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PLEASANTON, Calif.—FunMail Inc. is teaming with Major League Baseball Advanced Media to deliver images, voice tones and other content from all 30 of its teams. Images are available through Verizon …

DALLAS, Texas—Regional service provider MetroPCS Communications Inc. announced that it has started offering a roaming service to its customers that allows them to use their MetroPCS phones outside of their …

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—Wireless customers are more satisfied with their cellular service this year than last, according to the latest subscriber survey by J.D. Power and Associates. T-Mobile USA Inc. continues …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Financial analysts are awaiting Motorola Inc.’s first-quarter earnings report—scheduled for later today—which may exceed the company’s own projections and those of Wall Street made in the fourth quarter of …

In the wake of several announcements regarding HSDPA contracts and gear testing, the CDMA Development Group reminded the wireless industry that CDMA technology’s evolution path is marching along swiftly and …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that it will help parents locate their children through a downloadable Family Locator service that utilizes Global Positioning System technology in handsets. The service …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc’s stock jumped as much as 3 percent in early trading April 11, amid fresh rumors that the European telco giant may sell its 45-percent stake in Verizon …

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 …

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to sell its Caribbean and Latin American telecom operations to America Movil and a company jointly owned by America Movil and Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex). …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission voted to restrict bidder information during the advanced wireless services auction set to begin June 29, but agreed to revert to full disclosure if the agency …

WASHINGTON-Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine (D) last week signed into law landmark legislation creating the nation’s first flat tax on wireless and other communications services in the state, a huge breakthrough …

The signature letters in LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s name, back at the dawn of time when the company formed in 1958, stood for Lucky Goldstar. Whatever connotations that name might …

Sprint Nextel Corp. retooled its mainstay price plans, the Fair and Flexible option and Free Incoming plans, and moved its off-peak calling time up to 7 p.m. The carrier’s changes …

In Congress, there is a mix of indignant outrage and saluting support for President Bush’s warrant-less wiretapping program. The program is suspected to have been in place since 2001, the …

WASHINGTON—Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine (D) signed into law landmark legislation creating the nation’s first flat tax on wireless and other communications services in the state. The legislation, championed by Del. …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that it will help parents locate their children through a downloadable Family Locator service that utilizes Global Positioning System technology in handsets. The service …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission voted today to limit bidder information at the advanced wireless services auction that begins June 29, but regulators agreed to revert to full disclosure rules if …

LONDON—Vodafone Group plc’s stock jumped as much as 3 percent in early trading Tuesday, amid fresh rumors that the European telco giant may sell its 45-percent stake in Verizon Wireless—or …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—Though overall base station deployments are on the decline, ABI Research forecasts that the prospects for W-CDMA and CDMA2000 1x EV-DO base stations are trending upward worldwide. Lance …

LAS VEGAS-The wireless industry has seen some major changes in the past few months, from Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s launch of the world’s first HSDPA high-speed mobile data network to Sprint …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry has been forced into a two-front legal war to defend the widespread practice of tying handset sales to the purchase of wireless service from cellular carriers. Two …

WASHINGTON-Three of the main champions to use air-to-ground spectrum in the 800 MHz band for in-flight broadband communications filed incomplete applications for the scheduled May 10 auction and must refile …

LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless is still mulling over which spectrum auction to participate in, company officials said at CTIA, and has not yet made a final decision over whether to go …

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—Qualcomm Inc. announced it expects to see commercial CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision B devices on the market by the end of next year. The company did not say which carriers …