MIDDLETOWN, R.I.—Wireless broadband provider TowerStream Corp. announced the launch of its pre-WiMAX wireless T1 service that includes dual base station redundancy and a guaranteed...
SAN FRANCISCO—The world’s two largest phone manufacturers are hoping to give Java developers a push with separate initiatives. Motorola Inc. is embracing open-sourcing with...
RESTON, Va.—A federal judge has ordered Sprint Nextel Corp. to pay a Pennsylvania-based collection company more than $17 million over a contract dispute. Sprint...
WASHINGTON—AC BidCo L.L.C., an affiliate of AirCell Inc., is currently the top bidder at more than $13 million for a three-megahertz license to offer...
OTTAWA—Two-thirds of Canadian households either own a wireless phone or have access to one, according to a new study from Decima Research commissioned by...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Mobile gaming continued the move toward consolidation this week with news that Hands-On Mobile snapped up wireless applications developer Thumbspeed Inc. Financial details...
WASHINGTON—A House panel approved legislation giving first-responder communications, telecommunications and cybersecurity higher organizational stature in the Department of Homeland Security, changes that are part...
WASHINGTON—Verizon Communications Inc. became the second large telephone company to explicitly deny turning over to the National Security Agency phone call records of millions...
WASHINGTON—A former wireless policymaker has teamed with financial backers to seek spectrum for an advertising-supported national broadband wireless network that would provide service for...
TORONTO—In its bi-weekly financial status update, which is required by the Ontario Securities Commission, Nortel Networks Ltd. warned its first-quarter revenues will be equal...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission was scheduled to restart the bidding in the government’s air-to-ground auction after action had been suspended at the end of...
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Alltel Corp. and the Communications Workers of America union have signed a new three-year contract that covers about 350 employees in Kentucky. The...
LONDON—Symbian Ltd., the privately held software firm that offers operating systems for mobile handsets, offered first quarter results showing increasing revenues and unit shipments....
RALEIGH, N.C.—Dallas-based fixed wireless broadband provider airBand Communications is stepping into Southeastern markets by acquiring WindChannel Communications’ fixed wireless business. The deal includes all...
PORTLAND, Ore.—Metro One Telecommunications Inc. suffered a quarterly net loss of $5.7 million as it tried to re-group following Sprint Nextel Corp.’s decision to...
WASHINGTON—The Bush administration’s domestic eavesdropping controversy has landed at the Federal Communications Commission, with a key telecom lawmaker and an FCC member calling for...
NEW YORK—London-based Inmarsat plc last week received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to begin offering satellite-based broadband service in the United States, where...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. reported plans to swap 10 megahertz of 1.9 GHz spectrum covering Grand Rapids, Mich., for 10 megahertz in Rochester,...
WASHINGTON-As the battle for network neutrality heats up on Capitol Hill, wireless largely has been ignored, even though the nation's two largest carriers prohibit...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Wireless broadband developer Alvarion Ltd. and information-technology vendor IBM Corp. announced plans to jointly develop and deliver Internet Protocol-based wireless networks to...
Shares of Speedus Corp. shot upward after the wireless broadband company said it was targeting Verizon Wireless with two patent-infringement lawsuits. Speedus said it...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-Data holds the promise of new services and new revenues, and speakers at last week's Rural Cellular Association conference emphasized the importance...
Two recent studies reflect that while consumers are snapping up camera phones-and snapping pictures-they are not sending them wirelessly and, therefore, carriers are missing...
Small and mid-size carriers posted mixed results last week, with most losing customers but improving their revenues and bucking the industry trend of sliding...
