WASHINGTON-Sprint PCS was granted eligible telecommunications carrier status for parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, making it able to collect universal-service subsidies for customers …
Fed up with what it said were sluggish negotiations, Sprint network affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. took its bid to merge with fellow affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. public in order to …
SEATTLE-Mobile music start-up Melodeo closed a $9.5 million round of financing and used the occasion to quietly disclose plans to begin offering a download service in Europe next year. The …
Bayly Communications Inc. named Fernando Anaya as its sales representative for Latin America. Most recently, Anaya was sales manager for Motorola Inc. in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Cranite …
Like a cat with full jaws and claws, GSM technology does not need to proclaim its strengths. The numbers tell the story. Up to 1.18 billion subscribers place and receive …
WASHINGTON-The long-awaited publication in the Federal Register of the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band occurred Nov. 22. Publication starts the 75-day clock …
It’s no mystery why so many content and messaging providers are working so hard to pry the lid off the booming Chinese wireless data market. The question is how to …
WASHINGTON-Congress failed to pass relocation trust fund and wireless enhanced 911 legislation, but House and Senate members plan to try again in early December when lawmakers return for a brief …
SEOUL, South Korea-Handset juggernaut LG Electronics Co. Ltd. continued its sales expansion in the third quarter, announcing 64.2-percent year-on-year growth in its mobile-phone business to $2.1 billion in sales. The …
TOKYO-NEC Electronic Corp. wants to make chips off its old block. The semiconductor unit of NEC Corp. said it will work together with its parent company to develop dual-mode chipsets …
Wireless executives should be opening up their checkbooks about now to thank the House GOP. What a bunch of guys. From now on, we shall refer to the chamber as …
WASHINGTON-Wireless and wireline carriers serving rural America hailed congressional passage of a measure that prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from restricting universal-service subsidies to primary lines. “Now that the primary-line …
Colorado Mills is one of Denver’s newest suburban malls. The warm, well-lit corridors are lined with like likes of Gap, Target, K-B Toys, Chili’s and other clothing, eatery, trinket and …
Mobile instant messaging is expected to take another step forward this week with an announcement that Nokia Corp. will expand its offerings of IM-friendly handsets. The world’s largest handset manufacturer …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is abuzz these days with a new debate that seems to bring two familiar issues-competition and spectrum management-to the table at the same time. At issue: …
WASHINGTON-Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell (D) has yet to signal whether he will sign or veto a bill some critics fear will undermine Philadelphia’s planned Wi-Fi rollout. However, there is a …
One vendor’s end-to-end strategy is another vendor’s poison. Nokia Corp., Siemens AG and Motorola Inc. market their end-to-end strategies as one-stop shops for carriers. But Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks …
WASHINGTON-Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell (D) has yet to signal whether he will sign or veto a bill some critics fear will undermine Philadelphia’s planned Wi-Fi rollout. But there is a …
The stakes for Sprint Corp.’s 6,500 cell-phone towers rose as at least four bidders have offered proposals to buy them in an auction that could bring in as much as …
Nortel Networks Ltd. said both the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange are not considering delisting the company as yet. The vendor also said its discussion with …
