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Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Root Wireless scored $3.25 million in a series B round of funding that will allow the company to expand its cellular network mapping service. This ruond of …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has been asked to stop claiming that it runs the nation’s “most dependable 3G network.”Kansas City Business Journal

China’s 3G network spending this year nearly tripled to $6.3 billion, with another $6.1 billion set to be spent on base station transceiver infrastructure next year, according to a new …

Clearwire Corp. bridged a potential funding gap announcing plans to raise $920 million through the offering of 12% senior secured notes due in 2015. In addition the carrier said it …

Sprint Nextel Corp. Chief Executive Dan Hesse often refers to “doubling down” on the pre-paid market when he talks about the company’s pending purchase of Virgin Mobile USA Inc . …

With the country still reeling from a recession and wireless growth slowing, industry players are becoming especially creative this holiday season in trying to attract consumers. We have already seen …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Today, your competition …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.The global mobile …

Following an intense weekend of bidding, Linthicum, Md.-based Ciena Corp. prevailed in winning bankrupt telecom equipment provider Nortel Networks Corp.’s Metro Ethernet Networks business for $769 million in total compensation. …

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RCR got a chance to catch up with the Sprint 4G roll out team at one of their events in Austin this past week. Watch John Taylor from Sprint talk …

Women in Cable Telecommunications is a 30-year-old nonprofit group nearly 8,000 members strong that was borne out of a necessity to ensure that women in cable telecommunications were well educated …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 …

Looking to keep customers in formed of their usage and thus happier with their carrier, U.S. Cellular Corp. unveiled its Overage Protection service that will send a free text message …

The flattening of wireless subscriber growth has given operators additional incentive to look for new ways to drive adoption of services, including a broad push by industry into machine-to-machine devices. …

Say what you will about exclusive device lineups, the network is still worth fighting for, as evidenced by more court action between two nation’s largest carriers. In the U.S., AT&T …

The battle over who controls the customer, whether it’s a battle for the smart pipe or the smart device, is quickly moving into a battle over who controls the customer’s …

HONG KONG – China Mobile, the country’s largest mobile operator, said Wednesday it is still in negotiations with Apple over the sale of iPhones in China.AFP

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.Those …

It was only a matter of time until it got this ugly, but the network coverage bickering between wireless industry powerhouses Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility got a few degrees …

Sprint Nextel Corp. entered into a consent judgment to end a suit by the state of Minnesota regarding contract extensions and termination fees.Kansas City Business Journal

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.In the mobile …

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Sprint Nextel Corp. expanded its mobile WiMAX service to San Antonio and Austin, Texas, marketed under the Sprint 4G brand. The service runs off of Clearwire Corp.’s network and provides …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …