WASHINGTON-Wireless is here to stay and it is becoming more important. That was the take-away message from Thursday’s 22nd annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy & Regulation sponsored by the Practicing …
Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Motorola Inc.’s former semiconductor subsidiary, became a free, independent company following the completion of the spin-off. As a result, Motorola issued its shareholders 0.110415 of a share …
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-J.D. Power and Associates announced it certified Nokia Corp.’s call center in Tampa, Fla. The firm said the certification indicates Nokia’s call center provides an “outstanding” customer service …
BERKELY, Calif.-The nation’s first live mobile TV broadcaster celebrated its first birthday Thursday. MobiTV, which recently reached an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., began delivering mobile content to Sprint …
EDINBURG, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider Shenandoah Telecommunications Co., which also operates as a Sprint PCS affiliate, closed on its previously announced $23.2 million acquisition of NTC Communications, which provides Ethernet, cable …
KINGS PARK, N.Y.-Infrastructure vendors will benefit as hundreds of thousands of base stations will be deployed globally every year through the rest of the decade, according to a new report …
BURNABY, British Columbia-WebTech Wireless, a fleet telematics company, said it plans to acquire all of GlobeTrac Inc.’s European location-based and telematics business. GlobeTrac plans to seek new business opportunities, according …
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International said it named consumer-goods marketing executive Ulli Gritzuhn as its new chief marketing officer to replace Nikesh Arora, who left T-Mobile in September “at his own request,” …
Dan Meyer Verizon Communications Inc. is expected to raise $1.9 billion from its sale of 73.5 million shares of Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. The sale will include 48.55 million …
Verizon Wireless said Thursday it completed the purchase of Northern California wireless operator Mountain Cellular from Sierra Tel Communications Group. The deal includes Mountain Cellular’s spectrum license covering 170,000 potential …
WASHINGTON-Deutsche Telecom and T-Mobile officials in Germany assert the 100 unionized technicians fired by subsidiary T-Mobile USA Inc. are not protected because the action was an asset deal in which …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has rescinded a proposed $200,000 fine against Western Wireless for operating a transmitter on a historic site in North Dakota. The FCC said Western Wireless made …
SINGAPORE-Connexion by Boeing has signed yet another airline for its high-speed, in-flight Internet service with Singapore Airlines (SIA). The deal also includes service provider agreements with two Singapore wireless carriers, …
NEW ORLEANS-Content provider Turbo Squid launched a new discussion forum for developers creating three-dimensional content for the Java M3G platform. The Mobile Developers Forum will help developers find solutions to …
The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) announced Wednesday that Cingular Wireless, Sprint PCS and France Telecom have joined its efforts to fight spam and viruses. The nonprofit coalition was founded …
Yet another mobile gaming acquisition was announced this week, as InfoSpace Inc. revealed it had bought IOMO Ltd., a U.K.-based publisher, for $15 million in cash. IOMO has developed more …
SYDNEY, Australia-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will supply a new Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching system in conjunction with Juniper Networks Inc. to carry traffic for Vodafone Australia’s network. The system …
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-The first iDEN wireless service in Puerto Rico will launch in the fourth quarter under the brand name of ProxTel Wireless. North Sight Communications Inc. awarded Motorola …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Wireless technology company Comverse Technology Inc. reported increasing revenues and a positive net income, although investors seemed leery of the company and sent its stock down slightly to $22.31 …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS announced it will begin selling the sliding-style PM-325 phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. The phone will be available for $80 with a service agreement. The …
