The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association tapped VeriSign Inc. to power its text messaging service. The industry association, which represents 10 carriers, will use Metcalf...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile L.L.C. launched a downloadable client that allows AOL, MSN and Yahoo instant-messaging users to access the services from their handset. Montreal-based...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Does the military use its spectrum resources efficiently and effectively? The question was debated in a week-long conference. At one end of the...
Sprint Nextel Corp. took a significant step in fulfilling chief executive Gary Forsee's plans to expand the carrier's reach into other media distribution channels,...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-Diversified telecommunications provider GTC Telecom Corp. said it planned to stop offering local services in select states and focus instead on offering...
Regional carriers continued to bleed customers during the third quarter as more competition and evolving networks drove up churn for a number of operators...
Consolidation hit the European wireless market as Spanish telecommunications provider Telefonica said it plans to acquire U.K.-based 02 plc, and Swedish operator Telenor announced...
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-xG Technology announced the successful demonstration of its radio-frequency modulation and encoding platform, xMAX, by broadcasting a data stream equal to full-motion...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. outlined its mid- and long-term goals at its analyst day event this week, promising to become one of...
TOKYO-NEC Corp. said its High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology is ready for commercial use worldwide after the company tested the technology on Vodafone...
Reston, Va.-Mobile Satellite Ventures continues to push its terrestrial-satellite wireless offering, announcing a Capitol Hill demonstration of its technology as well as plans to...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersStandard & Poor's Rating Services...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. announced net sales of $635.3 million and a net loss of $402.7 million, or $3.40 per share, in its third quarter.Those...
MIAMI LAKES, Fla.-Calypso Wireless Inc. announced two purchase orders for its C1259i Dual Mode ASNAP Wi-Fi/GSM/GPRS Voice over IP phone.The first order is a...
WASHINGTON-Top Bush administration trade negotiator Rob Portman said the United States negotiated an agreement with the European Union, Japan, Korea and Taiwan in applying...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. posted increasing revenues and a net income of $6.5 million, news that comes on the...
LOS ANGELES-Sennari Entertainment inked a deal with Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products to create prize-based games based on the Star Trek franchise. The publisher...
OTTOWA-In its quarterly filing with U.S. regulators, Nortel Networks Corp. revealed it received a subpoena on Aug. 23 from the U.S. Attorney's office for...
