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A year after the companies first announced their plans for the offering, Verizon Wireless and TiVo said the TiVo Mobile application for BREW-capable cellphones is now available to Verizon Wireless …

Software giant Microsoft Corp. announced it acquired voice-services company Tellme Networks Inc., which offers a variety of speech-recognition services for cellphones and other platforms. Microsoft said it will integrate the …

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Nokia Corp. are partnering to launch the carrier’s mobile WiMAX network in four Texas markets to provide customers with wireless broadband access. Nokia said it will …

NBC Universal said it will expand its partnership with MobiTV to offer on-demand hit television shows such as “The Office” and “Heroes” over U.S. mobile phone networks.The broadcast company said …

In a routine update of its business outlook for the first quarter, Texas Instruments Inc. narrowed its expected revenue and earnings per share ranges. Investors may have expected a more …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.What got the RCR Wireless News editorial staff talking this week? Simple: the …

The mobile phone industry is pressing the Federal Communications Commission to force Bell telephone companies to promptly process wireless number porting requests, with cellular carriers claiming they are losing business …

One of the great debates of the day in official Washington is over Internet freedom, a notion that wireline, cable TV and, yes, wireless carriers should be neutral on the …

ADVERTISEMENTS, PRODUCT endorsements and commercials have been the bread and butter of the TV business for decades. Mobile television-albeit a new distribution channel-is no different, though broadcasters of the new …

In the spirit of freewheeling online wireless forums such as HowardForums and SprintUsers.com, Sprint Nextel Corp. has started its own virtual community for wireless fans, foes and aficionados.Users do not …

Motorola Inc.’s performance last year cost CEO Edward Zander his bonus, but it didn’t tarnish his golden parachute. Zander’s exit pay, explicitly disclosed for the first time in a company …

According to market-research firm iSuppli Corp., the number of handsets purchased as replacements this year will be double the number of first-time cellphone purchases, a statistic that could have significant …

Online mobile phone retailer Wirefly, a site operated by InPhonic Inc., released a report on the sharp growth in smartphone sales of late. The company said smartphone sales have increased …

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 …

Nokia Corp. said it deployed a software update application that will allow its customers to update the software on their Nokia phones on their own. The company said its Nokia …

AT&T Inc. launched a new service that allows customers to manage television recordings using their cellphones, further evidence of the carrier’s moves toward an ever-tighter connection among the PC, the …

In the spirit of freewheeling online wireless forums such as Howard Forums and SprintUsers.com, Sprint Nextel Corp. has started its own virtual community for wireless fans, foes and aficionados.Users do …

Treo maker Palm Inc. is considering strategic options ranging from acquisitions to a full-out sale of the company, according to media reports. The news comes as the market for cellphones …

The cellphone industry, the Bush administration and others are urging the Supreme Court to abandon a century-old antitrust standard in favor of one that would give carriers, vendors and others …

The U.S. House of Representatives canceled MobileAccess Networks’ in-building wireless license and add-on business to improve cellphone coverage in the House because of concerns the bidding process may have been …

Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that reversed a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting states from regulating line-item charges …

Sorry, wrong numberA Kentucky middle school teacher was arrested after trying to arrange to buy drugs via text message. The woman mistakenly sent text messages about the buy to a …

Some attendees at last month’s 3GSM World Congress in Spain got an unexpected come-on as they entered the show: a Bluetooth-transmitted inquiry asking if they’d like to receive an official …

A TRIO OF WIRELESS VETERANS UNVEILED A NEW PLAN for a national public-safety broadband network that would use auctioned 700 MHz spectrum to supplement first-responder frequencies in the same band.Frontline …

ED ZANDER, MOTOROLA INC.’S CEO, is under pressure. And it shows. The first statement is a widely recognized fact and the second is an impression-but both were palpable during Zander’s …