SAN JOSE, Calif.—GPS chipset provider SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. said it acquired TrueSpan, a two-year-old company that is developing chips for mobile TV. The...
Mobile virtual network operator Cool Mobile has big plans for this year, starting off today by expanding its cool.Prepaid handset lineup to six Motorola...
WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday easily passed several nominations after it decided not to consider its cell-phone privacy bill due to pressing business on...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission Friday created its long anticipated Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, which will take over various functions and issues from...
NEWBURY, England—Vodafone Group plc confirmed that it will sell its struggling Japanese operation to Japanese Internet conglomerate Softbank in a deal valued at about...
ALAMEDA, Calif.—UTStarcom Inc., a wireless equipment and handset manufacturer, announced it will delay filing its 2005 annual report until the end of April so...
SAN FRANCISCO—Tira Wireless, which provides mobile content deployment technology, added $13 million to its coffers as part of its third round of funding. Lehman...
NEW YORK—Frazzled, on-the-go parents can now entertain their kids with Thomas & Friends stories on their Sprint Nextel Corp. mobile phones. Vocel and Random...
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 ratings...
TORONTO—Nortel Networks Ltd. said its insurers have agreed to put $228.5 million toward Nortel’s settlements for a pair of class-action lawsuits that stemmed from...
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...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. had a slightly weaker-than-expected fourth quarter, but the company emphasized that it is looking forward to a strong first...
WASHINGTON—Six senators are asking the Bush administration to develop guidelines for a new public-safety interoperable communications grant program to allow for the use of...
WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee pulled the Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act from consideration. The committee was "concerned that because of a series of stacked...
FREMONT, Calif.—The Flo Forum ratified technical specifications for devices, transmitters and test applications based on Qualcomm Inc.’s Flo technology standard for mobile TV. The...
REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft Corp. is expected to overhaul ActiveSync, its Windows Mobile device management offering, when the software giant rolls out the next version of...
MIAMI—Brightstar Logistics Pty Ltd. said it signed a three-year agreement with Australian carrier Telstra to manage its handset supply chain. The deal calls for...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—A new report from J.D. Powers and Associates says wireless call-quality problems declined for the second straight year, with reported problems reaching...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. announced it purchased the remaining 50 percent interests in 10 partnerships with Palmetto MobileNet, L.P. that it did not already...
