AT&T

The Federal Communications Commission asked for a new round of public comment on regulation of special-access lines, last-mile connections essential to wireless carriers and largely controlled by AT&T Inc. and …

AT&T Mobility will work with Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. to build a 3G wireless network in Hawaii, the two companies announced. DoCoMo said it will provide up to $24 …

AT&T Inc., the nation’s second-largest advertiser, has made made Omnicom Group’s BBDO, the advertising agency for the former Cingular Wireless, the lead agency for the carrier’s massive $3.3 billion advertising …

The mobile-phone industry reacted angrily to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s 700 MHz draft decision to impose an open-access-like condition on more than a third of the 60 megahertz …

Motorola Inc. will buy privately held Leapstone Systems, Inc., a software developer with a unified platform for voice and data bundles across multiple networks and devices. Terms of the deal …

Speculation has sent network operators’ stock up and down, but a British analyst said yesterday that Apple Inc. had not signed any deals with Euro-operators.The sticking point, according to Bill …

Dear Editor,We would like to respond to some of the many misleading comments made by Reed Hundt in RCR Wireless News relating to our Washington Post editorial. That piece argued …

If you were expecting AT&T’s rivals to slash, say, smartphone prices in the wake of the iPhone launch, you’d be wrong. A check on handset pricing over the past week …

Software vendor Synchronoss Technologies Inc. said that it has signed a multi-year deal with AT&T Inc. to “support the launch and ongoing operational support” for the iPhone. Stephen Waldis, president …

Welcome to our Monday column, Analyst Angle. Every Monday, the industry’s leading analysts give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry, from carriers to content to handsets …

Tens of thousands of customers opening up their shiny, new iPhones during opening weekend experienced a different way to activate a wireless device-outside the store.Instead, customers were pointed to Apple …

There’s been a lot of ink spilled about Apple’s iPhone. And here’s some more.Industry pundits have pointed out that the iPhone is like the Paris Hilton of the business industry; …

Covering the Hatfields’ and the McCoys’ blood feud might be easier than sifting through the conflicting claims between Broadcom Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. over patent rights and competitive issues.The two …

The wireless industry has watched since 2001 as Sony Corp. and L.M. Ericsson joined forces to tackle the handset market. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications focused on profitability first and has …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube. Nokia-Siemens sent out a press release this week stating that Finnish ISP …

MediaFLO USA Inc. is locking up high-profile content deals and shifting into overdrive as it nears its service launch with AT&T Mobility. Meanwhile, its would-be competitors remain in idle as …

Major wireless policy debates are increasingly ceasing to be Inside-the-Beltway brawls limited to high-powered lobbyists hired by well-heeled, warring industry factions. Instead, proponents of ambitiously controversial proposals-particularly those promising to …

WHILE FRONTLINE WIRELESS L.L.C., Congress and the mobile-phone industry sound off in the final throes of a testy, high-profile 700 MHz debate, the steady, low-key diplomacy of the public-safety community …

MediaFLO USA Inc. has scooped up some exclusive mobile premieres since its launch in March and it plans to continue. In late June, the company broadcast the mobile premiere of …

Powered by brand equity and brilliant media manipulation, Apple Inc. has parachuted into the handset business. Look out below!The company’s first foray into mobile handsets has captured so much attention-the …

Apple Inc. provided information on how the iPhone’s battery replacement will take place and how much it will cost. The iPhone vendor’s choice of a sealed-in battery-the same approach used …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

More than a dozen House Commerce Committee lawmakers urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to reject Frontline Wireless L.L.C.’s push to have the agency create a national 700 MHz …

Four days after launching the data-centric Apple Inc. iPhone, AT&T Mobility struggled with a regional crash of its EDGE network for several hours on Monday-but the carrier said the problem …

It hasn’t taken long for mobile broadcast TV provider MediaFLO USA Inc. to scoop up exclusive premieres since its March launch. Last Friday the company broadcast the mobile premiere of …