Radio Shack

J.D. Power and Associates reported that T-Mobile USA Inc. ranked highest in overall retail sales customer satisfaction among the nation’s seven largest wireless operators, according to the firm’s 2004 Wireless …

Sprint Corp. and RadioShack Corp. reported a multi-year agreement to develop, deploy and operate Sprint-branded kiosks in about 500 shopping malls across the country following a 10-month test program involving …

RadioShack Corp. will begin offering Sprint Corp.’s small business wireless pricing programs and services at its retail locations across the country as an expansion of its current Sprint PCS offerings. …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and RadioShack Corp. announced they have formed a strategic relationship that initially will focus on bringing new Bluetooth wireless technology accessories, broadband networking and home monitoring products …

FORT WORTH, Texas-RadioShack Corp. said its fourth-quarter net income was $127 million, or 77 cents per diluted share, compared with net income of $109 million, or 63 cents per diluted …

Sprint PCS reported mixed third-quarter results, including disappointing customer growth and churn results, but better-than-expected financial metrics. The carrier reported 184,000 net customer additions during the quarter, which was below …

FORT WORTH, Texas-RadioShack Corp., one of the foremost mobile phone retailers, reported a fourth quarter net income of $109 million, way up from the $35 million it reported during the …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Citing weaker than expected sales and gross margins of Sprint PCS products and services in its retail outlets, RadioShack Corp. reduced its earnings per share forecast for the …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-RadioShack Corp. said it will sell new wireless data access products from FutureDial in its 5,100 stores nationwide. FutureDial’s SnapSync software allows mobile-phone users to edit phonebook information directly …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last month waived rules until late October requiring radar detectors to reduce their emission limits intended to reduce harmful interference to very small aperture satellite …

NEW YORK—Enlisting the support of four heavy hitters in professional sports and in retailing, Samsung Electronics America Inc., Ridgefield Park, N.J., launched on May 16 its “Four Seasons of Hope” …

NEW YORK-“The business of resurrections is a very holy thing, taking companies that are dead, dead, dead and making them rise, rise, rise,” said Art Beroff, an angel investor and …

WASHINGTON-While the wireless industry’s attention was focused last week on new products and gizmos in Las Vegas, Capitol Hill was working on legislation that could impact the telecommunications industry in …

WASHINGTON-The United States’ current export-control policy is so stringent that instead of achieving the goal of national security, the policy could in reality be harming national security, defense experts told …

As reports of a slowdown in the wireless industry continue to make headlines in the news and on Wall Street, wireless carriers have been reporting strong customer addition numbers for …

NEW YORK-Since the launch of carrier competition in the duopoly wireless market, third-party distributors have had to work hard to manage increasingly complex distribution issues. Carriers, meanwhile, are dealing with …

“To see what competitive telecommunications will look like tomorrow, look at wireless today,” read a banner at CTIA’s Wireless ’99. That’s not the way Ernest Kelly, president of the Telecommunications …

Two developers of handset-based prepaid technology are headed to court over alleged patent and trademark infringement. Telemac Corp. has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., against …

SAN DIEGO-Jabra Corp. said it has partnered with Samsung Telecommunications America to provide its EarSet and Smart Adapter for Samsung’s wireless SCH-1000 personal communications services handsets. Samsung and Jabra plan …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. recently announced the expansion of its prepaid operations with the completion of an equity investment in Topp Telecom Inc. Topp’s prepaid phones, TracFone, are available in more …

MIAMI-CellStar Corp. made an equity investment in Topp Telecom Inc. to fund distribution and facilitation services and to help Topp Telecom expand its prepaid TracFone internationally, the companies announced. Topp’s …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sony Corp.’s digital CM-Z100 personal communications service phone is now available at Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s Sprint PCS and Radio Shack stores nationwide. The phone is based on Code …

MIAMI-TracFone, a prepaid cellular phone and airtime service marketed by Topp Telecom Inc., will be available in the New York metropolitan area and throughout Southern California at area Radio Shack …

NEW YORK-When it comes to further consolidation in paging, the industry in the United States has taken a deep breath and is waiting to exhale. During 1995 and early 1996, …

CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. signed handset distribution agreements with Montgomery Wards Electric Avenue, Ritz Camera and Sears Brand Central. Other retailers carrying Aerial products and services include Best Buy, Circuit City, …