Delay Sought in Verizon, Cable AWS Deal

16 minutes ago

DirectTV, T-Mobile USA and Sprint want the FCC to stop the clock on its review of Verizon Wireless' $4 billion deal to buy a nationwide chunk of AWS spectrum from four cable companies.

Protesters Deliver Petitions to Apple Retail Stores

48 minutes ago

Protesters today bearing a petition of 250,000 signatures prepared to march on Apple retail stores in pursuit of a commitment by the iPhone maker to "clean up its supply chain."

AT&T, Competitors Spar Over FCC Legislation

50 minutes ago

AT&T and a number of its competitors have come out on opposite sides of the fence about provisions in a House bill which would strip the FCC...

Stoke Ups Ante on Wi-Fi Offload

52 minutes ago

Mobile broadband startup Stoke has come out with a new network gateway designed to make it easier for operators to dump network-clogging data traffic...

Path CEO Apologizes for Storing User Contact Info

55 minutes ago

Managing user data and privacy on social networks is tricky business as the mobile-centric "personal network" Path found out.

Cisco Beats Estimates with 2Q Earnings, Sales

58 minutes ago

Cisco, the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, on Wednesday said that its net income jumped 44 percent in the latest quarter...

FirstNews Briefs for February 9, 2012

1 hour ago

Companies in today's briefs include: FCC, NewNet Communication Technologies, Airvana, Ericsson, Corn Belt Power Cooperative, Exalt Communications, Nokia Siemens Networks.

DOT Counters LightSquared GPS Standards Plan

20 hours ago

The Transportation Department mulls regulations that would ban services that interfere with GPS - services like LightSquared's.

Sprint iPhone Gamble Widens Losses

Feb 8

Sprint's bet on the iPhone helped it bring in the highest number of new customers in six years during the fourth quarter, but the success came at a hefty price.

Nokia Axes 4,000 Jobs in Manufacturing Shift

Feb 8

Nokia said today it will lay off 4,000 employees at three factories as it shifts device assembly to Asia...

Report: Prepaid iPhone Set to Disrupt Industry

Feb 6

Sprint iPhone Gamble Widens Losses

Feb 8

Dish Protests AT&T Rapid LTE Buildout Plan, Affirms Retail Plans

Feb 6

MetroPCS Revives $40 LTE Plan

Feb 3

Senate Antitrust Panel to Probe Verizon, Cable Deals

Feb 2

Ten-Yard Penalty, Failure to Engage Via Mobile

Feb 6

I was about as impressed with attempts to integrate mobile with this year's Super Bowl as I was with the Green Bay Packers’ effort during their NFC divisional playoff loss to the New York Giants.

LightSquared Deserves a Hearing

Feb 2

The government should figure out how the LightSquared saga came to be.

In Other News: Patents

Jan 13

The tech industry may have had its attention focused on gadgets this week due to the annual hullaballoo at the 2012 International CES show in Las Vegas, but at least a few people were thinking about the patented inventions that make those electronics work.

Super Bowl Spot: Samsung Note

23 hours ago

Super Bowl Spot: Best Buy Mobile

23 hours ago

Quick Look: Huawei Ascend

Jan 23