ST. LOUIS-Minute Guard, a subsidiary of McPheeters Communications Group, launched a new service it said is designed to eliminate cellular overage costs. The Minute Guard service monitors users’ minutes of …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. today signed an agreement that would require NextWave to continue to divest the majority of its spectrum holdings following a recently …
News from RF Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp. and Skyworks Solutions Inc. reflects the flurry of activities in the semiconductor world. RFMD announced what it described as a strategic focus …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-Shares of AirNet Communications Corp. skyrocketed nearly 70 percent today after the company, which designs software-defined base station products for wireless communications, said it expects first-quarter revenues to be …
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Wireless and mobile computing company Symbol Technologies released its new MC9000-K and MC9000-S rugged mobile computers, which the company said feature Microsoft Corp.’s software, Intel Corp.’s chips and support …
READING, United Kingdom-New research shows Research In Motion, Symbian and Microsoft Corp. scoring gains in the Europe, Middle East and Africa market for advanced wireless devices, while Nokia Corp. and …
Lucent Technologies Inc. is riding a third consecutive quarter of profits as indicated in its fiscal second-quarter results with a net income of $68 million, or 2 cents per diluted …
Following a spate of merger-and-acquisition news on the wireless content front, companies now are announcing further deals and offerings in the space. First, wireless entertainment publisher Mobile Scope said it …
WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc., dragged down by a multi-billion-dollar accounting scandal only to emerge today from bankruptcy as MCI Inc., said it will leverage its Internet backbone business to take advantage of …
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported 554,000 net customer additions during the first quarter of this year, which was a nearly 200-percent improvement compared with the 189,000 subscribers the carrier added during …
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Metro-scale Wi-Fi equipment provider Tropos Networks and wireless service provider Verge Wireless Networks announced Tropos’ solutions are being deployed in the city of New Orleans for use by …
BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Infonxx, a directory assistance and enhanced information services company, said it closed a $40 million senior credit bank facility with Bank of America. Infonxx will use the funds to …
LISBON, Portugal-WeDo Consulting, which provides software solutions for communications and media markets, said it closed a deal to implement its revenue assurance solution, called RAID, with Vodafone Portugal. The product …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-VoIP Inc. announced it will acquire Wi-Fi technology company Apex Sight L.L.C. Following the acquisition, Apex will become a wholly owned subsidiary of VoIP Inc., which will offer …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-Wireless antenna manufacturer SkyCross has received a $1 million investment from Korea’s SK Telecom. Last year, SK Telecom began implementing SkyCross’ cellular, GPS and W-CDMA embedded antenna solutions in …
NEW YORK-Nearly one-third of kids in the United States have their own mobile phones, while 48 percent of European kids said they own mobile phones, according to a new study …
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. announced it has hired a new chief financial officer. In addition to heading up financial aspects of SBA, Anthony Macaione, 40, will also serve as …
Surpassing analysts estimates of around 200,000 net customer additions, Sprint PCS said it added 414,000 direct customers during the first quarter of this year, which was also more than double …
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Electronics company Audiovox Corp. reported first-quarter net sales of $376.9 million, an increase of 27 percent from the $296.8 million it reported in the same quarter a year ago. …
RESTON, Va.-Following what it called a successful trial, Nextel Communications Inc. said it will begin accepting paying customers for its high-speed service using Flarion Technologies’ Flash-OFDM technology. Nextel will also …
