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So far, despite massive lobbying over scheduled Nov. 4 votes on white spaces, wireless mergers, the universal service fund and intercarrier-compensation reforms, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has yet …

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN is coming under mounting pressure to postpone votes on major wireless items scheduled for Nov. 4. As Martin tries to round up support for …

Cable company Cox Communications announced it will build a wireless network with the $500 million in spectrum the company has accumulated over the past several years, and will launch commercial …

Small, rural and regional wireless carriers and trade groups said the Federal Communications Commission should not vote Nov. 4 on the Verizon Wireless-Alltel Communications L.L.C. merger before acting on unresolved …

BOSTON- One of the most difficult questions asked during panel discussions at the Mobile Internet World 2008 event was “What is a mobile Internet device?” Answers ranged from something bigger …

A public-interest group asked the Federal Communications Commission to impose open-access conditions on the Verizon Wireless-Alltel Communications L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp.-Clearwire Corp. mergers. Free Press said that while Verizon …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has set a highly ambitious agenda for the Nov. 4 open meeting. And the December meeting potentially could pack as much punch, seeing that …

Election Day 2008 is shaping up as monumental for the wireless industry.The Federal Communications Commission is poised to vote Nov. 4 on the Sprint Nextel Corp.-Clearwire Corp. and the Verizon …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. The mobile …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

Verizon Wireless offered to divest another 15 markets as part its $28.1 billion play for Alltel Communications L.L.C., but the proposed transaction is becoming trickier by the day because of …

Canada’s two largest CDMA carriers, Bell Canada and Telus Mobility, announced plans to deploy HSPA technology by 2010 as part of an effort to eventually upgrade to Long Term Evolution …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. posted limited third-quarter results, displaying strong growth and a year-over-year drop in customer churn. The carrier reported 249,265 net additions during the quarter, nearly double the 114,302 …

Wireless competition may soon be coming to the throngs of subway riders who comprise official Washington. A bill passed by Congress and en route to President Bush will allow any …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

More than two dozen mobile operators and spectrum license holders have banded together to form NextGen Mobile L.L.C. The organization hopes to pool efforts to launch GSM-based, next-generation networks covering …

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more on this topic, visit RCRWireless.com/EconomicDownturn.As Washington, …

So it was, according to a new intriguing lawsuit, that Verizon Wireless was approached via e-mail by an Arkansas businessman in early February about “an arbitrage opportunity” that could potentially …

Machine-to-machine companies around the world have banded together to form an alliance geared at providing a unified, seamless network across the globe for delivering applications created by providers in the …

It’s become quite clear which technology the top four carriers have sided with in the next-generation debate between WiMAX and Long Term Evolution. Sprint Nextel Corp. is the lone supporter …

When Qualcomm Inc. talks, people listen. So when Qualcomm recently announced that its “Gobi” embedded connectivity module had been certified by AT&T Mobility for the latter’s network and that Hewlett-Packard …

T-Mobile USA Inc. officially took the reigns from SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. The nation’s No. 4 carrier launched its branded service in former SunCom markets across North Carolina, South Carolina, …

SAN FRANCISCO — The first day’s keynote ended with a trip back in time with two wireless veterans reminiscing about an industry they helped mold 25 years ago. Craig McCaw, …

We’ve all seen coverage maps. Whether it be a section in a carrier’s brochure, a poster hung up in a mobile operator’s retail store, or even an interactive map online, …

Roaming – until recently a backburner, stand-alone issue – suddenly has emerged as a potential pivot point in the Federal Communications Commission’s consideration of two major transactions and competition policy …