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Whether Jose Trujillo of Melrose Park, Ill., will find support among fellow iPhone owners-or a court of law in Cook County, Ill.-for his just-launched lawsuit against Apple Inc. and AT&T …

In the Byzantine world of handset pricing, intrigue is the name of the game. What to read into the latest handset price gyrations? Our guess: largely price cuts to pique …

Verizon Wireless announced a $2.67 billion deal to acquire Rural Cellular Corp., one of the nation’s largest rural carriers. The agreement will add RCC’s 700,000 customers to Verizon Wireless’ base-which …

Nokia Corp. has time on its side.With its closest competitor receding in the rear-view mirror, Nokia said during the second quarter that it would realign its business structure to become …

WITH VIRGIN MOBILE USA L.L.C. SEEKING A $500 MILLION INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING, the company is looking to complete the first IPO of a mobile virtual network operator in the United …

The iPhone will be launched in “a few major countries” in Europe before the end of December, Apple Inc. executives said this afternoon during a conference call to discuss the …

An increasing percentage of customers report that their service problems are “resolved in a timely manner,” according to the latest survey of customer care by J.D. Power and Associates-and carriers’ …

Retail franchise Yakety Yak Wireless’ location in Huntington Beach, Calif., sells devices and service from Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. (both Sprint and Nextel brands) and soon will offer wares …

Dear Editor,We would like to respond to some of the many misleading comments made by Reed Hundt in RCR Wireless News relating to our editorial. That piece argued that the …

How can the world’s largest cellphone maker expand its sales efforts? That’s the question Bill Plummer is working on. Plummer is VP of Multimedia Sales and Channel Management in North …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s 700 MHz plan has triggered an angry backlash, with the agency chief suddenly finding himself squeezed by the cellular industry and others vehemently opposed …

Nokia Corp. will enhance its N800 Internet tablet with VoIP from Skype, giving the latter a degree of legitimacy in the mobile device market. The N800 is a handheld Internet …

The mantra of OPM-other people’s money-is alive and well in wireless.The latest private-equity investments, announced yesterday, include New York-based Lindsay Goldberg’s $283 million stake in Brightstar Corp., which is expanding …

Dear Editor,We would like to respond to some of the many misleading comments made by Reed Hundt in RCR Wireless News relating to our Washington Post editorial. That piece argued …

Tens of thousands of customers opening up their shiny, new iPhones during opening weekend experienced a different way to activate a wireless device-outside the store.Instead, customers were pointed to Apple …

Tessco Technologies Inc. acquired NetForce Solutions Inc., a provider of technical and sales training to the wireless, telecommunications and networking industries. Although Tessco declined to disclose the purchase price, it …

Initial research into the guts of Apple Inc.’s iPhone shows Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Infineon Technologies AG as two of the major component suppliers for the much-hyped device. But …

AT&T Mobility saw a few bumps in activations with the massive demand for the Apple Inc. iPhone, but analysts estimated that eager customers snapped up between 500,000 and 700,000 of …

Canada’s Wireless Age Communications Inc. pulled the plug on its troubled technology distribution business.The Toronto-based company declared the bankruptcy of mmwave Technologies Inc., a subsidiary that distributes components for wireless, …

The Supreme Court ruled manufacturers can set minimum prices for products sold by retailers without automatically violating antitrust law, setting aside a 96-year-old ruling that the cellular industry and others …

Dear Editor,Every now and then the Federal Communications Commission has to do something very important. In the next two weeks this FCC has a chance to protect the homeland and …

Wells Fargo & Co. and Visa USA said today that they are in a three-phase trial to determine the type and method of mobile payments favored by consumers. The first …

Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled, though didn’t launch, a new, music-friendly handset that includes support for larger memory cards as well as an FM transmitter that allows users to listen to …

Leap Wireless International Inc. rolled out service in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, expanding its coverage to about 1.3 million potential customers in the region.Cities in the area …

Nokia Corp.’s plans for re-approaching the U.S. market-at least in the enterprise space-will include “complementary” channels the handset vendor will pursue in addition to working with the top domestic carriers, …