OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint PCS reported first-quarter results at the high end of company and analysts expectations and provided hope that the industry could meet...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States—Shares in wireless personal digital assistant (PDA) maker Handspring tumbled by more than 20 percent following the company's disappointing third...
REDMOND, Washington, United States—The second- and third-largest U.S. wireless operators are in talks to merge their operations according to a report from Bloomberg. While...
LONDON—European carrier MmO2 signed separate contracts with Nokia and Nortel Networks to equip its 2.5- and third-generation (3G) networks in the United Kingdom, Isle...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) has decided to drop its annual trade show, global m-commerce user initiative and LifePage donor program and...
MANILA, The Philippines—In its attempt to cash in on the heavy use of short messaging service (SMS) among Filipinos, Philippine-based Mobile Horizons, a subsidiary...
LONDON—French vendor Alcatel told the market its first-quarter sales would fall while net loss will improve, and Ericsson AB warned that it would report...
REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless launched its consumer-oriented mMode service offering designed to provide customers with access to a number of communication, information and entertainment services...
RALEIGH, N.C.—Summus Inc., Raleigh, N.C., has entered a partnership that will enable users of wireless devices embedded with its Exego software to select, view...
SARASOTA, Fla.—Pinnacle Holdings Inc. said the previously announced expiration of the forbearance agreement that it and its subsidiaries, including Pinnacle Towers Inc., entered into...
RESTON, Va.—In light of the expiration of its credit facility yesterday, XO Communications Inc. said it is still in negotiations with both Forstmann Little...
WASHINGTON—The Personal Communications Industry Association has decided to drop its annual trade show, global m-commerce user initiative and LifePage donor program and cut its...
WASHINGTON—A leading public-safety advocate on Tuesday refrained from giving carriers a grade on wireless enhanced 911 deployment but said the goal has not been...
LONDON—European carrier MmO2 signed separate contracts with Nokia Corp. and Nortel Networks to equip its 2.5- and third-generation networks in the United Kingdom, Isle...
NEW YORK—Lucent Technologies Inc. plans to cut about 5,000 more jobs, contrary to what the company had envisioned, according to the Wall Street Journal.The...
NEW YORK—Moody's Investor Services placed its ratings of Nextel Communications Inc. and Nextel Finance Co. on review for possible downgrade citing concerns about Nextel's...
WASHINGTON—The Grayson Wireless Geometrix Location System for GSM systems meets the enhanced 911 Phase II mandate, confirmed the National Emergency Number Association.Grayson, a division...
SHANGHAI, China—French vendor Alcatel is venturing into the Chinese market by providing $9 million in seed money for startups to bring about new technologies...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Korea will see mobile penetration reach 80 percent by 2006, according to Pyramid Research. The country already has a 62-percent mobile penetration rate,...
PARIS—Three semiconductor companies announced they would forge a US$1.4 billion alliance to develop new chips with a view to cutting costs and defining standards...
TOKYO—J-Phone, a Vodafone Group mobile carrier in Japan, became the country's second-largest mobile service, exceeding au, a mobile service provided by KDDI, according to...
MOSCOW—Russia is planning to issue a maximum of four third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses, but that will not happen earlier than...
TOKYO—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a joint venture of Sony and Ericsson, is going to set up a subsidiary in China for producing third-generation (3G)...
