MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. quietly took its e-mail service wireless, allowing users to access their Gmail accounts from Web-enabled handsets. The service, which is...
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 Ratings Services...
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it will acquire another of its CDMA affiliates, this time picking up Enterprise Communications for about $98 million including...
BEDFORD, Mass.-Shares of Boston Communication Group Inc. jumped more than 25 percent after a U.S. appeals court halted an order that would have forced...
SEATTLE-Nextel Partners Inc. is expanding its use of Seattle-based Par3 Communications' customer care platform for automating collections, welcoming and interacting with new customer, and...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Disappointing wireless sales likely will prevent RadioShack Corp. from meeting its full-year earnings forecast, the retailer said. Calling its wireless sales "weaker...
WASHINGTON-Public safety should consider partnerships with commercial wireless, said Timothy Donahue, executive chairman of Sprint Nextel Corp. and NRIC VII chairman. Acting as chairman...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. said it plans to expand its Chinese assembly operations to increase internal assembly capacity by about 50 percent. The...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-The wave of litigation in the mobile e-mail space continued as Visto Corp. filed a patent-infringement suit against Microsoft Corp. Visto claims...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics, Europe's largest consumer-electronics producer and its third-largest chipmaker, said it plans to sell or spin off its semiconductor unit...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Mobile entertainment publisher Glu Mobile said it plans to offer PopCap Games' Insaniquarium Deluxe game to mobile-phone users. The PC version of...
CHICAGO-Fitch Ratings released a new report on the wireless industry in which it said large North American wireless operators will maintain stable credit profiles...
CINCINNATI-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. extended its contract with Convergys Corp. The deal calls for Convergys to manage and support billing for Cingular's customers on its...
TOKYO-Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced plans to acquire a 10-percent stake in South Korean operator KT Freetel Co. Ltd. DoCoMo said it...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it plans to shut down two former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. location-based services in 2006 as it continues to integrate...
Amid holiday howls over the use of "Merry Christmas" instead of more all-inclusive seasonal greetings, Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. is blithely tripping its own...
Cingular unveils CingularVideo with HBO showsNEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced today that it will launch a streaming video service, CingularVideo, in January, and that...
By Alice Z. Cuneo SAN FRANCISCO-T-Mobile USA Inc. paid a $135,000 fine to settle a deceptive-advertising claim brought by New York's Department of Consumer...
LONDON-Mobile game-maker I-play said it plans to publish a second wireless version of the PC classic Boulder Dash.I-Play unveiled an exclusive global deal with...
WASHINGTON-The high-tech community is urging Congress to complete work on the DTV Transition Act of 2005, which has been included in a larger budget...
NEW YORK-Casual game publisher Oberon Media said it acquired mobile multiplayer technology developer Cmate S.A. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Cmate's mobile game...
TORONTO-Verizon Communications Inc. said it is testing Nortel Networks Ltd.'s Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems solution. Nortel said the carrier is looking for IMS-compliant solutions...
LOS ANGELES-MTV Networks will invest $50 million in Amp'd Mobile Inc. and will work with the mobile virtual network operator to offer both repurposed...
WASHINGTON-Securities industry regulator NASD is warning investors to be cautious about text messages they receive on their mobile phones that claim to provide hot...
