Carriers

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. has deployed InnoPath Software’s over-the-air technology on two new handsets, the companies said Thursday. The new phones feature InnoPath’s DeltaUpgrade Plus, which allows carriers …

LOS ANGELES-SK-EarthLink, which is a joint venture between Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom and U.S.-based EarthLink Inc., announced its senior executive team and said it will be headquartered in Westwood, …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The long-awaited market for wireless location-based services may finally be around the corner, according to two analyst reports this week. Citing Sprint PCS’ recent introduction of an operator-assisted …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has asked a federal appeals court in Atlanta to delay setting a briefing schedule for challenges to the agency’s truth-in-billing decision to avoid a confusing hodgepodge …

NEW YORK-ThumbPlay Inc. launched a mobile entertainment Web site designed to offer ringtones, images, games and other content directly to mobile users. The company unveiled an Internet storefront offering more …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Two wireless equipment suppliers said they won deals to supply gear to Vivo, Brazil’s largest mobile operator. L.M. Ericsson said it will expand and enhance Vivo’s access transmission …

SINGAPORE-Mobile 365 has inked deals to provide text messaging delivery and data services with six Asian operators since January, the company said. Using the CommunicAsia 2005 conference as a backdrop, …

WASHINGTON-In separate actions, the Federal Communications Commission lowered the universal-service contribution factor to 10.2 percent and said it would begin examining the USF subsidy program, perhaps dramatically changing the way …

Seventy-five years after it sold the first car radio, Motorola Inc. wants to get back into your dashboard. The world’s No. 2 handset manufacturer is preparing to beta test iRadio, …

LAUREL, Md.-Verizon Wireless said it will hold a job fair June 25 in an attempt to add 200 bilingual Spanish-speaking employees to its Washington-Baltimore-Virginia area workforce. The carrier noted the …

CHINA Electronics manufacturing services company Flextronics said it will score more than $550 million in upfront cash payments from the sale of its network and semiconductor businesses. AMIS Holdings Inc. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported insight into the usage patterns of its Wi-Fi subscribers as well as several Wi-Fi roaming agreements, which the carrier said would triple the number of …

An alliance of wireless carriers in Asia, which first formed last year, launched services at the Com- municAsia show this week in Singapore. Bridge Mobile Alliance launched a suite of …

While cutting-edge technologies allow wireless subscribers to use their handsets as TVs, radios and camcorders, Carl Washburn would like users to see their phones as textbooks. The founder and chief …

Sprint Corp.’s planned launch of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based high-speed wireless data services continues to inch ahead as the portion of the carrier’s Web site aimed at business users included preliminary …

Leap Wireless International Inc. reported delayed first-quarter results that were in line with recently released guidance. Leap previously stated that the delayed reporting was due to accounting issues. The carrier …

HELSINKI, Finland-Industry got a good look at the new phones on line for the end-of-the-year shopping rush, as Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. each boosted their handset …

MATAWAN, N.J.-Centennial de Puerto Rico has selected DAX Technologies Corp. to deploy its OPTIMA network management solution on its CDMA 1xRTT Networks in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. …

WASHINGTON-Sprint Corp. urged the Federal Communications Commission to refrain from getting involved in a controversial business arrangement it has with US Unwired Inc., an affiliated rural carrier that has asked …

Investment banking firm Merrill Lynch said it expects the continued strong growth of family plans to drive the wireless industry’s five nationwide operators to post a 14.8-percent year-over-year improvement in …

RESTON, Va.-Large wireline and wireless carriers will not take advantage of WiMAX technology. Instead, municipalities, power companies and others will deploy and use the offering, predicted Detecon Consulting, which consults …

One pioneering wireless data technologies is getting closer to its expiration date, as AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s low-speed CDPD wireless data network is set to be shut down June 30 …

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates-Two Middle Eastern companies announced agreements for in-flight high-speed data services. Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, selected Connexion by Boeing as …

SINGAPORE-L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced separate professional services wins in Asia. In Pakistan, Ericsson’s managed services deal with Warid Telecommunications Pvt. Ltd. has been expanded so that Ericsson …

Verizon Wireless completed its nationwide rollout of ringback tones, launching service Thursday for users in Montana, Wyoming and New Mexico, the carrier said Friday. U.S. carriers have been scrambling to …