Carriers

DES MOINES, Iowa-Qwest Communications International Inc. expanded the availability of its nationwide wireless service to residential and small-business customers in Keokuk and Mason City, Iowa. Rate plans for the service …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-Mobitex network operator Velocita Wireless L.P. said it has enhanced its nationwide network with the deployment of wireless base stations in Auburn, N.Y. The company said the new base …

CHICAGO-Two high-profile wireless veterans have joined BridgePort Networks’ board of advisors. The mobile Voice over Internet Protocol company has added Perry M. LaForge, executive director of the CDMA Development Group, …

Verizon Wireless subscribers have downloaded more than 120 million applications during the past year, nearly doubling the number of downloads from the previous 12 months, the carrier announced at the …

Despite increasing competition and spectrum concerns T-Mobile USA Inc. said it expects to continue posting around 1 million net customer additions per quarter through the rest of 2005 and with …

Cingular Wireless said it will directly sell Good Technology’s wireless e-mail service to its corporate accounts. The carrier will be the first operator in North America to directly offer GoodLink, …

DALLAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is using Texas Instruments’ OMAP multimedia processor chip in its mobile TV phones. Samsung is currently selling phones in South Korea that work on the Digital …

NEW YORK-Media giant Primedia Inc. will provide games, ringtones, live video and editorial content for planned mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile, the companies announced Tuesday. Amp’d, which is expected …

Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and L.M. Ericsson all announced infrastructure contracts Monday. Nokia said it will supply High-Speed Downlink Packet Access gear to Kuwaiti mobile operator Wataniya Telecom. Nokia said …

CANADA Canada’s Minister of Industry, David Emerson, announced a full review of Industry Canada’s spectrum policy framework. The initiative aims to bring Canadian policy and regulatory regimes overseeing telecom and …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it completed a trial of High-Speed Downlink Packet Access technology with Israeli wireless carrier Partner Communications Company Ltd. over its live cellular network in …

LONDON-Following what it termed extensive customer research and feedback, Vodafone Group plc launched its Vodafone Simply service, which the carrier said provides customers with basic voice and text messaging services …

OTTAWA-Canada’s nationwide cellular carriers Bell Mobility, Fido, Rogers Wireless and Telus Mobility launched inter-carrier Wi-Fi service, along with plans to develop more than 500 new hot-spot locations. The new hot-spot …

Verizon Wireless is bolstering its phone lineup with high-end devices from PalmOne Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Meanwhile, T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to be fleshing out its EDGE offerings …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Global Towers Partners said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 51 towers from Jesta Towers, a regional developer and wireless facilities owner with a focus on …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it was awarded a GSM/GPRS mobile network expansion by Hola Paraguay, a 1900 MHz carrier in Paraguay. With this project, the service provider will extend its network …

WASHINGTON-A new study says the substance and timing of regulatory reform can determine the fate of entire industries and whether competition and consumer choice are created during times of technological …

The Mobile Marketing Association and wireless carrier association CTIA released guidelines outlining policies for wireless carriers and content providers marketing to consumers. A committee including all five Tier 1 operators …

Verizon Wireless announced an agreement with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast concert footage of Velvet Revolver, Avril Lavigne, the Moody Blues and other artists. The carrier added a channel …

The wireless industry is quickly following the wireline market with a handful of large operators dominating the market, according to independent credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s. With the latest …

MUNICH, Germany-Bangladesh mobile operator Banglalink, a 100-percent subsidiary of Orascom Telecom, has commissioned Siemens AG to set up its GSM network in Bangladesh. Siemens will install turnkey radio and switching …

The following wireless companies received upgrades or downgrades from financial and investment firms this week. Moody’s Investors Service assigned a B3 rating to the proposed senior secured credit facilities of …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. sold its entire equity stake in Honduran wireless carrier Celtel. Millicom International Cellular said it acquired part of the stake from Motorola, bringing Millicom’s ownership to two-thirds …

SAN DIEGO-Rural carrier Eloqui Wireless plans to offer One Voice Technologies Inc.’s MobileVoice service to its customers, according to a multiyear agreement the two companies signed. The MobileVoice service incorporates …

WASHINGTON-South Korea’s National Emergency Management Agency said it will expand cell-broadcast disaster alerts to cover the whole country. NEMA said the initiative has enabled mobile-phone subscribers to get information on …