2007

With substantial growth expected to come from the prepaid wireless market, national carriers are beginning to pay more attention to the one-time red-headed stepchild of the coveted postpaid customer. Analyst …

The Bush administration’s top telecom advisor John Kneuer is stepping down later this month, ending a rocky tenure characterized by the Democratic-led Congress’ intense oversight of major public-safety, spectrum-reform and …

Leap Wireless International Inc.’s stock took a major hit this morning. The flat-rate wireless carrier, which until recently had been courted by MetroPCS Communications Inc. with an unsolicited $5.1 billion …

Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp.’s losses widened substantially during the third quarter, with higher revenues more than offset by a $159 million charge related to the refinancing of some …

Shares of InPhonic Inc. continued their free-fall as the online wireless retailer filed for Chapter 11 protection and said it will sell “substantially all” of its assets to Versa Capital …

Qualcomm Inc.’s earnings in the fiscal fourth quarter and full year showed year-on-year improvements, but a modest outlook for the fiscal first quarter sent its shares down around 6% in …

The best part of Google’s “Android” announcement last week? Why, the name of course. How awesome is it that a giant company like Google used the term android for its …

CinemaElectric Inc. is quickly finding its groove in the mobile video space. With more than half of its content produced in-house, the company has inked deals with 90 carriers in …

Embattled Pakistani President-General-Censor-in-Chief Pervez Musharraf has his hands full these days with all those loud, disagreeable lawyers and that headstrong, trouble-making female politician. Kind of reminds you of the domestic …

So let me start out with a caveat: I only understand open access from the “regular person” point of view. I’m not an engineer or a Washington insider, I’m just …

The Federal Communications Commission’s revised roaming rules may have exacerbated an already divisive industry issue, with warring carriers challenging new guidelines and feuding over the possibility of their extension to …

You’ve undoubtedly noticed, with pleasure, that the telescoping, whip antenna of yore has long ago disappeared inside the increasingly sleek device you slip into your pocket. Technology is supposed to …

Federal regulators appear poised to take actions that could enable Globalstar Inc. to integrate terrestrial wireless facilities in most of its mobile satellite service frequencies and allow Iridium Satellite L.L.C. …

With the launch of WiMAX trial markets just weeks away, Sprint Nextel Corp. says it is re-examining its WiMAX business plans and has abandoned a partnership with Clearwire Corp. intended …

T-Mobile USA Inc. added 857,000 net subscribers to its network during the third quarter, numbers primarily driven by the carrier’s prepaid offering. The carrier had added 802,000 net subscribers during …

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it will pro-rate its early termination fees for customers, the last of the four national wireless carriers to do so.Sprint Nextel’s move comes on the heels …

Tellabs Inc. announced that Krish Prabhu plans to resign as president and CEO by March 1, 2008. Prabhu, 53, has served in the positions at Tellabs since 2004. Tellabs’ stock …

Towerstream Corp.’s stock slipped a little more than 4% to $2.50 per share after the company reported a net loss of $1.75 million for the third quarter. Revenues for the …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. awarded its $600 million media-buying account to Publicis Groupe’s Starcom, according to executives familiar with the situation. Starcom prevailed in a review that also included WPP …

Nortel Networks Corp. stock jumped 18% to $19.40 yesterday when the infrastructure vendor reported earnings of $27 million during the third quarter, up from the $63 million it lost in …

As the pace of convergence quickens, Nokia Corp. cut a deal with wireless telecom giant Vodafone Group plc to integrate mutual service offerings designed to grab eyes, ears and wallets-as …

Like rival Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson is stepping up its direct-to-consumer content business.The London-based handset manufacturer said it will expand its PlayNow business, adding a song-identification application and “millions of …

T-Mobile USA Inc. jumped on the bandwagon for a more consumer-friendly wireless service contract, announcing plans to begin pro-rating early termination fees in the first half of 2008. The changes …

American Tower Corp. brought in $59.6 million in profits during the third quarter thanks to a 10% increase in total revenue from the year-ago period, the company announced.The company also …