2005

WASHINGTON-The Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies (ComCare) Alliance is asking the Federal Communications Commission to maintain its deadline for location-capable handsets. ComCare requested that the FCC deny …

WASHINGTON-Just as wireless was largely left on the edges of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, it once again remains in the shadows as lawmakers map out new plans for telecom …

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. used its annual analyst meeting here to paint a portrait of itself as a sleek, lean, high-tech firm with plans to sit alongside such well-known consumer brands as …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The move toward universal multimedia messaging service interoperability continued with a deal between two of the top U.S. carriers. Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS are the latest Tier …

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 Western Wireless Corp.’s final annual shareholders …

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. The survey indicated nearly half of …

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 CDMA2000 handsets to reduce cost and …

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 on its network for prepaid and …

Centennial Communications Corp. reported its board approved more than $1.7 million in bonuses for some executives, including $740,576 for Michael Small, chief executive officer; $395,288 for Thomas Fitzpatrick, chief financial …

When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launches high-speed data packet access-based service en masse in the United States later this year, the protocol is expected to double the carrier’s reach, making a …

Hearing comments on Sen. John Ensign’s telecom reform bill is like dejà vu all over again, to borrow a phrase from John Fogerty. Ensign’s bill aims to largely deregulate the …

The second quarter is shaping up as a one-horse affair as Verizon Wireless appears set to take substantial market share away from its competitors and move ever closer to its …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it will partner with Access Co. Ltd. to make the Japanese mobile content delivery firm’s i-mode Global Profile offering available on select W-CDMA MSM chipsets from …

Ahhh, China. It’s sort of like the black sheep of the global wireless family. It plays by its own rules, it doesn’t conform and it certainly doesn’t make things easy …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. said it added a company-record 6,782 customers during the second quarter, a 119-percent improvement compared with the 3,092 customers the carrier added during the …

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 nearly 300 cell sites, hired more …

BEDFORD, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. said it placed $41 million into escrow to be used as bond if a $128 million judgment against it is upheld. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. also …

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 estimated $6.2 billion this year upgrading …

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, including local business listings, and to …

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 …