The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.[...]

Google Inc. launched a mobile microsite dedicated to following the race for the White House.[...]

A number of Alltel Communications L.L.C employees may soon lose their jobs.[...]

Sprint Nextel Corp. is providing another possible incentive for customers to stick around, knocking $35 off one of its monthly plan offerings — but shoppers will need to check the fine print.[...]

A new report from Informa Telecoms & Media predicts the struggling mobile base station market could be revived by mobile data traffic demands by 2011.[...]

Alltel Communications L.L.C. is teaming up with Pacific DataVision to offer a voice messaging system targeted at the business sector.[...]

In an industry that constantly looks for the next big thing, ringtones are yesterday’s news. But the little snippets of music still generate billions of dollars.[...]

Rob Shaddock, leader of Motorola Inc.’s mobile devices consumer products group, since April, is leaving the company, Motorola confirmed today.[...]

Companies give insufficient focus to the mobile Web, according to Hugh Griffiths, director of mobile at Microsoft. "At the very least, brands have an opportunity to create a great experience for users," he says.[...]

Google has launched another round in the PR battle over American white space, with a new website asking visitors to sign a petition to convince the FCC to allow unlicensed use of the spaces between TV channels.[...]

Those tunes that play while you wait for someone to pick up are expected to generate $4.7 billion in revenue for mobile operators by 2012, according to new research.[...]

ASPEN, Colo. — The cable industry remains infatuated with wireless, yet details on how it plans to tackle the market remain murky.[...]

Divergent strategies for handset vendors are reflected in two launches announced today.[...]

Believe it or not, CEOs still tell their I.T. managers to let them use whatever device they fancy, regardless of company standards for security and device management.[...]

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.[...]

Itron Inc. will use AT&T; Mobility Inc. to help utility companies improve business metrics.[...]

Online ad networks are booming as publishers scramble to place marketing messages on a glut of unsold advertising space. And that may be good news for their mobile counterparts.[...]

A number of Alltel Communications L.L.C employees may soon lose their jobs.[...]

The company's geo-location platform has clear implications for advertisers since ads can be targeted to user locations.[...]

Verizon Wireless ranked highest in J.D. Power and Associates’ 2008 Wireless Customer Care Performance study. The results, which normally find T-Mobile USA Inc.[...]

With the whole world watching, the Olympic Games in China are a great time and place to deliver messages to the world. Samsung’s message to the world (today): We care.[...]

Following up on a similar filing earlier this week, the Rural Telecommunications Group Inc.[...]

Just a month and a half after Virgin Mobile USA Inc.’s announcement to acquire Helio L.L.C., all but one of Helio’s five retail stores have already closed.[...]

So I recently purchased a smartphone. I happily upgraded to it from the Moto Razr.[...]

As Verizon Wireless works to purchase the carrier, Alltel Communications L.L.C. announced the addition of 319,687 customers in the second quarter, showing it is still thriving even as its potential end draws near.[...]