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After years of hype and billions of dollars in network upgrades, the time has come for the worldwide W-CDMA market to take off. Perhaps the best indication that W-CDMA technology …

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz rebanding process may not be going as quickly as first hoped. The 800 MHz Transition Administrator recently told the Federal Communications Commission that there will be a …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to use Attunity Ltd.’s data integration platform to provide seamless access to operational and call detail records for its voice network. The move is part …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to take a swipe at the success of Motorola Inc.’s super-slim Razr device by selling a similar slender gadget from rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it completed the redemption of $146.3 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of its 12.5 percent senior notes due Nov. 15, 2009. The carrier noted …

Global Signal Inc., the nation’s third-largest tower company with around 11,000 towers, reported a third-quarter net loss of $15.4 million, or 23 cents per share. The numbers are a steep …

WASHINGTON-Preferred Communications Systems Inc. is not giving up. The “non-Nextel” economic area 800 MHz licensee asked the Federal Communications Commission to stop the retuning process in the 800 MHz band. …

WASHINGTON-Lawmakers and homeland-security experts last week said the Bush administration lacks a plan to prioritize what critical infrastructure to protect-including wireless and other telecom networks-and that developing such a plan …

Nationwide wireless carriers received a big push from their smallest player as T-Mobile USA Inc. posted robust third-quarter financials that helped propel the group well beyond last year’s growth. The …

It appears the roller-coaster ride isn’t over for Jamdat Mobile Inc. The wireless entertainment publisher celebrated its first full year on the Nasdaq last week, announcing third-quarter revenue that more …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. this week plans to launch a mobile radio service with more than three dozen channels of commercial-free streaming music. MobiTV Inc. is powering the service, dubbed MobiRadio. …

WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Service Commissioner Susan Kennedy could be forced to strengthen her proposal to overhaul the telecom consumer bill of rights before a scheduled vote next month, according to …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Visto Corp. hopes a whopping $70 million financing round can propel it to the forefront of the white-hot wireless e-mail space. The developer added to its already-fat wallet …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-The Tier 1 carriers continued to move to universal multimedia messaging service interoperability this week as Verizon Wireless quietly became MMS-interoperable with Sprint Nextel Corp.’s iDEN network and T-Mobile …

WASHINGTON-Preferred Communications Systems Inc. is not giving up. Earlier this week the non-Nextel economic area 800 MHz licensee asked the Federal Communications Commission to stop the retuning of the 800 …

TOKYO-Japan hopes to stoke competition in its hard-to-penetrate mobile-phone market by allowing three new entrants to offer wireless services. The country’s telecommunications ministry opened the door for Softbank Corp., eAccess …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Visto Corp. hopes a whopping $70 million financing round can propel it to the forefront of the white-hot wireless e-mail space. The developer added to its already-fat wallet …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc., the nation’s third largest tower company with around 11,000 towers, reported a third-quarter net loss of $15.4 million, or 23 cents per share. The numbers are …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. claims its recently launched CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network is now available in 141 markets covering more than 90 million potential customers, including more than 250 …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint Nextel Corp.’s largest CDMA affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. posted a 65-percent jump in revenues during the third quarter from $211.4 million in 2004 to $349.4 million this year. …

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile L.L.C. launched a downloadable client that allows AOL, MSN and Yahoo instant-messaging users to access the services from their handset. Montreal-based mobile IM developer Oz is powering …

While most will busy themselves with decorations and gifts this holiday season, U.S. carriers and handset makers likely will be caught up in fierce battles over pricing, services and-ultimately-customers. As …

Regional carriers continued to bleed customers during the third quarter as more competition and evolving networks drove up churn for a number of operators Dobson Communications Corp., SunCom Wireless Holdings …

Sprint Nextel Corp. took a significant step in fulfilling chief executive Gary Forsee’s plans to expand the carrier’s reach into other media distribution channels, and at the same time may …

SAN DIEGO-Two Asian carriers announced plans to launch CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev A networks by the end of next year-LG Telecom, a small Korean carrier, and KDDI Corp., Japan’s second-largest …