2004

Colorado Mills is one of Denver’s newest suburban malls. The warm, well-lit corridors are lined with like likes of Gap, Target, K-B Toys, Chili’s and other clothing, eatery, trinket and …

NEW YORK-The stakes for Sprint Corp.’s 6,500 cell-phone towers rose as at least four bidders have offered proposals to buy them in an auction that could bring in as much …

L.M. Ericsson said it has won a $370 million contract extension with third-generation wireless carrier 3 to supply core, radio and transmission equipment and related services. The contract covers Sweden, …

Startup Xcelis Communications L.L.C. last week introduced a service that essentially re-routes Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s in-network calls to numbers outside the carrier’s network. The $10-per-month service allows Cingular customers to …

WASHINGTON-Sprint PCS was granted eligible telecommunications carrier status for parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, making it able to collect universal-service subsidies for customers …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. expanded the offerings for its N-Gage device with the launch of a new multiplayer title. According to the handset manufacturer, “Pocket Kingdom: Own the World” is the …

TOKYO-NEC Electronic Corp. wants to make chips off its old block. The semiconductor unit of NEC Corp. said it will work together with its parent company to develop dual-mode chipsets …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Handset distribution company CellStar Corp. said it completed the sale of its Singapore business to a local group of investors. The company said it would record a $500,000 fourth-quarter …

It has been one year since the Federal Communications Commission ordered carriers to allow customers to churn and take their phone numbers with them. The FCC said Wednesday that twice …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Seven pulled its plans for an initial public offering, but said it plans to hold an IPO at an unspecified later date. The news comes …

WASHINGTON-Wireless and wireline carriers serving rural America hailed congressional passage of a measure that prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from restricting universal-service subsidies to primary lines. “Now that the primary-line …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. appears to be readying a new iPod-style device designed to play digital music, according to detailed documents posted on the Internet. According to a post on Mobile …

Fed up with what it said were sluggish negotiations, Sprint network affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. took its bid to merge with fellow affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. public in order to …

Customer confusion over wireless rate plans and services is costing wireless operators $3 billion per year due to increasing customer churn and harmed brand relationships, according to a consumer survey …

Bayly Communications Inc. named Fernando Anaya as its sales representative for Latin America. Most recently, Anaya was sales manager for Motorola Inc. in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Cranite …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported $205.7 million in revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 6.7-percent improvement compared with the $192.9 million the carrier posted …

Wireless connectivity is coming to the enterprise, either with the enterprise’s tacit approval or without it. Research In Motion Ltd. announced earlier this month that more than 2 million people …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is abuzz these days with a new debate that seems to bring two familiar issues-competition and spectrum management-to the table at the same time. At issue: …

Mobile instant messaging is expected to take another step forward this week with an announcement that Nokia Corp. will expand its offerings of IM-friendly handsets. The world’s largest handset manufacturer …

SAN ANTONIO-Telecom company SBC Communications Inc. will offer Wi-Fi service at Barnes & Noble bookstores and Avis Rent-A-Car locations, the company said in separate announcements. SBC’s FreedomLink hot spots have …

WASHINGTON-It has been one year since the Federal Communications Commission ordered carriers to allow customers to churn and take their phone numbers with them. The FCC said Wednesday that twice …

SANTA ANA, Calif.-Set-top box company eWan 1 Inc. said it scored funding to build a hybrid Wi-Fi/WiMAX network to cover the Los Angeles basin, including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and …

SINGAPORE-MobileOne, a Singaporean wireless carrier, said it will begin a one-month third-generation trial Thursday using data cards and involving mainly corporate customers. A second-phase trial, involving 200 customer and corporate …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Handset distribution company CellStar Corp. said it completed the sale of its Singapore business to a local group of investors. The company said it would record a $500,000 fourth-quarter …

HAMBURG, Germany-CoreMedia will provide digital rights management technology for Vodafone Group plc’s new third-generation data offerings, the companies announced. CoreMedia’s infrastructure, which was developed in accordance with the Open Mobile …