WASHINGTON—Shares of InPhonic Inc. continued their yearlong slide after the online retailer of mobile phones and services reported a nearly $25 million fourth-quarter loss...
SAN FRANCISCO—Mitch Lasky, EA Mobile’s senior vice president, is scheduled to give the keynote address at the GDC Mobile 2006 game developers’ conference next...
WASHINGTON—The Department of Transportation is embarking on a two-year, $11-million pilot project to develop a next-generation 911 system as the agency explores various technology...
FORT MYERS, Fla.—Continuing its recent flurry of acquisitions, NeoMedia Technologies Inc. signed a letter of intent to acquire HipCricket Inc., which provides custom mobile...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. said it has agreed to buy cellular operator First Cellular of Southern Illinois, which covers a population of 485,000. First...
FORT WORTH, Texas—Shares of RadioShack Corp. lost ground after spiking on news of Chief Executive Officer David Edmondson’s resignation.Edmondson, who last week admitted to...
WALL, N.J.—Centennial Communications Corp. cut its earnings guidance for the 2006 fiscal year, which ends May 31. Instead of a consolidated adjusted operating income...
WASHINGTON—Complaints filed by mobile-phone subscribers at the Federal Communications Commission dropped in the fourth quarter of 2005 compared with the previous quarter, the agency...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers can use their phones to access photos, e-mail, instant messaging and address books from their Yahoo Inc. accounts.Yahoo’s...
CINCINNATI—Cincinnati Bell Inc. has closed on its purchase of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s remaining 19.9-percent stake in the regional Bell operator’s wireless subsidiary.Cincinnati Bell Wireless...
TORONTO—Nortel Networks Ltd. announced it has hired George Riedel to serve as the company’s chief strategy officer.Riedel has worked as Juniper Networks’ vice president...
WASHINGTON-Sales of wireless service and equipment helped boost telecom industry spending 8.9 percent to an estimated $856.9 billion last year, the Telecommunications Industry Association...
BARCELONA, Spain-The evolution toward convergence could make for some strange bedfellows. The 3GSM World Congress was named for third-generation cellular services, but it was...
READING, England-Software company Tao Group launched a mobile version of its intent multimedia software platform for handset vendors. Tao Group said the intent Mobile...
WASHINGTON-The long-awaited advanced wireless services auction, with its high-rolling bidders expected to account for much of the $10 billion to $15 billion in anticipated...
WASHINGTON-The mobile phone industry's campaign to further reign in state regulations was potentially dealt a serious blow last week when a key lawmaker hinted...
