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Verizon Wireless appears to have been inspired by the company it is currently working to acquire.Just days after the carrier proposed purchasing Alltel Communications L.L.C for almost $30 billion, Verizon …

Concerts are nothing new on mobile. Sprint Nextel Corp. aired the first concert on mobile in 2005 with a huge marketing push behind a Bon Jovi concert that year. Others …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–R.W. Baird raised its 2009 EPS estimate on Verizon to $2.97 …

Two big mobile players made headlines in the past few days, but they seem to be headed in very different directions.Apple once again displayed its marketing chops, grabbing headlines in …

The Justice Department’s agreement to let Verizon Wireless purchase Rural Cellular Corp. so long as the No. 2 mobile-phone carrier sells off a handful of licenses in Vermont, New York …

AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA Inc. have exchanged lawsuits claiming the other has breached agreements related to the carriers’ providing Wi-Fi access in Starbucks Corp.’s locations across the country. Earlier …

A Wisconsin-based startup that once partnered with Motorola Inc. to help it patent wireless-camera technology is suing Moto for fraud, patent infringement and breach of contract. Memorylink Corp. developed technology …

The once hotly contested push-to-talk market appears set for a competitive resurgence as the nation’s two largest CDMA carriers are rolling out new PTT initiatives that should prove more compelling …

While the 3G iPhone includes a number of new technologies to excite tech-savvy phone users, it’s the device’s price and enterprise focus that could stand as the greatest boon to …

SAN FRANCISCO – You could cut the anticipation with a knife leading up to Apple Inc.’s Worldwide Developer Conference this morning. The company delivered the iPhone 3G to thunderous applause …

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 …

ATLANTA – Innovation has to become institutionalized if wireless content is going to be successful, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega last week told attendees at the GSM Association’s …

Verizon said it will buy Alltel for $28 billion. If the deal goes through, it would create the nation’s largest carrier with a combined subscriber base of more than 80 …

Leap Wireless International Inc. is set to turn on its Cricket service tomorrow in St. Louis, Mo. Leap said the service will be available at nine St. Louis area retail …

The woes besetting Motorola Inc.’s consumer handset division have been the stuff of headlines for the past year. The company has said it remains committed to creating two independently traded …

Verizon Wireless’s purchase of Alltel Communication L.L.C. is leaving many gasping for breath. The $28.1 billion purchase of the nation’s fifth-largest U.S. mobile operator seems to make sense for Verizon …

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. …

The sparse, rural areas that AlltelCommunications L.L.C.’s network covers and the demographics it serves lead some to assume Alltel would have relatively little data uptake, but the numbers tell a …

Smaller entrepreneurial wireless developers could lose a friend with Verizon Wireless’ acquisition of Alltel Communications L.L.C. Alltel supports a number of cool applications on its deck. Celltop, which allows you …

Chip provider, and thorn in Qualcomm’s side, Broadcom saw its co-founder Henry Nicholas III indicted last week on fraud, conspiracy and . wait for it . drug charges. While the …

Disaster reliefVerizon Wireless launched a program designed to make it easy for its customers to donate to disaster relief efforts targeted at China and Myanmar. The program allows postpaid customers …

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN APPEARS DETERMINED to win approval for a free, family-friendly national wireless broadband plan, despite being forced to delay an upcoming vote on the measure …

One key message to enterprises that mobilize their work force, according to analyst Iain Gillott at iGR:“If you think networks are fast today, there’s more coming – what are you …

Rave Wireless is upgrading its Rave Guardian program, a two-way safety solution that puts scared students in touch with the right people.Rave, which started operations in 2005, offers a service …

We reported on the seizure of nearly 20,000 mobile phones deemed to be outright counterfeits by federal officials. In the suspected bogus category, there also were 2,000 headsets, 462 boxes …