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Iraq has scrapped its long-delayed cellular auction and instead decided to license the three national wireless carriers in June under an arrangement calling for revenue-sharing and an upfront cash payment …

As mobile banking and payments come further into focus, one of the potential areas for carriers to explore involves international remittances, or cross-border person-to-person transactions. Today, that market is dominated …

AT&T Inc. said its customers can now use their cell phones to control their home digital video recorders through the company’s U-verse TV service.The San Antonio-based firm launched a service …

Cyphermint Inc. announced a deal to provide mobile payment services for Texas-based financial services provider Fidelity Express.The Marlborough, Mass.-based startup said registered Fidelity Express customers will be able to initiate …

The news from Motorola Inc., which reported first-quarter earnings early today, is fairly grim-and the short-term outlook is no better.The Schaumburg, Ill.-based handset giant posted flat sales, an operating loss …

Wi-Fi-only phones probably won’t replace cellular phones anytime soon, according to a new survey from research firm In-Stat.While stand-alone Wi-Fi phones theoretically could replace cellphones for some users, most respondents …

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History said it received for future display prototypes and patent papers documenting the work of 911 GPS cellphone pioneer Robert Tendler, recognition that comes …

Rather than ceding control of the mobile TV market to the nation’s wireless carriers, nine U.S. television broadcast groups have formed an industry alliance called the Open Mobile Video Coalition …

LAS VEGAS-New technologies and trends are trickling down to impact the businesses of rural carriers, bringing with them a host of new opportunities and challenges. The common theme among sessions …

Businesses in the United States are wasting in excess of $2 billion each year by not paying their mobile employees’ wireless bills, according to research from In-Stat.These findings should lead …

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, …

Editor’s note: This column by Keith Crain, chairman of Crain Communications Inc., which owns RCR Wireless News, first appeared in Automotive News, a Crain publication that covers the automotive industry. …

“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 …

Greedo shot first?Forget about those wimpy cellphone belt clips. The latest and greatest cell-phone-toting accessory is the “Gadget Hip Holster” available from Thinkgeek.com. Touted as an item Hans Solo would …

NextWave Wireless Inc. announced it will purchase TD-CDMA supplier IPWireless Inc. for $25 million in cash and $75 million in stock. The ultimate purchase price could increase to $235 million …

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it acquired SavaJe Technologies, which sold a Java-based operating system for cellphones. Sun provided no information on the deal, including the purchase price, and instead said …

A new report finds location-based wireless emergency service is not always reliable, one of several structural problems with the nation’s 911 regime that lawmakers and public-safety officials said needs to …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it shipped nearly 35 million handsets in the first quarter, posting telecom division profits-largely derived from handset sales-of $646 million. Both numbers were up nearly …

The Federal Communications Commission took mixed action on various waiver requests of regional and small mobile phone carriers for relief from hearing-aid compatibility rules. Agency guidelines required non-nationwide cellular carriers …

The much-hyped iPhone is apparently more important to Apple Inc. than the company’s desktop operating system, such that Apple announced it will delay the release of its Leopard OS from …

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Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it acquired SavaJe Technologies, which sold a Java-based operating system for cellphones. Sun provided no information on the deal, including the purchase price, and instead said …

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 …

Businesses in the United States are wasting in excess of $2 billion each year by not paying their mobile employees’ wireless bills, according to new research from In-Stat.These findings should …