WASHINGTON—An influential House Democrat said policy-makers should consider requiring wireless carriers and other communications service providers to participate in any overhaul of a Cold...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Shares of VeriSign Inc. lost ground despite a rebound in the company's mobile content business during the second quarter. The network infrastructure...
When discussing the disappointing results for the second quarter by South Korean vendors Samsung Electronics Co. or LG Electronics Co. Ltd., one has to...
My understanding of our elected officials in Washington has dropped below that of anything mathematical and the popularity of country music, thanks to how...
REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft Corp.'s Mobile and Embedded Devices division achieved profitability for the first time, the company announced. The division houses the company's smart-phone efforts....
Amdocs Ltd. continued its spending spree last week, agreeing to shell out $375 million to acquire operations support provider Cramer Systems Group Ltd. Cramer,...
RESTON, Va.—Wireless Matrix Corp. stepped into the breach to purchase the intellectual property and customer contracts of bankrupt MobileAria for about $11 million, a...
The battle between Leap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket Communications subsidiary and No. 4 wireless operator T-Mobile USA Inc. over markets in Texas has escalated...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Shares of L.M. Ericsson dipped after the infrastructure provider posted a slight decline in second-quarter net profit due to its recent acquisition of...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—A Verizon Wireless spokesman confirmed reports that the carrier suffered a network glitch on Friday afternoon that made it impossible for customers...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Skype Ltd. has tapped mobile transaction company mBlox Inc. to power its new text message service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Skype...
EAST SUSSEX, U.K.—Open-source mobile e-mail developer Synchronica plc said it scored a deal with IXI Mobile Inc. to provide push e-mail for Ogo devices....
STANFORD, Calif.—Number portability has translated into lower wireless costs for consumers due to increased competition, according to research done at the Stanford Graduate School...
FORT WORTH, Texas—A slight increase in wireless sales wasn't enough to offset lagging overall sales and an expensive turnaround program for RadioShack Corp. during...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless reeled in 1.8 million net new customers last quarter, all of which the company says were retail customers—and the second-largest...
MOSCOW—WiMAX base station and subscriber unit developer Aperto Networks Inc. announced that its WiMAX Forum-certified PacketMAX products are shipping to Avalcom, the company’s leading...
Yet another wireless startup is diving head-first into the mobile payment waters this week, as Secure Wireless Transfers Corp. plans to team with the...
SEATTLE—Starbucks Coffee Co. is the latest mega-brand to go mobile, launching a scavenger-hunt promotional campaign for wireless users. The coffee giant launched a Web...
Nortel Networks Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up to provide unified communications with the intent of transforming business communications systems. The companies said...
The story "Mobile emergency alert plans advance" in the July 17 issue should have referred to the Appleton, Wis., mobile-phone carrier as Airadigm Communications...
Helio L.L.C. has 90,000 MySpace friends and counting—and how many wireless companies can say that? Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s "Cingular Sounds" MySpace page only has...
NEW YORK—UrbanWorld Wireless added several high-profile performers to its stable of content with a new distribution agreement with entertainment management company Czar Entertainment. Terms...
