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Noting the importance of wireless Internet and data services to wireless service providers, along with Goldman Sachs findings that more than 50 percent of all Web access will be delivered …

NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data Inc. has begun providing its trademarked Synapse to bridge the divide between rural farmers and their city customers. The pilot program, involving wireless point-of-sale terminals at …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer free and unlimited two-way text messaging services through Feb. 28. After the free promotional period ends, customers can continue service through …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Aeris.net introduced a new service option called VBurst, an overlay to the firm’s existing MicroBurst service, using the cellular control channel for packet data services. While MicroBurst is …

NEW YORK-The $41.6 billion bid by Deutsche Telekom AG for VoiceStream Wireless Corp. was the largest merger announced last quarter and the second-largest during the first nine months of this …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-JP Systems introduced a new platform at CTIA’s Wireless I.T. show last week called SureWave, along with a WAP browser for Palm OS devices, supporting the Palm Query …

WASHINGTON-Just because the telecommunications industry is urging the Federal Communications Commission to order the cable industry to open up its cable modem platform to competing Internet service providers, that does …

BURNABY, British Columbia-Infowave Software Inc. announced Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. has agreed to resell its Wireless Business Engine to corporate clients in Canada. The Wireless BUsiness Engine is designed to …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp.’s board of directors is meeting this week to discuss several issues, including a spinoff of the company’s consumer long-distance business and a possible merger of AT&T Wireless …

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and AT&T Corp. are still in talks concerning a merger, international press reports said. The Wall Street Journal had earlier reported the talks had ended. British Telecom …

As it initiates a beta launch of its wireless Internet solution and wireless portal this week, YadaYada Inc. is preparing to go head to head with competitors OmniSky Corp. and …

NEW YORK-A 6-percent average summer dip in the price of shares in American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International, Pinnacle Towers Inc., SBA Communications and SpectraSite Communications also reflected “a shift …

The life of a start-up company is as unpredictable as the weather, and sometimes the plotted course turns out to be the wrong path to success. Such was the case …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Travelocity.com launched a mobile flight-booking tool with rebooking capabilities for customers using various types of wireless devices. The service allows travelers to buy airline tickets via their devices, …

Lucent Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that John Young, former president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and a current member of the Lucent board of directors, will become chairman …

Just less than a year after bursting onto the wireless Internet scene with a wireless solution for the Palm V, OmniSky Corp. this week is introducing a similar solution for …

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s slow and steady slide from Wall Street darling to Wall Street doldrums accelerated last week when the company issued a profit warning that triggered several downgrades and …

Leap Wireless International Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire PCS licenses in Eugene, Ore., and Fort Collins and Greeley, Colo., from American Wireless License Group L.L.C. The licenses, covering …

For the mobile commerce market to succeed in winning over consumers from the wired Internet and bricks-and-mortar space, it will have to be flexible in meeting consumer expectations, according to …

Shares of AT&T Corp. fell after Salomon Smith Barney analyst Jack Grubman lowered his recommendation on AT&T from “outperform” to “buy” on Friday. The stock was trading at $26.94 at …

Following months of speculation, regulatory red tape and the seemingly elusive approval by the Federal Communications Commission that came Sept. 29, SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Mobility officially came together …

NEW YORK-As carriers’ capital expenditures race ahead of revenues, existing wide area and new local area data networks are poised to capture a good chunk of the market for corporate …

WASHINGTON-Language to allow the Federal Communications Commission to take back RF licenses from bankrupt entities has been stripped from the FCC spending bill being considered by Congress. Legislation that would …

CHICAGO-“Spectrum is like money, everyone always wants more of it and you can never get enough of it,” said Mark Kelley, chief technology officer of Leap Wireless International Inc. It …

JACKSON, Miss.-AT&T Wireless network partner Tritel Inc. launched digital wireless phone service in nine markets under its SunCom and AT&T brand names. The markets include Corbin and Owensboro, Ky.; Florence, …