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SAN FRANCISCO-The wireless industry reported 25.2 million new subscribers, its largest one-year addition of new subscribers in its more than 20-year commercial history, according to CTIA’s semi-annual industry survey released …

The high-flying mobile content industry is experiencing some turbulence as two leading content providers issued sobering announcements. Disappointing earnings from its content business led VeriSign Inc. to lower its third-quarter …

The wireless industry reported 25.2 million new subscribers, its largest one-year addition of new subscribers in its more than 20-year commercial history, according to CTIA’s semi-annual industry survey released this …

Third-party content provider Jamster! has once again come under fire as an independent U.K. regulator upheld nearly 300 consumer complaints about the company. Jamster!, a subsidiary of VeriSign Inc., failed …

WASHINGTON-Key GOP and Democratic senators said they are close to introducing legislation to overhaul the nation’s emergency-alert system to take advantage of cell phones, the Internet and other widely used …

SAN DIEGO-Eloqui Wireless has launched One Voice Technologies Inc.’s MobileVoice service to its subscribers, according to One Voice. Eloqui is making the service available in its stores beginning this week. …

FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOp Technologies Inc., which provides mobile data solutions, said it signed new wireless messaging contracts with Blue Wireless, CC Communications and Nex-Tech Wireless. Blue Wireless offers local and …

Internet search giant Google Inc. is continuing its stealth move into wireless with the acquisition of software developer Android Inc., the company confirmed this week. The acquisition raised industry eyebrows …

SINGAPORE-Wireless carrier MobileOne Ltd. plans to launch a new short voice messaging service concept to its customers in Singapore. BubbleTALK, which is a product of a collaboration between M1 and …

SEATTLE-Mobile marketing and media solutions company Mobliss Corp. will provide technology for a short message service voting campaign for CBS’ reality series “Rock Star: INXS.” The show is a contest …

Motorola Inc. is in the process of rolling out a new user interface the company hopes will take it into the multimedia age. “We’re not building a phone; we’re building …

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. entered the mobile content space via an agreement with InProdicon AB, which distributes digital content in the Nordic region. The agreement between Brightpoint Sweden AB and InProdicon …

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. entered the mobile content space via an agreement with InProdicon AB, which distributes digital content in the Nordic region. The agreement between Brightpoint Sweden AB and InProdicon …

NEW YORK-MTV Networks is developing an in-house text-messaging platform that will deliver content from the company’s cable channels to U.S. wireless users. The Viacom network is planning to offer cross-carrier …

MUNICH, Germany-Infineon Technologies AG announced sample availability of its first reference design for low-cost handsets. The company said costs for GSM handsets with short message service functionality could be cut …

Faced with increasingly crowded shelf space on carrier decks, content providers are gaining traction by marketing directly to U.S. consumers with Web-based storefronts of their own. And carriers are slowly …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The long-awaited market for wireless location-based services may finally be around the corner, according to two analyst reports this week. Citing Sprint PCS’ recent introduction of an operator-assisted …

SINGAPORE-Mobile 365 has inked deals to provide text messaging delivery and data services with six Asian operators since January, the company said. Using the CommunicAsia 2005 conference as a backdrop, …

CHINA Electronics manufacturing services company Flextronics said it will score more than $550 million in upfront cash payments from the sale of its network and semiconductor businesses. AMIS Holdings Inc. …

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Motorola Ventures announced an undisclosed strategic investment in Anam Mobile, a messaging infrastructure provider for short message service and multimedia messaging service (MMS) delivery platforms. The investment arm …

SINGAPORE-Mobile 365 has inked deals to provide text messaging delivery and data services with six Asian operators since January, the company said Wednesday. Using the CommunicAsia 2005 conference as a …

NEW YORK-Comverse announced its LifeLog product that stores mobile-oriented personal data on networks. LifeLog allows subscribers to upload, manage and share mobile content, including pictures, video clips, contacts and messages, …

CHICAGO-Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. said it has tapped VeriSign Inc. to provide content and messaging interoperability services for the carrier’s 1.6 million subscribers. VeriSign will offer its library of more …

CHICAGO-Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. said it has tapped VeriSign Inc. to provide content and messaging interoperability services for the carrier’s 1.6 million subscribers. VeriSign will offer its library of more …

SEATTLE-Multimedia messaging service activity continued to grow at an impressive clip in April, with nearly 8 percent of U.S. wireless users sending photos from their handsets to another phone or …