A much-awaited ruling from the Federal Communications Commission, hailed as one of the most important spectrum-reform decisions during the past decade, could impact the...
WASHINGTON-Rural wireless carriers cannot refuse to port a telephone number to another wireless carrier that does not have an interconnection agreement with them, the...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-The percentage of consumers using mobile-phone service has markedly increased during 2003, according to research from Solomon Wolff Associates. According to the...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Everypath Inc. scored a significant $14.3 million in new venture funding, with Trident Capital leading the round.Everypath offers technology...
WASHINGTON D.C.-Global Crossing received Federal Communications Commission approval to transfer its assets and operations to New GX, a company formed under the laws of...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, pointing to legal, legislative and regulatory precedent, told a federal appeals court that U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake was correct to...
NTT DoCoMo Inc. joins several other major wireless players in introducing an over-the-air updating service that will allow the carrier to remotely send software...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said late Friday it is giving rural wireless carriers a chance to make their case why they can't abide by...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Bank of America Corp. subsidiary Banc of America Strategic Solutions Inc. has agreed to sell approximately 28.6 million shares of Dobson Communications Corp.'s...
The world's handset makers are ramping up their holiday season devices, with Motorola Inc., Siemens and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. joining the fray.Motorola and...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Handspring Inc. reported declining revenues and a growing net loss, but said shipments of its new Treo 600 were beginning to ramp...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Hungarian operator Pannon GSM said they demonstrated the first public W-CDMA third-generation call in Hungary. A Pannon GSM executive using...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced its board of directors has approved a one-for-three reverse split of its common stock.The reverse stock split will...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Using Its EDGE module, TTPCom, said it has achieved a 216 kilobits per second download on L.M. Ericsson's infrastructure."There has been some...
ARLINGTON, Va.-US Airways has expanded its onboard wireless phone use policy to allow customers to use their phones sooner after landing.Passengers now can use...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. announced Jim Taiclet, formerly president and chief operating officer, will take over the roll of chief executive officer, replacing Steve Dodge...
LUXEMBOURG-T-Mobile Netherlands and Gemplus announced results from their deployment of a short message service-based information-on-demand service for T-Mobile's Dutch customers. After five months of...
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. announced it has completed an amended $1.6 billion credit facility and made certain changes to its capital structure. "This leverage-neutral...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its Multimedia Messaging service, allowing customers to attach photos, text, graphics, music, video and voice to traditional text messages, and...
WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Michael Copps issued a clarion call against the deregulatory stance taken by the Federal Communications Commission chaired by Michael Powell."I don't think...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson signed a sole supplier contract with Lithuanian operator Bit GSM for an EDGE network. The value of the contract was not disclosed.Ericsson...
WASHINGTON-If attendees at the Private Wireless Summit, sponsored by the Industrial Telecommunications Association, thought FCC Chairman Michael Powell would tip his hand as to...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a new brand advertising campaign, which the company said would invoke the carrier's former corporate parent AT&T Corp.'s heritage...