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Mobile social networking startups Loop Mobile Ltd. and Intercasting Corp. said they will partner to make Loop’s MOKO communities available to subscribers of Intercasting’s ANTHEM platform.The collaboration – which results …

Sprint Nextel Corp. faces a new class action lawsuit alleging the No. 3 mobile phone carrier misled consumers by improperly charging roaming fees in connection with two “fair and flexible” …

The Senate passed legislation giving parent companies of the three largest mobile-phone carriers retroactive immunity from dozens of privacy lawsuits triggered by a Bush administration warrantless wiretap program secretly launched …

Alcatel-Lucent came out swinging at the Mobile World Congress event this week. The company added to the pile of news it’s made by announcing a deal with AT&T Mobility to …

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 …

Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to chip off its Nextel Communications Inc. legacy, announcing today that it was consolidating its operational headquarters and corporate headquarters at its Overland Park, Kan., campus. …

China Mobile said it will join Vodafone Group plc and Verizon Wireless in an ongoing trial of LTE technology.The world’s largest mobile operator said the three-way operator trials will focus …

Alcatel-Lucent announced that it’s developing an application for Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry platform that will allow prepaid users to track voice and data usage against the amount remaining in …

BARCELONA, Spain — Attendees of the Mobile World Congress show here have been treated to a range of new devices, from startups to multibillion-dollar entrenched players, evidence that the world’s …

BARCELONA, Spain – Yahoo Inc. claimed it plans to reinvent mobile communications with oneConnect service, a mobile product with an open architecture that aggregates a user’s e-mail, instant messaging and …

BARCELONA, Spain – In an increasingly difficult environment for network providers, Alcatel-Lucent announced it is teaming with Japan’s NEC in a joint venture to focus on LTE technology.The move comes …

Qwest Communications International Inc. ended 2007 with 824,000 wireless customers, up 2.9% from the 801,000 subscribers it counted at the close of 2006. The carrier offers mobile service through a …

Mobile transaction powerhouse mBlox tapped digital payment firm Valista to manage its new WAP billing system.ValistaPlus Payments will complement mBlox’s existing billing platform with a direct-to-bill charging service for content …

When you turn on the tap, water simply flows out, right? Nothing to it. The same assumption holds true for many if not most BlackBerry users, who tend to rely …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is home turf to Nokia Corp. and it used the platform today to reiterate its pursuit of the converged space by unveiling the N96, …

Paramount Pictures Corp. has created a new unit dedicated exclusively to mobile content. Paramount Mobile Entertainment, which will operate under the umbrella of the studio’s digital division, will develop mobile …

The Federal Communications Commission approved T-Mobile USA Inc.’s $2.4 billion purchase of SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc., enabling the No. 4 national cellular carrier to bolster coverage in the Southeast and …

The opening day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, was all about mobile advertising.Nokia Corp. made the biggest splash with its Media Network, an alliance of more than …

Starbucks Corp. is trading its T-Mobile USA Inc. HotSpot service for AT&T Inc.’s Wi-Fi network in more than 7,000 company-owned coffee outlets. Companies said Wi-Fi services from AT&T will be …

BARCELONA, Spain – In a room too crowded to let in all the press, LG Electronics Co. displayed three new handsets with nice form factors, but little pricing or operator …

BARCELONA, Spain – Mobility’s impact on the world was the theme for both L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks at press conferences here today before tomorrow’s official opening of the …

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. …

Brightpoint Inc. racked up enviable revenues and profits in the fourth quarter and all of 2007 and gave optimistic projections for the current year in its earnings report. But Wall …

EarthLink Inc. has officially shut down all operations related to its municipal Wi-Fi projects that hit the skids last summer. Making good on earlier promises, the company is looking for …