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WAKEFIELD, N.H.—Prepaid reseller Freedom Phone Services introduced a new prepaid phone plan that starts at $10 per month. Customers must pay ahead of time and essentially have a month-to-month arrangement; …

NEW YORK—London-based Inmarsat plc last week received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to begin offering satellite-based broadband service in the United States, where the company said it will focus …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Visto Corp. entered mobile e-mail fray in China as it announced it would join a Chinese partner in providing push e-mail service to enterprises and professionals in the …

It seems there’s a new mobile virtual network operator for just about every interest, age and ethnic group in the United States. And each operator has a different strategy about …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

Mobile e-mail continues to be a largely untapped market, but the patent litigation industry in wireless is alive and well. Visto Corp.’s lawyers mobilized once again last week as the …

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. kept its patent attorneys busy this week, filing a countersuit against fellow mobile e-mail service provider Visto Corp. The BlackBerry maker took all of one …

NEW YORK—Off-deck technology company Bango said it plans to power a direct-to-consumer mobile video offering from World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE will offer at least 75 made-for-mobile video shorts including news …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Fresh from a courtroom victory against Seven Networks, Visto Corp. is setting its sights on a much bigger competitor—Research In Motion Ltd. A jury in the federal court …

Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a mixed first quarter, with gross additions and wireless revenues up compared to the same period last year. However, merger-and-integration and marketing costs pulled down the …

What do Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Tampa, Fla., and Washington, D.C., have in common? They are the initial market launches for XO Holdings Inc.’s new wireless broadband service, …

With the acquisition of CDMA affiliate Ubiquitel Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. is another step closer to wrapping up the acquisition of all of its wireless affiliates. The third-largest U.S. carrier …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. is teaming with software developer Seven Networks Inc. to offer mobile e-mail and data to subscribers with Palm-powered and Microsoft Corp. Windows Mobile-based smart phones. The …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. has hinted that the first fruits of its joint venture with several cable companies will launch in seven markets later this year, and news of which …

Verizon Wireless said it purchased Mid-Missouri Cellular, a small TDMA/CDMA operator in central Missouri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal includes Mid-Missouri’s 27 cell sites and …

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. has hinted that the first fruits of its joint venture with several cable companies will launch in seven markets later this year, and news of which …

LAS VEGAS-When it comes to mobile, at least, Chuck D believes the hype. The driving force behind the iconic hip-hop group Public Enemy is going wireless as a mobile music …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless said it purchased Mid-Missouri Cellular, a small TDMA/CDMA operator in central Missouri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal includes Mid-Missouri’s 27 cell sites …

LAS VEGAS—Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Co. Ltd. and others showed off a variety of new handsets at the CTIA Wireless 2006 trade show. Vendors continued to …

LAS VEGAS—When it comes to mobile, at least, Chuck D believes the hype. The driving force behind the iconic hip-hop group Public Enemy is going wireless as a mobile music …

British wireless subscribers can send and receive text messages at bargain-basement rates thanks to an IP-based messaging service released last week. But-unlike Voice over IP-analysts say the new offering poses …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless announced developments in their respective offerings of wireless data service via laptop computers. Verizon Wireless unveiled pay-as-you-go pricing option for its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Friday created its long anticipated Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, which is set to take over various functions and issues from seven other entities within …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission Friday created its long anticipated Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, which will take over various functions and issues from seven other entities within the commission. …