2005

Wireless content and technology provider Motricity Inc. has put some of it investment capital to work, acquiring mobile virtual community builder M7 Networks Inc. Terms of the deal were not …

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 months and 11 percent from 114,000 …

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 open a California office during the …

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 Interactive. The poll, which was conducted …

DENVER-Brickhouse Mobile announced a five-year agreement with Homegrown Video, an amateur adult film distributor, that calls for Brickhouse to develop, distribute and sell mobile-phone content and services worldwide. Homegrown content …

Citing both technology and service-related issues, Rural Cellular Corp. said it lost 9,992 customers during the second quarter, compared with a gain of 8,144 customers during the second quarter of …

Sprint PCS and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers now can buy titles from Jamdat Mobile Inc. at more than 5,000 RadioShack Corp. outlets, the electronics retailer said. RadioShack sales associates will …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission Tuesday signed off on Sprint Corp.’s planned $1.3 billion purchase of US Unwired Inc. The FTC granted the approval without taking any action. Sprint said July …

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 its handset base capable of locating …

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 the second quarter, compared with 213,000 …

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 added 1,000 wireless customers during the …

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 the company’s revenues and then hid …

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 internal antenna, tri-band GSM capabilities and …

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 Synch, WWiSE and MitMot decided at …

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 when the company reported revenues 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 a WLAN mobility solution that …

Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants jumped 32 percent in the second quarter, according to research and consulting firm Gartner, reaching a total of 3.6 million units in the second …

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 or equitable relief from Sprint in …

The frenzy of consolidation sweeping the wireless industry may not be over as an industry research firm recommended that some nationwide operators could see both long- and short-term benefits by …

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 Inc. reported a net loss of …

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 payments for universal service, regulatory fees …

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 inked an agreement with Bango.net Ltd., …

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 growth market segments. But marketing to …

Family plans may be family-friendly, but for wireless operators they are quickly becoming a trickier balancing act than where to seat squabbling relatives at a family reunion. Family plans have …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG posted a drop in its quarterly profit, partially due to the offloading of its mobile-phone business to Taiwanese company BenQ. Siemens’ net profit tumbled from $984 million …