Carriers

Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to leverage its alliance with the NFL by launching a host of Super Bowl-related offerings.The buffeted carrier created a wireless Web site hawking ringtones, screen …

Palm Inc. will close all but one of its retail stores over the next five weeks, in keeping with its effort to cut costs and focus on its next-generation smartphone …

The third round of the Federal Communication Commission’s ongoing 700 MHz spectrum auction ended this morning with potential winning bids topping the $3 billion mark. The latest round included 1,030 …

On the heels of AT&T Mobility’s record-breaking quarter, Sprint Nextel Corp. is showing a trio of senior executives the front door. Many in the industry expected new CEO Dan Hesse …

The long-anticipated 700 MHz auction kicked off today, attracting 1,849 bids totaling more than $2.4 billion during the first round. The Federal Communications Commission, which will hold a second round …

New wireless subscribers came to AT&T Mobility in record droves during the fourth quarter; the carrier added 2.7 million net new customers to the rolls — an all-time record high …

Google Inc. scored yet another carrier partner, securing a deal to deliver its services to NTT DoCoMo Inc. subscribers.Japan’s No. 1 wireless carrier said it will offer Google services including …

Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. said it added about 7,800 net subscribers during a fourth quarter, a number “below our previous expectation,” according to the carrier.The company saw a …

The Supreme Court rejected a request by two national mobile-phone carriers to review a lower court’s decision overturning a Federal Communications Commission rule preempting state regulation of line-items on subscribers’ …

Verizon Wireless signed an agreement to purchase SureWest Communications’ wireless assets in Northern California for $69 million, the companies announced.Under terms of the deal, Verizon Wireless will acquire the company’s …

WiMAX has come to the college town of Madison, Wis., thanks to a new network launched today by TDS Telecommunications Corp. with infrastructure provided by Alvarion Ltd. And in other …

Text messaging is getting a lot of attention these days as society tries to figure out the appropriate rules to govern this new form of communication. Like most everything else, …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is continuing its battle to right a listing ship. The nation’s No. 3 carrier announced it would cut 4,000 jobs and close 8% of its stores after …

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION launched a rulemaking to determine whether mobile text messages and short codes are covered by non-discrimination provisions of the telecom act.Public-interest and consumer groups asked the …

IT’S GAME TIME.The wireless industry’s version of March Madness is set to tip off Jan. 24, with 214 applicants vying for 1,099 spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz band being …

AFTER NUMEROUS DELAYS, AT&T Mobility is preparing to launch broadcast mobile TV service from MediaFLO USA Inc. in early February, according to sources close to the situation.Leaked internal documents and …

Having sent Apple Inc.’s stock steadily skyward in recent months, Wall Street turned on the company like a wounded hyena last week after CEO Steve Jobs issued a handful of …

Few mobile offerings have a longer – or more uninspiring – history in the United States than barcodes. But the odd-looking little images may finally be going somewhere.One of the …

It would be perilous to deduce overly broad implications from the release of a single handset – even if it is an iDEN handset made by struggling Motorola Inc. on …

Sun Microsystems Inc. raised eyebrows and garnered splashy headlines when it announced plans to acquire MySQL Inc. for $1 billion. But what the deal means in mobile – or just …

Globalstar Inc.’s bid to secure additional mobile satellite service spectrum for land-based networks – including a possible WiMAX system covering hundreds of rural communities – is drawing criticism based on …

In roughly 25 years, the wireless and mobile industry has undergone three generations of technological change and stands on the threshold of a fourth. Its success has made it possible …

AT&T Mobility is now selling the consumer-oriented iPhone by Apple Inc. as a productivity tool for business. The move may be in tandem with an anticipated introduction of Lotus Notes …

The New York Times secured on-deck placement with AT&T Mobility. The nation’s No. 1 carrier said it inked an exclusive, four-month deal to link to the newspaper’s mobile site from …

Mobile network infrastructure spending in North America in 2008 is likely to be down vs. 2007. We expect Wideband-CDMA network investments to accelerate as AT&T Mobility continues to expand its …