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WASHINGTON-The House and the Senate will each hold separate hearings next month on the ever-burgeoning consumer-privacy scandal regarding the disclosure and sale of telecommunications records. The Senate Commerce consumer-affairs subcommittee …

NEW YORK-The wireless surge continued during the fourth quarter with Verizon Wireless officially claiming an industry-record 2 million net customer additions and T-Mobile USA Inc. reporting a company-record 1.4 million …

WASHINGTON-The practice of pretexting-impersonating a customer to obtain call records-is illegal, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission told reporters this morning. “In no way is the practice of pretexting …

BOULDER, Colo.-The Mobile Marketing Association is hoping to lay the foundation for mobile search revenues with a new document outlining potential business models, industry challenges and consumer needs. Calling mobile …

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee began its investigation into the data brokering of cell-phone records by requesting that the Federal Communications Commission turn over information on how wireless carriers are protecting …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported solid numbers for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005 and the company said its guidance for the full year of 2005 and outlook for 2006 remain …

ROUND ROCK, Texas-In the latest collaboration between laptop makers and wireless carriers, Dell Inc. announced plans to add built-in access to Vodafone Group plc’s third-generation wireless network to its notebook …

ATLANTA-In a record-smashing quarter, Verizon Wireless clocked 2 million net customer additions to pull past Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s blockbuster results of 1.8 million net adds. Verizon Wireless continued its streak …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Thanks in part to a $278 million bankruptcy lawsuit ruling, Lucent Technologies Inc. posted a first quarter net loss of $104 million, or 2 cents per share. The …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless each separately filed lawsuits against online data brokers they believe are obtaining and selling customer call records. T-Mobile USA filed a lawsuit, which …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. has hopped on the pension-freezing band wagon, following similar moves by Verizon Communications Inc., IBM Corp. and Sears. The freeze will mean that nearly half of …

Wireless loves advertising; the industry ranks third in terms of total ad dollars spent, behind the automotive and financial services industries. And while most of the wireless industry’s commercials are …

When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. managed to squeeze the launch of its 3G network into the last month of 2005, the move catapulted 16 major metropolitan cities into the spotlight as …

LAS VEGAS-What do Intel Corp., Modeo L.L.C., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. all have in common? They are all eager to promote Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld, an open …

Boston’s neighborhood business districts may soon be bustling with free Wi-Fi hot spots thanks to the city’s Main Streets economic development project. But Boston’s free project is different from those …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and cellular carriers urged a federal appeals court to throw out challenges to an agency ruling that forbids states from regulating line-item charges on monthly mobile-phone …

WASHINGTON-Amid a swirl of publicity over the apparent widespread theft and sale of cell-phone users’ call records, two federal agencies along with both houses of Congress jumped to try to …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Verizon Communications Inc.’s new enterprise unit, Verizon Business, unveiled an integrated wireline/wireless offering that include wireless broadband access from its Verizon Wireless subsidiary. This is the first product …

As marketing challenges and content-delivery issues continue to shackle the wireless content arena, game-makers are hoping to entice their own customers to act as sales associates. The number of U.S. …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carriers Lehman Brothers upgraded its rating on CenturyTel Inc. from …

WASHINGTON-Top U.S. mobile phone carriers have joined to bid for rights to offer wireless service in hundreds of subway stations throughout New York City. Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Verizon Wireless, Sprint …

BOSTON-The next major growth opportunity for wireless carriers is the ‘tween’ market, according to research firm Yankee Group. The market comprises children between the ages of 8 and 12. The …

WASHINGTON-In the wake of revelations that cell-phone call records are available for purchase over the Internet, the chairman of the House Commerce Committee plans to introduce a bill that will …

MINNEAPOLIS-Verizon Wireless topped Vocal Laboratories Inc.’s quarterly customer service survey for the fourth quarter. The carrier maintained its top position but slipped slightly from an overall caller satisfaction grade of …

NEW YORK-Credit ratings firm Standard & Poor’s is turning a sharp eye on wireline companies and their wireless offspring, citing concerns about wireline businesses’ ability to compete with Voice over …