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BRISTOL, Conn.—Mobile ESPN L.L.C. reported plans to offer college football fans the chance to watch up to 25 live games each month during the season from their Mobile ESPN wireless …

METHUEN, Mass.—SiGe Semiconductor raised $19.5 million in an expansion round of financing led by venture-capital and private-equity firms, the company announced. SiGe Semiconductor makes radio frequency modules that are integrated …

ATLANTA—Samsung Electronics Co. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. today announced the handset vendor’s first HSDPA phone for Cingular’s 3G network-in-progress. The Samsung SGH-zx20, an exclusive for Cingular, is a silver-and-black, clamshell-style …

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. launched a handset equipped with Unlicensed Mobile Access technology in Italy. Samsung’s SGH-P200 phone runs on the Nexperia chip from Royal Philips’ Philips Semiconductor division. …

While Motorola Inc. grabbed the spotlight after posting strong, second-quarter results last month, the American vendor’s success obscured a remarkable surge in shipments by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. Sony …

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands—Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. launched a handset equipped with Unlicensed Mobile Access technology in Italy. Samsung’s SGH-P200 phone runs on the Nexperia chip from Royal Philips’ Philips Semiconductor division. …

The advent of contactless payment technology in mobile handsets ushers in big possibilities for credit-card companies, network operators, and handset and chip vendors-if all parties can agree on an equitable …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Motorola Inc. topped a list of most trusted handset brands compiled by Forrester Research Inc. The manufacturer, most known for its wildly successful Razr handset line, posted a B …

The global, mobile handset business is a rough-and-tumble arena that requires players to succeed in a daunting number of areas that include technology, design, manufacturing, distribution, marketing and relationships-most factors …

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-American consumers spent about $4.4 billion on 67 million mobile phones in the first half of the year, according to The NPD Group. Motorola Inc. captured 32-percent market …

Belgian car fanatics can now download a free ringtone that features the revving engine of a Porsche Cayman S. The ringtone is an interactive “mupy” promotion offered by communication agency …

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.—American consumers spent about $4.4 billion on 67 million mobile phones in the first half of the year, according to The NPD Group. Motorola Inc. captured 32 percent …

While the long-term vendor ramifications of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s plan to deploy a WiMAX network remain uncertain, it’s clear that the early winners are Intel Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung …

NEW YORK—While the full ramifications of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s plan to deploy a WiMAX network remain uncertain, it’s clear that the early winners are Intel Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung …

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. will use WiMAX technology for its 4G network and utilize its wealth of spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band for a rollout that is slated to …

If the growth in handset sales in mature markets such as the United States slowed somewhat at mid-year, as some market and financial analysts have suggested, one explanation may be …

A well-worn maxim has it that “politics make strange bedfellows,” which might be tweaked to reflect the wireless industry’s sometimes odd match-ups. Companies that compete also cooperate, often at the …

Welcome to Hedgehogging. As you know from your own jobs, something is always happening in the wireless space. Some of it makes us stop what we’re doing to clap, boo …

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. has quietly launched Sprint Nextel Corp.’s full-track music download service for Qwest wireless customers. The mobile virtual network operator is carrying the Sprint Music Store, which …

The Symbian operating system, championed by Nokia Corp. in its smart phones, currently has a majority of OS market share, a state of affairs likely to continue for the foreseeable …

MARSHALL, Texas—L.M. Ericsson, the Swedish wireless telecommunications firm, has sued South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for allegedly infringing on 11 of Ericsson’s patents, according to a complaint filed July …

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. has quietly launched Sprint Nextel Corp.’s full-track music download service for Qwest wireless customers. The mobile virtual network operator is carrying the Sprint Music Store, which …

BOSTON—Motorola Inc.’s Q phone garnered significant interest from online handset shoppers during the first month it was released, according to an analysis by Compete Inc., which studies the behavior of …

Competition can bury you or spur you to greatness. In Motorola Inc.’s case, given its stellar performance in the second quarter, greatness is the result. And that has given the …

Qualcomm Inc. is faring well based on fiscal third-quarter results, albeit with a cautious outlook for its fiscal fourth quarter, reflecting the wireless industry’s robustness. In contrast, Intel Corp.—the world’s …