EDINBURG, Va.-Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. and its wireless subsidiary, Shenandoah Personal Communications Company, a PCS Affiliate of Sprint, signed its 100,000th wireless customer, capping two years of greater than 20-percent annual …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. unveiled an application that allows users to download movie quotes and soundtracks to their handsets. Subscribers of the company’s Cricket service with Cricket Clicks-enabled phones …
Sprint PCS and Sybase Inc. said Tuesday they will expand their relationship to develop and market corporate wireless data applications. Under terms of the agreement, the carrier will use software …
DUBLIN, Calif.-New research has picked iAnywhere Solutions Inc. as the top player in the middleware market, besting 13 competitors. This is the company’s third straight year on top of that …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has successfully completed trials for broadband public-safety solutions in the 4.9 GHz band. “The success of the trial, thanks in large measure to the involvement …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless today said the company’s corporate Web site has been improved to make it more accessible to customers with disabilities. The nation’s No. 2 mobile-phone carrier said new …
Acquisition news continues its frantic pace with InPhonic Inc. and SmartServ Online Inc. both announcing purchases. First, Internet phone retailer InPhonic said it bought privately held A1 Wireless USA Inc., …
Sprint PCS launched two new content services Monday, continuing its lead in the advanced content arena. The carrier announced a radio-like service that will deliver short video clips and six …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish company Atenit said it will deploy a UMTS TDD network using technology developed by U.S.-based IP Wireless. Atenit, a wireless broadband carrier, will deploy the network over a …
MOLNLYCKE, Sweden-According to a recent retailer survey in Sweden, the second-leading cause of broken mobile phones is squeezing them too hard in a pair of tight pants. The survey, conducted …
MOSCOW-I-mode mobile Internet service is coming to Russia and Eastern Europe under an agreement between Japanese i-mode creator NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Russia’s largest wireless carrier Mobile TeleSystems. The carriers …
Verizon Wireless said it has extended coverage of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Broad- bandAccess network to nearly all of Los Angeles county, as well as into portions of Riverside and …
Many in the industry peg iDEN handset vendor Motorola Inc. as a major winner following the merger between Sprint and Nextel Communications Inc. Motorola’s position is enviable as the company …
Editor’s Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past 12 months. By successfully closing the …
SAN RAMON, Calif.-The ZigBee Alliance has crowned two years of work with a ratified specification, which will allow interoperability of products from more than 100 members, said the alliance. “The …
ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc., which announced last week a definitive agreement to be acquired by fellow affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc., reported financial results for the carrier’s fourth fiscal …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced partners for its third-generation video service called World Call. DoCoMo’s FOMA video customers will be able to exchange video-phone calls with users of compatible W-CDMA services …
They’ve been called the last untapped demographic for mobile phones, but some seniors say the industry itself may be to blame for the lack of elderly mobile users. Wireless devices …
WASHINGTON-A key lawmaker Thursday called universal service “the 800-pound gorilla” and said that last week’s action by the Federal Communications Commission to raise the universal-service contribution factor above 10 percent …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration has banned shipments of non-rechargeable lithium batteries on commercial flights because they pose a fire hazard when transported in the cargo hold of passenger aircraft, the …
