Quarterly Earnings

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier –Credit Suisse First Boston raised its price target on Verizon …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.–3P Networks: 3P Networks Inc. …

SunCom Wireless Inc. posted shaky results for the second quarter. The rural carrier showed improvements in its average revenue per user, but its churn rate was up, its losses increased …

Alcatel-Lucent reported $5.93 billion in revenues for the second quarter of 2007, marking a 4% decline from the year-ago quarter. The company’s stock slid more than 11% on news that …

On-device portal developer Action Engine Corp. picked up $20 million in a funding round led by Baker Capital. On-device portals, or ODPs, are middleware applications that can store a limited …

Embarq Corp., the spinoff company encompassing Sprint Nextel Corp.’s wireline operations, continued to see a decline in access lines but added 18,000 new wireless subscribers during the quarter to reach …

Great results are great, except if you can’t count on repeating them.Thus when a company posts big jumps in revenue, profit and unit shipments and raises guidance for the year, …

Nokia Corp. has time on its side.With its closest competitor receding in the rear-view mirror, Nokia said during the second quarter that it would realign its business structure to become …

WITH VIRGIN MOBILE USA L.L.C. SEEKING A $500 MILLION INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING, the company is looking to complete the first IPO of a mobile virtual network operator in the United …

Texas Instruments Inc. said that lower demand across its product lines and a year-ago windfall produced a drop in profits in the second quarter.TI earned revenue of $3.42 billion, down …

Shares of VeriSign Inc. dipped after the company posted a decline in second-quarter revenues and issued weak guidance for the coming quarter.The Mountain View, Calif.-based digital infrastructure company reported a …

Sierra Wireless Inc., the maker of wireless PC cards, posted strong revenue and earnings yesterday on robust demand for its products, the company said. “Intense focus on our core business …

NII Holdings Inc., the international operations of the former Nextel Communications Inc., reported a record quarter for subscriber additions and operating revenues, and pushed its customer base past 4 million …

Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. continued to drag at parent EarthLink Inc. as both firms reported a loss for the second quarter. The news sent EarthLink’s stock down more …

Qualcomm Inc. can chew gum while swatting at nemeses who hover over its business model, if yesterday’s financial results are any indication. But the chip vendor acknowledged that it had …

The iPhone will be launched in “a few major countries” in Europe before the end of December, Apple Inc. executives said this afternoon during a conference call to discuss the …

Texas Instruments Inc. said that lower demand across its product lines and a year-ago windfall produced a precipitous drop in profits in the second quarter. TI earned revenue of $3.42 …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.–Ubiquisys: Accel Partners, Atlas Venture, …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier –Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised its outlook on AT&T …

AT&T Inc. reported a strong quarter and said its mobile division activated 146,000 Apple Inc. iPhone customers in the first day and a half of the device’s release, more than …

The mantra of OPM-other people’s money-is alive and well in wireless.The latest private-equity investments, announced last week, include New York-based Lindsay Goldberg’s $283 million stake in Brightstar Corp., which is …

VeriSign Inc.’s CFO, Dana Evan, has resigned, another apparent casualty of the company’s internal examination of its stock-option practices.Evan will be succeeded by Bert Clement, the company’s controller. Stratton Sclavos, …

Mobile payment startup Obopay padded its bank account, hauling in $29 million in a third round of funding.Richmond Management L.L.C. affiliate Richmond Global Cellular led the round and existing investors …

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications grew by between one-third and one-half in the three key metrics for the second quarter, posting huge jumps in revenue, profit and volume shipments. The results …

Motorola Inc. warned investors that its sales, earnings and unit shipments would all fall below previous guidance. The company also announced that Stu Reed, current head of the vendor’s supply …