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Intel has demonstrated technology that would allow cell phone and laptop users to recharge their devices without having to use electrical outlets. The technology enables recharging wirelessly by Read more...

T-Mobile USA received a big blow today as the Supreme Court rejected the company's appeal in three cases involving the legal remedies available in millions of cell phone contracts. At issue is Read more...

According to the Associated Press, the FCC is quietly negotiating with wireless carriers to reduce termination fees that carriers charge customers when they cancel their contracts. Many carriers Read more...

Motorola's woes continue as the equipment maker announced it will lay off 2,600 employees as part of a previously announced plan to cut costs by $500 million this year. Motorola's total headcount is Read more...

> Research In Motion plans to roll out a series of updates for the BlackBerry platform. Read more...

> FCC commissioner: No need to mandate open networks, yet. Article > Stanford Read more...

> One columnist speculates that AT&T disclosed its planned 3G iPhone to get back at Apple for supposedly teaming up with Google for the 700 MHz auction. Hmm. Read more...

After months of rumors and speculation, Google has finally revealed some details of its ambitious cellular phone agenda. The company said today that it is creating a new cell phone platform, called Read more...

Expert Insight: The Mobile Generation Gap By Kanishka Agarwal How many times have industry insiders been asked: "What do you think is the next killer app in mobile?" Every time we are asked that question, we try to come up with the most creative thing we can, but fall quite short of a novel, made-for-mobile, completely innovative "killer app." The problem is that we--the current generation of industry insiders and mobile business managers--are not the true mobile generation. We did not grow up having access to a mobile phone, but adopted them much later in life. Sure, Read more...

Expert Insight: The Mobile Generation Gap By Kanishka Agarwal How many times have industry insiders been asked: "What do you think is the next killer app in mobile?" Every time we are Read more...