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PARIS-Alcatel Alsthom witnessed improved sales for the third quarter, although its net income was low compared with the same period a year ago. Alcatel’s mobile infrastructure business also bounced up …

In what is likely shaping up to be the last quarter with six nationwide operators, four of the country’s largest carriers posted relatively healthy third-quarter earnings that showed there is …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-InnoPath Software Inc. has added Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. to its list of clients, agreeing to provide its over-the-air software on Sanyo’s 3G handsets. InnoPath’s DeltaUpgrade Plus software …

Vodafone announced plans for 10 new third-generation handsets expected to hit the European and Japanese markets in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season. The line-up consists of Sharp Corp.’s …

SHANGHAI, China-Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. agreed to buy the remaining interest it did not already own in Beijing Digital-Red Mobile Software Co. Ltd., a mobile games developer. Shanda first purchased …

Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. completed its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which the carrier said would help support its rapid growth. The …

Motorola Inc. and Motorola Japan Ltd. will work with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to develop a handset for business users on the Japanese carrier’s high-speed third-generation FOMA network. The GSM/GPRS handset …

T-Mobile USA Inc. has launched Japanese handset maker Sharp Corp.’s first GSM mobile phone for the U.S. market, the TM-150. The tri-band (1900, 1800, 900 MHz) flip phone features a …

Rural operators continued to wean themselves from roaming revenues during the second quarter of this year with mixed results as some have been able to make up the revenue shortfall …

The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.’s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood. The device is the first to launch under Danger’s newly announced partnership …

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.’s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood last night. The device is the first to launch under Danger’s …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger, Inc. has snagged $37 million in venture capital and a new corporate ally. The Palo Alto-based company has joined forces with Sharp Corp. to step up production …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. released preliminary second-quarter results showing that it added approximately 40,000 net customer additions during the second quarter of this year-ending the period with …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc launched consumer-focused third-generation services in two European countries, with other countries to follow in coming months, the global mobile operator said. Vodafone customers in Germany and Portugal …

Mobile asset tracking and wireless data company @Road Inc. announced it will acquire rival wireless enterprise vendor MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. in a deal worth $86 million. The agreement …

Last month, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo said it sold more than 160,000 faulty mobile phones. The carrier said its new FOMA N900i handset, built by NEC Corp., suffered from a …

BOSTON-Consolidation in the wireless content business continues its heated march, with M-Qube Inc. announcing the purchase of Sharp Robot, a Toronto-based mobile content download provider. Terms of the deal were …

Acquisition mania seems to have hit the wireless data industry, as wireless enterprise player Sybase Inc. announced a massive $95.2 million acquisition of rival XcelleNet Inc. Separately, Sybase said its …

Consolidation in the wireless content business continues its heated march, with M-Qube Inc. announcing the purchase of Sharp Robot, a Toronto-based mobile content download provider. Terms of the deal were …

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which filed an initial public offering statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, said it added 118,000 net subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2003, ending the year …

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which filed an initial public offering statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week, said it added 118,000 net subscriber additions during the fourth quarter of …

BERLIN, Germany-T-Mobile International announced it scored a major deal with handset maker Sharp Corp. to create a line of phones designed specifically for the carrier, which will be sold across …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-South Korean mobile-phone design firm Bellwave announced it will use Ericsson Mobile Platforms’ G200 reference design to develop its new GSM/GPRS products, and potentially its EDGE and W-CDMA products …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Investors reacted harshly to a decline in InterDigital Communications Corp.’s net income, sending the company’s stock down almost 15 percent after the news to about $21 per …

Although wireless by and large caters to the consumer market, many of the industry’s major mobile-phone makers zeroed in on the high-margin business user during the 3GSM show in Cannes, …