HANOVER, Germany—Lucent Technologies Inc. is swimming in new contracts, announcing seven deals worth more than $300 million at the CeBIT 2006 trade show. "Our...
WASHINGTON—Allocating spectrum for unlicensed uses would help rural America achieve full broadband deployment, the chief technology officer for Microsoft Corp. told lawmakers Tuesday. Microsoft’s...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Social networking vendor AirG said it expanded its customer list to include Alltel and Amp’d Mobile. The company said it launched a...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled a new mobile calling offer that allows its wireless customers to make and receive unlimited calls from one...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The mobile virtual network enabler market has achieved more than $400 million in recurring revenues on the back of the growing mobile virtual...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—M-commerce software developer Obopay said it has snared $10 million in Series A venture funding. Obopay, which was founded last year, plans...
HANNOVER, Germany—Pantech Group spotlighted a variety of upscale handsets at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany this week in an effort to further...
BONN, Germany—Vodafone Group plc announced that the company’s chief marketing officer and board member Peter Bamford will leave the company as of April 1,...
WASHINGTON—A new report says injecting property rights and market forces into spectrum allocations would best foster efficient spectrum use and development of new technologies....
WASHINGTON—The House Commerce Committee Wednesday morning quickly passed a bill making the sale of telecommunications customer call records illegal. The bill also gives the...
HANNOVER, Germany—Opera Software ASA scored a major win, inking a deal to pre-load its Java-based mobile browser on T-Mobile International phones in Europe. The...
By Matthew Creamer and Alice Z. Cuneo NEW YORK—Sprint Nextel Corp. has consolidated its $745 million media buying and planning business at WPP Group’s...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Earlier this week Motorola Inc. hedged the value of the 37.6 million shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. it owns, which represent about 1.25...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. joined several other wireless operators in announcing financial restatements—though the company said it expects the adjustments will result in...
NEW YORK—Data services and convergence are the key to Sprint Nextel Corp.’s future, Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee made clear at the company’s annual...
MONTREAL—Canadian telecom companies Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. and Aliant Inc. announced that they are combining their operations to form what they say is one...
ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. announced that its HSDPA network equipment has been launched by T-Mobile International Inc. in Hanover, Germany during the CeBIT 2006 conference....
DALLAS—Texas Instruments Inc. honed its financial estimates for the first quarter, projecting a narrower range of solid sales, from $3.22 billion to $3.35 billion,...
ALVISO, Calif.—TiVo Inc. took another small step toward wireless this week, inking a deal to allow Verizon Wireless subscribers to use their wireless phone...
FORT WORTH, Texas—RadioShack Corp. reported plans to team with three other phone resellers to form a purchasing alliance that the companies said will resell...
WASHINGTON—House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) today plans to introduce legislation that would require majority U.S. ownership of "critical infrastructure," including possibly...
BURNABY, British Columbia—Unity Wireless Corp. said it closed a $2.2 million three-year debt financing by institutional investors. The company, which develops wireless subsystems and...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. expanded its mobile TV offerings, launching a streaming video service featuring short clips from 18 channels. Cingular Video is available free...
It may seem like Unlicensed Mobile Access has only recently burst onto the wireless scene, but the Third Generation Partnership Project standard that enables...
