NEW YORK—Wireless carriers should create separate marketing messages for teenagers and parents in order to capitalize on the lucrative teen market, according to a...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday declined to set specific technological standards for how packet-mode technologies are to comply with the digital-wiretap act, but said...
BERWYN, Pa.—SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc.’s stock plunged about 20 percent Wednesday on Wall Street, as investors reacted to the company’s widening financial losses during...
WASHINGTON—Motient Corp. said Chairman Steven Singer and four other directors will not seek re-election at the wireless company’s annual meeting, a development that comes...
LOS ANGELES—Voce, the luxury mobile virtual network operator, has begun offering its services on a small scale in the L.A. area. Steve Stanford, Voce’s...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. raised its revenue estimates for its third quarter ending in June, indicating it expects revenue at or slightly above earlier forecasts...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—A growing chorus of vendors and analysts have raised projections that 2006 will be another record-setting year for handset shipments, as iSuppli Corp. raised...
MARKHAM, Ontario—ATI Technologies said it will spend as much as $44 million to acquire Bitboys Oy, a Finland-based developer of graphics hardware for wireless...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.—Motorola Inc. flexed its muscles today in acquiring the research and development capabilities from a small competitor—the second time Motorola has done so...
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...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Strong sales of wireless phones were a major contributor to increases in microchip sales during the first quarter, according to figures released...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Helio L.L.C. made its debut in the wireless marketplace today with two high-end handsets linked to social networking site MySpace.com and plans...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Following the current mobile-phone mantra that "thin is in," Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and T-Mobile USA Inc. today announced the availability of their...
WASHINGTON—Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, went to the Senate Floor Monday afternoon to announce he was introducing "the Communications...
NEW YORK—Verizon Wireless continued its run of strong quarterly results, boosting its service revenues by double-digits and squeezing its churn rate below 1.2 percent....
PLEASANTON, Calif.—Wireless entertainment company FunMail Inc. announced the acquisition of Zapptrio Inc., a developer of location-based applications for mobile phones. Terms of the deal...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Social network developer flipt said it snared $5 million in its first round of venture funding. Sequoia Captial and New Enterprise Associates...
OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications Corp. said it launched service in Deadhorse, Alaska. The launch extends the carrier’s GSM/GPRS/EDGE network into the North Slope region along...
WASHINGTON—Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. have been forced to defend their proposed transatlantic merger after a key lawmaker raised security concerns about the...
TORONTO—Nortel Networks Corp. released its fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 results following several delays due to the company’s financial restatements. In the fourth quarter, Nortel...
Following several years of lean results, tower companies appear to be righting their ships thanks to network expansions and new technology investments. Indeed, Mark...
WASHINGTON-Customers of at least one rural telecommunications cooperative are cutting the cord at the rate of five to 10 per month, J. Frederick Johnson,...
A slew of first-quarter earnings announced last week reflected a generally upbeat quarter for regional wireless carriers. U.S. Cellular Corp. relieved some pressure, having...
