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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined a five-step action plan to make the transition to next-generation 911 services, including technical standards and funding mechanisms. The five-point plan includes:• Developing automatic location …

Reuters | August 9, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy Reliance Communications, India’s second-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, on Tuesday said it has launched a tablet computer priced at 12,999 rupees …

Daily Star | August 10, 2011 | Abdullah Mamun The government yesterday finalised the process of how it will charge four mobile operators — Grameen-phone, Banglalink, Robi and Citycell — for …

Qualcomm’s executive vice president, Steve Mollenkopf, has said the mobile app space will change computing forever. Speaking at an event marking the opening of Verizon Wireless’ Application Innovation Center in …

Could Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) be readying a new infusion of cash into Clearwire Corp. (CLWR)?According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Sprint Nextel’s board of directors expects …

With more than 5.3 billion mobile connections across the globe, the wireless industry continues to chase worldwide saturation.To the surprise of few, the world’s most populous nations – China and …

An Indonesian wireless operator is the first to deploy Smith Micro Software Inc.’s (SMSI) new Experience Manager platform, which enables end users to manage all of their wireless connections and …

Motricity Inc. (MOTR) stock is down more than 53% after the company announced a $4.3 million loss in the recently closed quarter. While the company narrowed its losses from $11.6 …

Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) said it has acquired an approximately 25% stake in Vietnam’s largest mobile content provider VMG Media Joint Stock Company for $18.3 million. DoCoMo noted …

The Federal Communications Commission has stopped its formal review of AT&T Inc. (T) plans to acquire 700 MHz spectrum assets from Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) as it now plans to review …

India’s mobile industry ended the first half of the year with 851.7 million subscribers, with overall market penetration reaching 71.11%, according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.TRIA noted that the …

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.It took a …

So with all of the economic malaise out there in the past few weeks, and a new commercial from Virgin Mobile that slams T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) and AT&T Mobility, …

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) posted second quarter results that showed continued strain for smaller players in the segment.The carrier said it lost 70,000 customers from its network …

In a deal that is uniformly being labeled as a patent portfolio purchase, HTC Corp. has acquired Dashwire Inc. for $18.5 million. The Seattle-based company offers cloud services for operators, …

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 …

UPDATED: Editor’s Note: With all of the domestic industry’s public, facilities-based operators having announced second quarter results we decided to provide a quick snapshot of how the quarter stacked up.Verizon …