Carriers

Sprint Corp. and Audiovox Corp. released the Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8920, the United States’ first megapixel camera phone. The phone features Sprint Picture Mail service, which allows users …

The continued emphasis carriers are placing on alternative sales and information channels appears to be paying off as a report from industry research firm Compete Inc. showed a dramatic increase …

Wireless gaming publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of common stock. The company, which has agreements to …

Tying up one of the loose ends caused by Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the companies announced a multi-faceted deal with Triton PCS Holdings Inc. …

WASHINGTON-The nation’s top mobile-phone carriers have asked the California Public Utilities Commission to stay the bill-of-rights decision and asked for a rehearing of a ruling that creates a new regulatory …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Broadband wireless access equipment vendors have a head start on standards bodies in developing products ready for market, according to a new report from Probe Group. “Equipment vendors …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday created a “private commons” option for licensees that allows some licensed devices to operate in another licensee’s spectrum in the same way the unlicensed bands …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Sweden launched multimedia consumer services via its UMTS-based network in Sweden along with promotional rate plans that include up to 120 free minutes of video calls each month …

WASHINGTON-The nation’s top mobile-phone carriers have asked the California Public Utilities Commission to stay the bill-of-rights decision and asked for a rehearing of a ruling that creates a new regulatory …

TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said the base of i-mode users outside Japan exceeded 3 million at the end of June, just four months after the figure reached 2 …

T-Mobile USA Inc. ranked highest among the seven largest wireless service providers in customer-care performance, beating out Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc., which all performed above average, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will supply GPRS and multimedia messaging service systems to Mongolian wireless carrier MobiCom. The value of the contract was not disclosed. Ericsson will provide the …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless entertainment content provider Mforma Group Inc. announced it has established Mforma China, a Chinese subsidiary based in Shanghai licensed to do business in the country. “We are prepared …

Sprint and Audiovox Corp. today released the Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8920, the United States’ first megapixel camera phone. The phone features Sprint Picture Mail service, which allows users …

European mobile operator Orange S.A. said it will sell its 100-percent owned Danish subsidiary to Nordic operator TeliaSonera for $743 million in cash. The buy will add 605,000 mobile subscribers …

LONDON-Satisfactory business models have yet to be established between the mobile industry and the music industry, according to “Mobile Music,” a new executive briefing from Baskerville/Informa Media. As advanced handsets …

CINCINNATI-Regional telecommunications provider Cincinnati Bell Inc. extended its outsourcing agreement with former subsidiary Convergys Corp. to continue to provide professional consulting and data processing services to Cincinnati Bell. In addition, …

iPass announced it has exceeded its goal of having 10,000 active hot spots in its Global Broadband Roaming network by the end of the second quarter of 2004, counting at …

REDMOND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. has adopted Microsoft Corp.’s Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to run its internal corporate portal that currently serves more than 2,800 employees across the country. The …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. will partner with ARM to develop a security solution to protect software on mobile phones. For the solution, TI will implement ARM’s TrustZone Technology on its OMAP …

Motorola Inc. launched its Push-to-talk over Cellular Basic solution, designed to offer small carriers the same functionality and ease-of-use characteristics of the company’s original PoC solution, but requiring minimal configuration …

LONDON-Mobile carrier T-Mobile International will deploy intelligent packet core networking equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd. to allow for more flexible mobile-data billing. The value of the agreement was not disclosed. …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has asked Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. a series of highly detailed questions about their proposed $41 billion merger, queries that suggest regulators …

SAN DIEGO-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless announced another third-generation win in the European arena. Lucent and Novatel will supply KPN in the Netherlands and its German subsidiary, E-Plus, with …

STOCKHOLD, Sweden-A handful of wireless operators lodged a joint application with Sweden’s National Post and Telecom Agency that calls for altered license terms for third-generation network construction that would allow …