“You just heard `Turn off the lights’ by Frank de Jojo.” For $1 per message, wireless users in the United States can identify virtually any song they hear, whether it’s …

OSLO, Norway-Norwegian mobile carrier Telenor Mobil said it is upgrading its GSM network with EDGE technology, although it emphasized that EDGE is not a replacement for its ongoing UMTS rollout. …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc.’s offer to give more spectrum to the government to solve public-safety interference at 800 MHz has brought to light a lesser-known class of licensees that are hopping …

RAPID CITY, S.D.-Western Communications Inc. in conjunction with Airtel Montana said it has launched an integrated wireless service in Rapid City and the Black Hills of South Dakota using Motorola …

High-profile nationwide carriers and niche-focused mobile virtual network operators are not the only wireless service providers that stand to benefit from specific marketing geared toward the highly desirable youth market. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-A Sidekick device fan has set up an online petition asking Sidekick vendor T-Mobile USA Inc. and creator Danger Inc. to offer synchronization technology to Sidekick users. Sidekick user …

LONDON-Worldwide wireless local area network hardware for the first quarter of this year trumped the fourth quarter of 2003 by 2 percent with a revenue of $696.4 million, according to …

Companies, venturing to figure out a successful long-term business plan in a market that has yet to be fully defined or to produce predictable revenues, continue to precariously appear on …

DALIAN, China–Intel Corp. said it has signed an agreement to deploy WiMax broadband wireless technology with the Dalian and Chengdu Chinese municipal governments.

WASHINGTON-The Small Business Administration said late Thursday it was withdrawing from a court case that rural wireline carriers had filed against the Federal Communications Commission regarding the intermodal local number …

SEATTLE-The Klickitat, a boat in the Washington State Ferries’ fleet, has been equipped with Wi-Fi service, powered by Port Townsend, Wash.-based Mobilisa Inc., allowing passengers to wirelessly connect to the …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Nordic operator TeliaSonera said it will delist from the U.S. Nasdaq Stock Market due to low trading volumes. The company is also listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and …

DALIAN, China-Intel Corp. said it has signed an agreement to deploy WiMax broadband wireless technology with the Dalian and Chengdu Chinese municipal governments. “Technology and Internet adoption continues to transform …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Zeevo Inc. and Smart Modular Technologies Inc. said they have entered a strategic alliance to develop and sell Bluetooth modules. The companies will focus not only on the …

WASHINGTON-The Export-Import Bank of the United States approved a $15 million long-term loan guarantee to support the sale by U.S. suppliers of cellular equipment, software and services to Colombia Movil, …

WASHINGTON-Ironically, the two pro-consumer initiatives undertaken by the Federal Communications Commission last year led to a strong increase in consumer complaints for the fourth quarter of 2003, said the FCC’s …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. said it has priced an offering of $360 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes, consisting of $125 million of first-priority, …

Boston Communications Group Inc. said it has received notice that Verizon Wireless will move forward with a national launch of an internal prepaid platform, rather than keeping its customers on …

Alltel Corp. is set to launch Kyocera Corp.’s Slider SE44 as its second push-to-talk handset for the carrier’s Touch2Talk walkie-talkie service. The carrier recently noted it had signed up 50,000 …

Fans of “The West Wing” TV series with Sprint wireless service will be able to participate in text messaging polls due to a new offering from cable channel Bravo and …