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July 1, 2005 Cell phone operators tell the FCC they need more time to get location-sensitive phones into customers' hands. TAGS: E911, operator, handset, cell phone, BellSouth Corp., Cingular Wireless, U.S., AT&T Corp.

February 14, 2007 The next wave of growth will come from poor, developing nations, leaders in the wireless industry say at 3GSM. TAGS: Telenor, Vodafone Group Plc., emerging market, fuel cell, mobile operator, rural area, operator, subscriber, India, Barcelona, region, Africa, handset, Brazil, China, CEO

March 16, 2005 Cingular and Verizon Wireless are accepting photo mails from each other's subscribers in hopes of juicing cell phone use. TAGS: camera phone, Verizon Wireless, cell phone, Cingular Wireless, cell phone company, text messaging, BellSouth Corp., operator, subscriber, U.S., telephone company, photograph, agreement, handset, camera, AT&T Corp.

July 7, 2005 Sprint, T-Mobile allow each other's customers to exchange multimedia messages. Cingular strikes similar deals with other carriers. TAGS: camera phone, T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel, picture messaging, operator, carrier, mobile operator, MMS, subscriber, Cingular Wireless, handset, multimedia, photograph, agreement, camera, networking

February 15, 2007 Nokia, Motorola are set to offer their own navigation services, which could put them in competition with mobile operators.Photos: Nokia, Motorola navigators TAGS: handset maker, handset, GPS, CDMA, mobile operator, GSM, operator, Barcelona, Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Verizon Wireless, positioning, cell phone, chipset

December 31, 2004 Global cellular markets boomed. U.S. data services went through the roof. And handsets literally blew up. TAGS: data service, operator, cell phone, China, Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless, merger, U.S., Sprint Nextel, Nextel Communications Inc., battery, service provider, handset, Motorola Inc.

August 7, 2007 Qualcomm loses latest battle to reverse the International Trade Commission's import ban on its technology, says it will continue the fight. TAGS: Qualcomm Inc., ban, Broadcom Corp., patent, W-CDMA, 3G network, U.S. company, operator, cell phone, EVDO, intellectual property, handset, decision, U.S.

March 15, 2005 The cellular industry is making room for VoIP, the less-expensive Internet-based call technology. TAGS: VoIP, Irwin Jacobs, Qualcomm Inc., Nortel Networks Corp., EVDO, cell phone, broadband network, Verizon Wireless, operator, wireless broadband, cell phone company, Texas Instruments Inc., handset, Wi-Fi, Motorola Inc., wireless network

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