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The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. posted strong second quarter results with plusses and minuses in all the right places. The industry’s No. 5 carrier improved its average revenue per user, substantially …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless hopes that, as it claims, “everybody loves chocolate,” especially the $150 variety from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. that provides multimedia functions. Verizon Wireless launched the Chocolate …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. announced plans to purchase up to $1 billion of its outstanding notes, as part of the carrier’s strategy to reduce debt. The cash tender offers is …

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. tied for the top spot in the most recent J.D. Power & Associates survey of wireless carrier customer care performance. Both carriers …

From carriers to content providers to messaging companies, everybody in wireless wants to drive data revenues. And a couple of companies are focusing on users’ fingers. Digit Wireless Inc. hopes …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. launched two new phones from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. incorporating the carrier’s Touch2Talk walkie-talkie service. The LG AX390 allows customers to transition walkie-talkie calls to regular …

WASHINGTON—Online wireless retailer InPhonic Inc. signed a distribution agreement to add mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C.’s pay-as-you-go product to its lineup of postpaid offerings. InPhonic offers service …

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. tied for the top spot in the most recent J.D. Power & Associates survey of wireless carrier customer care performance. Both carriers …

SAN RAMON, Calif.—Push-to-talk platform provider Kodiak Networks and Korean handset manufacturer Pantech Co. Ltd. announced that they are partnering on a global effort to develop and market PTT-enabled handsets. According …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. completed the spinoff and merger of its wireline business, and now is officially a pure wireless player in the telecom industry. Alltel announced in December that …

Boston Communications Group Inc. settled its long-running dispute with Freedom Wireless Inc., agreeing to pay $55.3 million to the patent-holding firm. BCGI suffered a potentially fatal blow last year when …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR …

BEDFORD, Mass.—Boston Communications Group Inc. settled its long-running legal dispute with Freedom Wireless Inc., agreeing to pay $55.3 million to the patent-holding firm. The provider of prepaid billing software suffered …

SAN RAMON, Calif.—Canadian telecom company MTS Allstream Inc. plans to offer push-to-talk services using technology from Kodiak Networks. MTS Allstream’s service uses Kodiak’s Real-Time Exchange System, with features including availability …

  BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced the first 3.2 megapixel camera phone available to Verizon Wireless’ customers, Samsung’s a990. The CDMA handset also offers video …

   BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced the first 3.2 megapixel camera phone available to Verizon’s customers, Samsung’s a990. The CDMA handset also offers video recording …

MobiTV Inc. said it extended its wireless video service to devices running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. The service, which is available through Alltel Corp., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.—MobiTV Inc. said it extended its wireless video service to devices running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. The service, which is available through Alltel Corp., Cingular Wireless …

Ah, the second quarter-no big holidays and the momentum from fourth quarter sales is but a distant memory. Still, it hasn’t been an idle three months for the wireless industry: …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a pair of international data roaming deals, opening up Canada and Mexico for its data customers as part of what the carrier called “an …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a pair of international data roaming deals, opening up Canada and Mexico for its data customers as part of what the carrier called “an …

SINGAPORE—Nokia Corp. introduced five new handsets that will hit the market later this year, including two Nokia-made devices for the United States market. The phones feature the company’s traditional candy-bar …

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. continues to make strides on the mobile retail front, expanding its agreement with Verizon Wireless to include postpaid plans and high-end multimedia phones. The chain, which not …