Carriers

Fresh off its public launch at this year’s CTIA event, soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile Inc. reported several content and marketing sponsorship deals with a number of action …

PARIS-ADP Telecom announced it has begun WiMAX trials and has signed a partnership agreement with Alcatel to produce pilot products for professional use in collaboration with its customers Aeroports de …

LOS ANGELES-Bank of America, in partnership with Trammell Crow Co., said it is making available 3,500 of its retail banking centers nationwide for stealth wireless site installations. TCC’s Wireless Solutions …

Verizon Wireless confirmed it will sell PalmOne Inc.’s Treo 650. Many in the industry had expected such a move, although neither Verizon nor PalmOne had officially announced the device for …

RA’ANANA, Israel-Israeli mobile communications operator Partner Communications Company Ltd., which operates under the Orange IL brand, launched Mobixell Networks’ Media Adaptation and Optimization Solution on its network. Mobixell’s Central Rich …

Once satisfied to quietly grab some shelf space for their titles on a carrier’s deck of wireless offerings, mobile game publishers are now trying to make a little more noise. …

The topic of how and if a wireless telephone number directory should be established has been and continues to be heavily debated, but so far little has been said about …

HOUSTON-Although they recorded increased revenues, two tower operators suffered net losses in their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2004 compared with the previous year. For the full year, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Friday said it was rejecting a request that it relax the enhanced 911 Phase II rules for small wireless carriers, but it is giving Tier …

WASHINGTON-The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials last month broke with other public-safety advocates and the telecommunications industry, refusing to support a report to the FCC’s Network Reliability & Interoperability Council. …

Taking advantage of new technologies, peer-to-peer companies, otherwise known as dotcoms, are porting services to wireless subscribers without operator consent. Through handsets, personal digital assistants, laptops and other mobile devices, …

Nokia Corp. is in advanced discussions to purchase CDMA EV-DO phones from the phone-making subsidiary of Korean CDMA carrier SK Telecom, according to a report from Reuters. A Nokia spokesman …

LONDON-The backlash against proposed rates to license digital rights management technology continued this week, with a powerful group of wireless carriers threatening to abandon the open-standard system. The GSM Association …

NEW YORK-Leap Wireless has delayed the release of its annual report due to accounting changes, and announced a bonus plan for employees, according to a pair of Securities and Exchange …

WASHINGTON-In arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, justices seemed skeptical the government could designate something an information service if it has elements of telecommunications. “What I am still waiting to …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Nordic carrier TeliaSonera said it has agreed with the Cukurova Group to acquire a 27-percent stake in Turkish wireless carrier Turkcell for $3.1 billion, increasing its ownership stake to …

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc. told the Federal Communications that since it is actively trying to compete with wireline carriers, it should be able to receive access to unbundled network elements at …

Leap Wireless has delayed the release of its annual report due to accounting changes and announced a bonus plan for employees, according to a pair of Securities and Exchange Commission …

The backlash against proposed rates to license digital rights management technology continued this week, with a powerful group of wireless carriers threatening to abandon the open-standard system. The GSM Association …

Prepaid mobile virtual network operator TracFone Wireless said it replaced a batch of its Nokia Corp. 1100 phones with models that included “updated software enhancements.” The carrier did not say …

LAS VEGAS-Gemplus International S.A. said six wireless carriers have selected its SIM cards and over-the-air provisioning services for their GSM launches. The carriers include Plateau Wireless, Douglas Communications, Endless Telecom, …

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission that since it is actively trying to compete with wireline carriers, it should be able to receive access to unbundled network elements …

WASHINGTON-The Congressional Budget Office said that financing universal-service subsidies out of general revenues would have a lesser economic cost than the current system of cross subsidization. “Funding universal service with …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. is offering a software upgrade for the iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC from Hewlett-Packard Co. The carrier recently suspended sales of the device due to unexplained software …

Although they recorded increased revenues, two tower operators suffered net losses in their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2004 compared with the previous year. For the full year, …