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KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it plans to open at least 30 new retail stores this year to keep up with demand for its services, and building on the 40 …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-More than three months after the implementation of wireless local number portability, wireless retail managers report that the number of problems related to the porting process has dropped …

Motorola Inc. said Brightstar Corp. will serve as its master services distribution partner in the United States for mobile phones. Brightstar, which is Motorola’s authorized distributor in Latin America, has …

L.M. Ericsson said it has signed separate deals with operators in the United States, Switzerland and Nigeria. With operator Econet Wireless Nigeria, the vendor signed a $110 million GSM expansion …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless services Inc. said it completed its $95 million cash purchase of U.S. Cellular’s TDMA wireless operations in south central Texas, a market serving 74,000 customers and covering …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said Brightstar Corp. will serve as its master services distribution partner in the United States for mobile phones. Brightstar, which is Motorola’s authorized distributor in Latin America, …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless yesterday said it completed its $95 million cash purchase of U.S. Cellular’s TDMA wireless operations in south central Texas, a market serving 74,000 customers and covering a …

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Wireless Inc., which operates retail wireless locations that market and sell next-generation wireless products and services and operates Wi-Fi hot spots, signed a binding letter of intent to …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless synchronization company Pumatech Inc. announced it changed its name to Intellisync Corp. and began trading under the Nasdaq stock symbol SYNC on Feb. 18. The company said …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Sweden said it will launch the Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS PC Card for the carrier’s next-generation network next Monday, providing customers with Internet access at speeds of up …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless synchronization company Pumatech Inc. announced it changed its name to Intellisync Corp. and began trading under the Nasdaq stock symbol SYNC on Feb. 18. The company said …

BOSTON-Siemens AG said it will jump into the over-the-air updating game through a new deal with OTA company Red Bend. Siemens licensed Red Bend’s vCurrentMobile technology for use in its …

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Wireless Inc., which markets next-generation wireless products and services in retail locations and operates Wi-Fi hot spots, will acquire the assets of Florida-based All Clear Wireless Inc. “With …

Telecommunications bundling has made a strong comeback over the past year, with nearly all of the country’s regional providers offering some form of packaged deal to customers. Those bundles usually …

As the battle for network supremacy rages on, wireless carriers are targeting places with minimal wireless coverage, including highly trafficked indoor spaces like airports, shopping malls, casinos, office buildings, healthcare …

The market for over-the-air updating technology now counts yet another contender, with WAP pioneer Openwave Systems Inc. releasing its new Mobile Device Manager product offering. Openwave also announced Cingular Wireless …

Like others that seemed out of the wireless range at the outset, the radio-frequency identification technology may not just be about supply chains. Its future efficiency may be derived from …

BOULDER, Colo.-SandCherry Inc. announced it is offering prepackaged application bundles featuring its speech-recognition software products for wireless applications to small- and medium-sized enterprises. The company’s bundled offerings are targeted at …

The burgeoning push-to-talk market welcomed its latest competitor last week as Alltel Corp. announced an initial limited launch of its Touch2Talk service, joining long-time push-to-talk provider Nextel Communications Inc. and …

InnerWireless Inc. will market its InnerMobile in-building wireless distribution system to wireless service providers to enable wireless communications throughout the Sears Tower in Chicago. The wireless system will cover the …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s admission that it was looking at strategic alternatives for its operations is expected to have broad implications for the carrier’s direct and indirect dealer agents. Analysts …

RICHARDSON, Texas-InnerWireless Inc. announced it will market its InnerMobile in-building wireless distribution system to wireless service providers to enable wireless communications throughout the Sears Tower in Chicago. The wireless system …

Alltel Corp. said it will begin offering its Touch2Talk walkie-talkie service Wednesday across roughly half its network, including Little Rock; Cleveland; Phoenix; New Orleans; Charlotte, N.C.; and Tampa, Fla.; with …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. said a federal court has placed an injunction prohibiting U.S. Cellular Corp. from marketing its recently launched Easyedge wireless data service …

LONDON-NeoMedia Technologies Inc. said it will team with European wireless marketing company 12snap U.K. Ltd. to offer a technology that would allow camera-phone users to take pictures of the bar …