WASHINGTON-A House panel could hold a hearing later this month on a $2.25 billion federal program that subsidizes wireline and wireless Internet connections to...
In addition to an expected jump in customer churn, analysts predict a huge financial burden tied to the implementation of wireless local number portability...
SINGAPORE-Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said it will begin a free month-long third-generation service trial beginning end-December for about 100 customers. Full commercial service will begin...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-Independent telecommunications provider McLeodUSA Inc. signed a multi-year wholesale agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. allowing McLeodUSA to provide wireless voice services...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless signed a $1 billion multi-year agreement with Nortel Networks Ltd. to expand and upgrade the carrier's nationwide CDMA network. The agreement...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said that its FOMA network would cover 99 percent of the population in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region of Japan, which includes Tokyo,...
During the past five years, Viastar Technologies has grown from a two-man, home-based operation into a business that accounts for 130 employees in three...
PARIS-France Telecom said it will buy the remaining 13.7-percent stake in mobile subsidiary Orange that it does not already own for $7.7 billion. The...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Wireless carrier Alltel Corp. announced a wide-ranging deal with Walt Disney Internet Group to bolster its wireless content offerings, including its BREW...
WASHINGTON-The Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel) and the Association for Communications Enterprises (ASCENT) announced they will merge, pending a vote of approval by their respective...
DALLAS-Southwest Airlines joined several other major air carriers in relaxing its mobile-phone usage rules. The carrier said customers with cell phones onboard may begin...
While many industry observers applauded Verizon Wireless' introduction of its Push to Talk service as a way for the carrier to attract high-end business...
MOSCOW-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won a contract to provide the wireless network of BaykalWestcom with GSM and GPRS equipment and services across...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said it will include Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java 2 Micro Edition application download technology in its Hiptop wireless device platform,...
NEW YORK-Stock market guru Warren Buffett has purchased approximately $320 million of Nextel Communications Inc.'s bonds and preferred stock since last year through his...
HONG KONG-Hong Kong's telecom regulator the Office of the Telecommunications Authority said it would waive the submission of performance bonds due in October from...
Wireless Internet software provider Openwave Systems Inc. announced it could further its acquisition push with a new offering of $100 million in convertible subordinated...
WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers that still oppose wireless local number portability are trying another last-ditch effort to stop the mandate.The Senate Appropriations Committee last Thursday sent...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission, facing heavy pressure from mobile-phone carriers with generous funding support from their national trade association, last week sent fresh...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In its continued defiance of its numerous skeptics, a Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary took on another European third-generation license. The Norwegian government awarded a...
DENVER-A Denver District Court has certified a class-action lawsuit against AT&T Wireless Services Inc., claiming the carrier's delayed billing for roaming calls violated its...
LONDON-A U.K. supplier plans to offer push-to-talk services in the United Kingdom through an alliance with Wizcom Ltd., which owns retail outlet chain Phones4U....
