CDMA

Almost 18 months after the advanced wireless services spectrum auction wrapped, carriers are on the verge of commercially launching networks and devices that make use of the recently cleared 1.7/2.1 …

You remember when rivals Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless dueled over the coverage of their respective CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev. A network buildouts? One carrier popped out of the …

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Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. provided further insight into its fourth quarter and full year 2007 operations. The carrier, which previously reported a steep drop in net customer additions …

Verizon Wireless’ $2.67 billion play for Rural Cellular Corp. has turned intensely political, with Republican and Democratic lawmakers urging the Federal Communications Commission to rule soon on a deal whose …

Verizon Wireless’ $2.67 billion play for Rural Cellular Corp. has turned intensely political, with Republican and Democratic lawmakers urging the Federal Communications Commission to rule soon on a deal whose …

Qwest Communications International Inc. could take its 824,000 wireless subscribers from Sprint Nextel Corp.’s network to CDMA rival Verizon Wireless next year when its current mobile virtual network operator agreement …

Mobile security has been a topic of discussion for many years. Skeptics have always said “mobile security is a solution looking for a problem.” True, few mobile security disasters have …

CARRIERS NATIONWIDE CAN NOW legally bid adieu to the legacy analog networks that the Federal Communications Commission required them to keep online through Feb. 18.AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless will …

BARCELONA, Spain – In an increasingly difficult environment for network providers, Alcatel-Lucent announced it is teaming with Japan’s NEC in a joint venture to focus on LTE technology.The move comes …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

Consolidation appears to still be an unavoidable result for many in the world of network infrastructure. Motorola Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. are reportedly in talks to merge their wireless …

Alcatel-Lucent reported a loss of $3.74 billion during the fourth quarter, bringing its total loss to $5.1 billion for 2007. The company’s stock was down less than 4% to $6.02 …

AT&T Mobility said it will step up its 3G buildout, expanding its high-speed mobile service to more than 80 additional cities this year.The nation’s No. 1 mobile carrier said it …

The landscape of the wireless industry is in flux as you read this story, with product launches, pre-announcements and hype flying by like so much confetti on the wind.Or is …

The Federal Communications Commission is coming under increasing pressure from the wireless industry to put on hold new enhanced 911 location accuracy guidelines, with court appeals virtually guaranteed.On the sixth …

Anyone who has traveled abroad and decided to use their cellphone to call home or check e-mail knows how shocking the total on your subsequent wireless bill can be. Short …

Anyone who has traveled abroad and decided to use their cellphone to call home or check e-mail knows how shocking the total on your subsequent wireless bill can be. Short …

Having sent Apple Inc.’s stock steadily skyward in recent months, Wall Street turned on the company like a wounded hyena last week after CEO Steve Jobs issued a handful of …

It would be perilous to deduce overly broad implications from the release of a single handset – even if it is an iDEN handset made by struggling Motorola Inc. on …

Mobile network infrastructure spending in North America in 2008 is likely to be down vs. 2007. We expect Wideband-CDMA network investments to accelerate as AT&T Mobility continues to expand its …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. tapped Alcatel-Lucent for a five-year contract to provide infrastructure equipment to increase coverage and capacity of the carrier’s CDMA network. Financial terms of the …

Frontline Wireless L.L.C.’s freakish free-fall has begun to raise questions about whether the upcoming 700 MHz auction will produce a bidder willing to spend billions of dollars on spectrum and …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its 2007 EPS estimates on Leap …