A computer hacker broke into T-Mobile USA Inc.'s network in 2003 and stole the names and social security numbers of about 400 T-Mobile subscribers, the carrier said. The hacker also was able to access information stored on subscribers' T-Mobile Sidekick devices, according to reports...
BERNE, Switzerland-Swisscom Mobile said it has launched the first UMTS mobile phone with a 2-megapixel camera. The Sharp V902 UMTS mobile supports services such as live TV and video telephony.The phone also has autofocus and optical 2-times zoom, as well as digital 10-times zoom...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission granted Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary L.L.C. permission to launch a satellite to serve South America and the area between South America and the United States.The FCC said the authorization will increase competition in the global mobile satellite service market to...
Sprint Corp. has decided to delay its participation in the controversial wireless directory this year due to continued legal challenges to the service. The company, which initially supported the voluntary 411 directory of wireless phone numbers, cited a California law requiring customers to sign...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced it will move its mobile-phone and telemetry manufacturing operations from its headquarters in San Diego across the border to Tijuana, Mexico. The company said it would cut 450 manufacturing jobs in San Diego."Wireless is among the most competitive of all...
SAN FRANCISCO-InfiniRoute Networks Inc. said its Voice over Internet Protocol peering service for wireless carriers is now available. InfiniRoute launched its Managed VoIP Peering service last year. The service now allows carriers to terminate and receive international traffic using VoIP technology. The company outlined...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission has decided to postpone until Jan. 27 a vote on Commissioner Susan Kennedy's proposal to suspend the bill of rights for telecom consumers. The agency had scheduled to take up the matter at Thursday's meeting. Both CPUC President Michael...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Vivo, the largest wireless carrier in Brazil, has selected Motorola Inc.'s Push-to-Talk over Cellular product following a three-month trial. Vivo has offered PoC service, known as VIVO Direto, on its nationwide CDMA2000 1x network since September.Motorola, which last week announced another push-to-talk...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Centennial Communications Corp. said it selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to replace and upgrade its existing wireless networks in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with CDMA2000 1x technology. The upgrade is expected to increase subscriber capacity and expand service coverage to...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it acquired privately held Xenicom Ltd. for $11.5 million. Xenicom is a U.K.-based provider of software solutions that help telecommunications operators plan, launch, and manage wireless networks. Andrew said it would pay an additional undisclosed amount of cash if...
Dobson Communications Corp. said it lost 25,600 customers subscribers during the fourth of last year compared with a gain of 14,400 net subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2003. The customer losses during the fourth quarter of last year included 33,100 postpaid subscribers, but...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-More than 3 billion mobile instant messages were sent and received through Danger's Hiptop devices last year, the developer and manufacturer said Wednesday.Danger's line of Hiptop handsets, which is sold through eight operators in six countries, includes the T-Mobile Sidekick II and...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. said it has completed the sale of its 10 Latin American wireless operations for Telefonica Moviles S.A. following the transfer of its ownership interest in Argentina. BellSouth noted it received $674 million for its Argentina operations, and it plans to recognize an...
Content providers and developers continued to chase the exploding Chinese wireless market with two announcements Wednesday.California-based mobile game publishers Jamdat Mobile Inc. and THQ Wireless Inc. said they were both investing in C-Valley, a Chinese content delivery company that has established relationships with Chinese...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile music provider Faith West Inc. is teaming with Dodge to offer ringtones and images promoting the auto maker to wireless users.Faith West is distributing Dodge-branded content through a Web portal, as well as through existing carrier channels offering its Modtones service. Dodge...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc., which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year, reported the successful syndication and closing of a previously announced senior secured credit facilities for its Cricket Communications Inc. wholly owned subsidiary. The new facilities consist of a six-year $500...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it expects to report a company-record 94,900 net customer additions for the fourth quarter, aided by a new company-low 1.3- percent customer churn rate. The carrier said it ended the year with more than 1.5 million total subscribers. Nextel...
LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it added 49,000 net customers in the fourth quarter of 2004, a 44-percent improvement compared with the 34,000 subscribers the carrier added during the fourth quarter of 2003. Alamosa added that it ended 2004 with 915,000...
A Nextel Communications Inc. executive said the carrier posted 595,000 net subscribers in the fourth quarter, and nearly 1 million total customer additions, when including its youth-oriented Boost Mobile L.L.C. prepaid offering, during the quarter. Paul Saleh, Nextel vice president and chief financial officer,...
BOSTON-Carriers looking to deploy push-to-talk service outside the United States should proceed with caution, according to a new report from the Yankee Group.Despite successes in the United States, PTT faces several hurdles in markets outside the United States, said the firm. Those issues include...
Wireless has been mobilized in a variety of critical and innovative ways in reaction to the December tsunami disaster. The wall of water that struck parts of Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and elsewhere served to severely disrupt some telecommunications networks. According to company statements...
LAS VEGAS-The slow rollout of high-speed wireless data networks continues as CDMA-based carrier Verizon Wireless last week said it will expand its BroadbandAccess network to 12 additional markets on top of the 20 metropolitan areas already launched. Rival Sprint PCS reported that it plans...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it scored almost 29,000 net customer additions in the fourth quarter of 2004, bringing its total number of net additions for the year to 97,000. The carrier's churn rate for the quarter was 4.1 percent, and its full-year...
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, consistently thrown off balance by new taxes and regulations in one state after another, is fine-tuning a master plan that draws on tried-and-true political strategies that carriers hope will attract consumer support and media attention while putting city and state officials...
