Carriers

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it scored almost 29,000 net customer additions during the fourth quarter of 2004, bringing its total number of net additions for the year to 97,000. …

Sprint PCS said Thursday it is including embedded over-the-air technology with seven of its Vision handsets, enabling the carrier to perform remote software upgrades and fix bugs on devices already …

LAS VEGAS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will sell additional devices running Microsoft Corp.’s operating system in 2005. The carrier already offers Windows Mobile devices from Motorola Inc., Audiovox and Siemens …

The stampede toward mobile video continued Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show as content providers, carriers and TV networks announced alliances to bring televised content to wireless handsets. SmartVideo …

The U.S. carrier market appears to be headed for further constriction on news that regional carrier Alltel Corp. is in advanced negotiations to buy Western Wireless Corp. for $4 billion. …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Fixed-line operators should be concerned about competition from High-Speed Downlink Packet Access technology, according to a report from ABI Research titled, “HSDPA-Mobile Broadband.” Trial systems using the technology-which …

TOKYO-Japanese wireless equipment supplier NEC Corp. announced it has set up a new mobile network operation outsourcing company in Hong Kong. NEC said the new business will focus on new …

LONDON-Motorola Inc. said it recorded speeds of 2.9 megabits per second during outdoor High Speed Downlink Packet Access trials with five major European operators. Motorola did not name the carriers. …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. reaffirmed its guidance for its fourth quarter and expressed optimism for the coming quarters based on sales of its W-CDMA laptop cards. “Sales …

Starting Thursday Cingular Wireless will send text messages to all of its 46 million customers, giving them a chance to make $1 or $2 donations to the Asian tsunami disaster …

TOKYO-Hitachi claimed to have won a bigger CDMA2000 1x EV-DO infrastructure order from Japanese wireless carrier KDDI Corp. than rival firm Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, which Tuesday said it won …

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Following a similar announcement from its rival Tuesday, Motorola Inc. Wednesday announced a contract to deliver Push to Talk over Cellular equipment to Turkcell, Turkey’s leading GSM operator. Motorola …

SHANGHAI, China-E-commerce company SmartPay Jieyin Ltd. announced Wednesday that it will acquire Intrinsic Technology Ltd., a mobile software developer that provides billing and service management solutions to Chinese wireless carriers. …

AALBORG, Denmark-Mobile data services and content company End2End has acquired Danish mobile virtual network operator MIGway A/S, the companies announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. MIGway owns …

ESPOO, Finland-Turkcell, a GSM operator in Turkey, has begun offering its business customers commercial push-to-talk service using Nokia’s Push to Talk over Cellular equipment. Nokia said the deployment follows successful …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has won an $800 million contract for CDMA2000 EV-DO equipment with Japanese carrier KDDI Corp., according to international press reports. The firm will supply …

WASHINGTON-Online wireless service and device retailer InPhonic Inc. reported a two-year agreement to provide subscriber management systems in support of AT&T Corp.’s launch of wireless voice and data services to …

Voice over Internet Protocol phone carrier Vonage announced several new devices to support its service, including a portable Wi-Fi phone from wireless handset and infrastructure provider UTStarcom Inc. Vonage sells …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. released its newest W-CDMA laptop computer card, which the company said will work on the 2100 MHz band in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, as …

Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has expanded its northern California service area south from Stockton through Modesto and Merced. The carrier also offers its flat-rate, unlimited calling service …

Cingular Wireless and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they completed the first High-Speed Downlink Packet Access data calls using a trial UMTS network deployed by the two companies in the Atlanta …

Even as it begins serious deployments of third-generation technologies, the wireless industry is hedging its bets on next-generation technology. Since W-CDMA and CDMA2000 someday may reach their tethers, some industry …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS and Sybase Inc. said they will expand their relationship to develop and market corporate wireless data applications. Under terms of the agreement, the carrier will use …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse introduced its Comverse MMS Exchange, a central hub that allows multiple network operators to interconnect their multimedia messaging services. Operators currently must implement separate routing connections and interconnectivity …

VIENNA, Austria-Telekom Austria said it acquired a call option to purchase Bulgarian wireless carrier Mobiltel AD. The option gives the Austrian carrier the right to purchase full control of Mobiltel …