CHICAGO—Boeing Co. grounded its money-losing, in-flight communications offering known as Connexion, saying it plans to "facilitate an orderly phase out" of the service. "Over...
IRVINE, Calif.—Search company go2 plans to deliver sponsored listings from Yahoo Inc. through its mobile service. Go2 Directory Systems, which is offered on the...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google Inc. quietly snapped up mobile photo-recognition software developer Neven Vision for an undisclosed sum. Neven Vision’s technology automatically extracts information from...
PHILADELPHIA—The woman who steered Philadelphia’s municipal Wi-Fi project through city politics and battles with incumbent telcos is leaving her post as the city’s communications...
PHOENIX—Corr Wireless L.L.C. said it has chosen Excell Services to provide directory assistance services to its customers. Corr Wireless, previously Oneonta Telephone Co., provides...
BERWYN, Pa.—Michael Kalogris, chairman and chief executive officer of SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc., has resumed his official duties after taking a medical leave of...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Boingo Wireless Inc., a wholesale network aggregator and operator of Wi-Fi networks, raised $65 million in Series C funding from new and...
TORONTO—Pantech Group continued its march to establish a global brand identity by launching its first Pantech-branded handset—the PN-3200 for young consumers—in Canada. The handset...
WASHINGTON—Satellite television providers EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Group Inc. have pulled out of the advanced wireless service spectrum auction.Click here for the latest...
SAN FRANCISCO—More than 34.6 million people used mobile Internet services in June, according to market research firm Telephia. E-mail and weather information sites proved...
WASHINGTON—A group of federal and state regulators plan to re-examine the use of reverse auctions to determine which companies score universal-service funds to support...
PLANO, Texas—Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. landed a deal to deliver CDMA2000 network equipment to Leap Wireless International Inc. for market buildouts...
WASHINGTON—A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that could have potentially stalled the auction of 700 MHz spectrum, currently scheduled for 2008. A lawsuit...
MIAMI—Mobile-phone distributor Brightstar Corp. received a $50 million investment from partner Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Brightstar said it plans to use the cash to...
SAN FRANCISCO—European carrier Orange plc said it approved the Access Linux Platform (ALP) to run on its network, potentially giving much-needed support to Japanese...
BOSTON—Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. tumbled after the company said it will be unable to file its quarterly report pending an internal review...
Higher-throughput speeds for Wi-Fi got slowed down again as the IEEE’s 802.11n task group’s vote on the second draft of the wireless specification was...
WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless staked a claim to all six of the largest licenses for sale in the advanced wireless services auction, bidding $3.5 billion in...
