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In the world of wireless handset vendors, there’s an increasing divide between the haves and the have-nots. In this case, the having or not-having doesn’t revolve around bling, but scale. …

The oft-repeated statement-“thin is in”-like many obvious axioms, tends to mask nuance. What exactly is this quality that appears to rule the current landscape for fashion phones? Ask a variety …

When two women in distinctive but identical designer dresses are seated side-by-side in a trendy restaurant, there may be mutual if mortified acknowledgement of the other’s good taste, rapidly followed …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Nokia Corp, Citigroup and MasterCard Worldwide have teamed up on a trial of Near Field Communication technology.The companies are testing mobile phones with MasterCard’s PayPass contactless payment …

Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG said their network equipment joint venture will be delayed due to an ongoing investigation into irregularities at Siemens’ telecom unit involved in the JV. The …

Like a runway model sporting the latest fashions, mobile handsets have gone thin with a vengeance. That’s hardly earth-shaking news, but new data reflects the industry’s headlong embrace of thin. …

T-Mobile USA Inc. grabbed attention among tier one U.S. carriers for the most price drops in early December, with four Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. handsets discounted-and one jumping in price.The …

LOS ANGELES-Research In Motion Ltd. is suing Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and the Korean handset vendor’s American subsidiary over the use of the name “BlackJack” for the latter’s new smart …

DALLAS-A slowdown in wireless chip sales forced Texas Instruments Inc. to trim its fourth-quarter revenue outlook from between $3.46 billion and $3.75 billion to between $3.35 billion and $3.5 billion …

It’s an increasingly awkward dance between U.S. wireless carriers and handset manufacturers as phone makers begin to assert their independence from operators. Handsets don’t work without the network and networks …

Sanyo Corp. has put its best foot forward at Sprint Nextel Corp. with a top-of-its-line multimedia phone, the M1, at a crucial time for Sanyo and amid a strong, overall …

Under the banner, “Simpler and Slimmer,” Consumer Reports’ January 2007 issue weighed in on a handset category that has even the experts scratching their heads. At CTIA I.T. in September, …

CAMPBELL, Calif.-Mobile software developer Atrua Technologies Inc. snared $9 million in its fourth round of funding.BlueRun Ventures led the round, and Atrua welcomed new backers including Chian’s Hua Hong Group …

SEATTLE-In October, new phone buyers most often selected the LG VX8300-a straightforward silver clamshell handset at Verizon Wireless for $50 with Vcast music-download abilities, picture messaging and Bluetooth connectivity-over Motorola …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Wireless technology developer InterDigital Communications Corp. announced that it expects to post between $62 and $63 million in fourth-quarter revenue, much lower than Wall Street’s forecast of …

MONTREAL-Oz Communications Inc. is hoping to cash in on the online social networking craze with an offering that allows users to wirelessly access sites such as MySpace, Facebook and YouTube.The …

YONKERS, N.Y.-Crappy New Year to all. Or, at least, to some. Consumer Reports has taken a look at mobile carriers and handsets in the United States in its January 2007 …

NEW YORK-XE Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator which aims to serve the under-25 market, has introduced its pay-as-you-go wireless service. According to the XE Mobile Web site, the service …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported plans to acquire RF Micro Devices Inc.’s Bluetooth-related assets for $39 million in cash. Qualcomm said that the acquisition, which focuses on Greensboro, N.C.-based RF Micro …

UPDATED December 7, 2006OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. introduced the latter’s M1 handset, a high-end multimedia phone with lots of onboard memory and a two-megapixel camera, …

Within the mobile industry, security vendors’ warnings are gaining traction as headlines blare the latest loss of corporate or government data-a sure way to destroy an organization’s credibility, not to …

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone companies asked U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake to refer jurisdictional questions to the Federal Communications Commission in connection with brain-cancer and headset lawsuits in Maryland federal court, a request …

As the world’s more mature wireless markets shift to third-generation networks and beyond, it seems as if backers of CDMA technology and those who are pushing 3G flavors of GSM …

Just when it seemed like the world had stopped making predictions about when China’s government would grant third-generation licenses to operators, reports surfaced in the Chinese press indicating that the …

Are Helio execs good at playing “Follow the Leader.” During a keynote at the CTIA Wireless I.T. Show, Helio CEO Sky Dayton made a couple of pointed jabs at his …