WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. appears to be prepping an EV-DO device similar to its 7100-series of gadgets. According to documents on Bell Mobility's Web site, the carrier is planning to sell the BlackBerry 7130e, which features a phone-like design and support...
NEW YORK-Mobile ESPN L.L.C.'s unveiled rate plans for the trial launch of its mobile virtual network operator service that rolled out this week in a handful of markets. The postpaid plans include a bundle of voice and wireless data services using Sprint Nextel Corp.'s...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersStandard & Poor's Rating Services placed its ratings on UbiquiTel Inc. on CreditWatch with positive implications. The move is based on steady improvements in the...
NEW YORK-Mobile ESPN L.L.C.'s unveiled rate plans for the trial launch of its mobile virtual network operator service that rolled out this week in a handful of markets. The postpaid plans include a bundle of voice and wireless data services using Sprint Nextel Corp.'s...
WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. appears to be prepping an EV-DO device similar to its 7100-series of gadgets. According to documents on Bell Mobility's Web site, the carrier is planning to sell the BlackBerry 7130e, which features a phone-like design and support...
NEW YORK-Following months of speculation, Sprint Nextel Corp. announced agreements with four cable companies to provide wireless services using Sprint Nextel's nationwide network. Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Advance/Newhouse Communications, which serve a combined 41 million customers, will use the network...
SAN DIEGO-Two Asian carriers announced plans to launch CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev A networks by the end of next year-LG Telecom, a small Korean carrier, and KDDI Corp., Japan's second-largest carrier and the country's sole CDMA operator.Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular...
BRISTOL, Conn.-Mobile ESPN L.L.C. reported a deal with electronics retailer Best Buy to support the launch of the Mobile ESPN mobile virtual network operator service beginning Nov. 1. Mobile ESPN said consumers in a handful of pre-launch markets-Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Minneapolis; and...
LOS ANGELES-Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. reported that Sue Swenson has joined the company as chief operating officer and a member of its board of directors. Swenson previously served as COO of T-Mobile USA Inc. and before that as president and...
RUSSIAInfiNet Wireless, which provides broadband wireless access and pre-WiMAX equipment, said Enforta BV selected it to provide equipment for a nationwide broadband network in Russia. The network is expected to span 28 major cities and be constructed during the next two years. InfiNet will...
Verizon Wireless continued to dominate its competitors during the third quarter by adding more than 1.9 million net customers. The strong growth was a 15-percent improvement on the 1.7 million the carrier added last year and handily trumped the 969,000 direct customers added by...
NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless continued to dominate its competitors during the third quarter by adding more than 1.9 million net customers. The strong growth was a 15-percent improvement compared with the 1.7 million the carrier added last year and handily trumped the 969,000 direct customers...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. reported the highest year-over-year revenue increase in company history during the third quarter.The company's revenues increased 36 percent, from $31 million during last year's third quarter to $42.1 million during the third quarter this year. Net income...
BRISTOL, Conn.-Mobile ESPN L.L.C. reported a deal with electronics retailer Best Buy to support the launch of the Mobile ESPN mobile virtual network operator service beginning Nov. 1. Mobile ESPN said consumers in a handful of pre-launch markets-Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Minneapolis; and...
LOS ANGELES-SK Earthlink Inc. followed through on previous claims that it was looking at a new name for its planned mobile virtual network operator service, unveiling the newly christened Helio Inc. brand that the company plans to use when it launches next spring. The...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-South American carrier Vivo announced a series of new partnerships with vendors including Convergys Corp., Motorola Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. Vivo is a joint venture of Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Moviles SA and counts 28 million customers in Brazil.Vivo announced it...
LOS ANGELES-Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. reported that Sue Swenson has joined the company as chief operating officer and a member of its board of directors. Swenson previously served as COO of T-Mobile USA Inc. and before that as president and...
Heading up a string of device announcements, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new enterprise-focused smart phone from Hewlett-Packard Co. The HP iPAQ hw6510/hw6515 Mobile Messenger features Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system and a design similar to Research In Motion Ltd.'s...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. inched ahead with its planned launch of third-generation services, upgrading its UMTS networks in Seattle, Phoenix and Dallas to higher-speed HSDPA capabilities. Cingular noted it is the first carrier in the world to commercially launch a HSDPA network. The upgrades were...
Heading up a string of device announcements, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new enterprise-focused smart phone from Hewlett-Packard Co. The device features Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system and a design similar to Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry and Palm Inc.'s...
Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson said they have upgraded three of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s UMTS networks with higher-speed HSDPA capabilities. Lucent said it installed the upgrades on Cingular's network in Seattle and Phoenix, while Ericsson said it performed the enhancements in the Dallas/Fort...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. appears set to make good on its claims to turn on high-speed UMTS/HSDPA services in more than a dozen markets by the end of the year. The carrier released initial UMTS/HSDPA launch plans on an internal Web site, showing 18 markets...
Wireless operators are playing the retail field, selling some high-end phones exclusively through nontraditional channels. And the nation's largest big-box retailer is becoming a first-stop shop. Verizon Wireless quietly launched a high-end Samsung handset exclusively through Best Buy late last month, snubbing its company-owned...
SEOUL-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. posted increasing revenues, but the company's profit line took a hit due to a $300 million fine the U.S. Department of Justice levied against the company for international price fixing. The Justice Department said the fine is the second-largest antitrust...
