Carriers

Entertainment publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it will sell content through RadioShack Corp. outlets in what may be the first major agreement between a brick-and-mortar retail chain and a mobile …

A handful of CDMA technology-based rural operators formed the Associated Carrier Group L.L.C. alliance, which they said “will collaborate their efforts to efficiently provide timely and competitive value to consumers …

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission today suspended the bill of rights for telecom consumers, with new Commissioner Dian Grueneich casting the deciding vote to put on hold a sweeping rule …

FORNEBU, Norway-Norwegian carrier Telenor said it will restructure its organization and management. The restructuring will concentrate Telenor’s mobile and fixed activities in the Nordic region under one management. Morten Karlsen …

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp.’s fourth-quarter results showed a 13-percent drop in net profit, but the company is stressing the positive in its mobile-phone shipments and infrastructure performance. The company reported a net …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission garnered more than $1.3 billion in bids following six rounds of bidding for 242 wireless spectrum licenses that it is auctioning as part of Auction 58 …

Wall Street stomped Sierra Wireless Inc. after the company said it expects to post a drop in first-quarter revenues and a huge loss, sending the company’s stock down an astounding …

Verizon Wireless posted 1.7 million net customer additions during the fourth quarter of last year, which the carrier said was its highest quarterly increase for the third consecutive quarter and …

Mobile publisher THQ Wireless Inc. said it will allow football fans to vote for a most valuable player during the Super Bowl broadcast Feb. 6. THQ is teaming with Players …

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported 1.019 million net customer additions during the fourth quarter of last year, which was just ahead of the 1.015 million subscribers the carrier added during the …

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-T-Mobile USA Inc. topped Vocal Laboratories’ quarterly report measuring the quality of customer care among wireless carriers during the final three months of 2004. The Vocal Labs report …

ESPOO, Finland-In a contract valued at about $30 million, Ethiopian Telecom Corp. selected Nokia Corp. to expand its GSM and GPRS networks. Under the deal, Nokia will supply and deploy …

BOSTON-North American wireless carriers risk losing billions of dollars due to the proliferation of Wi-Fi services, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. The consultancy said operators risk as …

Internet access service provider EarthLink Inc. announced a joint venture with South Korean wireless telecommunications provider SK Telecom to market wireless voice and data services in the United States using …

Vodafone Group plc reported its strongest quarter since 2000, posting 5.4 million net customer additions to bring its worldwide subscriber base to 151.8 million. Vodafone’s announcement also offered a glimpse …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-Kodiak Networks reported that Montana-based rural wireless provider 3Rivers Wireless plans to deploy Kodiak’s Real Time Exchange System and accompanying push-to-talk service. Kodiak noted its RTX System is …

McDonald’s restaurants in the Pacific Northwest will give away ringtones, wallpaper and coupons to wireless handsets during a Web-based promotional campaign, the fast-food chain said Wednesday. McDonald’s will use the …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Thanks to a deal between operator CoTeCal and ZTE Corp., the country will witness its first CDMA 450 MHz network, according to the Chinese vendor. ZTE said the …

MILAN, Italy-Italian carrier Telecom Italia said it plans to sell its 54.76-percent equity stake in Entel S.A. to Almendral S.A., a holding company listed on the Santiago stock exchange in …

TAMPA, Fla.-Wireless retailer and Wi-Fi hot-spot provider FTS Wireless Inc. said it plans to begin marketing Alltel Corp.’s wireless products and services next month. The company currently distributes wireless products …

The nation’s three largest wireless operators have the highest percentage of customers under contract for more than 12 months, according to consumer data research compiled by Stax Inc. The research …

SEATTLE-M-commerce software developer Qpass announced Tuesday that it had acquired ucp morgen, a Vienna, Austria-based developer of content delivery software for network operators and content providers. Terms of the deal …

Despite a rash of operational difficulties during the past several years that led to its eventual sale to rival Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Forrester Research Inc. found that AT&T Wireless Services …

ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra-Wireless carrier Servei de Telecomunicacions d’Andorra, which operates in the European country of Andorra, selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide a UMTS network. Nortel did not disclose …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed an exclusive managed services contract with H3G Italy for the overall management of H3G Italy’s third-generation network, which has more than 2.6 million subscribers. The value …