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Sprint Nextel is expected to reward long-suffering investors with its first quarterly subscriber growth in more than three years, but the celebration may be short-lived.

Verizon has fired the first salvo against net neutrality, appealing the Federal Communications Commission rules in the courts.

Verizon, betting that its vast user network has been waiting for the iPhone to arrive, launched its first commercial touting the device on Thursday.

Verizon Communications took the Federal Communications Commission to court on Thursday over its new Internet traffic rules, arguing the regulator had overstepped its authority.

The European Commission approved more than 1.8 billion euros ($2.43 billion) in state aid for broadband projects last year -- a fourfold increase -- as part of a strategy to boost growth and create jobs.

Nintendo, one of the leading video game companies in the world, said it will launch its glasses-free portable 3D gaming console -- Nintendo 3DS - in U.S. on March 27.

T-Mobile USA's new chief executive looks set to dash the hopes of Clearwire Corp investors when he meets Wall Street analysts on Thursday as he is unlikely to announce a strategic deal with the smaller wireless operator, sources close to the situation said.

The U.S. Department of Justice has followed the FCC and given the nod to the NBC-Comcast deal.

FCC approves the deal by a four-to-one vote.

Vodafone is building a 3G broadband network in Albania, with Nokia Siemens Networks providing the infrastructure.

Clearwire Corp shares rose more than 1 percent after the wireless service provider said board member Ben Wolff is also acting as a strategic adviser, raising the possibility that it soon might raise more money.

After months of rumors, Verizon subscribers will finally get the iPhone.

Shares of AT&T Inc fell 1.5 percent on Monday as investors bet that sales of an Apple Inc iPhone at its bigger rival Verizon Wireless would take away customers from AT&T.

Mobile broadband subscriptions are on track to surpass 1 billion in 2011 only months after reaching half a billion, Ericsson said on Tuesday, highlighting a key growth driver for the telecom sector.

Yul Kwon, Deputy Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Consumer and Governmental Bureau, is leaving government service to head for public television.

Verizon Wireless will sell the iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Verizon Wireless is experiencing a boost in higher-margin wireless data subscribers thanks to a $10 limited data service it is offering, potentially encouraging the top U.S. operator to make such an offer more permanent.

T-Mobile USA plans to start doubling the speed of its high-speed wireless data network this year to 42 megabits per second, joining a race toward higher-speed networks to make its service competitive with Verizon Wireless'.

The companies that reported news on Wednesday after the market close are: Cisco Systems, CenturyLink, Qwest Communications, Delta Air Lines, Massey Energy, AMR, American Airlines, Ruby Tuesday, Resources Connection, Mindspeed Technologies, Quidel, Lacrosse Footwear, and Daqo New Energy.

A group of Verizon technicians is appealing a court decision that upheld the company's right to use global positioning system devices to track employees' whereabouts.

AT&T Inc plans to launch 20 phones with high-speed Web surfing this year including a phone from Motorola Inc.