Carriers

Nokia Corp.’s longtime stranglehold on the U.S. mobile-phone market appears to be broken-at least for now-by a major surge in sales from Motorola Inc. “Motorola products are really just more …

Less than three weeks after it began, the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 58 of 242 spectrum licenses in the 1.9 GHz band came to a quiet close last Tuesday, having …

The hacker accused of breaking into T-Mobile USA Inc.’s computer systems and accessing customer information has pleaded guilty. Nicholas Lee Jacobsen, 22, pled guilty in U.S. district court in Los …

CANNES, France-Intel Corp. announced three agreements to pursue its WiMAX technology and promote its XScale and mobile technologies. The chip bellwether said it has entered an alliance with Alcatel Corp. …

WASHINGTON-The stakes continue to rise in the telecom consumer bill-of-rights controversy, with the California legislature ready to write the new rule into law and the California Public Utilities Commission considering …

At long last, the tower deal causing months of speculation is etched on the record books. Global Signal Inc. has won the exclusive rights to lease or operate more than …

As evidenced by the vast popularity of gadgets like Apple’s iPod, the demand for portable digital music is as obvious as it is universal. But how-and how well-the wireless industry …

The battle for wireless supremacy heated up this week as current No. 2 operator Verizon Wireless unveiled a slew of rate plan and service offerings that could help the carrier …

CANNES, France-Two global carriers announced contracts for content charging systems last week. Lucent Technologies Inc. and NetSpira Networks said they have provided Singapore’s MobileOne Ltd. with a content-based online charging …

The Federal Communications Commission this week lauded CTIA’s efforts to control mobile adult content and urged the association to step up its efforts in keeping inappropriate material out of the …

Rural operator Dobson Communications Corp. reported complete fourth-quarter and full-year 2004 results Thursday that included improved revenues and mixed net income results. During the fourth quarter Dobson said revenues increased …

WASHINGTON-Legislation could be introduced as early as today to write into state law the telecom consumer bill of rights approved last year by the California Public Utilities Commission, a move …

CANNES, France-L. M. Ericsson said it has signed a series of contracts with operators in the United States to deploy its hosted multimedia service. The service providers include Carolina West …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. reported a three-year, multi-million dollar agreement with integrated billing services provider Convergys to provide domestic wireless, global data networking and voice solutions. Sprint, which is one …

Nextel Communications Inc., which is in the process of merging with Sprint Corp., posted a 19-percent increase in total revenues during the fourth quarter from $3 billion in 2003 to …

CANNES, France-Powerwave Technologies Inc. said Swedish operator Atenit Communication AB has selected the company’s Microwave group to supply Ethernet microwave communications solutions for use in its UMTS-TDD network. Atenit said …

CANNES, France-Mobile entertainment solutions company Digital Bridges said it is expanding its distribution network in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and India. The company said it has signed deals with 10 …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sprint PCS said it has chosen Harris Corp. to provide its network with point-to-point microwave technology. The carrier signed a four-year deal to receive Harris’ next-generation microwave …

CANNES, France-Comverse Technology Inc. announced two new operator deals as well as a series of product upgrades in conjunction with the 3GSM trade show. First off, the multimedia software and …

CANNES, France-The GSM Association said it has brought together network operators and vendors to conduct interoperability trials of equipment and networks for Session Initiation Protocol-based services. SIP is the underlying …

The hacker accused of breaking into T-Mobile USA Inc.’s computer systems and accessing customer information has pleaded guilty. Nicholas Lee Jacobsen, 22, pled guilty in U.S. district court in Los …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless reported that its customers can participate in this weekend’s National Basketball Association All-Star festivities from their wireless handsets. The carrier said interested customers can send a text …

SINGAPORE-MobileOne Ltd. said it launched “affordable” third-generation service Wednesday. The 3G service will offer video calls at 24 cents per minute, but video streaming, MP3 downloads and Internet surfing are …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo! has quietly rolled out a service that allows users to send driving directions from computers to mobile phones. After accessing directions through the Yahoo! Maps portal, a wireless …

Mobile music continued to dominate news out of the 3GSM World Conference Wednesday with two product launches. LogicaCMG unveiled a platform that allows users to identify, download and pay for …