SAN ANTONIO-AT&T Inc. is flexing its bundling muscles with a summer offer for consumers that includes service from Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and a Motorola Inc. Razr handset. AT&T's offer includes Cingular Wireless service, unlimited local and long distance landline service along with high-speed Internet...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Shares of RadioShack Corp. lurched after company named former KMart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. executive Julian Day as its new chairman and chief executive officer. Day has drawn accolades for reviving Safeway Inc., where he served as chief financial...
WASHINGTON-The drama that took place during the Senate Commerce Committee's markup of telecom reform measures paled compared to what happened behind the scenes. In at least two instances, issues of importance to the wireless industry-small geographic licenses and special access-were decided in backroom deals...
WASHINGTON-Wireless trade association CTIA officially came out against net neutrality, posting a policy paper on its Web site against efforts to include network neutrality language as part of Congress' efforts to reshape existing telecom laws. CTIA posted its position on the topic June 21,...
JENKINTOWN, Pa.-Despite the growing reliance on wireless phones as a primary communications device among an increasing number of households, a good percentage of Americans still believe wireline phones are the most important communications product in their home. Thirty-seven percent of respondents to a new...
Each of about 2 billion phone calls made each day in the United States—wireline, wireless, voice over Internet protocol, regardless of carrier—touch a company that until recently flew mostly below the radar.NeuStar Inc. is the administrator of authoritative directories of U.S. phone numbers and...
As smart-phone sales go, so go the fortunes of the operating systems that make the hybrid phone/computing devices run for prosumers and enterprise customers. Recent research by Compete Inc., which measures online consumer interest in the United States, however, shows that shoppers familiar with...
Finally, EarthLink Inc. did it. Last Thursday, the company launched its first municipal Wi-Fi network in Anaheim, Calif., offering the city's 328,000 residents, as well as local businesses and visitors "affordable and portable broadband." EarthLink said access to the network costs about $22 per...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.—Brightpoint Inc. added yet another wireless operator to its stable, inking a distribution deal with Boost Mobile L.L.C. The Sprint Nextel Corp.-owned service provider authorized Brightpoint to distribute Boost phones and services to its network of 2,000 retailers nationwide. Brightpoint has similar agreements...
OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications Corp. wrapped up its $25 million purchase of wireless assets and spectrum in Texas, which will expand the rural carrier's footprint in the central area of the state. Dobson subsidiary American Cellular Corp. made the purchase of assets in the Texas...
As the wireless industry hangs on the edge of its seat waiting for Nortel Networks Ltd. to announce plans to acquire or be acquired, the company's president and chief executive officer, Mike Zafirovski, told shareholders at the company's annual meeting that he isn't interested...
The dissolution of the Nokia Corp./Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. CDMA joint venture may leave a void in the United States for CDMA handsets, estimated by analysts at about 7 million units per year, despite Nokia assurances that its alternative strategy for the prized U.S....
NEW YORK—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has begun offering service on its high-speed UMTS/HSDPA wireless network in the greater New York City area. According to coverage maps on Cingular's Web site, the service covers much of Manhattan plus parts of Brooklyn and Queens and an area...
Mobile virtual network operator Xero Mobile has yet to launch, but the company already is facing an investigation of its business by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Los Angeles-based MVNO recently announced that it had been notified by a local office of the...
Upoc Networks announced it is providing mobile chat and community functions to Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. customers.The service allows customers to access thousands of existing messaging groups or create their own personal messaging groups. The service is available on phones through a WAP browser...
ALAMEDA, Calif.—UTStarcom Inc. introduced its T66 dual-mode, dual-standby CDMA/GSM handset and announced China Unicom plans to offer the handset for use with its World Wind dual-mode service. The handset is targeted at mid- to high-end consumers and business users who want entertainment features on...
WASHINGTON—President Bush put the Department of Homeland Security in charge of upgrading the nation's Cold War-era emergency alert system, with the Federal Communications Commission having failed in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and last year's devastating hurricanes to leverage wireless,...
Cellfire Inc. is the latest player to get into the mobile-couponing game, partnering with retailers including T.G.I. Friday's and Hollywood Video to deliver discount offers to wireless phones. The startup last week launched a downloadable application that delivers coupons from national and local retailers...
DALLAS—Somera Communications Inc. and Telmar Network Technology announced they have agreed to merge, saying they have reached a deal to pay Somera shareholders $4.60 per share, which is a 123 percent premium above the stock's June 23 closing price of $2.06 per share. The...
EXTON, Pa.—Wireless infrastructure engineering services firm WPCS International Inc. announced it will spend $3.2 million to acquire Southeastern Communication Service Inc. of Sarasota, Fla. SECS has deployed and maintained wireless systems for Verizon Wireless, BellSouth Corp., Comcast Corp., Time-Warner and Puerto Rico Telephone.The company...
WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein joined the wireless industry in expressing concern about federal guides for relocating broadband licensees from the 2150-2162 MHz band to make room for advanced wireless services. "I was disappointed … because we were unable to adopt self-relocation procedures that...
WASHINGTON—The 800 MHz Transition Administrator is extending the deadline to Aug. 14 for licensees in the border regions to file requests for planning funding. The original deadline was last Saturday. The issue of planning funding has been bubbling under the surface of the 800...
NEW YORK—The Yankee Group once again pulled together a quality list of speakers for its Wireless Leadership Summit, including executives from Sprint Nextel Corp., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless, as well as representatives from a handful infrastructure vendors and wireless content providers. Notable...
While a handful of mobile e-mail service providers seem most at ease in the courtroom, Fabrizio Capobianco is comfortable on the tightrope. Capobianco is chief executive officer of Funambol Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based software developer that offers a mobile push e-mail service based...
