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SAN MATEO, Calif.-Time Warner Inc. is the latest media giant to join the stampede to the “third screen” with a $7.5 million investment in wireless game maker Glu Mobile. The …

Time Warner Inc. is the latest media giant to join the stampede to the “third screen” with a $7.5 million investment in wireless game maker Glu Mobile. The stake was …

Twentieth Century Fox Television (TCFTV) unveiled a new division to create and distribute content exclusively for wireless devices. Fox Mobile Entertainment will expand on the network’s efforts to bring content …

LAS VEGAS-The slow rollout of high-speed wireless data networks continues as CDMA-based carrier Verizon Wireless last week said it will expand its BroadbandAccess network to 12 additional markets on top …

LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless will offer video, audio and three-dimensional games over its EV-DO third-generation network beginning next month. The carrier also announced plans to expand the cities in which it …

The nation’s newest reality show is set to debut on a mobile phone near you. Sprint PCS announced it will offer a streaming-video application from Cyber Oasys Corp. and V-Star …

The nation’s newest reality show is set to debut on a mobile phone near you. Sprint announced it will offer a streaming video application from Cyber Oasys Corp. and V-Star …

On first sight, comedy quiz show “Psyche 101” and reality drama series “Hotel Franklin” appear to be part of a new fall TV lineup. Each episode of “Psyche 101” follows …

WASHINGTON-The wireless data arm of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association said it plans to expand its focus to include the rapidly growing content creation community, and that content companies …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Premium Wireless Services Inc., a wireless entertainment and messaging platform provider, has licensed the copyrights to a variety of songs and music properties from Sony/ATV Music publishers. This …

Nextel Communications Inc. privately sold $1 billion of 10-year convertible senior notes in a “drive-by” sale to capitalize on favorable market conditions. The carrier plans to use the proceeds for …

SINGAPORE-Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.-backed mobile phone company One.Tel announced its intention to pull out of the Singapore telecommunications market, citing Singapore Telecom as creating an unfavorable environment. One.Tel will move …

OmniSky Corp. Chief Executive Officer Patrick McVeigh last fall promised to “kick the barn door open” to the Internet when he introduced a beta version of an end-to-end wireless Internet …

HONG KONG-Speculation that Pacific Century CyberWorks’ (PCCW) takeover of Cable & Wireless HKT may be unraveling increased last week, because of the continuing decline in PCCW’s shares, which are nearly …

HONG KONG-After courting competing bids for several weeks, Cable and Wireless plc accepted a US$35.9 billion cash and stock offer for its Hong Kong wireless operation from Pacific Century CyberWorks …

Australia Telecom New Zealand acquired an 80-percent stake in AAPT, Australia’s third-largest phone company. AAPT is building LMDS and CDMA networks and resells GSM service. News Corp. said it agreed …

SYDNEY, Australia-Australia’s One.Tel Ltd. and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an alliance to pursue business opportunities in third-generation mobile networks in the United Kingdom and Western Europe. One.Tel also received financing …