yearlong transaction that sparked complaints from consumer advocates and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).Under the …

Mobile music has been a one-hit wonder. But the big follow-up to the lucrative ringtone market may not be ringback tones, full-track downloads or any other single application. It may …

How much do we really know about our phones or – even more complex – our smartphones? We know they turn on, make calls and even connect to our work …

Things move quickly in the U.S. mobile entertainment ecosystem – unless you’re an adult content vendor.From sex texts to moantones to bikini-clad models to full-on hardcore video, wireless porn is …

U.S. CARRIERS ARE EVER SO SLOWLY BEGINNING TO SHARE consumer demographics and other coveted information in an effort to deliver highly targeted wireless ads. And Sprint Nextel Corp. – very …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of …

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced its small- and medium-sized CDMA business customers now have access to its Business Premier loyalty program.Since its merger with Nextel Communications Inc., the carrier has been …

Carriers are changing their minds about outsourcing pieces of their operations. The decision for carriers to put units of their business in others’ hands is beginning to increase in popularity …

An emerging subplot in the escalating early termination fee controversy is the harsh criticism that’s surfacing in federal lawsuits over the impact on consumer credit ratings when a dispute arises …

Verizon Wireless is merging its online tools for business subscribers. The carrier, working alongside parent company Verizon Communications Inc.’s Verizon Business division, has launched Verizon Enterprise Center (VEC) a unified …

The rash of class action lawsuits against cellphone carriers over unauthorized third-party content charges on consumers’ bill may entering a new phase: settlements.Plaintiffs’ lawyers pressing such a suit against AT&T …

Ever looked at your cellphone menu and wondered what the heck the wrench is for? Or the clipboard? Or any other random icon put there to help, but which sometimes …

The Supreme Court let stand lower court rulings that held federal arbitration law does not pre-empt class-action litigation against T-Mobile USA Inc., an action that divided the wireless industry and …

Tracking FidoZoombak L.L.C. announced its GPS location application for dogs is now available at PetSmart stores nationwide. The Zoombak Advanced GPS Dog Locator uses cellular networks and GPS satellites to …

In the huge universe of wireless communications comes a world of confusion. It’s common knowledge that customers have issues with their phones, service, new programs and devices, you name it. …

Qualcomm Inc. is backing an industry association that aims to create a “mobile giving channel” for nonprofits looking to raise money via text messaging.The chipmaker invested an undisclosed amount in …

Verizon Wireless continues to please its business customers, both big and small. According to the J. D Power and Associates 2008 Business Wireless Satisfaction Study, released today, the carrier ranked …

Mobile virtual network enabler Visage Mobile announced plans to sell its Subscriber Management business to billing giant Convergys Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Visage was one of a …