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Business forecasts are integral to industry, wireless or otherwise. Vendors crunch them, analysts parse them, investors fret over them, bloggers disparage them and reporters write about them. Early in the …

The competitive landscape for the world’s top five mobile-phone vendors at mid-year has come into clearer focus with second-quarter earnings already reported or expected this week. The plot has thickened …

The data on mobile devices and data is clear and simple: smart-phone users consume more data because their devices are optimized for games, video, music and e-mail. Even the most …

SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world’s third-largest mobile handset vendor, said revenue from mobile-phone sales fell 4.5 percent to $4.2 billion from the year-ago quarter on shipments of …

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 …

SHANGHAI, China—Motorola Inc. is hoping to expand its efforts in the burgeoning Chinese wireless market with a new flagship store in Shanghai. The handset manufacturer said the new outlet is …

LONDON—Symbian Ltd. announced the release of its operating system version 9.3, touting it as providing shorter start-up times for smart phones and applications. Symbian OS licensees are currently developing handsets …

COPPELL, Texas—Shares of CellStar Corp. jumped after the company reported a profitable quarter and unveiled a distribution agreement with LG Electronics Co. Ltd. The wireless distributor reported a net income …

COPPELL, Texas—CellStar Corp. reported a deal to distribute accessories from Nokia Corp. The handset distributor said it will supply Nokia accessories to carrier customers, mobile virtual network operators and retailers …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to sell Motorola Inc.’s new low-cost handset to its GoPhone prepaid customers for $40. The move reflects the handset vendor’s strategy for grabbing a slice …

The deadline for compliance with the European Union’s laws on hazardous substances in consumer goods came and went on July 1 without much fanfare and little news on whether major …

NEW YORK-New York City has chosen Nokia Corp. to be the primary provider of the city’s free Wi-Fi networks in its parks. The 10 major parks with networks currently being …

SAN FRANCISCO-In a marketing space where irrational exuberance evokes deja vu, NeoMedia Technologies Inc. seems particularly, well, exuberant. The Fort Myers, Fla., company has been snatching up hot mobile-advertising companies …

A recent report from Lehman Brothers Equity Research suggests that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to cut its capital expenditures next year by $1.5 billion, a 20-percent drop from the $7.5 …

SEOUL-Texas Instruments Inc. and Broadcom Corp. filed a complaint in South Korea alleging that Qualcomm Inc. is engaged in unfair business practices, according to news reports. Neither company offered information …

As if the Texas wireless market wasn’t hot enough-with Leap Wireless International Inc. launching its Cricket Communications service left and right, and T-Mobile USA Inc. responding aggressively-a new, flat-rate wireless …

SAN DIEGO—Much ado about nothing, so far. That sums up Qualcomm Inc.’s press release, issued today, crowing that the United States International Trade Commission had initiated an investigation of Nokia …

SEOUL—Texas Instruments Inc. and Broadcom Corp. filed a complaint in South Korea alleging that Qualcomm Inc. is engaged in unfair business practices, according to news reports. Neither company offered information …

As smart-phone sales go, so go the fortunes of the operating systems that make the hybrid phone/computing devices run for prosumers and enterprise customers. Recent research by Compete Inc., which …

The dissolution of the Nokia Corp./Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. CDMA joint venture may leave a void in the United States for CDMA handsets, estimated by analysts at about 7 million …

While a handful of mobile e-mail service providers seem most at ease in the courtroom, Fabrizio Capobianco is comfortable on the tightrope. Capobianco is chief executive officer of Funambol Inc., …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Good Technology Inc. unveiled the IBM Lotus Domino version of its e-mail service, making good on a year-old vow to support the popular enterprise software. Good Mobile Messaging, …

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. yesterday reported fiscal first-quarter 2007 revenue of $613 million, a 35-percent jump from the year-ago quarter, but profits for the quarter of $129.8 million were …

GREENSBORO, N.C.—Those pesky, detail-oriented analysts and emotional stock traders sent ripples through the market yesterday and today as news circulated that RF Micro Devices Inc.’s two largest customers—Nokia Corp. and …

   ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. announced it sued two Chinese handset manufacturers over alleged infringements of the designs used in its handset model 7260. Nokia’s civil action requests that the two …