2006

TORONTO—Nortel Networks Ltd. said it reached a $1.89 billion settlement agreement for a pair of shareholder class-action lawsuits pending in the Southern district of New York. The company noted that …

WASHINGTON—Eleven data-broker executives invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, refusing to answer questions of the House Commerce oversight and investigations subcommittee about deceptive practices for acquiring and selling mobile …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed an agreement with Longcheer Technology Ltd. for the latter to develop, manufacture and sell W-CDMA modem cards. The worldwide agreement ensures that Qualcomm …

HONG KONG—SK Telecom Co. Ltd. said it plans to buy up to $1 billion in China Unicom Ltd.’s bonds in an effort to tap the world’s largest mobile market. South …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday morning raised the amount that the wireless industry pays into the universal-service fund, but will continue to allow mobile-phone carriers to estimate their contribution amounts …

WASHINGTON—The independent panel reviewing the communications disaster in the wake of Hurricane Katrina told the Federal Communications Commission it should encourage, not require, various changes to help prevent a similar …

OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications Corp. is hoping to spur wireless Web usage with a new mobile home page for its Cellular One-branded service. The redesigned site includes five new buttons that …

SINGAPORE—Lucent Technologies Inc., L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and other wireless vendors announced a range of contract wins at the CommunicAsia trade show taking place this week in Singapore. First up, …

NEW YORK—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. scored a split decision in its fight with Sprint Nextel Corp. over advertising claims. The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. …

WASHINGTON—Motient Corp.’s largest shareholder filed a new lawsuit against the wireless company, alleging in a Texas court that a recent transaction involving mobile satellite service ownership changes violates federal securities …

SEATTLE—M:Metrics unveiled its on-device media measurement technology just days after competitor Telephia Inc. filed a patent-infringement lawsuit targeting the software. The Seattle-based market research firm said it has deployed the …

SINGAPORE—Motorola Inc. has decided to turn up the volume—the volume of handsets it sells, that is—by releasing five new, entry-level handsets in pursuit of the proverbial “next billion” subscribers in …

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. and bidding partner Alaska Native Broadband 1 License L.L.C. continued their post-Auction 58 expansion by launching Leap’s Cricket service in Cincinnati. The service is available …

ATLANTA—Numerex Corp. said it won a contract to supply regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. with fixed and mobile wireless machine-to-machine gear designed to help the carrier transition legacy analog …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Regional carrier SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said it has started the final phase in upgrading its network from TDMA to GSM, and plans to give its remaining TDMA customers …

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.—Text-savvy Southerners may help explain why all five “American Idol” winners hail from south of the Mason Dixon line, according to figures from The NPD Group. Cingular Wireless …

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. continues to make strides on the mobile retail front, expanding its agreement with Verizon Wireless to include postpaid plans and high-end multimedia phones. The chain, which not …

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz Transition Administrator released details and a new electronic worksheet about its Planning Funding Fast Track Option, announced last month. Public-safety agencies’ requests must meet specific criteria to …

LOS ANGELES—For Helio L.L.C. users who have multiple electronic devices sitting in drawers at home, the mobile virtual network operator is offering a one-time shot to trade in those devices …

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. closed on $1.1 billion in loans that the company said would help finance the operator’s bids in the upcoming Advanced Wireless Services spectrum auction scheduled …

LOS ANGELES—Paramount Pictures is using mobile phones to try to lure subscribers to its new film “Nacho Libre.” The studio is teaming with digital marketing company Cellfish Media L.L.C. to …

TAMPA, Fla.—Syniverse Technologies Inc. purchased Hong Kong-based Interactive Technology Holdings Ltd. for $45 million, the company announced. ITHL sells prepaid, messaging, video and number portability services to carriers in the …

SINGAPORE—Nokia Corp. introduced five new handsets that will hit the market later this year, including two Nokia-made devices for the United States market. The phones feature the company’s traditional candy-bar …

BOSTON-Despite dozens of announcements about municipal Wi-Fi deployments and feverish hype regarding the growth potential of the industry, incumbent operators have little to fear long-term from the technology, according to …

WASHINGTON-Despite legal setbacks in court jurisdictional rulings, including the Supreme Court’s refusal to review a 4th Circuit headset ruling that rejected industry’s federal pre-emption arguments, headset and brain-cancer litigation have …