Need to send some e-mail while trekking in the Australian Outback or dog sledding on the Alaskan tundra? Or maybe you just want to check some game scores while sailing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Satellite phone provider Iridium Communications introduced a new product today that will allow people traveling in remote parts …

Satellite TV provider Dish Network plans to launch a video streaming service with Blockbuster next month to compete with Netflix, Bloomberg news reported today. The new service has been timed to coincide with an increase in Netflix pricing. Earlier this summer, Netflix announced it would charge separate fees for its DVD-by-mail business and streaming video service. Customers who want both …

AT&T could divest up to 25 percent of T-Mobile’s assets to keep its $39 billion bid to buy the No. 4 carrier alive, news service Reuters reported today. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit to block AT&T from buying T-Mobile USA, which is owned by the German phone company Deutsche Telekom. AT&T vowed to fight the lawsuit, …

The Department of Justice doesn’t want to see AT&T end up with T-Mobile, but would it stop Sprint Nextel from making such an acquisition? What about MetroPCS or Leap Wireless? Earlier this week, the DOJ stunned many people in the wireless industry when it filed suit against AT&T to stop its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The agency said …

The Justice Department is looking to put the kibosh on AT&T’s $39 billion deal for T-Mobile. So what does this mean for T-Mobile, the smallest and weakest of the four national wireless carriers? The future of T-Mobile is the big unanswered question after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday seeking to block AT&T’s merger. …

Nokia will be working closely with a new investment fund called Vision+ to help spur innovation for its new smartphones that will run Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. Vision+ is an independently run investment fund that will target app developers creating games, entertainment and education apps, and apps for preventive health. The fund will invest in companies with products that …

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in federal court today that could end the $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA. The Justice Department said in its filing that the proposed $39 billion transaction would substantially lessen competition in the wireless market, resulting in higher prices, poorer quality services, fewer choices, and fewer innovative products. The agency …

Hurricane Irene has come and gone, and despite widespread power losses up and down the Eastern U.S., wireless networks performed well. Cell phone operators said they had been preparing for days for the hurricane, which hit North Carolina on Saturday and hugged the Atlantic coastline up to New York City where it turned into a tropical storm before making landfall …

AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T- Mobile USA plan to invest an additional $100 million into their mobile payment joint venture, Isis, to help get the project off the ground more quickly, Bloomberg reported Monday. According to Bloomberg’s unnamed sources familiar with the joint venture, the investment is contingent on whether Isis, which was developed to turn cell phones into payment …

Samsung may not be interested in buying Hewlett-Packard’s PC business, but the company may be eying HP’s mobile WebOS division, according to a report from DigiTimes. Jon Rubinstein introduces the HP TouchPad WebOS-based tablet. James Martin/CNET Last week, Samsung denied rumors that it plans to buy HP’s PC business. But now some sources are telling tech blogs that Samsung may …