LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. posted mixed first quarter results, with strong wireless growth and healthy customer numbers but lower net income due to merger-related...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.—The IEEE 802.11 working group voted down an initial draft of the proposed 802.11n standard, virtually ensuring development of a 2.0 version. But...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday declined to set specific technological standards for how packet-mode technologies are to comply with the digital-wiretap act, but said...
BERWYN, Pa.—SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc.’s stock plunged about 20 percent Wednesday on Wall Street, as investors reacted to the company’s widening financial losses during...
WASHINGTON—Motient Corp. said Chairman Steven Singer and four other directors will not seek re-election at the wireless company’s annual meeting, a development that comes...
LOS ANGELES—Voce, the luxury mobile virtual network operator, has begun offering its services on a small scale in the L.A. area. Steve Stanford, Voce’s...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. raised its revenue estimates for its third quarter ending in June, indicating it expects revenue at or slightly above earlier forecasts...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—A growing chorus of vendors and analysts have raised projections that 2006 will be another record-setting year for handset shipments, as iSuppli Corp. raised...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Strong sales of wireless phones were a major contributor to increases in microchip sales during the first quarter, according to figures released...
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.—Carriers may not be earning the additional revenue they expected from the popularity of camera phones, according to new research from The...
NEW YORK—Verizon Wireless continued its run of strong quarterly results, boosting its service revenues by double-digits and squeezing its churn rate below 1.2 percent....
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.—Motorola Inc. flexed its muscles today in acquiring the research and development capabilities from a small competitor—the second time Motorola has done so...
MARKHAM, Ontario—ATI Technologies said it will spend as much as $44 million to acquire Bitboys Oy, a Finland-based developer of graphics hardware for wireless...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Helio L.L.C. made its debut in the wireless marketplace today with two high-end handsets linked to social networking site MySpace.com and plans...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Following the current mobile-phone mantra that "thin is in," Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and T-Mobile USA Inc. today announced the availability of their...
WASHINGTON—Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, went to the Senate Floor Monday afternoon to announce he was introducing "the Communications...
WASHINGTON—Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. have been forced to defend their proposed transatlantic merger after a key lawmaker raised security concerns about the...
OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications Corp. said it launched service in Deadhorse, Alaska. The launch extends the carrier’s GSM/GPRS/EDGE network into the North Slope region along...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Social network developer flipt said it snared $5 million in its first round of venture funding. Sequoia Captial and New Enterprise Associates...
PLEASANTON, Calif.—Wireless entertainment company FunMail Inc. announced the acquisition of Zapptrio Inc., a developer of location-based applications for mobile phones. Terms of the deal...
WASHINGTON-Motient Corp. may be the wireless industry's premier high-wire act. The Lincolnshire, Ill., company is attempting a great leap forward from a business model...
TORONTO-Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. boosted its operating revenue by 28 percent from the first quarter of 2005, results driven primarily by a...
CALGARY, Alberta-CSI Wireless, which designs and manufactures products using wireless and Global Positioning System technology, has agreed to sell its fixed wireless telephone business...
