Mobile Phones

Sprint, T-Mobile USA, and DirecTV have asked the Federal Communications Commission to pause its review of Verizon Wireless's proposed acquisition of 122 AWS spectrum licenses from a handful of cable companies. At issue, say the signees, is the cross-s

Foursquare recently updated its mobile application for the Android platform and quietly added support for near-field communications and the Android Beam NFC P2P service. Specifically, NFC support has been added for the app's Venue, Lists, and Me pages

Elevate today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell mobile voice and data services under its own brand using Sprint's network. The company will offer both post-paid and pre-paid services and will sell devices such as Android smartphones. T

Microsoft today released a statement that echoes that of a request made by Apple for a set of guidelines that determine how companies license patents that are considered "essential" for certain products. "Industry standards are vitally impo

Vonage today announced the availability of a new application for Android and iOS devices that lets users call or text other Vonage users for free. The application works worldwide over 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi networks. Vonage says that calls to international cel