MetroPCS Communications Inc. launched wireless service last week in Detroit, offering flat rate plans with unlimited local and domestic long distance without a contract....
MUNICH, Germany—Taiwanese handset maker BenQ Corp. reported disappointing first-quarter results, including handset shipments of 7 million units, a 39.6-percent drop from the 11.1 million...
A German newspaper reported last week that Motorola Inc. is looking into buying Siemens A.G.'s money-losing telecom equipment unit, Com. The Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported...
Alltel Corp. launched a new service offering that allows customers to select up to 10 phone numbers-wireless, landline, home or office-that they can call...
WASHINGTON-A telematics provider warned the Federal Communications Commission that a numbers-based approach to finance the universal-service fund will not survive a court challenge. Using...
SINGAPORE-Flextronics International Ltd. said it was selling off its software development and solutions business to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for approximately $900 million....
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should require carriers to identify traffic and pass along identifications as the call moves through the network, but not require...
WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. and ABC Owned TV Stations Group said that they have come to an agreement on templates for frequency relocation agreements and...
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department asked the Federal Communications Commission for sensitive numbering information-including local number portability data-from Alltel Corp. and Midwest Wireless Holdings L.L.C. in...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it has sold one of its Arkansas rural service areas to Cingular Wireless L.L.C., as part of Alltel's divestiture...
EDINBURGH, VA.—Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.’s first quarter net income was boosted by a one-time tax gain, but excluding the tax gain net income was down...
GigaBeam Corp. keeps racking up sales for its for wireless in-building infrastructure product, WiFiber, which the company says is being used by Telkonet Inc.'s...
WASHINGTON-Former Motorola Inc. executive Susan Schwab is in line to become the nation's top trade negotiator. President Bush last week said he intends to...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week proposed fining rural wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. $750,000 for not providing enhanced 911 services in a timely...
Just how much belief should the United States attach to China's latest vow to remain technologically neutral on third-generation mobile phone standards in already-likely...
BRUSSELS, Belgium-Proposed European Union broadcasting rules would restrict the growth of emerging media formats including mobile phones, according to a group of media and...
Nokia Corp. announced plans to bolster its research and development operations in China, adding wireless network product development to its center in Chengdu in...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc.'s direct-to-consumer mobile content business continues to erode. The company reported $77 million in revenues from its Jamba and Jamster businesses...
Hysteria about Voice over Internet Protocol is apparently not without cause, as VoIP is claiming a big (and-getting-bigger) piece of the communications market. Earthlink...
PLEASANTON, Calif.—FunMail Inc. is teaming with Major League Baseball Advanced Media to deliver images, voice tones and other content from all 30 of its...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—VeriSign Inc.’s direct-to-consumer mobile content business continues to erode. The company reported $77 million in revenues from its Jamba and Jamster businesses...
