Analysis finds that every 10MHz of additional licensed spectrum allocated for commercial use will result in $1.7 billion in GDP and 7,000 additional U.S.

Google Inc. will no longer sell or support its Gmail app for rival RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones beginning November 22, but users may continue to use the app if they already have it downloaded.

The first three months of this year showed a record loss of subscribers for T-Mobile’s services, with profits falling over $200 million year over year from $362 million last year to $135 million in the first quarter of 2011.

Verizon and Apple are in talks about the possibility of releasing an iPhone for the cell phone carrier next year, according to people familiar with the situation.

By Leslie Cauley NEW YORK -- Verizon's proposed $28 billion acquisition of Alltel could help spur wireless competition in smaller markets across the USA, some telecom analysts say. Alltel, based in Little Rock, has 13 million customers.