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DENVER-Regional bell operating company Qwest Communications International Inc., which offers wireless services through a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Sprint Corp., said it added 1,000 wireless customers during the …

MEXICO CITY-Leading prepaid wireless provider Tracfone Wireless Inc., which is owned by Latin American telecommunications provider America Movil, said it added 83,000 subscribers during the second quarter, compared with 213,000 …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission last month that it will not meet the Dec. 31 deadline to have 95 percent of its handset base capable of locating …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission Tuesday signed off on Sprint Corp.’s planned $1.3 billion purchase of US Unwired Inc. The FTC granted the approval without taking any action. Sprint said July …

Sprint PCS and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers now can buy titles from Jamdat Mobile Inc. at more than 5,000 RadioShack Corp. outlets, the electronics retailer said. RadioShack sales associates will …

Citing both technology and service-related issues, Rural Cellular Corp. said it lost 9,992 customers during the second quarter, compared with a gain of 8,144 customers during the second quarter of …

DENVER-Brickhouse Mobile announced a five-year agreement with Homegrown Video, an amateur adult film distributor, that calls for Brickhouse to develop, distribute and sell mobile-phone content and services worldwide. Homegrown content …

SAN FRANCISCO-Slow network speeds and cumbersome user interfaces are among the issues hindering uptake of wireless data services, according to a study from Harris Interactive. The poll, which was conducted …

NEW YORK-Telestone Technologies Corp., a Chinese wireless infrastructure supplier, said it will “explore and evaluate” expanding into the U.S. market. TST said it will open a California office during the …

BETHESDA, Md.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. said in its first-half report that its subscriber base has increased 20 percent to 127,000 customers during the past 12 months and 11 percent from 114,000 …

Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it has entered into a forebearance agreement with Sprint that will halt UbiquiTel’s attempts to seek injunctive or equitable relief from Sprint in …

Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants jumped 32 percent in the second quarter, according to research and consulting firm Gartner, reaching a total of 3.6 million units in the second …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its equity investment arm made an undisclosed financial investment in wireless local area network developer Trapeze Networks Inc. Trapeze Networks designs a WLAN mobility solution that …

NEW YORK-Two of the nation’s largest tower operators posted second-quarter losses despite increasing revenues as they continued to move toward a pending merger. SpectraSite Inc. reported a net loss of …

America Online Inc. is testing a suite of mobile search services that would allow users with Web-enabled phones to search the Internet for information, including local business listings, and to …

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless each announced investments in network upgrades in several states. Cingular specifically said it plans to spend an estimated $6.2 billion this year upgrading …

BEDFORD, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. said it placed $41 million into escrow to be used as bond if a $128 million judgment against it is upheld. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. also …

U.S. Cellular Corp. launched wireless service in St. Louis, which becomes the carrier’s second-largest market behind Chicago. The carrier noted that it has deployed nearly 300 cell sites, hired more …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. said it added a company-record 6,782 customers during the second quarter, a 119-percent improvement compared with the 3,092 customers the carrier added during the …

The frenzy of consolidation sweeping the wireless industry may not be over as an industry research firm recommended that some nationwide operators could see both long- and short-term benefits by …

Ahhh, China. It’s sort of like the black sheep of the global wireless family. It plays by its own rules, it doesn’t conform and it certainly doesn’t make things easy …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it will partner with Access Co. Ltd. to make the Japanese mobile content delivery firm’s i-mode Global Profile offering available on select W-CDMA MSM chipsets from …

The second quarter is shaping up as a one-horse affair as Verizon Wireless appears set to take substantial market share away from its competitors and move ever closer to its …

Hearing comments on Sen. John Ensign’s telecom reform bill is like dejà vu all over again, to borrow a phrase from John Fogerty. Ensign’s bill aims to largely deregulate the …

When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launches high-speed data packet access-based service en masse in the United States later this year, the protocol is expected to double the carrier’s reach, making a …