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Convergence networking technology company Mavenir Systems Inc. said it snared $20.5 million in a second round of funding.New investor Alloy Ventures led the round, and existing backers Austin Ventures and …

Marc LeFar, who shepherded the $1 billion-plus marketing budget of the former Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for the past four years, has resigned from AT&T Inc., the wireless provider’s new parent. …

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 us …

T-Mobile USA Inc. continued to dominate the J.D. Power and Associates regional survey of wireless customer satisfaction, receiving the highest ranking in all six regions of the U.S. for the …

LAS VEGAS-Modeo L.L.C., which recently wrapped up a trial of its broadcast mobile TV service, said the 138 participants in the trial mostly gave positive reviews, according to the company’s …

AT&T Inc. said it reached confidential settlements and obtained court-ordered injunctions against 13 alleged pretexters in the federal lawsuits it filed in San Antonio and San Francisco. “We stated at …

The nation’s top civil liberties group urged lawmakers to reject a new Bush administration proposal that would give liability protection to wireless carriers and other telecom service providers that work …

Verizon Wireless has stepped into the unlimited messaging arena by including bottomless messaging in a new tier of individual and family plans. The individual plans are $20 more expensive per …

To accelerate adoption of DVB-H-based mobile TV services, Nokia Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will work on interoperability of their devices that run on that standard, the two companies …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. …

Near Field Communication technology is expected to be available on more than 20 percent of handsets shipped by 2012, according to ABI Research.The firm predicts about 292 million phones will …

Mobile may not be the final frontier, but it sure is the latest frontier for media companies looking to expand their reach. As more and more people consume media on …

Even in the confusing, clinical world of mobile software terms, the term “speech-recognition technology” draws yawns. Lately, though, it’s also drawing a flood of investment money.Speech-recognition developers for years were …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.You gotta love Nokia. Here is a company that is handily the largest …

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S DECISION TO PRESS TRADE COMPLAINTS AGAINST CHINA COULD COMPLICATE ALREADY-FRAGILE U.S.-SINO BILATERAL RELATIONS ON KEY TELECOM ISSUES, INCLUDING THE ASIAN GIANT’S PURSUIT OF ITS HOMEGROWN TD-SCDMA TECHNOLOGY, …

Here’s an admittedly cynical take on the elevation of the Mexican telecom magnate who Forbes magazine said narrowly surpassed Warren Buffet to become the world’s second wealthiest man, just a …

The Federal Trade Commission asked lawmakers for authority to assess civil penalties against individuals and firms that obtain consumer phone records under false pretenses, a practice known as pretexting that …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. says it is close to reaching the 200,000 subscriber mark after a strong first quarter, numbers that indicate the mobile virtual network operator is rapidly gaining customers. …

It’s 9 p.m. last Wednesday, and Evan Williams has just received an e-mail from a reporter. So, naturally, the co-founder of Obvious Corp. lets his friends know.“Answering yet another journalist’s …

“Off the beaten path I reign. Rover. Wanderer. Nomad. Vagabond. Call me what you will,” so go Metallica’s lyrics to “Wherever I may roam,” circa 1991. Spring forward 16 years …

House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) said he plans to get a pretexting privacy bill to the House floor in the next two months.Congress last year criminalized pretexing, but …

A conglomeration of major players in the wireless industry is putting their collective weight behind a mobile TV profile that supports fast implementation and ensures interoperability in Europe. The new …

CBS Corp. will team with the nation’s three largest wireless network operators on an aggressive effort to offer free, ad-supported content across computers, mobile phones and other devices.The network said …

A tier-one North American carrier saved $18 million in three markets using transport network optimization services from Tellabs, the company announced.While the wireless carrier would not allow Tellabs to use …

Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. inched upward following a Wall Street Journal report that shareholder Ralph Whitworth is pushing for major changes at the carrier.Whitworth has quietly accumulated about half …