CDMA

In early May, KT Freetel Co. Ltd., South Korea’s second-largest carrier with 12 million subscribers, announced plans to leave CDMA technology behind in favor of further investment in W-CDMA, which …

Mobile game-makers spent their time at the world’s largest video-game conference trying to reconcile two very different bills of health. A report issued by M:Metrics in advance of the Electronics …

The CDMA camp is on a roll with a litany of recent successes, guaranteeing its place at a global wireless table still dominated by GSM technology, according to the CDMA …

WASHINGTON-Even with carefully worded denials by two large telephone companies and outright denials by two national mobile-phone carriers, the Bush administration and the telecom industry last week failed to quell …

WAKEFIELD, N.H.-Prepaid reseller Freedom Phone Services introduced a new prepaid phone plan that starts at $10 per month. Customers must pay ahead of time and essentially have a month-to-month arrangement; …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Mobile virtual network operator Mobile ESPN L.L.C. said it plans to offer roadside assistance services to its customers via insurance and warranty company Asurion. The service is expected to …

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-The handset market in the United States continues to run hot, with new figures from The NPD Group reflecting an 11-percent growth in sales for the first quarter …

NEW YORK—Broadcom Corp.’s share price popped up 3 percent while Qualcomm Inc.’s fell 2 percent yesterday after a UBS analyst reported that a staff attorney for the International Trade Commission …

WAKEFIELD, N.H.—Prepaid reseller Freedom Phone Services introduced a new prepaid phone plan that starts at $10 per month. Customers must pay ahead of time and essentially have a month-to-month arrangement; …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Mobile virtual network operator Mobile ESPN L.L.C. said it plans to offer roadside assistance services to its customers via insurance and warranty company Asurion. The service is expected to …

WASHINGTON—Verizon Communications Inc. became the second large telephone company to explicitly deny turning over to the National Security Agency phone call records of millions of Americans. “Contrary to the media …

WASHINGTON—The Bush administration’s domestic eavesdropping controversy has landed at the Federal Communications Commission, with a key telecom lawmaker and an FCC member calling for the agency to investigate whether laws …

WASHINGTON-With the advanced wireless services auction quickly approaching and companies largely silent about their bidding intentions, controversy and uncertainty are slowly beginning to dominate an event billed as one of …

GREAT FALLS, Mont.-Nokia Corp. announced it won a contract with MTPCS L.L.C., otherwise known as Chinook Wireless, to build a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network throughout Montana. Though financial terms of the agreement …

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless said they did not participate in a data-mining operation run by the National Security Agency that collects phone records and looks for trends that …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-So you’ve been thinking about launching a mobile virtual network operator service for multi-cultural ethnic groups in the United States that features prepaid and postpaid plans, and affordable international …

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-Data holds the promise of new services and new revenues, and speakers at last week’s Rural Cellular Association conference emphasized the importance of those revenues-and the importance of …

They’re talking, again. Business as usual. Optimism, according to the two parties, should replace the suddenly cloudy horizon. Never mind the thunderbolts that Qualcomm Inc. hurled at Nokia Corp. during …

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-Alltel Corp. last week expanded its role as the go-to roaming carrier, announcing major reciprocal roaming agreements with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp. that put the …

Small and mid-size carriers posted mixed results last week, with most losing customers but improving their revenues and bucking the industry trend of sliding average revenue per user. However, some …

WASHINGTON—T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless said they did not participate in a data-mining operation run by the National Security Agency that collects phone records and looks for trends that …

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 …

WASHINGTON—The Sprint Nextel Corp.-cable TV joint venture today took the first step toward competing for spectrum at the advanced wireless services auction this summer, a move with implications for the …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—Regional wireless operator and current Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. scored 3,800 new subscribers during the first quarter, customers that brought the carrier’s total subscriber base—excluding reseller …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.—So you’ve been thinking about launching a mobile virtual network operator service for multi-cultural ethnic groups in the United States that features prepaid and postpaid plans, and affordable international …