WASHINGTON—A former aide to Rep. Robert Ney (R-Ohio) who worked with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to help MobileAccess Inc. win a contract to improve...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Rural carrier Alltel Corp. beefed up its coverage through a pair of nationwide reciprocal roaming agreements with larger rivals Sprint Nextel Corp....
BERWYN, Pa.—Regional wireless carrier SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said its Chief Financial Officer Eric Haskell will assume the company’s chief executive officer duties while...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Fabless semiconductor company Sandbridge Technologies Inc. scooped up $15.4 million in a Series B round of financing. Samsung Ventures America led the...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. hopes to simplify application developers’ access to the company’s resources with a new network dubbed Motodev, the company announced. The program...
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.—The handset market in the United States continues to run hot, with new figures from The NPD Group reflecting an 11-percent growth...
HOUSTON—Crown Castle International Corp. is picking up 468 towers with the purchase of Alexandria, Va.-based Mountain Union Telecom L.L.C. for $309 million. CCI said...
GREAT FALLS, Mont.—Nokia Corp. announced it won a contract with MTPCS L.L.C., otherwise known as Chinook Wireless, to build a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network throughout Montana....
SAN ANTONIO—AT&T Inc. has agreed to settle several class-action lawsuits for a sum of $150 million, according to the company’s quarterly filing with the...
Helio L.L.C. made its long-awaited debut in the wireless marketplace last week with two high-end handsets linked to social networking site MySpace.com and plans...
WASHINGTON-Apple Computer Inc. is attracting attention with two new patent applications that outline plans for a wireless iPod.The application, filed 18 months ago but...
SAN MATEO, Calif.—Digital Chocolate Inc. scored dual MVNO agreements, announcing deals to offer its games from the decks of mobile virtual network operators Amp’d...
HOUSTON—Dexa Wireless, a Mexican-owned mobile virtual network operator, threw its hat into the MVNO ring, announcing it launched commercial operations last week in Los...
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court appears willing to agree with the Federal Communications Commission that Voice over Internet Protocol technology substantially replaces standard telecommunications services-but...
WASHINGTON-Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, went to the Senate Floor May 1 to announce he was introducing "the Communications...
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-Carriers may not be earning the additional revenue they expected from the popularity of camera phones, according to new research from The...
WASHINGTON—Motient Corp. and SkyTerra Communications Inc. said they signed agreements to consolidate ownership and control of mobile satellite service assets, whose value is tied...
LONDON—Vodafone Group plc and T-Mobile International’s UK subsidiary announced plans to substantially reduce their European roaming rates, which have been under pressure from European...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. tapped Wirestone to manage marketing strategies in the carrier’s retail and e-commerce divisions. Wirestone, an interactive advertising firm, will...
