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Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s (S Assurance Wireless division is expanding the federally funded service to allow customers to purchase additional calling minutes and features.The new offering will allow customers to add …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click …

Do you remember your first video call? Perhaps it was on Skype, Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Talk or Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iChat on a desktop computer.Now the video calling phenomenon is …

ChaCha Search Inc. has closed a $20 million round of funding from a pair of new investment groups and relaunched its website to improve the user experience and engagement with …

Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc. (QuIC) has acquired iSkoot Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) subsidiary, which focuses on bridging Qualcomm technologies together with open source software, …

If last week’s CTIA Enterprise & Applications event in San Francisco showed the mobile industry anything it was that Google Inc.’s Android operating system has hit critical mass. From the …

Microsoft Corp.’s long-anticipated update to its mobile device portfolio finally got off the ground today as the computing giant unveiled launch details for devices powered by its Windows Phone 7 …

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been said before that The Ford Motor Co. is trying to remake itself as the Apple Inc. of the auto industry. The company is making a …

SAN FRANCISCO — Rhapsody has been an evangelist for subscription-based music since its beginning and well before the smart phone explosion.But today, the company finds itself competing with a growing …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Over the …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) said it will begin crediting the accounts of about 15 million customers beginning this month due to wrongly charging customers for data services on their mobile devices. …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) is talking to the National Football League about extending its exclusive mobile partnership to include programming via tablets, according to The Wall Street Journal.It’s pretty safe to …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 …

AT&T Inc. said it will begin offering loans to small businesses to help them deploy wireless solutions or upgrade existing deployments. The loans will be offered through its AT&T Capital …

The recent explosion of wireless data services has inflicted a heavy toll on traditional cellular networks that were not designed to handle the demand. While carriers continue to furiously bolster …

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ltd. has no plans to develop devices for the Symbian operating system. Instead, the device maker appears intent on pushing forward with the Android OS.Sony Ericsson …

Whether or not carriers will admit it, one thing’s for sure in the overall scheme of things: mobile data is being used at a faster clip than they can increase …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 …

Oracle Corp. (ORCL) released the results of a survey, “Opportunity calling: The future of mobile communications,” that questioned 3,000 mobile customers from around the world. The survey was released in …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

Maybe time really does heal all wounds. The theory seems to at least ring true for Apple Inc. (AAPL) and its troubled past with Google Voice.The company today approved the …