WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS are facing unprecedented billing litigation, a legal challenge Nextel brought to the attention of the Securities and Exchange...
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...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said it reached a tentative agreement on a new, five-year contract for Verizon Wireless technicians in the New York...
A 10 percent increase in customer churn associated with the scheduled implementation of wireless local number portability could cost the wireless industry more than...
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...
SAN FRANCISCO-Myers Johnson Inc. and Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc. entered an alliance to help make cellular phones more accessible for the hearing impaired.As part...
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...
MOSCOW-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a contract to supply Russian GSM 900/1800 MHz operator MegaFon with its multi-service packet network to enable...
TOKYO-Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia, a mobile operator in Thailand, and Japan's KDDI entered an agreement to construct a global positioning system service in Thailand...
RA'ANANA, Israel-Emblaze Semiconductor said it has launched its latest multimedia system-on-a-chip product known as RE4525 for cell phones, personal digital assistants and other devices."The...
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...
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc., which recently announced plans to transition its nearly 1 million wireless customers to Sprint PCS' network, reported a slight increase...
WASHINGTON-U.S. law enforcement officials want federal regulators to delay a decision on ICO Global Communications Ltd.'s application to acquire Globalstar Corp. mobile satellite service...
Mobile-phone maker Siemens announced a unique new sliding phone it will sell through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. The company said...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Telenor Mobile Interactive said it will use technology from Irish mobile applications company Xiam to offer wireless services that allow U.S. TV viewers...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin rolling over customers' unused monthly dialing and communications allowances for up to two months beginning in November.The...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Two new phones from LG Electronics will feature multimedia messaging technology from Openwave Systems Inc., the companies announced. Further, Openwave said its...
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...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. filed a registration statement late last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the possible re-sale by certain shareholders...
WALTHAM, Mass.-In a move facilitating business on the slopes, British Columbia, Canada-based ski resort Whistler selected V-Link Solutions to provide Wi-Fi based wireless Internet...
PARIS-In addition to its first-half operating results released Monday, France Telecom said it will buy the remaining 13.7-percent stake in mobile subsidiary Orange that...
WASHINGTON-Bids for mobile-phone licenses to serve three regions of Iraq are currently being reviewed by a panel established by the Coalition Provisional Authority with...
WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc., which is doing business under the name MCI, named five independent directors to its board late last month.Laurence Harris is a partner...
