Verizon Wireless became the first major U.S. carrier to offer ringback tones, launching a service analysts say-and carriers hope-may be even more profitable than ringtones. Ringbacks are clips of music …
Network equipment divisions performed better for major wireless vendors in the third quarter than their handset businesses did. At Nokia Corp., handset sales figures still topped equipment sales, but infrastructure …
WASHINGTON-More than a year after the Federal Communications Commission declared that there would be intermodal porting in addition to wireless local number portability, rural local exchange carriers are still upset. …
Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its latest line-up of advanced handsets for its FOMA third-generation network. The carrier’s new 901i series of mobile phones feature advanced video calling, …
Fallout from the Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. merger continued last week as separate developments sent tumbling shares of one mobile content provider and another e-commerce company. …
WASHINGTON-The $275 million paging merger of No. 1 Arch Wireless Inc. and No. 2 Metrocall Holdings Inc. has closed, following favorable U.S. review of a deal that drew no opposition …
The United States may have stolen the text-messaging world record from the text-loving British thanks to a lightning-fast performance by Ben Cook, a 17-year-old high school student in Salt Lake …
WASHINGTON-More than a year after the Federal Communications Commission declared that there would be intermodal porting in addition to wireless local number portability, rural local exchange carriers are still upset. …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless enterprise company Infowave Software Inc. announced a complicated business deal that will net the company $4.6 million in new money from an investor in the real-estate business. …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today approved the nation’s first software-defined radio, marking the launch of a new era of smart wireless devices designed to make improved use of the crowded …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The wait appears to be over for Motorola Inc.’s new A630 device, as T-Mobile USA Inc. is offering it on its Web site for $300. The device is one …
ZURICH, Switzerland-Java company Esmertec announced it scored $20.2 million in new funding through the sale of a convertible note, money the company said would be used to expand its business …
LONDON-U.K. fixed-line carrier British Telecommunications plc launched a mobile virtual network operator service for the corporate market, dumping its former wireless subsidiary MmO2 for rival carrier Vodafone U.K. as the …
A new study shows that businesses are most likely to look to wireless carriers-instead of device makers or computer suppliers-for their wireless data needs. Further, the business market represents a …
HELSINKI, Finland-Anti-virus company F-Secure Corp. said it discovered a new Trojan computer virus for mobile phones running the Series 60 version of the Symbian operating system. The company said the …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has issued foreign ownership guidelines for international deals involving U.S. wireless and wireline carriers. “A review of the applications involving foreign-ownership interests received by the commission …
SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. said it has issued a debt offering backed by a mortgage loan of about $293.8 million for a five-year period. The loan, which is issued in …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has won a $370 million contract extension with third-generation wireless carrier 3 to supply core, radio, transmission equipment and related services. The contract covers Sweden, …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. launched Motorola Inc.’s V710 handset, which includes a 1.2-megapixel camera and flash, video recorder, MP3 player and Bluetooth wireless technology. The handset also supports Alltel’s Axcess …
BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. closed on its $250 million senior secured term loan facility, which the carrier said is secured by substantially all of its assets. The facility includes pricing …
