Wireless subscriber growth has slowed for AT&T as the company prepares to do battle with rival Verizon Wireless. AT&T added 400,000 new contract customers in the fourth quarter of 2010. In the year-ago quarter, by comparison, the company added 910,000 so-called postpaid subscribers. And in the third quarter of 2010, it added 910,000 contract customers. …

The Federal Communications Commission took two important steps this week to free up more wireless spectrum for wireless broadband services. On Wednesday the agency published a list of nine companies that have been granted permission to provide a database of unlicensed “white space” spectrum that can be used by device makers and service providers to offer a service that utilizes …

Motorola is bracing itself for a slowdown in smartphone sales in the first quarter as the Apple iPhone goes to Verizon Wireless. During the fourth-quarter conference call with analysts and investors on Wednesday, Sanjay Jha, the CEO of Motorola Mobility, said the company saw a slowdown in sales during the fourth quarter due to anticipation of the iPhone at Verizon. …

The long-awaited launch of the Verizon Wireless iPhone is almost here, so how much will Verizon charge new iPhone users on its network? When Verizon Wireless first announced a couple of weeks ago it would begin selling the CDMA version of the iPhone, the company didn’t disclose pricing of the service plans. And for the past two weeks, the company …

NEW YORK–Verizon Wireless will keep its $30 unlimited data plan for the iPhone, Lowell McAdam, chief operating officer of Verizon, said today at the company’s quarterly investor meeting. The Wall Street Journal first reported McAdam’s comments ahead of Verizon’s quarterly earnings conference call this morning. And the company confirmed it here at an event for investors and analysts. But the …

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies won the first round of a legal battle against Motorola this week. An Illinois federal district court granted the Chinese manufacturer a temporary restraining order that prevents Motorola Solutions from disclosing confidential information about Huawei’s technology to Nokia Siemens Networks, which has announced plans to buy Motorola’s wireless networks business. Motorola announced in July …

T-Mobile USA’s new CEO, Philipp Humm, has been on the job a little over six months and he’s already made some aggressive moves to get the smallest of the four major U.S. operators back in the game. Last week, Humm joined Rene Obermann, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s parent company, to present the company’s turn-around plan to Wall Street. He …

Verizon Wireless added more than 800,000 new subscribers during the fourth quarter as it prepares for the launch of the Verizon iPhone. The company, which is jointly owned by Verizon Communications and Vodafone, today reported that it added 872,000 contract customers during the last quarter of 2010, bringing it to a total of 102.2 million wireless customers at the end …

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei is suing Motorola, claiming the American company will illegally transfer its trade secrets in the proposed sale of its wireless business unit to Nokia Siemens. Huawei filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Illinois. The company seeks to stop Motorola employees and information associated with Motorola’s UMTS and GSM equipment businesses from being …

Comcast and NBC Universal have jumped the last regulatory hurdle before making their multibillion-dollar marriage a reality, but what does it all mean to average consumers? Earlier this week the companies, which are planning to form a joint venture that Comcast will control, got approval from both the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice. The companies are …