Business - Telecommunications

Barack Obama's consumer-friendly FCC is asking Verizon Wireless to explain why it recently doubled Early Termination Fees for its customers. Full Story »

Verizon Wireless' attack on the iPhone has devolved into chest-beating, with a Droid ad that vaguely slams Apple's "beauty" and any phone that's a "tiara-wearing, digitally clueless beauty pageant queen." Full Story »

PUEBLO, Colo. - Qwest Communications International Inc. says it plans to close its call center in Pueblo in March. Full Story »

Microsoft joined hands with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom on Friday to unveil a new deal to sell netbooks at up to 90 percent off their retail price with a 3G mobile broadband contract. Full Story »

It's only human nature that the most recent thing you learn gets overemphasized. Full Story »

Norwegian telecom operator, Telenor, rolled out Thursday mobile services in the very competitive Indian mobile market, starting with seven telecom circles, or service areas. Full Story »

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Norwegian telecom group Telenor launched a new mobile service Thursday in India's congested cellular market where over a dozen operators are in a tariff war for millions of new customers each month. Full Story »

Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies plans to add about 2,000 staff in India in the next 18 months to two years, as it sees its opportunities growing in the country. Full Story »

Without saying why, AT&T dropped a lawsuit against Verizon Wireless that claimed the competitor's advertisements on 3G coverage were misleading. Full Story »

European explorers used to talk about the "blank spots on the map." In 2009, Verizon Wireless talked about the blank spots on AT&T's 3G coverage map. Now the map wars are over. Full Story »

NEW YORK - AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless agreed Wednesday to end lawsuits accusing each other of lying in TV ads, taking their rivalry out of the court system for now. Full Story »

Expect to see more of Verizon's "there's a map for that" advertisements. Full Story »

ANNAPOLIS, MD - Wireless communications company TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said Tuesday that it will buy privately held Networks In Motion Inc. in a cash, stock and debt deal valued at $170 million. Full Story »

AT&T's exclusive hold on the iPhone is coming to an end, and speculation is bubbling as to which U.S. carrier will get Apple's smartphone next. Verizon has been hot tipped to take over the iPhone, but the latest iPhone-trashing campaign for the Motorola Droid could mean it's not going to happen. Now, a new carrier has emerged as a possible contender: T-Mobile. Yes, T-Mobile. Full Story »

PHILADELPHIA - Shares of Altera Corp. advanced in premarket trading Tuesday after the chip maker raised its fourth-quarter revenue outlook, citing improved demand and strong sales to telecom equipment manufacturers, especially for deployments in China and India. Full Story »

DENVER - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected another request by former Qwest Communications International Inc. CEO Joseph Nacchio to review his insider trading conviction. Full Story »

In the U.S., it seems like everyone you pass on the street has a cell phone. China isn't like that. But it aspires to be. Full Story »

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Chip maker Altera Corp. raised its fourth-quarter revenue guidance Monday citing improving market trends and strong sales to telecommunications equipment makers. Full Story »