A major communication provider to the oil and gas industry plans to resell wireless broadband and WiMAX services to oil companies in North America.Schlumberger, a leading oilfield services provider, has …
Sales of GPS-enabled mobile phone are expected to buck the global trend of handset shipment declines this year, according to a report from ABI Research.And even though the market is …
Betting that a touchscreen interface and high-resolution camera phone will lead to more photo-sharing – and accompanying data revenue – T-Mobile USA Inc. said today it would soon launch Samsung …
AT&T Mobility filed a lawsuit in Georgia federal court to crack down on autodial telemarketers offering wireless consumers extended automobile warranties, making it the second national wireless operator to pursue …
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 …
With wireless providers looking to enhance their networks during an economic downturn, Nokia Siemens Networks unveiled a base station that it claims can handle the migration from 2G to 3G …
VeriSign Inc. continued to streamline its business by jettisoning part of its European mobile messaging division.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company had established a mobile foothold in Europe with the 2006 …
Mobile application retailer Handmark announced a deal to acquire FreeRange Communications, a Portland, Ore.-based mobile technology firm, for an undisclosed amount.FreeRange offers a publishing platform designed to help media companies …
Following a lengthy legal process, the Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois has ordered Sprint Nextel Corp. to sell all Nextel operations in affiliate iPCS Inc.’s service areas. Sprint Nextel …
Four executives, including RIM’s co-CEOs and chief operating officer, will pay fines totalling about US$75 million, the company said.
Motorola has begun testing 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) broadband in the UK. The firm said the trial kicked off at a testing lab in Swindon with a “live, over-the-air, standards-compliant …
Now that retailers have honed in on wireless, realizing that it can serve as an integral part of its business, they’ve also begun to notice that customers need more help …
Congress approved legislation to postpone the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, capping a fiercely-partisan House debate today that forces wireless carriers to wait another four months …
A big chunk of the billions of dollars earmarked in economic recovery bills for broadband grants for wireless and other service providers likely will not make it into the private …
French-American telecommunication equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent posted its eighth straight quarterly loss, posting a $5 billion loss for the fourth quarter, which is the company’s largest since it was formed more …
According to a Wall Street Journal report this morning, AT&T Inc. is very interested in acquiring network assets and customers Verizon Wireless has to divest as part of its acquisition …
Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. soared as the company announced cost-cutting measures after its wireless business suffered an estimated $368 million charge.The Redwood City, Calif.-based publisher posted a $641 million …
T-Mobile USA Inc. scored a 755 out of 1,000 possible points in J.D. Power and Associates latest wireless customer care performance study, the highest out of all carriers tested. The …
Google Inc. is jumping headfirst into the location-aware social networking space.The Internet titan unveiled Latitude, a Google Maps feature that allows users to share their location information and check the …
The land rush is on for the new .tel domain. The question is, why?The U.K.-based firm Telnic is hoping to create a “phone book for the Internet” with the new …
That’s according to a quick study by a boutique PR agency called Launchsquad , which tracked the online searches and discussions about each Super Bowl advertiser in the few days …
Content from NBC and CBS is among the most popular with viewers of mobile video, with many tuning in to watch hour-long dramas — a format that initially thought to …
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carriers–R.W. Baird lowered its estimates on Verizon Communications to $2.50 from …
The difficult economy has had an effect on the Ultra Wideband market, with 2008 marking the exit of four UWB chip makers from the market, according to a report from …
