IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile L.L.C., a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corp., said its prepaid wireless phones and service will be available at Fred Meyer stores. The company's products are already available at Target, Wal-Mart and Best Buy locations.Boost said it is offering three Motorola Inc....
WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz Transition Administrator warned that vendors supplying equipment for companies moving off the 800 MHz band need to proactively prepare for their clients' needs as the reconfiguration process goes forward. Companies like Motorola Inc., Kenwood and M/A Com supply products to the...
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. wireless customers seeking directory assistance no longer have to rely on memory or a quick scribble to recall the number that they're looking for. The regional telecommunications provider has begun offering a text-messaging 411 option. When a customer calls 411...
WASHINGTON-Even as wireless carriers won the right to stop collecting a 3-percent federal excise tax, they may be caught in the middle of a paperwork nightmare as customers try to collect government refunds. Already, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. said they would no...
RESTON, Va.—Broadband wireless provider Nextlink Wireless said Robert Beran is the company’s new chief executive officer. As part of the post, Beran also becomes a senior vice president at Nextlink’s parent company, XO Holdings. Beran is a 20-year veteran of the technology and telecommunications...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. will sell Mobile ESPN L.L.C. service in hundreds of its retail stores, a move that adds weight to the sports-focused MVNO’s distribution network. According to the two companies, Sprint Nextel had originally committed to provide Mobile ESPN space in...
DENVER—Cellular customers of Qwest Communications International Inc. who are seeking directory assistance no longer have to rely on memory or a quick scribble to recall the number that they’re looking for. The regional telecommunications provider has begun offering a text-messaging 411 option to its...
IRVINE, Calif.—Boost Mobile L.L.C., a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corp., said its prepaid wireless phones and service will be available at Fred Meyer stores. The company’s products are currently available at Target, Wal-Mart and Best Buy locations.Boost said it is offering three Motorola Inc....
NEW YORK—Sonic Branding Solutions Inc., a mobile entertainment developer and publisher, said it acquired mobile software developer DeviceIQ Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal calls for all of DeviceIQ’s employees to transition to Sonic. In addition, Bob Pascazio, DeviceIQ’s founder...
Motorola Inc. will finally bring its much-touted MOTO Q smart phone to market as you read this, probably the last time it will announce a handset far in advance of its launch, to avoid tipping off competitors and so its executives won't have to...
WASHINGTON-Senate Democrats last Thursday released their version of telecommunications reform that was much kinder to the independent wireless industry than the version released in early May and passed by the House Commerce Committee. Independent wireless carriers-those carriers that are not affiliated with incumbent wireline...
ATLANTA-Boost Mobile L.L.C. users can exchange cash electronically for prepaid calling minutes at various locations, due to a recent arrangement with CheckFreePay. Boost is a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corp. CheckFreePay is a business unit of CheckFree Corp. and offers consumers the ability to...
"News of my death has been greatly exaggerated," Mark Twain is said to have written in 1897, when he remained hale and hearty. Qualcomm Inc. has taken a page from Twain and added a biblical twist, as it hails its new incarnation of BREW...
Sprint Nextel Corp. says it is testing so-called "4G" technologies for use on its expansive 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings and that it plans to choose one that has a "global reach and presence." The carrier said it was currently in talks with "other global...
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma wreaked havoc along the Gulf Coast and in Florida last year, and the U.S. is facing another above-average hurricane season. Cellular carriers claim that they are ready for the storm season, which starts June 1 and is expected to...
Gas prices and higher mortgage rates have not affected the demand for Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless services, the carrier's chief financial officer told analysts last week. Paul Saleh's remarks were made during a parade of wireless executives at conferences in New York, hosted by...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. stirred up some controversy when it rolled out a new advertising campaign claiming that it has the least number of dropped calls on its network, claims that have led to a lawsuit. Sprint Nextel Corp. challenged Cingular's claim with the usual...
WASHINGTON-Public-safety agencies with a request for 800 MHz retuning planning funding that equals less than $55 per subscriber can take advantage of a new fast-track process announced last week by Sprint Nextel Corp., the 800 MHz Transition Administrator and public-safety representatives. The issue of...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Prepaid wireless provider Airlink Mobile is partnering with Brightstar Corp. for logistics and distribution support. Brightstar said it will provide Airlink with services including product procurement, inventory and warehouse management and handset and package customization.Airlink operates on Sprint Nextel Corp.’s CDMA network...
WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless announced that 95 percent of its customers are now using location-capable handsets. Verizon Wireless is the first carrier using a handset-based approach to E-911 to meet the FCC’s 95-percent threshold. However, it did so six months after the Federal Communications Commission’s deadline...
ATLANTA—Inter-carrier tussles over advertising claims have led to a lawsuit, and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. wants an Atlanta court to validate its assertion that its network has the fewest dropped calls among national carriers. The suit was sparked by Sprint Nextel Corp.’s challenge to Cingular’s...
NEW YORK—Sprint Nextel Corp. is reportedly in talks with Sling Media Inc. and other media companies to expand its mobile entertainment offerings and make them simpler for users to access. According to a Reuters story, Sprint Nextel is in talks with various companies, including...
RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. says it is currently testing so-called "4G" technologies for use on its expansive 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings and that it plans to choose one that has a "global reach and presence." The carrier said it was currently in talks with...
KANSAS CITY—Sprint Nextel Corp. has reportedly filed a $6.4 million lawsuit against IBM Corp., accusing IBM of missing the performance requirements of a large information technology outsourcing contract. The lawsuit, according to the Kansas City Business Journal, was filed Monday in the U.S. District...
