CDMA

The mobile TV space continues to heat up, with rumors pegging Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless showing significant interest in the technology. Specifically, a report from Zachary Research predicts …

The latest consensus puts China’s third-generation licenses on track for release in the first half of next year-a move that would finally open up the world’s largest wireless market to …

Thanks to an off-kilter-reporting schedule, Centennial Communications Corp. got a jump on quarterly reporting season last week, posting improved financial and mixed operations metrics for its first fiscal quarter that …

Regional wireless operator Centennial Communications Corp. said it added 6,600 domestic net customers during its first fiscal quarter of 2006, which ended Aug. 31. The number is more than triple …

Initial shipments of Motorola Inc.’s long-anticipated iTunes-capable phone appear somewhat sluggish, according to a recent analyst report from Piper Jaffray. The firm said its recent store checks show that some …

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. announced two deals last week. The company’s Brightpoint North America L.P. subsidiary entered an agreement with Samsung Telecommunications America L.P. that calls for Brightpoint to distribute a …

Midwest Wireless is the latest regional wireless operator to look at potential strategic alternatives for its operations. The privately held carrier serves more than 420,000 customers on its CDMA-based network …

Nokia Corp. responded to rival Motorola Inc.’s recently launched Rokr iTunes-capable device with a music-driven tri-band GSM handset. The Nokia 3250 twists to transform its keypad into music keys and …

WASHINGTON-Living up to a warning it made in 2004, Sprint Nextel Corp. asked for a waiver for its iDEN network of the enhanced 911 rules requiring some carriers to have …

SAN FRANCISCO-Several highly anticipated mobile virtual network operators last week revealed plans to begin rolling out services in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season. One of the biggest names …

WASHINGTON-Living up to a warning it made in 2004, Sprint Nextel Corp. asked for a waiver for its iDEN network of the enhanced 911 rules requiring some carriers to have …

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. announced two deals this week. The company’s Brightpoint North America L.P. subsidiary entered an agreement with Samsung Telecommunications America L.P. that calls for Brightpoint to distribute a …

SAN FRANCISCO-Syniverse Technologies Inc. signed an agreement with LM&O Advertising, Arlington, Va., to provide its Mobile Marketing solution as part of an integrated marketing campaign for the Army National Guard. …

KINGS PARK, N.Y.-By 2010, worldwide subscribers will reach 2.3 billion individual wireless subscribers, according to Visant Strategies “World Mobile Subscriber Markets 2005” report. Of those 2.3 billion subscribers, nearly half …

Startup Roundbox today announced $8 million in its first round of venture funding, news that coincides with the company’s emergence from stealth mode. Headed by executives from Dynamicsoft, Flarion Technologies …

With the wireless industry’s six largest operators now serving more than 90 percent of the country’s wireless subscribers, regional players continue to scramble for their pieces of the pie. Many …

The following information includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

New announcements from Qualcomm Inc. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. show the wireless industry is racing to embrace dual-mode devices. Indeed, new research shows the combination of wireless wide area …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. continued to gain traction on the other side of the Atlantic, announcing plans to bring BREW services to wireless users in Russia. The chipmaker and software developer …

Laptop maker Dell Inc. said that starting next year it would sell computers that feature built-in support for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s forthcoming UMTS/HSDPA network. The announcement represents a strike against …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced commercial availability of its MC5720 PCI Express Mini Card wireless module for CDMA 1x EV-DO networks. The company said the module, which is built …

Qualcomm Inc. upped its guidance for the coming quarter based on what the company said were stronger-than-expected sales of CDMA chips throughout North America, Latin America and the rest of …

Verizon Wireless is on track to post another record quarter of net additions driven by back-to-school and family-plan additions, according to a report from Merrill Lynch. Based on more than …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission granted T-Mobile USA Inc. a short extension of time to comply with last Friday’s deadline for national mobile-phone carriers to begin making hearing-aid-compatible handsets available to …

LONDON-Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a plan to build a wireless broadband network in an African community, allowing the company to highlight the “positive impact of communications networks on healthcare, education …