PLAINFIELD, Ind.—Brightpoint Inc. said it has opened a Moscow office in an effort to tap emerging Eastern European markets. The company said it will...
HONOLULU—Free Wi-Fi is coming to Honolulu’s Chinatown neighborhood, said the city’s mayor, Mufi Hannemann. The Mayor said the city is establishing a public-private partnership...
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Disparate standards and lack of spectrum could hinder the growth of the mobile TV industry, according to a new report from Telecom...
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Motient Corp. said it is selling its legacy wireless data business, including its narrowband terrestrial DataTac wireless data network and its IMotient Solutions...
WASHINGTON—AT&T Inc. Chairman Edward Whitacre told the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee he would not oppose conditions on special-access lines as part of any regulatory...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Asurion Corp., which provides handset insurance and warranty management, said it has completed its acquisition of mobile software developer Lumitrend Corp. Terms of...
SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa—Local telecommunications provider Long Lines L.L.C. will launch wireless service later this summer to customers in northeast Nebraska, southeast South Dakota and...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has turned to flat-rate bundles for messaging. The move mirrors pricing strategies from other national carriers, some of which have been...
PORTLAND, Ore.—A new startup, Tyfone Inc., is jumping into the mobile transaction arena with a payment product for mobile phones that the company said...
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DUBLIN, Ireland—Mobile social networking company NewBay Software said it acquired Inamobile Ltd., a United Kingdom-based handset application developer, in a deal NewBay said expands...
WASHINGTON—The chairman of the House Commerce Committee, never a fan of the universal-service system, took aim Wednesday afternoon at the one area that both...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc.’s selected Via One Technologies Inc. as a new distributor for its Jump Mobile prepaid wireless service. Via One will...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—U.S. businesses are ready to invest heavily in wireless services and applications to boost productivity, according to a survey from Compass Intelligence. They’re...
ESPOO, Finland—What a difference four months can make, especially in the hyper-competitive pursuit of global domination in a burgeoning business. Nokia Corp. and Sanyo...
LOS ANGELES—Publisher Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. said it will acquire mobile developer Blue Label Interactive Inc. in an effort to build and distribute cross-platform...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it extended its satellite coverage over several countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The company said its SwiftLink Global Satellite...
MUNICH—Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG named the future executive team of their recently announced joint venture, which will combine Nokia’s Networks Business Group with...
MODESTO, Calif.—An electrical fire on a 90-foot-tall cellular site damaged some network equipment belonging to Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. and Cingular...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Sprint Nextel Corp.’s former gaming guru Jason Ford has joined Namco Networks as vice president of strategy and planning. Ford, who most...
FORT WORTH, Texas—Teletouch Communications Inc. said it signed an exclusive three-year master distributor agreement covering North America with ROK Entertainment US Inc. The agreement...
