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ROSEMENT, Ill.—Motorola Inc. expanded its family of Razr-inspired handsets, unveiling two handsets that mirror the company’s flagship phone. The world’s second-largest handset manufacturer introduced the Krzr, a narrower Razr with …

Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos Holdings Corp. reported plans for an initial public offering of up to 15 million shares of common stock. If approved, the IPO could raise as much …

The frenzy of consolidation sweeping the wireless industry may not be over as an industry research firm recommended that some nationwide operators could see both long- and short-term benefits by …

Proxim Corp., which provides Wi-Fi and broadband wireless access solutions, has agreed to sell substantially all of its assets to Moseley Associates Inc. The agreement calls for Moseley to buy …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. said it has received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. that it has failed to meet minimum bid requirements and could be delisted. The company’s share …

Less than 10 years ago, dot-com was the technology phrase de jour. Business plans, companies and even an economic boom (and bust) were built upon one little dot. Today, at …

“We have run out of people (in the United States) who can pass a credit check and want a wireless phone,” said Roger Entner, vice president of North American wireless …

Infused with new leadership, Leap Wireless International Inc. announced plans to expand its offerings with the launch of its Jump by Cricket prepaid service, providing a true pay-as-you-go plan for …

Continued growth in the wireless industry is likely to come from untapped market segments that may not prove as financially rewarding as the saturated early-adopter segments, according to a new …

Sprint PCS’ largest affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. made good on previous comments that it was interested in acquiring a fellow affiliate by signing a deal last week to purchase AirGate …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued the business of integrating AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with a pair of deals to sell spectrum and wireless assets designed to comply with government divestiture requests …

While wireless broadband technologies stir some excitement around both service providers and vendors, rural carriers are likely to take the most advantage of them in the short run as the …

Mobile technologies like WiMax (802.16), MobileFi (802.20) and Flarion’s OFDM are poised to garner the most success in the wireless broadband space, according to research from The Management Network Group …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. initiated a cash tender offer and consent solicitation for the entire $858.8 million outstanding principal amount of its 9.5-percent senior serial redeemable notes due 2011. Total …

Second-quarter results from public tower companies reflect improved financial stability and greater optimism that cell-site additions will ramp up in the coming months. Crown Castle International Corp. released its second-quarter …

NEW YORK-American Tower Corp. announced it will receive $420 million following the sale of 12.25 percent senior subordinated discount notes due 2008 of newly formed and wholly owned subsidiary American …

NEW YORK-Owing to what it described as industry risk and price appreciation, brokerage firm Bear, Stearns & Co. has downgraded the high-yield wireless telecom and towers sector to “underweight,” promising …

NEW YORK-The bad news, according to Jerry Newman, senior managing director of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., “is word of a 50-to-75 percent decline in new venture capital investments” so …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. surprised Wall Street with a better-than-expected earnings report and a reiteration of its positive outlook for the future. The company’s stock was trading at $4.69 per share …

NEW YORK-Like the Wizard of Oz working the controls unseen, electronic commerce could soon become the primary delivery and fulfillment mechanism for all goods and services, regardless of whether consumers …

NEW YORK-Manufacturers increasingly are planning to outsource production as more companies transition to the virtual manufacturing model, according to a recent Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. study. A substantial number …

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet Holdings Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 4.1 million shares of its common stock. The company said …

NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. has spent the past five years refining lessons learned from its attempts to jump-start digital cellular in the United States, said Matt Wisk, vice president of national …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc.’s Central/Eastern European subsidiary ClearWave N.V. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States for an initial public offering of ordinary …

NEW YORK-Martin Fridson, managing director of Merrill Lynch & Co., called this year one of “difficult times” for high-yield bonds, a period characterized by “declining liquidity in the secondary (trading) …