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

WILMINGTON, Del.-Mobile Communications Inc., an authorized Cingular Wireless L.L.C. agent, and ReCellular Inc. announced a new cell-phone recycling program. The program will be implemented in all 36 of MobileCom’s Cingular …

Sprint Corp.’s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. has become a virtual soap opera, with numerous tit-for-tats that have cropped up ahead of the deal’s expected closing later this quarter. …

Citing increasing demand for its overage-protecting Fair & Flexible rate plans, Sprint Corp. said it will no longer offer its traditional Free & Clear rate plans to new customers. Sprint …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has begun offering the Motorola Inc. RAZR handsets through its retail stores and authorized dealers. The handset was initially made available through the carrier’s …

Sprint Corp.’s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. received mixed news Wednesday as a Sprint wireless affiliate filed a lawsuit attempting to prevent Sprint from competing against the affiliate in …

Citing increasing demand for its overage-protecting Fair & Flexible rate plan offerings, Sprint Corp. said it will no longer offer its traditional Free & Clear rate plans to new customers. …

As the mobile-phone market continues to surpass all forecasts, there are multiple ways those phones end up in the hands of consumers. At the beginning of last year, industry observers …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. reported a partnership with Jabra to begin selling Bluetooth and corded headsets at U.S. Cellular’s retail locations. The headsets will include Jabra’s BT250v Bluetooth model that retails …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless added a fourth Vcast-enabled CDMA2000 1x EV-DO handset to its lineup with the launch of Motorola Inc.’s E815. In addition to providing access to the carrier’s high-speed …

Financials from smart-phone makers Research In Motion Ltd. and PalmOne Inc. indicate users are warming up to the expensive, high-end gadgets. However, sluggish results from Palm OS vendor PalmSource Inc. …

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Inc. appointed Rodney Dir chief operating officer of the regional telecommunications provider where he will oversee the daily management and performance of sales, marketing, network and customer care …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel has begun offering the BlackBerry 7250 through its retail locations, the carrier said Friday. Alltel, which began offering the device through its business channels earlier this year, …

Financials from smart-phone makers Research In Motion Ltd. and PalmOne Inc. indicate users are warming up to the expensive, high-end gadgets. However, sluggish results from Palm OS vendor PalmSource Inc. …

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. cut its second-quarter outlook and announced it will cut 700 jobs, news that sent the company’s stock down almost 7 percent to $9.76 per share. Symbol …

Nextel Communications Inc. is upgrading its photo-sharing Web site and will also offer an application that will allow users to print their camera-phone images at participating retail stores. Fuji Photo …

Bar-code scanning will be a common camera-phone feature in the near future, promises Olivier Attia, chief executive officer of Scanbuy Inc. Attia said that in the next 12 months he …

Sprint Corp.’s planned launch of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based high-speed wireless data services continues to inch ahead as the portion of the carrier’s Web site aimed at business users included preliminary …

Investment banking firm Merrill Lynch said it expects the continued strong growth of family plans to drive the wireless industry’s five nationwide operators to post a 14.8-percent year-over-year improvement in …

TAMPA, Fla.-FTS Wireless Inc. said it plans to expand its wireless content portal, www.CellChannel.com, to include prepaid and post-paid wireless service plans, handsets and accessories next month. Also, the company …

Investment banking firm Merrill Lynch said it expects the wireless industry’s five nationwide operators to post a 4.5-percent year-over-year improvement in gross subscriber additions during the second quarter driven by …

TAMPA, Fla.-FTS Wireless Inc. said it plans to expand its wireless content portal, www.CellChannel.com, to include prepaid and post-paid wireless service plans, handsets and accessories next month. Also, the company …

For the second consecutive year, T-Mobile USA Inc. showed that size isn’t everything when it comes to customer service as the carrier topped consumer research firm J.D. Power and Associates’ …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today largely upheld a 2003 decision requiring cellular carriers to make hearing aid compatible phones available to individuals with hearing loss. However, federal regulators did agree …

NEW YORK-BreakThrough Wireless plans to open a retail outlet dedicated solely to BlackBerry devices June 17. The store, located on 109 W. 39th St. off Sixth Avenue in New York, …