Carriers

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the $41 billion merger of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., requiring the new No. 1 mobile-phone operator to scale back …

DALLAS-JP Mobile said its SureWave Mobile Office product was deployed by two international wireless carriers. First, b2Wireless, a systems integrator and the exclusive supplier of wireless e-mail capabilities to British …

Sprint Corp. announced it will be the first carrier to offer palmOne Inc.’s new Treo 650 smart phone. The device, which will retail for $600, includes phone, e-mail, Web, organizer, …

The nation’s wireless carriers have agreed to provide consumers with multimedia messaging service interoperability, a move that industry watcher say will give a much-needed boost to MMS use in the …

Motorola Inc. claimed another victory over the Uzan family in Turkey as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld the ruling of a District Court ordering …

MINNEAPOLIS-Fair Isaac Corp.’s newly launched Capstone Decision Accelerator will assist telecommunications operators in new account originations. The solution is a component of Fair Isaac’s Enterprise Origination Solutions, and the first …

Broadband wireless carrier Clearwire and Intel Corp. said they will join forces to develop and deploy WiMAX wireless broadband networks. Wireless broadband equipment from Clearwire subsidiary NextNet Wireless will be …

Sprint North Supply’s broadly focused offerings, bolstered by the strong reputation of its well-known parent, have brought the organization good graces in the wireless industry among both potential partners and …

WASHINGTON-While the Bush administration pursues a traditional carrot-and-stick approach to prod Japan into further liberalizing its wireless market, a Japanese telecom firm needing a wireless play is mounting an unorthodox …

SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Corp.’s development program plans to use CTIA’s Wireless IT & Entertainment show to unveil a worldwide initiative designed to make it easier for developers to bring mobile content …

When wireless experts raved about the next big technologies a few years ago, they had Flash-OFDM and UMTS TDD in mind. Both protocols are not only making strides in wide …

In what is likely shaping up to be the last quarter with six nationwide operators, four of the country’s largest carriers posted relatively healthy third-quarter earnings that showed there is …

WASHINGTON-Three nationwide GSM carriers will participate in a digital emergency alert pilot that officially kicked off last week, but questions remain about whether the Bush administration-sponsored project can secure support …

WASHINGTON-The public-safety community is urging lawmakers to accept the Senate language of the 9/11 Commission legislation that would allow it to have access to 700 MHz spectrum Jan. 1, 2008. …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Cell-phone distributor CellStar Corp. reported a net loss for the third quarter related to the company’s recent decision to cancel an initial public offering in China and exit its …

WASHINGTON-Despite the interference concerns of government-spectrum users, public-safety entities and amateur-radio operators, the Federal Communications Commission Thursday adopted rules to allow broadband over power lines. “The potential for the U.S. …

Business did not turn out in rosy hues for Nokia Corp in the third quarter as the telecom giant reported a 20-percent drop in operating profit and a small 1-percent …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today opened frequencies for Pentagon radio systems cleared off the 1700 MHz band to make room for third-generation wireless services, but U.S. mobile-phone operators are unlikely …

TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier KDDI announced what it called the first music download service that allows users to download full songs. The new 1x service is called EZ Chaku-uta Full and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today agreed to investigate mobile termination fees charged by foreign wireless carriers and their impact on American consumers, despite past opposition from domestic and overseas wireless …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it will redeem all of its outstanding 9.375-percent senior serial redeemable notes due 2009 that currently total about $823 million in principal amount of notes. …

TOKYO-Motorola Inc. said it has begun deployment of its CDMA2000 1x solution on a 2 GHz network for Japanese wireless carrier KDDI, which is expected to commercially roll out innovative …

BOSTON-The emergence of third-generation networks will serve as a turning point for enterprise mobility, according to a new report from the Yankee Group. The mobile worker’s user experience improves as …

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc. pre-announced its expected financial results, warning they will be lower than projected, due mainly to lower-than-expected customer spending late in the quarter. TCS is a provider …

LONDON-The contract beat goes on for Nortel Networks Ltd.: one in Europe, another in Russia. Nortel said carrier MmO2 has expanded its infrastructure contract with the vendor for UMTS gear …