BOSTON—Telecommunications company MobileSphere Ltd. announced the launch of its MobileU offering designed to provide college and university students with a communications package that encompasses...
NASHUA, N.H.—GN said it plans to combine its professional and consumer headset divisions—GN Mobile and GN Netcom—to create what the company said would be...
MT. VERNON, Ill.—A small carrier freshly acquired by Alltel Corp. announced that it sold its limited partnership interest in two Illinois rural service areas....
DETROIT-WiMAX and other fixed wireless technologies will be getting increased attention at AT&T Inc., according to Edward Whitacre, chief executive officer of the company....
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-Alltel Corp. last week expanded its role as the go-to roaming carrier, announcing major reciprocal roaming agreements with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and...
They're talking, again. Business as usual. Optimism, according to the two parties, should replace the suddenly cloudy horizon. Never mind the thunderbolts that Qualcomm...
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...
"Communications has broken out of its preordained, unleashing applications that can integrate communications across the enterprise," says a new IDC white paper on Voice...
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...
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...
WASHINGTON—T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless said they did not participate in a data-mining operation run by the National Security Agency that collects phone...
NEW YORK—Shares of Speedus Corp. shot upward after the wireless broadband company said it was targeting Verizon Wireless with two patent-infringement lawsuits. Speedus said...
PHILADELPHIA—The last political hurdle for Philadelphia’s citywide Wi-Fi project has been cleared, as Philadelphia’s city council gave its final approval to plans to provide...
WATERLOO, Ontario—A U.S. appeals court ruled in favor of Research In Motion Ltd. in the company’s patent case with InPro II Licensing S.a.r.l., according...
WASHINGTON—Law enforcement and first-responder groups asked key Senate lawmakers to consider a private-sector plan to designate a block of spectrum in the 700 MHz...
WASHINGTON—The nation’s largest mobile-phone carriers asked the Federal Communications Commission to turn back an effort to have telecom regulators set aside and reconsider changes...
NEW YORK—Global growth of total active wireless subscribers slowed to 17 percent in 2005 from 35 percent in 2004, according to Fitch Ratings’ "Global...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Regional operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. is pushing out its usual 15-day return period to 60 days, essentially giving customers a two-month test...
KIRKLAND, Wash.—Craig McCaw’s Clearwire Corp. filed for a $400 million initial public offering, a move that likely will help fund the company’s efforts to...
