SAN FRANCISCO-Slow network speeds and cumbersome user interfaces are among the issues hindering uptake of wireless data services, according to a study from Harris...
NEW YORK-Telestone Technologies Corp., a Chinese wireless infrastructure supplier, said it will "explore and evaluate" expanding into the U.S. market. TST said it will...
BETHESDA, Md.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. said in its first-half report that its subscriber base has increased 20 percent to 127,000 customers during the past 12...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission last month that it will not meet the Dec. 31 deadline to have 95 percent of...
MEXICO CITY-Leading prepaid wireless provider Tracfone Wireless Inc., which is owned by Latin American telecommunications provider America Movil, said it added 83,000 subscribers during...
DENVER-Regional bell operating company Qwest Communications International Inc., which offers wireless services through a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Sprint Corp., said it...
Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it has entered into a forebearance agreement with Sprint that will halt UbiquiTel's attempts to seek injunctive...
Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants jumped 32 percent in the second quarter, according to research and consulting firm Gartner, reaching a total of...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its equity investment arm made an undisclosed financial investment in wireless local area network developer Trapeze Networks Inc.Trapeze Networks designs...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. announced its second-quarter results Monday, reporting revenues of $63.2 million, a 12.2-percent increase from the second quarter of 2004...
DENVER-Wi-Fi technology should take another step forward now that a joint proposal is under way for the 802.11n wireless standards proposal. Representatives from TGn...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will sell the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. x495 for $50 with a service contract. The phone features an...
CARROLLTON, Texas-Mobile-phone distributor CellStar Corp. owned up to its financial failings in China with an admission that its employees used unauthorized tactics to boost...
Alltel Corp.'s acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. is expected to be completed this week following a shareholder consideration election held late last week at...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-North American and European businesses are adopting mobile applications more quickly than originally planned or expected, according to a report from Forrester Research....
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said its Global Handset Requirements for CDMA team has developed and published common requirements for different classes of...
SAN DIEGO-InfoSonics Corp., a wireless handset distributor in the United States and Latin America, said Edge Wireless has approved VK Mobile's VK530 mobile phone...
U.S. Cellular Corp. launched wireless service in St. Louis, which becomes the carrier's second-largest market behind Chicago. The carrier noted that it has deployed...
BRENTWOOD, Tenn.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless each announced investments in network upgrades in several states. Cingular specifically said it plans to spend an...
America Online Inc. is testing a suite of mobile search services that would allow users with Web-enabled phones to search the Internet for information,...
NEW YORK-Two of the nation's largest tower operators posted second-quarter losses despite increasing revenues as they continued to move toward a pending merger. SpectraSite...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed fining InPhonic Inc. more than $819,000 for not registering as a telecommunications carrier and thus not making necessary...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued to dismantle its garden walls, announcing its first deal with a WAP-based, off-deck content aggregator. The No. 1 U.S. carrier...
Carriers and content providers increasingly are targeting younger users in a scramble to push revenue-generating content and applications into one of the few remaining...