SYDNEY, Australia-Unwired Australia Pty. Ltd. announced it plans to deploy a metro-area non-line-of-sight, wide-area wireless broadband network in Sydney, Australia, The network deployment, which...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-AccuWeather Inc. announced it will offer its weather forecasts and information over U.S. Cellular's BREW application download service.The AccuWeather.com application will become...
Longtime wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless announced a significant new business direction with the unveiling of its Voq phone-a device that marks the entrance...
LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. extended the expiration date of its recently announced exchange offer of public debt until Oct. 15 at...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-While government and carriers continue to hammer out the technical and political details of wireless local number portability, wireless retailer Wireless Retail Inc.,...
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association is preparing to send a letter, perhaps by the end of this week, to the Senate leadership asking it to...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of 7 cents per common share, which stockholders can receive Dec....
Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it will temporarily stop shipments of one of its handsets following reports that a Kyocera phone apparently exploded just days...
TOKYO-Japanese mobile operator KDDI Corp. plans to release what is likely the world's first camera phone that features a camera resolution of 2 megapixels.Casio...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary launched its MyCricket.com enhanced customer-focused Web site, which the carrier said would allow for online...
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...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it finalized its deal to purchase Motorola Inc.'s Symbian shares-a 13.2 percent stake-and Psion plc purchased the remaining shares-5.8 percent....
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Verizon Wireless continues to expand its Get It Now data offerings, adding new content from Walt Disney and MapQuest.First, Walt Disney's wireless...
News on the Wi-Fi vendor front continues to move along, with several new funding announcements and additional consolidation.First, hot-spot aggregator Boingo Wireless announced it...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the Direct Marketing Association, which represents 70 percent of telemarketers, found themselves in a tug-of-war Oct. 3 over the...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Wireless content company ClearSky Mobile Media Inc. unveiled its new Snap-n-Print application, which the company said allows camera-phone users to take pictures with...
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas-Sprint Corp. has been selected by Navigance Technologies Group to provide wireless communication and video security monitoring capabilities to enhance security needs...
WASHINGTON-Are wireless carriers common carriers, and if they are, can they negotiate with their customers? This was the question before a federal appeals court...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has rolled out three new GSM base stations to complement its existing portfolio of infrastructure offerings.The new products...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that rural wireless carriers cannot refuse to port a telephone number to another wireless carrier that does not...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported the results of a multimedia messaging trial it conducted with five wireless operators in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, figures the...
MONTREAL-Canadian company Telesystem International Wireless and ClearWave said they will acquire a 3.62-percent stake in Czech mobile operator Cesky Mobil from Ceska Konsolidacni Agentura,...
TOKYO-Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. looks to have stepped in to revive a merger between two Taiwanese mobile operators that was speculated to have...