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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 …

FREMONT, Calif.—The Flo Forum ratified technical specifications for devices, transmitters and test applications based on Qualcomm Inc.’s Flo technology standard for mobile TV. The group said the new specifications are …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—InnoPath Software Inc. reported that Japanese wireless operator Vodafone K.K. selected its firmware over-the-air device management solution to deliver upgraded features and services to its subscribers. “With the growing …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. is hoping to kick-start the lagging mobile-commerce market with a system that allows users to purchase products, transfer funds or pay bills with their cell phones. …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. is hoping to kick-start the lagging mobile-commerce market with a system that allows users to purchase products, transfer funds or pay bills with their cell phones. …

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Network gateway vendor Starent Networks Corp. announced it scored an investment from T-Mobile Venture Fund. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. Starent said the investment will help …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. will team with KDDI Corp. to explore broadcasting wireless video programming to subscribers of the Japanese operator. The companies will establish MediaFlo Japan Planning Inc., a joint …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. will team with KDDI Corp. to explore broadcasting wireless video programming to subscribers of the Japanese operator. The companies will establish MediaFlo Japan Planning Inc., a joint …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration asked Japan to promote competitive wireless policies and to improve spectrum management, but some reforms pushed by trade officials here are not necessarily legally embraced in the …

TOKYO-Japan hopes to stoke competition in its hard-to-penetrate mobile-phone market by allowing three new entrants to offer wireless services. The country’s telecommunications ministry opened the door for Softbank Corp., eAccess …

TOKYO-Japan hopes to stoke competition in its hard-to-penetrate mobile-phone market by allowing three new entrants to offer wireless services. The country’s telecommunications ministry opened the door for Softbank Corp., eAccess …

SAN DIEGO-Two Asian carriers announced plans to launch CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev A networks by the end of next year-LG Telecom, a small Korean carrier, and KDDI Corp., Japan’s second-largest …

SAN DIEGO-Two Asian carriers announced plans to launch CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev A networks by the end of next year-LG Telecom, a small Korean carrier, and KDDI Corp., Japan’s second-largest …

TOKYO-Japanese credit card companies and carriers are working together to allow consumers to use their phones as payment devices. Operators KDDI and Vodafone Group’s Japan unit have teamed with JCB …

SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile entertainment took center stage for CTIA’s Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Day 2 keynote as music, data and gaming executives took their turns extolling the promise of wireless data …

Verizon Wireless announced it will support phones that include MP3 players. The news comes a day ahead of the likely unveiling of Motorola Inc.’s iTunes-capable phone. Verizon said three of …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-KDDI Corp. in Japan used over-the-air updating technology to fix a software glitch in several thousand subscriber phones. KDDI uses OTA technology from InnoPath Software Inc. “By delivering …

Verizon Wireless successfully conducted over-the-air calls using CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology from Lucent Technologies Inc., and Lucent said its Rev. A infrastructure will be commercially available in 2006. …

BETHESDA, Md.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. said in its first-half report that its subscriber base has increased 20 percent to 127,000 customers during the past 12 months and 11 percent from 114,000 …

The coming surge of mobile virtual network operators will target virtually every demographic, from ethnic groups to sports fans to rural users. But no group of consumers is being courted …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. has deployed InnoPath Software’s over-the-air technology on two new handsets, the companies said Thursday. The new phones feature InnoPath’s DeltaUpgrade Plus, which allows carriers …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. has deployed InnoPath Software’s over-the-air technology on two new handsets, the companies said Thursday. The new phones feature InnoPath’s DeltaUpgrade Plus, which allows carriers …

WASHINGTON-The Japanese Embassy today confirmed the government plans to add three competitors to the mobile-phone market, a move that comes after months of prodding by the U.S. trade representative and …

WASHINGTON-Softbank Corp. said the Japanese government authorized it to operate an experimental third-generation mobile-phone base station in the 1.7 GHz band using W-CDMA technology. Softbank, a major broadband player in …

TOKYO-Vodafone K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, lost nearly 40,000 subscribers during April, according to data released by Japan’s Telecommunications Carriers Association. The loss is the carrier’s fourth …