LONDON-Content provider Volantis has teamed with Bango to develop mobile portals offering mobile content directly to consumers. The companies unveiled a portal for Channel...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-A new multimedia messaging service interoperability agreement will allow Verizon Wireless and Leap Wireless International Inc. subscribers to exchange photos and video clips,...
Verizon Wireless is bolstering its phone lineup with high-end devices from PalmOne Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Meanwhile, T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless launched a new in-flight calling option for customers that allows for 10-cent per-minute calling when they sign up for the Airfone...
Last week's unexpected exit of PalmSource Inc.'s chief executive officer was counterbalanced by the company's new deals with PalmOne Inc., valued around $187 million....
The Mobile Marketing Association and wireless carrier association CTIA released guidelines outlining policies for wireless carriers and content providers marketing to consumers. A committee...
Verizon Wireless announced an agreement with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast concert footage of Velvet Revolver, Avril Lavigne, the Moody Blues and other...
Three test and measurement companies last week announced acquisition plans in separate deals. JDS Uniphase Corp. announced it purchased network testing and measurement company...
WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake stopped cold the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions' legal efforts to shut down IFAST Ltd., the Maryland-based firm that...
LONDON-Following what it termed extensive customer research and feedback, Vodafone Group plc launched its Vodafone Simply service, which the carrier said provides customers with...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc., via its wholly owned subsidiary Nextel Partners Operating Corp., said it expects to save $14 million in annual interest expenses...
WASHINGTON-The White House policy of banning Democratic donors from U.S. telecom delegations appears at odds with a new government report that stresses the importance...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it completed a trial of High-Speed Downlink Packet Access technology with Israeli wireless carrier Partner Communications Company Ltd....
CARSON CITY, Nev.-Visitors to Las Vegas and other Nevada casinos could gamble with wireless devices under legislation being proposed by Nevada lawmakers. A bill...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. extended its pending exchange offer for all $250 million of its outstanding series of 8.5-percent senior notes due 2012.The...
LONDON-Independent market analyst Datamonitor plc predicts radio frequency identification technology, including hardware, software and services, will be a $6 billion market by 2010, or...
WASHINGTON-Wireless security needs to be incorporated into the federal government's network security, recommended government auditors in a report to Congress released earlier this month."The...
Logistical services provider CellStar Corp. said it has retained Raymond James & Associates Inc. to act as its investment banking adviser in assisting the...
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said it priced $1.9 billion of senior secured tower revenue notes, series 2005-1, which will be issued by its indirect...
DURHAM, N.C.-Semiconductor company Cree Inc. said its Japanese distributor, Sumitomo Corp., has agreed to purchase $200 million of Cree's light emitting diode products.The purchase,...
LUXEMBOURG-T-Mobile selected Gemplus International S.A. to provide its GemXplore Generations operating system for T-Mobile's future card and service deployments.The product complies with the most...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Software developer and publisher Handmark said its Java-based Express News Maps and More application is now available on select Sprint PCS Vision...
FREMONT, Calif.-Pegasus Wireless, which provides wireless products for computer networking and industrial data transmissions, changed its name to Homeskills Inc.The company also announced it...
WASHINGTON-Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich Jr. (R) signed into law legislation prohibiting teens and other inexperienced drivers from talking on cell phones or using hands-free...
