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The burgeoning Voice over Internet Protocol industry clipped a hurdle last week as Sprint Nextel Corp. reported that its subsidiary, Sprint Communications Co. L.P., has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against VoIP service providers Vonage Holdings Corp., theglobe.com Inc. and its operating subsidiary Voiceglo...

Sprint Nextel Corp. reported that one of its subsidiaries has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Voice over Internet Protocol service providers Vonage Holdings Corp., theglobe.com Inc. and its operating subsidiary Voiceglo Holdings Inc. The suit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court...

Following is a list of debt and financial ratings changes for wireless companies announced this week by financial firms.Merrill Lynch upgraded its view of the overall technology market from underweight to market weight, saying the firm's recent changes on the Internet and wireless sectors...

Regional wireless operator Centennial Communications Corp. said it expanded its Midwest footprint into Grand Rapids and Lansing, Mich. Centennial acquired the 10-megahertz of spectrum used for the expansion from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last October for $19.5 million. The carrier also acquired spectrum in...

The beatings on Sierra Wireless Inc. continue. Just a week after the company released dismal first-quarter expectations, a law firm filed suit against the company, alleging the wireless modem maker misled investors and essentially mismanaged its business.Sierra Wireless said it had not yet seen...

Dear Editor: I would like to comment on the Jeffrey Silva article of Sept. 20 in regard to lawsuits and/or racial and employment allegations against Cingular Wireless. As I seem to be one of the focal points of that article and I was one...

NEWTONVILLE, Mass.—A slim majority of mobile-phone users aren't interested in watching television broadcasts on their handsets, according to a report released Monday. The survey indicates 46 percent of U.S. cell-phone users are at least "somewhat" interested in watching television or videos on phones or...

NEWTONVILLE, Mass.-A slim majority of mobile-phone users aren't interested in watching television broadcasts on their handsets, according to a report released Monday.The survey indicates 46 percent of U.S. cell-phone users are at least "somewhat" interested in watching television or videos on phones or other...

WASHINGTON-It will cost billions of dollars to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told Congress last week.Powell appeared before the House Appropriations commerce, state, justice and the judiciary subcommittee to defend the FCC's...

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. said that a February proposal from Verizon Wireless to re-band only the 800 MHz spectrum and make Nextel pay for the retuning to solve public-safety interference is without merit and should be rejected by the Federal Communications Commission."Verizon's 800 MHz in-band...

A testimony to how ingrained wireless has become in popular culture, today consumers can purchase advanced mobile content-ring tones, graphics, games-as easily as they can buy a Diet Coke or Milky Way bar from a vending machine. Recent news surrounding mobile kiosks, or vending...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-SmartServ Online Inc. said its subsidiary nReach has partnered with Merit Industries to introduce self-serve mobile content vending machine products nationwide.nReach provides mobile ring tones, graphics, games and applications. Merit is a touchscreen entertainment devices company.The vending machines will feature licensed content...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-At least six lawsuits have been filed by Sprint PCS shareholders against Sprint Corp. regarding the company's plans to recombine its PCS and FON tracking stocks. The lawsuits, which were filed in both New York and Kansas earlier this month, allege "breach...

WASHINGTON-A new government-funded study says mobile phones and other high-tech gear often release enough lead to be classified as hazardous waste under federal law, a finding that could force the Bush administration and states to consider changing disposal rules for millions of tons of...

What were the best five things to happen to the wireless industry in 2003? What were the worst? Here are my picks (for better or worse).The Top 5 best things that happened:The camera phone. RCR Wireless News readers agreed; this was the readers' choice...

It is a sad commentary on our industry that you can find only two real people who (in your opinion) merit serious attention. Where are the leaders, the visionaries, the person who actually FINDS the "next big thing?" If true, it does not speak...

Nextel Communications Inc. filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission disputing NextWave Telecom Inc.'s and Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s plans seeking a waiver concerning $170 million in interest on 34 C- and F-block PCS licenses Cingular is attempting to acquire from NextWave for $1.4 billion.Nextel...

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., which has barely recovered from lawsuits related to vendor financing and alleged fraud, now confronts an unlikely lawsuit from an unlikely place-bribery in Saudi Arabia.A Saudi firm, National Group for Communications and Computers Ltd., has alleged in the lawsuit that...

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s recently launched GoPhone service could signal the beginning of an evolution in the wireless prepaid market that will result in carriers placing more emphasis on offerings designed to attract consumers who for one reason or another are not interested in...

Intrigue and espionage are not relegated to summer's blockbuster movie season. Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit late last month against Nextel Communications Inc. claiming the Reston, Va.-based carrier used a series of deceitful tactics to garner information on Verizon Wireless' press-to-talk service, which was...

Editor's Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless Inc.'s chief executive. Verizon, the nation's largest carrier, is known as a conservative company, and that has served...

Editor's Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless Inc.'s chief executive. Verizon, the nation's largest carrier, is known as a conservative company, and that has served...

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. reported it would potentially reduce the carrying value of goodwill by an estimated $20 billion to $30 billion as a result of an accounting rule change. In addition, the accounting change will eliminate any further amortization of goodwill, which is...

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Hewlett-Packard Co. director Walter Hewlett filed a lawsuit Thursday in Delaware Chancery Court against HP claiming that the company improperly garnered shareholder votes in favor of a merger with Compaq Computer Corp.Hewlett blamed HP for coercing Deutsche Bank to comply with the...