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For the introduction of its initial wireless data offering, Leap Wireless International Inc. went back to its roots. The flat-rate, all-you-can-talk carrier will launch the first channel of its Telephone …

NEW YORK-With up to seven competitors in some large markets, price wars have begun that are not sustainable as a long-term business case for carriers, telecommunications executives said last week …

In addition to the variety of toppings available for your morning latte, Starbucks Coffee Co. soon will be offering its customers high-speed wireless Internet access. The Seattle-based coffee giant last …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Uncertainty related to the future of Scandinavian mobile prepaid calling plans, less preferred here than in Western Europe generally, is largely due to the struggle to migrate customers to …

The alliance between Sony Corp. of Japan and L.M. Ericsson of Sweden is giving the two companies hope they have a chance to trump Nokia Corp. as the supreme player …

Brandishing Korea as a model, the CDMA Development Group looks at the future of its technology through rose-tinted lenses. With the battle for market share boiling up over the next …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc.’s Cricket, a flat-rate, all-you-can-talk, local wireless service, appears to have kept the company afloat during first-quarter 2001, according to financial reports released last week. Leap …

As the apparent economic slowdown continues to shake up Wall Street and dislodge stocks, many in the wireless industry are holding their breath to see whether the situation is grave …

Voice services are a tricky subject for wireless operators. While voice is regarded as the one true killer application for wireless carriers, many are forced to nearly give away voice …

Players throughout the wireless industry are waiting for the Federal Communication Commission to determine the fate of the current spectrum-cap rules. If the caps are kept in place-an idea favored …

Leap Wireless International Inc. completed its acquisition of personal communications services operating licenses covering 2.8 million pops from CIVS IV License Sub I L.L.C., a joint venture between Cook Inlet …

NEW YORK-Rural carriers, with operating histories often many decades old, appear poised at the forefront of the strategy for long-term growth based on bundled or converged services. Seeking to be …

Two U.S. companies are taking their respective technologies to the Australian market, following third-generation spectrum purchases in the country last month. Qualcomm Inc. paid $79 million for 10 megahertz of …

GroupServe GroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup’s first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of …

LAS VEGAS-Advancing its wireless data initiative, Leap Wireless International Inc. acquired a pair of wireless data applications providers to support the location-based myAladdin wireless technology the company acquired last year. …

For a company only a few years old, and one that prides itself on making decisions easier for its customers, it might seem odd for Leap Wireless International Inc. to …

Dear Editor: Peter Angelos, the U.S. attorney leading several lawsuits against the mobile-phone industry, has helped to effectively outlaw products from asbestos to breast implants, and only the vast deep …

To the Editor: Peter Angelos has helped to effectively outlaw products from asbestos to breast implants and only the vast deep pockets of the tobacco industry have prevented him from …

Like the old dog that would not die, digital subscriber line and cable services continue to dwarf wireless in the house of the end user. Yet wireless, the new dog …

A variety of wireless operators released fourth quarter results last week, including national carrier VoiceStream Wireless Corp., regional operator Western Wireless Corp. and flat rate, local calling provider Leap Wireless …

Telcom Global Chris Carter was appointed Telcom Global Solutions Inc.’s senior director for engineering services. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for planning and managing the company’s global …

In an attempt to expand their customer bases, some wireless operators have taken to rolling out wireless local loop-type services allowing customers to pay a pre-set amount for unlimited wireless …

WASHINGTON-The battle over automatic roaming crystallized between entrenched carriers and their would-be competitors as parties recently filed reply comments in a proceeding that could change the rules by which carriers …

NEW YORK-Borrowing the vernacular of a traffic engineer, a financier compared the current capital market conditions for telecommunications companies to rush-hour congestion, but observed that the tie-up looks like it …

In a move to transform itself into the chief platform enabler among software developers and carriers, Qualcomm Inc. has developed an open, CDMA-based technology that will allow third-party users to …