DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. said it will begin offering all new digital subscriber line customers and small business subscribers a Wi-Fi-capable DSL model that the telecommunications provider said would save …
WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary Donald Evans today said the president intends to nominate Al Frink as the country’s first manufacturing czar, a move that comes as job losses in the United States …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $24 million contract to be the sole GPRS supplier for Indian carrier IDEA. The contract also covers GSM equipment and multimedia services. …
NEW YORK-Lehman Brothers analyst Blake Bath this week initiated coverage of tower companies American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International Corp. and SpectraSite Inc. with various ratings. Bath rated American Tower …
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration identified exclusionary wireless standards and high mobile-phone interconnection as barriers to telecom trade in a new report. The findings, released by the U.S. Trade Representative, come as …
SINGAPORE-Connexion by Boeing said Singapore mobile operator StarHub will add the company’s real-time, high-speed Internet service to StarHub’s wireless broadband services. As part of a memorandum of understanding, the two …
GREENSBORO, N.C.-Mobile-phone chipmaker RF Micro Devices Inc. said its revenues for the quarter will come in at the high end of its expectations of between $152 million and $163 million. …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it is reviewing options to refinance its existing senior secured credit facility due to “attractive” current market conditions. The carrier noted any refinancing would be …
Following a request to determine possible alternatives, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it would continue its billing and customer care relationship with Convergys Corp. for all of its subscribers under …
Verizon Wireless said it plans to relocate its current customer service and customer financial services positions currently in Orangeburg, N.Y., and Morristown, N.J., to a new call center in Wilmington, …
WASHINGTON-As of Thursday morning it appears that Nextel Communications Inc. has been successful in convincing a majority of the Federal Communications Commission that adopting key portions of its Consensus Plan …
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. upped its mobile-phone sales expectations for this year, according to a report from Reuters. The company said it is seeing strong phone demand from …
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC announced NII Holdings Inc. has chosen its Metrica performance management software to monitor the quality of wireless services for business customers in Latin America. Quality-of-service data will be collected …
WASHINGTON-The National Taxpayers Union is leading a coalition urging the Federal Communications Commission to take a light regulatory touch on voice over Internet Protocol services. “The lesson for the FCC …
Wireless data and technology companies continue to entice investors, with messaging provider Mobileway, wireless enterprise company Adesso Systems and phone processor vendor Alphamosaic announcing new funds. Mobileway said it scored …
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. announced another gangbuster quarter, showing increasing revenues, a rising net income and an even better outlook for the future. “Innovation and execution continued to …
NEW YORK-Wireless users in the United States can now sign up to receive messages with information gleaned from the teachings of Pope John Paul II through a new offering from …
Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. said it has reached an agreement with Sprint PCS amending its affiliation agreements, agreed to settlement terms to resolve its litigation against Sprint PCS and …
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department said five individuals were indicted and four of them arrested on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering in connection with a $2.25 billion government program …
WASHINGTON-Consumers Union on Tuesday asked the Federal Communications Commission to seek ways to stop the industry practice of handset locking, saying doing so would lead to better coverage, more competition …
