Carriers

HONG KONG-The Mobile Media Company AS and Viva la Mobile announced a partnership to provide third-generation multiplayer games to wireless carriers worldwide. Viva la Mobile, an Australia-based mobile-game developer, will …

MILAN, Italy-Telecom Italia detailed its offer to buy the 44 percent of Telecom Italia Mobile that it doesn’t already own for up to $28.1 billion. The boards of directors of …

Less than two months after Cingular Wireless L.L.C. garnered governmental approval for its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., creating the nation’s largest wireless operator, a Wall Street …

BEIJING-Following on its first wireless contract in the United States earlier this week, Chinese infrastructure company Huawei Technologies has been selected by Dutch mobile operator Telfort to deliver and install …

Our neighbors to the north may be suffering through Hockey Night in Canada withdrawals brought on by the ongoing National Hockey League lockout, but that did not distract Canadian wireless …

PRESTONBURG, Ky.-Rural wireless operator East Kentucky Network, which operates under the Appalachian Wireless brand name, said it plans to deploy Kodiak Network’s Real-Time Exchange System that will allow the carrier …

An already crowded North American infrastructure market is set to welcome a new competitor. One of China’s largest telecommunications vendors, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., has provided network equipment for regional …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The popularity of in-vehicle navigation services vs. handset-based vehicle navigation services in East Asia varies from country to country, according to a report from ABI Research titled “Handset-based …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Expanded Calling Area option in Ohio, allowing its Cricket customers to use their unlimited calling minutes in both Dayton and Toledo/Sandusky for an …

SLOUGH, United Kingdom-U.K. customers of carrier MmO2 can make animated invitations, greeting cards and other messages through a new service, the operator announced Tuesday. Users with WAP 2-enabled phones can …

T-Mobile USA became the first carrier to offer ringback tones nationwide Wednesday. The carrier launched CallerTunes, enabling subscribers’ phones to play music instead of the traditional ring callers hear before …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc. reported that rural wireless provider Cellular One of Amarillo plan to deploy commercial wireless broadband services using Flarion’s Flash-OFDM technology in Amarillo, Texas. The Mobile Broadband …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-In support of its previously announced plans to begin deploying CDMA2000 1x EV-DO services, Sprint Corp. reported $3 billion worth of multi-year buildout contracts with Lucent Technologies Inc., …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched nationwide Wireless Priority Service capabilities providing authorized users with priority cellular service during times of emergency. The service moves authorized users, which typically include federal, …

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Startup SavaJe Technologies announced its first official handset partner-LG Electronics Co. Ltd.-a major move for both SavaJe and LG. “LGE sees SavaJe OS as the technology to deliver products …

ATLANTA-In the wake of its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. that created the nation’s largest wireless operator, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. created a new Business Markets Group that the carrier …

NEWBURY, U.K.-Mobile Streams has been tapped to deliver ringtones, wallpaper and other mobile content for TIM Brazil, a South American carrier with more than 10 million subscribers. With the service, …

LONDON-European wireless operator Orange launched commercial UMTS-based services in the United Kingdom and France. The launch trails similar launches in the U.K. by rivals 3 and Vodafone Group plc, but …

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. said it plans to sell its 20.5-percent stake in Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. beginning early next week. Verizon noted that its current stake in the …

“The future is in the software,” said Nayeem Islam, vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s mobile software laboratory in San Jose, Calif. “The hardware is a commodity.” Islam’s assertion, spoken …

Verizon Wireless said it completed the purchase of Northern California wireless operator Mountain Cellular from Sierra Tel Communications Group. The deal includes Mountain Cellular’s spectrum license covering 170,000 potential customers …

FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOp Technologies said it is providing products and services for WAP, short message service and multimedia messaging service delivery for eight U.S. mobile carriers. InterOp said it has …

WASHINGTON-Cricket Communications Inc. has created a storm of controversy over a request for special relief from requirements of California’s bill of rights for telecom consumers. Cricket, which serves the California …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-In a sign of the continuing proliferation of Wi-Fi technology, Boingo Wireless and Tropos Networks have entered a partnership to allow operators of Tropos-powered metro-scale Wi-Fi networks to …

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