The National Association of Manufacturers released the names of 65 member companies that provided significant funding to the trade group for first-quarter lobbying activities, according to an amended disclosure report.

Shares of the largest telecommunications carriers closed lower along with the rest of Wall Street Friday with the exception of Sprint Nextel, which is scheduled to post first-quarter results on Monday.

Shares of telecommunications service providers opened mostly lower Friday as the broader market retreated following a disappointing quarterly report from insurer American International Group. Sprint Nextel inched slightly higher.

AT&T Inc. says it plans to spend $15 million this year to expand its cellular telephone system in Iowa.

Shares of Synchronoss Technologies Inc. plummeted Wednesday morning after the company offered worrying guidance on its revenue related to Apple Inc.'s iPhone.

A House subcommittee on Tuesday will examine proposed legislation that would make the principle of treating all traffic on the Internet equally into law.

Reports of a possible sale of Sprint Nextel Corp <S.N> to Deutsche Telekom AG <DTEGn.DE> or a Nextel unit spinoff raised hopes of a reprieve for the embattled mobile operator, lifting its shares 10 percent.

By Sinead Carew and Ritsuko Ando

Deutsche Telekom AG's major shareholder, the German state, is pressing it to make large acquisitions in the hope of raising its sagging share price, a source familiar with the government's thinking said.

By Nicola Leske and Nikola Rotscheroth

Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. advanced in Monday morning trading on reports that Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent of T-Mobile, might make a buyout offer for Sprint.

The technology sector's week kicked off with solid first-quarter earnings from Verizon and ended with the Microsoft-Yahoo takeover saga intensifying amid reports that the two were in active talks and the software giant has raised its bid for the Internet icon.

Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to temporarily cap a growing subsidy program that paid nearly $1.2 billion last year to cell phone companies that do business in rural areas.

Comcast Corp <CMCSA.O>, the largest U.S. cable operator, on Thursday posted a fall in first-quarter net profit and a drop in basic video subscribers as it faced fierce competition from phone and satellite companies.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp <CMCSA.O>, the largest U.S. cable operator, on Thursday posted a fall in first-quarter net profit and a drop in basic video subscribers as it faced fierce competition from phone and satellite companies.