Carriers

Following is a list of wireless companies that had ratings or financial news this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Tele2 AB has given up on the Finnish market, where it has operated a mobile virtual network operator service since 2003, due to competitive and regulatory challenges. The carrier, …

Alltel Corp. finally joined the multimedia messaging service interoperability bandwagon Thursday, announcing deals with the nation’s two largest wireless carriers. Alltel announced agreements allowing its subscribers to exchange picture and …

L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and ZTE Corp. joined Asia-Pacific’s largest mobile alliance group, Bridge Mobile Alliance, increasing the membership base from eight to 11. The vendors joined the alliance through …

MINNEAPOLIS-The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Services unit has given product acceptance to ADC’s Digivance Long-Range Coverage Solution, according to the company. The approval gives rural wireless operators the …

SEATTLE-Mobile music software developer Melodeo Inc. Friday unveiled a service that downloads podcasts directly to mobile phones. The company announced Mobilcast, free software that will allow users to download selections …

Nextel Partners Inc. sent a terse response to Nextel Communications Inc. following a letter it sent to Nextel Partners regarding terms of Nextel Partners’ “put” option, which the affiliate can …

WASHINGTON-The National Emergency Number Association recently asked the Federal Communications Commission to establish an interim, then permanent, Routing Number Administrator, a move that would benefit Voice over Internet Protocol providers …

Verizon Wireless successfully conducted over-the-air calls using CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology from Lucent Technologies Inc., and Lucent said its Rev. A infrastructure will be commercially available in 2006. …

The nation’s wireless carriers said they were largely unaffected by the computer worm that made the rounds this week. Carrier representatives generally reported that small numbers of desktop computers were …

LONDON-Symbian Ltd. reported $48 million in revenues in its second quarter, up from the $24.6 million it posted in the same quarter last year. Sales of phones with the company’s …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers can access the ringtone from a new Foo Fighters single before the song hits radio airwaves, the carrier said Thursday. Cingular and Sony BMG announced the …

Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to launch a full-track music download service by the holidays, the newly merged carrier said Tuesday. The operator looks to be the first U.S. carrier to …

Sprint Nextel Corp. said it intends to pursue the appraisal process under network affiliate Nextel Partners Inc.’s “put” provision instead of moving forward with a negotiated acquisition. Nextel Partners has …

WASHINGTON-Americans trying to call mobile phones in Ecuador recently may have found it difficult, and now the Federal Communications Commission is opening a broad investigation into “whipsawing”-a broad range of …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has paid $57 million in cash for Elata, a privately held U.K.-based developer of content-delivery software, the chipmaker said Wednesday. Qualcomm said it will integrate its BREW …

SAN DIEGO-Mobile virtual network operator Movida announced it will sell Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s KX1 for $100. The MVNO said the phone, called SoHo by Kyocera, will be its first mid-tier …

PLAINFIELD, IN.-Handset distribution company Brightpoint Inc. announced it scored a master-agent deal with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to offer phones through value-added resellers and systems integrators. Under the agreement, Brightpoint will …

Managed enterprise mobility solutions provider iPass Inc. said it has added CDMA2000 1x EV-DO capabilities to its iPassConnect universal client. The company said it has integrated nationwide 1x and EV-DO …

Nearly 80 percent of wireless shoppers said they prefer to use cell-phone company Web sites to compare plans and products compared with visiting retail stores for such comparisons, according to …

Shares of Dwango Wireless Inc. plummeted Tuesday and Rick Hennessey stepped down as chief executive officer after the content provider posted a second-quarter loss of $5.56 million, or 64 cents …

The Consumer Electronics Association announced it will team with training firm Corporate Dynamics Inc. to help sell its Wireless Certification Program to independent wireless retailers. “Wireless retailers, both carrier and …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said that Nextel Communications Inc. common stockholders will receive nearly 1.27 shares of Sprint Nextel stock and 84.63 cents in cash in exchange for each share …

LONDON-The Global mobile Suppliers Association said in its latest third-generation survey estimates there are more than 30 million W-CDMA subscribers. According to the survey, there are 82 W-CDMA networks in …

SANTA ANA, Calif.-WiMAX player eWan 1 Inc. announced it scored a $1 million funding commitment to build out its WiMAX offering in places like the Virgin Islands and Mexico. eWan’s …