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Nokia Corp. upped its market-share forecasts for the second quarter, news that helped boost the company’s stock almost 4% to around $26.04 per share. The world’s largest handset maker said …

Jott Networks Inc., a firm that offers a free speech-to-text service, announced it closed its first funding round of $5.4 million. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with Draper Richards, …

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. …

State groups said the Supreme Court need not review a lower court ruling that struck down a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting states from regulating line-item charges on cellphone bills.Sprint …

There’s a lot of doom and gloom in the predictions being floated around as the dinosaurs of traditional media battle and play catch-up with the rise in new media alternatives. …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Major props to all involved in this story: If you built a tower, …

Speaking the languageLastminute.com and CoolGorilla launched six talking phrase books for mobile phones. The phrase books, which can be downloaded from www.coolgorilla.com, allow travelers to search for foreign words and …

Cyren Call Communications Corp., unable to convince policymakers to divert half of the auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum for a national public safety/commercial wireless broadband system, is exploring various options that …

Washington is about to join New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California and the District of Columbia in banning the use of hand-held cellphones while driving, but enforcement and compliance challenges …

As wireless companies and banks seek to move into mobile banking and payments, many are eyeing the global remittance market as a potential source of new revenue. However, some may …

A report from iGR Inc. released last week showed that between 50% and 70% of kids between the ages of 12 and 14 have their own cellphone and that the …

Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) today plans to sign bills prohibiting drivers from operating cellphones-including sending text messages-while behind the wheel, her press aide said.Washington would join New York, New …

The wireless gaming space continued to consolidate, as two major players in the space announced purchases.First up was THQ Inc., which announced it bought Finnish mobile game development studio Universomo …

Nokia Corp. is deepening its hold on the Chinese handset market, the world’s largest cellphone market and also one of its most rapidly growing.The Finnish handset vendor signed a strategic …

DETROIT-An OnStar subscriber in Virginia has filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court seeking $5 million from General Motors and OnStar Corp. Robert Weaver, of Manassas, Va., filed the suit …

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 …

Motorola Inc. said a lawyer for a California landscape contractor who alleged in a suit that heavy cellphone use caused his fatal brain tumor has asked a state court to …

Sanef announced that it has acquired location-services firm Webraska for an undisclosed sum. The European telecom infrastructure management company said the move will help it gain a foothold in the …

Sun Microsystems Inc. previewed a simplified way to write Java applications for mobile phones, DVD players and Internet browsers at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco.The developer unveiled JavaFX Script, …

State groups said the Supreme Court need not review a lower court ruling that dealt with line-item charges on mobile-phone bills. The Supreme Court ruling struck down a Federal Communications …

Motorola Inc. said that dissident, billionaire investor Carl Icahn did not win a seat on the company’s board of directors. The handset maker said that, based on an estimate of …

A majority of 12-to-14-year-olds have their own wireless phones, according to a recent study by research company iGR Inc., and a “significant percentage” of children younger than 10 years old …

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. …

Dear Editor, Netflix recently made it possible for people to stream movies and television shows to their personal computers. According to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, this is not the end …

Traffic is as American as apple pie-millions of commuters face challenges and choices every day as they search for the least stressful, most direct route to work. Indeed, morning and …