KINGSTON, JAMAICA-Digicel Group, a wireless carrier in the Caribbean, raised $300 million in capital through a corporate bond offering. The bond financing was raised...
Nextel Communications Inc. said it has sent a letter to affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. asking for revisions to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it has joined the Java Verified Program, which provides a process for testing and certifying Java-based mobile handset applications.The carrier...
WASHINGTON-The Secretary for Homeland Security danced around whether the House or Senate formula for divvying up first-responder and terrorism grants is better. The House...
CARROLLTON, Texas-Cell-phone distributor CellStar Corp. said it fired Lawrence P. King, its president and chief operating officer of the subsidiary that oversees its Asian...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-FiberTower Corp., which provides backhaul services for wireless carriers, said it closed a $150 million financing round led by Crown Castle International...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. customers have access to wireless weather forecasts and information from Weathernews.The service is available via a downloadable application that customers...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued to dismantle its garden walls Tuesday, announcing its first deal with a WAP-based, off-deck content aggregator.The No. 1 U.S. carrier...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. named Judith Muhlberg senior vice president of corporate communications for Sprint Nextel Corp. following Sprint's pending...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-GlobeTel Communications Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets and operations of Altvater GmbH of Germany.Altvater supplies wireless...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported that its Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary amended its credit agreement to increase its senior secured credit facility by...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-IQ Biometrix Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. said they closed their merger, making Wherify a wholly owned subsidiary of IQB.As part of...
WASHINGTON-The Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies (ComCARE) Alliance is asking the Federal Communications Commission to maintain its deadline for location-capable handsets.ComCARE...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-An Illinois judge will not issue a temporary restraining order to block Sprint Corp.'s acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. Sprint affiliate iPCS...
WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation said Thursday that state agencies should be given greater latitude on telecommunications social policy, but less on economic regulation....
EDINBURG, Va.-Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co., which offers various telecom services in the Mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States, posted increasing revenues and wireless...
NEW YORK-Teens and young adults continue to transform the wireless marketplace in the United States, according to two studies released last week. Devices such...
Cell phones are operating again in busy New York City tunnels, after being turned off July 7 following terrorist attacks in subways in London.Service...
Third-generation wireless buildouts propelled earnings for L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc. during the quarter ended June 30. Ericsson reported net profits of $744...
WASHINGTON-Broadband in the United States is increasing at the same time the percentage of those using wireless for broadband is decreasing, according to a...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. is teaming with Fujifilm on an offering allowing users to create and send personal postcards from their handsets. With the...
The article titled "3G buildouts should boost network vendors' Q2 financials" on page 6 of the July 18, 2005 issue included incorrect forecast figures...
