American Technology Research

By Julie Jargon CHICAGO—Motorola Inc. cell phone chief Ron Garriques promised investors in May that the company’s new Q smart phone would follow the same trajectory as its smash hit …

VeriSign Inc. finally jettisoned the bulk of its direct-to-consumer mobile content business, selling a 51-percent stake in its Jamba subsidiary to News Corp. for $188 million. The companies announced plans …

Len Lauer, Sprint Nextel Corp.’s chief operating officer and one of the company’s most high-profile executives, left the company last week after the carrier’s dismal second quarter put management under …

For the second time this year, Lucent Technologies Inc. warned of lower sales prior to releasing quarterly results. The company said it expects to post third-quarter earnings of $2.04 billion, …

LAS VEGAS-Mforma Group Inc. is the latest mobile-game publisher to get a makeover, dropping its name in an effort to become more consumer-friendly. The San Francisco-based developer is rebranding as …

LAS VEGAS—Mforma Group Inc. is the latest mobile-game publisher to get a makeover, dropping its name in an effort to become more consumer-friendly. The San Francisco-based developer is rebranding as …

Money continued to pour into the mobile marketing space last week as VeriSign Inc. inked an agreement to shell out $250 million in cash for wireless messaging and content services …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—VeriSign Inc. continued its spending spree, inking an agreement to shell out $250 million in cash for mobile messaging and content services provider m-Qube Inc. M-Qube powers mobile …

SAN FRANCISCO—VeriSign Inc.’s mobile content business is “looking like a disaster,” according to a report released this week by American Technology Research analyst Albert Lin. Lin downgraded VeriSign to a …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s tenure as the nation’s fastest-growing wireless operator came to a screeching halt as Verizon Wireless took back the title it lost in 2004. Surpassing even the most …

Digital music service provider Napster announced plans Thursday to offer ringtones to mobile users in the United States and Canada. Napster Mobile, which will launch next year, will allow users …

Sprint Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee said last week that the company’s highly anticipated sale of its more than 6,200 wireless towers could be completed by the …

Sprint Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee said the company’s highly anticipated sale of its more than 6,200 wireless towers could be completed by the end of this …

Second-quarter earnings released last week by major handset manufacturers showed Nokia Corp. losing market share, while Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. increased their sales expectations …

For Qualcomm Inc., CDMA is a double-edged sword. Although the company has enjoyed a significant amount of prosperity in its efforts to expand the CDMA industry, its success seems to …

While its products still entice carriers, Nortel Networks Ltd. is down in the dumps on Wall Street. The question looms whether the company’s technology will prevail over its financial woes. …

The twists and turns continue in a year that most predict will be the biggest ever for the mobile-phone industry, as market leader Nokia Corp. disappointed with a flat second-quarter …

WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. announced another gangbuster quarter, showing increasing revenues, a rising net income and an even better outlook ahead. “Innovation and execution continued to drive …

Amid predictions of the largest year ever for the mobile-phone industry, market leader Nokia Corp. stunned investors with news that its first-quarter revenues will clock in below expectations due to …

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 …

Following on a Federal Communications Commission inquiry into its local number portability implementation, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. filed a report with the agency outlining the troubles the carrier has encountered …

Much like Al Capone’s vault, the first few days of local number portability provided more hype than headlines as the feared millions of customers beating down the doors of retail …

WASHINGTON-When the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association initially reacted to a clarification letter sent by the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regarding wireless local number portability, it said it was pleased …