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NEW ORLEANS-Sprint Corp. said business customers will be eligible for a credit of 10 percent of their monthly wireless data bills if service quality falls below certain levels. Sprint said …

NEW ORLEANS-CellStar and Sybase entered a strategic partnership to incorporate Sybase’s mFolio Content Services Solution into CellStar’s existing wireless communications portfolio of products and services. CellStar said it will seamlessly …

NEW ORLEANS-Samsung Telecommunications America unveiled a new base transceiver station portfolio that it said will allow wireless operators to offer coverage tailored to the geography and consumer needs in a …

NEW ORLEANS-Both Nortel Networks Ltd. and Motorola Inc. made infrastructure announcements at the CTIA Wireless 2005 show in New Orleans meant to increase Verizon Wireless’ wireless-data capabilities. Nortel will begin …

Amp’d Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that targets the youth market, has signed a letter of intent with Verizon Wireless to develop a fully integrated MVNO for youth and …

David Steinberg stands as an example of the surplus of opportunity within wireless. As chief executive officer of Internet activation company InPhonic Inc., Steinberg has overseen the growth of the …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it is partnering with L.M. Ericsson to support CDMA technical trials in South Africa, covering residential neighborhoods, business parks and locations with limited wireless access. The …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint jump-started its EV-DO network efforts by releasing an EV-DO-capable PC card from Sierra Wireless Inc. The card is compatible with Sprint’s CDMA 1x network. The move is …

HANNOVER, Germany-Four wireless infrastructure suppliers announced contract wins with carriers around the world. Lucent Technologies Inc. said it won a contract with T-Systems and Caymanone to provide a third-generation network …

Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has reached what it described as a milestone in a demonstration of OFDM and MIMO technologies, with speeds that transcend current third-generation capabilities. The company …

The wireless industry should not hold its breath for the coming of CDMA2000 EV-DV technology. Both Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. said they are focusing their immediate attention elsewhere. …

Sprint jump-started its EV-DO network efforts with the release of an EV-DO-capable PC card from Sierra Wireless Inc. The card is also compatible with Sprint’s current CDMA 1xRTT network. The …

Regional wireless provider MetroPCS Inc. has reportedly agreed to sell 10 megahertz of spectrum in the San Francisco Basic Trading Area to Verizon Wireless for $230 million. The carriers also …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it is partnering with L.M. Ericsson to support CDMA technical trials in South Africa, covering residential neighborhoods, business parks and locations with limited wireless access. The …

SUWON, Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. jumped into the push-to-do-everything arena with the company’s demonstration of what it calls its PTA (push-to-all) solution. Samsung said the technology combines existing push-to-talk one-to-multi-user …

In the juggling act between GSM and W-CDMA, dilemma is beautiful. But it is a terrible kind of beauty because both vendors and carriers must decide how much of their …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sprint PCS said it has chosen Harris Corp. to provide its network with point-to-point microwave technology. The carrier signed a four-year deal to receive Harris’ next-generation microwave …

Building the network for a single-service protocol provided its own challenges. GSM, despite its worldwide acceptance, had to work out a profitable model. That compelled carriers to determine what kind …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has entered into CDMA2000 agreements with two companies, while a carrier has launched CDMA2000 EV-DO technology in Venezuela. The CDMA proprietor said it entered separate …

NEW YORK-At its annual investment community meeting, Sprint Corp., which is in the process of merging with Nextel Communications Inc., said it expects wireless service revenues to grow in the …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has entered into CDMA2000 agreements with two companies, while a carrier has launched CDMA2000 EV-DO technology in Venezuela. The CDMA proprietor said it entered separate …

Verizon Wireless rolled out its consumer-focused high-speed data service last week with the launch of VCast, offering a slew of video-on-demand and gaming options to subscribers with compatible phones in …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless unveiled another content partner for its new Vcast multimedia service, announcing the availability of “Sesame Street” video clips on the new consumer-targeted data download service. Verizon will …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc. said it has unveiled the next generation of its Flash-OFDM protocol, raising the stakes for the company in the battle for supremacy against other technologies like …

Verizon Wireless rolled out its previously announced consumer-focused high-speed data service Tuesday with the launch of Vcast, offering a choice of mobile games and video-on-demand to subscribers with compatible phones …