August 2005

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging company USA Mobility Inc. announced it will resell Sprint Corp. wireless service and phones to business customers. USA Mobility currently counts around 5 million paging subscribers and sells …

HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Third-generation subscribers are expected to grow from 30 million in 2004 to more than 300 million by 2010, according to a new market report from Juniper Research. The …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Western Wireless L.L.C. will buy back nearly $600 million in stock following its acquisition by Alltel Corp., the company said Friday. The carrier said it will buy back …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it licensed IP Header Compression from Stockholm, Sweden-based Effnet AB. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Qualcomm plans to use the technology in its future …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. closed its tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of wireless network affiliate US Unwired Inc. at the tender offer price of $6.25 in cash …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association’s board of directors established a division to focus on increasing federal funding for communications technology research. “The board unanimously agreed on the importance of increasing …

Following is information on wireless companies that had ratings changes and other news from investment banking and financial services firms this week. Moody’s Investors Service Inc. upgraded the long-term senior …

Sprint Corp. closed on its $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. in a deal that will strengthen its position as the industry’s third-largest wireless operator with nearly 40 million …

NEW YORK-Star Trek fans will soon be able to access themed content through a branded phone modeled on the communicators used in the 1960s TV show. Sona Mobile Inc. will …

Verizon Wireless suffered a glitch in its online bill-paying service that allowed some subscribers to see details on other subscribers. Verizon spokesman Tom Pica said the carrier learned of the …

Early termination fees continue to impact customer loyalty as a recent consumer survey by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group found that 47 percent of wireless customers would switch carriers …

Leap Wireless International Inc. reported 3,000 net customer additions during the second quarter, which was one-third of the 9,000 customers the carrier added during the second quarter of 2004, but …

Shares of Jamdat Mobile Inc. plunged in after-hours trading Thursday after the wireless game maker offered a disappointing outlook for the coming quarter. Jamdat reported impressive gains during the second …

WASHINGTON-As expected, the wireless industry late Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn an appeals-court ruling that allowed state courts to handle lawsuits regarding the possible negative …

FREMONT, Calif.-Pegasus Wireless Corp., a wireless solutions provider, announced it is set to acquire a controlling interest in a Chinese electronics manufacturing facility and expects its annual revenues to increase …

WASHINGTON-Using FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s goal of universal broadband access as a jumping-off point, a group of 700 MHz Guard Band licensees last week asked the Federal Communications Commission to …

LAUREL, Md.-Verizon Wireless said it will hire more than 300 customer service representatives to help staff a new $22 million Maryland call center about 12 miles from the company’s regional …

SINGAPORE-Wireless carrier MobileOne Ltd. plans to launch a new short voice messaging service concept to its customers in Singapore. BubbleTALK, which is a product of a collaboration between M1 and …

ALBANY, N.Y.-Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate IWO Holdings Inc., which emerged from bankruptcy protection in early June, said it lost 5,485 customers during the second quarter, which the carrier attributed to …

LUANDA, Angola-Movicel, an African CDMA provider, has selected Nortel to upgrade its wireless broadband network to CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology in Angola. Movicel has 350,000 subscribers and expects the upgrade …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. introduced a new long-distance plan for its wireless customers that makes it cheaper to call outside the United States. Under the carrier’s new plan, users can …

BOSTON-New research shows the worldwide wireless market growing by leaps and bounds, with total revenues topping $570 billion this year. According to numbers from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics, …

WASHINGTON-A group of 14 Democratic House members led by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject a wireless-industry petition that would prohibit state regulation of early-termination …

TORONTO-Shares of software developer 724 Solutions Inc. tumbled Wednesday after the company hinted it could lose a key contract with Sprint PCS. In a press release regarding the company’s second-quarter …

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted 972,000 net customer additions for the second quarter, which fell short of the nearly 1.1 million customers the carrier added during the second quarter of 2004, …