AUSTIN, Texas-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has named Axalto a supplier of Subscriber Identity Module cards for its GSM wireless services, extending the companies' previous relationship....
Mobile instant messaging is going mainstream. Maybe.Wireless IM use is growing, with 32 percent of all mobile messaging using an IM service in addition...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Two U.S. content companies made European purchases. Mforma Group Inc.'s spending spree continued as the mobile entertainment publisher acquired U.K. gaming company Blue...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. has unveiled a tri-mode chipset for Wi-Fi technology, joining the fray of other companies competing in that space.Other chip companies...
As the wireless data market heats up, enterprise-focused Research In Motion Ltd. said it is poised to face the competition.Competitors point out that while...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The world's largest carrier has partnered with the world's largest handset manufacturer to simplify software in Java-enabled cell phones.Vodafone, which boasts 139...
TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies announced it plans to acquire EDS Interoperator Services North America, a subsidiary of Electronic Data Systems Corp., for $57 million cash.IOS...
Sprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. announced they have entered a reciprocal Wi-Fi roaming agreement. Through the partnerships, the carriers' customers will be able...
WASHINGTON-The United Telecom Council is urging members to tell their lawmakers that utilities need a 10-megahertz allocation of spectrum in the 700 MHz band."UTC's...
Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. completed its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which the carrier said would...
Who is your wireless carrier?A question that used to be answered easily is becoming more complicated as mobile virtual network operators gain traction in...
Despite the continued financial uncertainty surrounding a number of Sprint PCS network partners, the carrier's largest affiliate by subscriber numbers-Alamosa Holdings Inc.-said last week...
Thousands of protesters will use more than just placards, chants and giant puppets to gain attention at this week's Republican National Convention. They'll have...
Regulatory fees have been a contentious item for both wireless carriers that claim they are just passing along government-mandated charges and customers who have...
It's a bird-it's a plane-it's a Stratellite high-altitude airship that enables wireless communications from the Earth's stratosphere?Sanswire Networks L.L.C.'s vision for a national wireless...
WASHINGTON-A judge in New Jersey has granted Verizon Wireless a permanent injunction against Jacob Brown, a text-message spammer from Rhode Island. "We got him...
LONDON-Smart phones, personal digital assistants and notebook computers will generate more than $130 billion in data access revenues by 2009, according to ARC Group's...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau granted Nextel Partners Inc. eligible telecommunications carrier status, making it eligible to receive universal-service subsidies for the customers it...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said it reached a settlement with Dr. Bonnie O'Day over a 2003 complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission in which she...
MOSCOW-Russian wireless carrier VimpelCom announced it has won a tender against international bidders to purchase KaR-Tel, the second-largest cellular operator in Kazakhstan, for $350...
CHARLESTON, S.C.-Trivo Wireless L.L.C. debuted its wireless voice and data services in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The company's "Free Plan"...
ATHENS, Ga.-The majority of Wi-Fi systems springing up across the United States were created to enhance the communities being served rather than to generate...
Mobile instant messaging is going mainstream. Maybe.Wireless IM use is growing, with 32 percent of all mobile messaging using an IM service in addition...
