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Verizon Wireless reported customers can now pay their wireless bills and establish new or add advanced Verizon services at 76 Verizon Plus retail locations located in 16 states. The carrier …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Mobility Electronics Inc. and RadioShack Corp. announced a global distribution agreement under which Mobility can sell RadioShack-manufactured power products to non-RadioShack outlets. Under the agreement, Mobility will exclusively …

The popularity of Wi-Fi, decreasing wireless chipset prices and consumer affinity for high-tech gadgets combined with a desire for simplicity all add up to the likelihood that wireless home networks …

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.-Cellebrite said its recently released RealSync/UME 12T, which transfers phonebooks, names and numbers between cellular phones, offers advantages to consumers using new phones as a result of wireless …

WASHINGTON-Audiovox Corp. and Dr. Bonnie O’Day have reached a settlement and are asking the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss a complaint filed by Dr. O’Day last February. “I filed this …

Wireless local area network aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. reported a roaming agreement with WorldCom Inc., providing the telecommunications provider’s MCI customers with remote access service to Boingo’s more than 2,000 …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Mobility Electronics Inc. and RadioShack Corp. announced a global distribution agreement under which Mobility can sell RadioShack-manufactured power products to non-RadioShack outlets. Under the agreement, Mobility will exclusively …

WASHINGTON-Audiovox Corp. and Dr. Bonnie O’Day have reached a settlement and are asking the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss a complaint filed by Dr. O’Day last February. “I filed this …

LOS ANGELES-Compact Power Systems Inc. introduced its flagship product, Cellboost, which the company said is a disposable mobile-phone battery/re-charger that powers up to 60 minutes of talk time and 60 …

DENVER-Ricochet Networks Inc. may have a new lease on life following its sale to EDL Holdings Inc., a Victor Mitchell Family L.P. company. The transaction follows last month’s announcement Ricochet …

NEW YORK-Software company Scanbuy announced a new service that allows camera-phone users to scan bar codes. The company said the technology could allow users to scan the bar codes on …

NEW YORK-Software company Scanbuy announced a new service that allows camera-phone users to scan bar codes. The company said the technology could allow users to scan the bar codes on …

Local number portability reality set in last week when early industry initiatives to accomplish the porting process in less than three hours quickly fell by the wayside as many customers …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synchronization company Pumatech Inc. today released its new Intellisync: goAnywhere software, which the company is selling through its Web site and retail partners for $100 per year. Pumatech …

Western Wireless Corp. launched its OpenDoor wireless Internet access service for its Cellular One customers using the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x network in select markets in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, …

Alltel Corp. jumped into the multimedia messaging business launching picture-messaging capabilities to its Axcess wireless data offering allowing customers to take, send and receive color photos with voice and text …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. launched its OpenDoor wireless Internet access service for its Cellular One customers using the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x network in select markets in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, …

Alltel Corp. jumped into the multimedia messaging business launching picture-messaging capabilities to its Axcess wireless data offering allowing customers to take, send and receive color photos with voice and text …

Much like Al Capone’s vault, the first few days of local number portability provided more hype than headlines as the feared millions of customers beating down the doors of retail …

Mobile computing is on the cusp of revolutionizing healthcare, according to Greg Malkary, founder and managing director of the Spyglass Consulting Group. Indeed, wireless users in many fields are recognizing …

Despite wireless carrier-generated public-relations hype surrounding the success of initial number porting, which was helped by only a slight increase in customer traffic, a number of analysts questioned the first …

TelePlus Enterprises Inc. said its subsidiary TelePlus Retail Services Inc. will acquire all the assets of TelePlus Services, providing the company with a network of 19 wireless retail outlets. TelePlus …

WASHINGTON-The last gasp by the wireline industry to delay wireless local number portability was thwarted late Friday when a federal appeals court denied the emergency stay request of four rural …

Following years of political wrangling and months of preparation, the telecom industry is finally offering customers the chance to keep their telephone number if they decide to switch to another …