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SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Universal Music Group will partner with SingleTouch Interactive to offer a music-focused phone with both pre-loaded and downloadable content such as ringtones and wallpapers. The handset, called MoveU …

Wireless operators rank among the most prolific advertisers in the business world. The wireless industry spent $692 million on advertising during the first quarter, a 17.7-percent increase from the $588 …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported the opening of its 100th company-owned store and said it plans to add at least 10 more locations by the end of the year. The …

Nextel Partners Inc. reported the opening of its 100th company-owned store and said it plans to add at least 10 more locations by the end of the year. The centennial …

MIAMI-Movida Communications Inc., a mobile virtual network operator focused on the Hispanic market, said it has selected Brightstar Corp. to provide product distribution into retail locations in the markets Movida …

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. is gearing up to sell its first Walkman phone in the United States. However, the company is planning to sell the phone through its Web …

Apparently it’s the mini, not the meek, that shall inherit the Earth. Everything is going small and portable, from video-game machines to music players to mobile phones. The latest to …

Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to launch a full-track music download service by the holidays, an executive from the newly merged carrier said last week. The operator looks to be the …

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. is gearing up to sell its first Walkman phone in the United States. However, the company is planning to sell the phone through its Web …

BOSTON-Personalization and “infotainment” offerings will fuel an explosion in the mobile-data industry during the next five years, according to a report from Strategy Analytics released Wednesday. Wireless data in North …

Nearly 80 percent of wireless shoppers said they prefer to use cell-phone company Web sites to compare plans and products compared with visiting retail stores for such comparisons, according to …

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.-Payless Communication Holdings Inc. said it has filed an application for a 214 license with the Federal Communications Commission. Any company that sells retail and wholesale service with …

Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said it has entered into a forbearance agreement with Sprint related to Sprint’s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. …

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.-Payless Communication Holdings Inc. said it has filed an application for a 214 license with the Federal Communications Commission. Any company that sells retail and wholesale service with …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. staged a minor coup last week as the industry’s largest operator signed a 10-year deal to replace smaller, but faster-growing rival Verizon Wireless at RadioShack Corp.’s more …

Tiger Telematics Inc. said it will delay the release of its high-end Gizmondo portable video-game device in the United States until October. The device was previously scheduled to hit store …

Educational toy maker LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. and wireless communications company Enfora are selling a mobile phone designed specifically for children. The $100 device is aimed at children ages 6 and …

Sprint PCS and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers now can buy titles from Jamdat Mobile Inc. at more than 5,000 RadioShack Corp. outlets, the electronics retailer said. RadioShack sales associates will …

America Online Inc. is testing a suite of mobile search services that would allow users with Web-enabled phones to search the Internet for information, including local business listings, and to …

U.S. Cellular Corp. launched wireless service in St. Louis, which becomes the carrier’s second-largest market behind Chicago. The carrier noted that it has deployed nearly 300 cell sites, hired more …

U.S. Cellular Corp. launched wireless service in St. Louis, which becomes the carrier’s second-largest market behind Chicago. The carrier noted that it has deployed nearly 300 cell sites, hired more …

Verizon Wireless said it added an industry-record 1.9 million subscribers during the second quarter, which was a 25-percent improvement compared with the 1.5 million customers the carrier added during the …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Cell-phone distributor CellStar Corp. said it fired Lawrence P. King, its president and chief operating officer of the subsidiary that oversees its Asian operations. Terry S. Parker, the chairman …

EDINBURG, Va.-Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co., which offers various telecom services in the Mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States, posted increasing revenues and wireless subscribers. The carrier’s Sprint retail wireless …

The second-quarter earnings race got off to a relatively solid start as Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Nextel Communications Inc. posted financials largely in line with Wall Street expectations. The results-coupled …