WASHINGTON—Wireless industry trade association CTIA is hoping to spur direct-to-consumer revenues by expanding the industry’s short code program. The industry group, along with short-code...
MINNEAPOLIS—Wireline connectivity equipment leader ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it’s willing to pay $2 billion in stocks to acquire Andrew Corp., a move that would...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless had a brief service outage on Tuesday evening that affected customers in southern New Jersey, after equipment at a switching center...
By Lorene Yue CHICAGO—Mayor Richard M. Daley announced Tuesday that the city will begin taking requests for proposals in turning Chicago into a wireless...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Phone junkies have been speculating for months about i-mate’s forthcoming slim Smartflip handset ever since photos of the device were posted...
NEW DELHI, India—India’s Gemini Communications Ltd. acquired PointRed Technologies Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Santa Clara, Calif.-based PointRed provides pay-as-you-grow infrastructure for...
IRVINE, Calif.—Boost Mobile L.L.C., a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corp., said its prepaid wireless phones and service will be available at Fred Meyer stores....
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will offer the Pantech Group’s "Slim Series" of phones, beginning with the tiny C300 for its prepaid GoPhone customers, giving the...
By Jay ShermanWASHINGTON—The Senate on Friday confirmed the nomination of telecommunications lawyer Robert McDowell to the Federal Communications Commission, ending a two-month delay and...
LOS ANGELES—Amp’d Mobile Inc. plans to launch a pay-as-you go service Wednesday, according to the mobile virtual network operator’s Web site. Pricing information was...
OXNARD, Calif.—Wireless equipment and engineering services company CalAmp Corp. said it acquired TechnoCom Corp.’s Mobile Resource Management product line. CalAmp said the acquisition strengthens...
BOSTON—American Tower Corp. says it intends to "vigorously defend" its stock-option granting practices in the face of two lawsuits filed just days after the...
TOKYO—NEC Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Texas Instruments Inc. are in talks to cooperate in a mobile handset venture, according to a report...
By Normandy MaddenHONG KONG—Already home to the world's largest broadband TV platform, nearly universal mobile phone ownership and a blanket of Wi-Fi hot spots,...
ESPOO, Finland—A U.S. district judge has found Suplimet Corp., a Florida-based supplier of mobile phone accessories, in contempt of a prior injunction that prevented...
LONDON—Vodafone Group plc posted a massive $41.1 billion loss for 2005, mainly from impairment charges over assets it acquired during the telecom boom days,...
NEW YORK—Sonic Branding Solutions Inc., a mobile entertainment developer and publisher, said it acquired mobile software developer DeviceIQ Inc. Terms of the deal were...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.—InterDigital Communications Corp. gave second-quarter financial guidance anticipating revenue of $291million to $293 million, without forecasting net profit. The company’s revenue...
ATLANTA-Boost Mobile L.L.C. users can exchange cash electronically for prepaid calling minutes at various locations, due to a recent arrangement with CheckFreePay. Boost is...
Verizon Wireless announced that 95 percent of its customers are using location-capable handsets. Verizon Wireless is the first carrier using a handset-based approach to...
Mobile-phone users in the United States are incrementally more satisfied with the operation of their handsets than in the past, suggesting that vendors in...
WASHINGTON-Jim Balsillie, chairman of Research in Motion Ltd., last week urged the United States to take a leadership position in reforming its patent system...
