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...
BOSTON-Motorola Inc.'s Razr phone and Danger Inc.'s Sidekick II will find their way into more Christmas stockings this year than other devices.The Razr and...
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...
ANAHEIM, Calif.-NextPhase Wireless Inc. said it expanded its pre-WiMAX network into California's Riverside and San Bernardino counties.The company, which designs and operates its own...
WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said driver cell phone use jumped to 6 percent in 2005. NHSTSA, whose data was compiled from the...
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...
A new study commissioned by the Wi-Fi Alliance not surprisingly found that Wi-Fi users do in fact enjoy the convenience of Wi-Fi technology. Survey.com...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-AirTight Networks, a security provider for Wi-Fi networks, said it closed on a second round of financing worth $12 million. The round...
