NEW YORK—Sprint Nextel Corp. is reportedly in talks with Sling Media Inc. and other media companies to expand its mobile entertainment offerings and make...
KANSAS CITY—Sprint Nextel Corp. has reportedly filed a $6.4 million lawsuit against IBM Corp., accusing IBM of missing the performance requirements of a large...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—Mobile phone users in the United States are incrementally more satisfied with the operation of their handsets than in the past, suggesting...
SAN DIEGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. signed on to use Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW-based handset customization interface, uiOne. Qualcomm’s uiOne is already in use at Sprint Nextel...
RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. says it is currently testing so-called "4G" technologies for use on its expansive 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings and that it...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Various telecommunications firms including Covad Communications Group Inc., Korea Telecom Corp., TeleKom Malaysia Berhad, Japan’s NTT Inc. and China’s PCCW announced they...
REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft Corp.’s MSN is hoping to move onto the mobile marketing playground with the acquisition of Third Screen Media. MSN is negotiating to...
NEW YORK—Verizon Communications Inc. will be looking to make "significant" workforce reductions in the next year and a half, the company’s chief financial officer...
BEIJING—Rumors are swirling that China Mobile Communications Corp., the world’s largest wireless carrier, may be on the brink of acquiring Luxembourg-based Millicom International Cellular...
CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp.’s parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., is reportedly delaying plans to buy the 18 percent stake in the wireless carrier...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said it will not investigate whether telephone companies violated consumer-privacy laws by reportedly releasing millions of phone records to a...
OTTAWA, Canada—Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol software developer SIPquest said it picked up $7 million during its third round of funding, money that comes...
SAN FRANCISCO—The average U.S. mobile TV subscriber spends $40 a month more on wireless services than non-mobile TV users, according to new figures from...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. sent yet another shot across Nokia Corp.’s bow, filing a lawsuit in the United Kingdom against the Finnish handset maker for...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Yahoo Inc. has extended its photo-sharing application to mobile phones, allowing users to access images from picture albums wirelessly. The Internet giant also...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced the launch of the Fusic music phone, another example of taking a feature...
SEATTLE—Qpass is hoping to tap the user-generated content market with the launch of a self-service mobile storefront. The offering, dubbed TheContentMarket.com, is designed to...
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...
LOMABARD, Ill.—Startup tower company Central States Tower Holdings L.L.C. said it picked up $30 million during its first round of equity financing through Sweetwater...
WASHINGTON—XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and WCS Wireless L.L.C. said they terminated an agreement that called for XM to buy WCS after the companies...
WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps questioned separate proposals to bypass the spectrum-auction process in an effort to aid public-safety interoperability and bring broadband access...
SINGAPORE—Cellular subscribers in seven Asia-Pacific markets soon will be able to receive an international version of Mobile ESPN sports content. The Bridge Mobile Alliance...
