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Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has reportedly excluded Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp. from their upcoming network project over U.S. security concerns, according to The Wall Street Journal.The …

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) continued to turn around its flagging customer growth results during the third quarter, though at a tough financial cost.The nation’s No. 3 operator said it added …

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The United States will need another 275 megahertz of spectrum by 2014 to keep up with mobile broadband demand, according to a white paper the Federal Communications Commission just released. …

DragonWave Inc. (DRWI) has acquired Axerra Networks Inc. in an all-cash deal valued at $9.5 million. The purchase will add to DragonWave’s microwave product portfolio, the company said. The value …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—Distributed antenna systems, rooftop antennas and macrocellular towers will be key building blocks when deploying next-generation wireless networks. As such, today’s infrastructure providers are offering a wider array of …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—LightSquared Chief Network Officer Drew Caplan shared the wholesale operator’s philosophy on its planned role in the wireless space, telling PCIA’s Wireless Infrastructure 2010 audience that while operators are …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.–Dr. John Saw, CTO and senior VP of Clearwire Corp., kicked off PCIA’s annual Wireless Infrastructure Show in 2010 talking about the trends driving today’s wireless data explosion. “If …

Looking to continue its LTE momentum, MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) plans to have the service available in all of its native markets by early next year, with all of its …

Looking to continue its LTE momentum, MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) plans to have the service available in all of its native markets by early next year, with all of its …

The cumbaya relationship between Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) may be only skin deep as the two operators seem to have different views on how much emphasis …

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Just about every mobile operator came away with something in J.D. Power and Associates’ latest call quality performance report. Verizon Wireless garnered the top prize for the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and …

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Looking to venture successfully where others have struggled, Harbinger Capital Partners’ Lightsquared venture has many in the industry scratching their head. This has not deterred the Lightsquared squad in the …

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SHANGHAI, China — It’s not every day you hear about a European operator using CDMA technology. Even rarer than that would be any mention of CDMA450, which is mostly viewed …

Driven by an insatiable consumer demand for anything “i” related, and apparently overlooking some slight design flaws, Apple Inc. (AAPL) said it managed to sell more than 1.7 million iPhone …

LOS ANGELES — As more services collide on mobile networks, the business models that support the entire wireless ecosystem are being strained like never before.Services and business models are all …

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today said it will not rule on wireless providers’ challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s backup power rule until …

A dispute has erupted over whether a federal appeals court should delay ruling on the wireless industry’s challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s backup power rule until Bush administration budget …

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 Federal Communications Commission could be forced to back off the backup power rule. Two members of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of …

T-Mobile USA Inc. pushed past the 30 million subscriber mark during the first three months of the year, adding 981,000 net customers and ending the first quarter with 30.8 million …