BEIJING—Chinese wireless Internet company Tom Online said it will spend $75 million to acquire Infomax, which offers mobile interactive applications and services. Infomax was...
Alltel Corp. selected Oz Communications Inc.'s mobile instant messaging solution to power its new Axcess Instant Messaging service. The BREW-based solution gives Alltel customers...
CHICAGO-Lucent Technologies Inc. kicked off the Globalcomm trade show with an early morning press conference to introduce its new next-generation network architecture called "Acuity."...
WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject the proposed $67 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. because of the...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Details on the Sidekick III emerged out of the Federal Communications Commission, in effect giving Palo Alto-based Danger Inc., a small handset...
WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers last week stepped up their campaign to have the Federal Communications Commission make early-termination fees off limits to states, a huge issue...
WASHINGTON-Public-safety answering points serving more than 75 percent of the population are able to receive location information from mobile-phone callers, according to statistics from...
CHICAGO-Patrick Esser, president of Cox Communications Inc., reminded Globalcomm attendees during a keynote speech of his cable/telephone company's plans to unveil wireless service later...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-A new report from the Semiconductor Industry Association predicts semiconductor sales worldwide will grow 9.8 percent to nearly $250 billion this year,...
Wireless carriers are spending big bucks in promoting the use of their flashy, fast new data services: full-length music downloads, three-dimensional mobile games, Web...
At last week's Globalcomm show in Chicago, telecom vendors paraded their technological wares, giving us a peek at their network roadmaps. The future, as...
WASHINGTON-Proponents of network neutrality face an uphill battle to convince the U.S. Senate to include net neutrality in its version of telecommunications reform after...
SEATTLE—Dijji Corp., formerly known as Dwango Wireless, is closing its doors, according to documents filed this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission....
WASHINGTON—The attorney general of the District of Columbia is reportedly suing InPhonic Inc. as a result of more than 2,000 consumer complaints filed against...
BANGALORE, India—Indian IT services provider Wipro Technologies snapped up Saraware Oy, a Finnish telecom design and engineering services firm, for about $31.7 million. The...
NORWOOD, Mass.—Analog Devices Inc. will purchase privately held, South Korea-based Integrant Technologies Inc. for $127 million. The move will bolster ADI’s portfolio with Integrant’s...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Sprint Nextel Corp. planned to deliver a live country music concert last night with video and audio available to customers on their cell...
DALLAS—Texas Instruments Inc. raised its business outlook for the second quarter during a scheduled update. The company said it now expects to earn revenues...
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a telecom-reform measure late Thursday that includes a plan to make Voice over Internet Protocol providers pay into...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—The smart-phone market logged record shipments during the first quarter, according to new research from IDC. Worldwide converged mobile device shipments totaled 18.9...
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...
LOS ANGELES—Xero Mobile has yet to launch its advertising-based mobile virtual network operator service in the United States, but that isn’t keeping the company...
BOSTON—More than 100 million people worldwide now use W-CDMA and CDMA2000 1x EV-DO third-generation technology on their cell phones, according to ongoing research by...
