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Wireless consumers soon will have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced last week. Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able to access updates, photos and …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. led the list of consumer complaints made through Consumers Union’s Escape Cell Hell Web site during the second quarter, with 41 complaints just beating out …

WASHINGTON-A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against a North Carolina firm and a former driver, who-while reaching for a fallen cell phone-rammed his tractor trailer into the back …

If Nextel Communications Inc. takes spectrum at 1.9 GHz as part of the plan to solve interference at 800 MHz, the carrier finally might be able to extricate itself from …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Smith Micro Software Inc. will provide support for Verizon Wireless’ new VZAccess Manager, the two companies announced Friday. Using technology from Smith Micro, VZAccess Manager is a customizable tool …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. led the list of consumer complaints made through Consumers Union’s Escape Cell Hell Web site during the second quarter, with 41 complaints just beating out …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless unveiled its VZAccess Manager service, which allows customers to manager their remote access needs from anywhere in the country using the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO BroadbandAccess or …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Up to six players will be able to compete in real time in Verizon Wireless’ latest arcade-style game, the company announced. Verizon and Blue Ridge Games launched Momentum, a …

Wireless consumers will soon have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced today. Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able to access news updates, photos and …

Verizon Wireless began offering PalmOne Inc.’s Treo 600 smart phone earlier this week to its business users, PalmOne confirmed. The device will eventually be offered through Verizon’s consumer-user channel as …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and AppAbove Inc. launched Spanish Anywhere, allowing Verizon customers to use their wireless handsets as a Spanish -English dictionary and phrasebook. For a monthly access charge of …

Lucent Technologies Inc. reinforced its CDMA profile and its place in the heart of Verizon Wireless with a whopping $5 billion contract with the biggest wireless carrier in the United …

HOUSTON-Continental Airlines said it would begin offering free Wi-Fi Internet access in all of its Presidents Clubs in the United States except for Chicago where it shares a club with …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s thorough review of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion play for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. represents a new level of merger analysis likely to be applied to …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. remains silent as to whether it plans to accept a government offer to pay $5 billion in cash and spectrum to gain access to spectrum in the …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Thursday urged the Federal Communications Commission to open the bidding to all companies for the recently returned spectrum of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. “Significant …

Sprint Corp. and Audiovox Corp. released the Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8920, the United States’ first megapixel camera phone. The phone features Sprint Picture Mail service, which allows users …

The continued emphasis carriers are placing on alternative sales and information channels appears to be paying off as a report from industry research firm Compete Inc. showed a dramatic increase …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Thursday urged the Federal Communications Commission to open the bidding to all companies for the recently returned spectrum of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. “Significant …

NextWave Telecom Inc.’s highly anticipated attempt to auction a half-dozen spectrum licenses fell short of expectations as the bankrupt license holder managed to generate only $973.5 million in winning bids. …

T-Mobile USA Inc. ranked highest among the seven largest wireless service providers in customer-care performance, beating out Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc., which all performed above average, …

Sprint and Audiovox Corp. today released the Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8920, the United States’ first megapixel camera phone. The phone features Sprint Picture Mail service, which allows users …

Nextel Communications Inc. will pay nearly $5 billion in both cash and spectrum to gain access to spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band, according to a plan adopted Thursday by …

Continuing the content tie-ins between Hollywood movies and wireless carriers, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will begin offering exclusive content from the Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Film “King Arthur,” which is …

Freud is looking down on us, smiling at how the most powerful, the most-manly city on earth has learned to cope with the stress of war and peace and scandal. …