NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. hopes to offer a full-track music download service next year. An executive for the No. 1 U.S. carrier said Cingular plans to sell a push-to-talk phone later this year and hopes to offer song downloads in 2006, according to news...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. next month is expected to launch a push-to-talk service that will compete against similar offerings from Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and a number of regional operators. Cingular Chief Operating Officer Ralph de la Vega told reporters at an investor conference...
Following several quarters of year-over-year customer growth, the wireless industry's nationwide operators could be set for a softer third quarter. Customer additions are expected to fall just short of the nearly 5 million customers added last year and below the 5.2 million added during...
Startup Roundbox today announced $8 million in its first round of venture funding, news that coincides with the company's emergence from stealth mode. Headed by executives from Dynamicsoft, Flarion Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp., Roundbox is positioning itself directly within the nexus formed by...
A Sprint Nextel Corp. spokesman confirmed that the carrier has received antitrust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission for its pending $427 million acquisition of network affiliate IWO Holdings Inc. The deal is still subject to approval by IWO's shareholders, but Sprint Nextel said...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. hopes to build on its relationship with Apple Computer Inc. with a full-track music download service to launch next year. An executive for the No. 1 U.S. carrier said Cingular plans to sell a push-to-talk phone later this year and hopes...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. next month is expected to launch a push-to-talk service that will compete against similar offerings from Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and a number of regional operators. Cingular Chief Operating Officer Ralph de la Vega told reporters at an investor conference...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it will begin mailing definitive proxy material to all Class A stockholders related to a vote on exercising the "put right" that would require Sprint Nextel Corp. to acquire the 68 percent of Nextel Partners that it does not...
Laptop maker Dell Inc. said that starting next year it would sell computers that feature built-in support for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s forthcoming UMTS/HSDPA network. The announcement represents a strike against Verizon Wireless, which earlier this week said Dell, Lenovo Group Ltd. and Hewlett-Packard Co....
Sprint Nextel Corp. released preliminary third-quarter customer growth results below many analysts' estimates, but noted that its integration efforts are ahead of schedule and raised the net present value of expected merger synergies.Sprint Nextel said it expects to post 1.2 million total net customer...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. and Avaya Inc. announced a joint agreement calling for the companies to develop and deliver hosted Voice over Internet Protocol wireline and wireless services in North America.According to the pact, the companies jointly will develop, market and support new...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and The Game have accounted for more than 2.5 million music downloads through Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Music Tones service, the carrier announced Wednesday.50 Cent set a record by reaching Platinum/Gold status, selling 1 million real tones from one...
AT&T Corp. said it has signed roaming agreements that add more than 2,100 Wi-Fi hot spots across China, Japan and Greece, as well as in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity through select European and Asian airlines to its Enterprise Mobility Portfolio. The company also said it has...
LOS ANGELES-A group of Treo smart-phone users filed a class-action lawsuit against Treo maker Palm Inc. for making "inherently defective" devices. The suit, filed in a California court, requests a jury trial and seeks damages for all of the estimated 1.7 million Treo 600...
Verizon Wireless is on track to post another record quarter of net additions driven by back-to-school and family-plan additions, according to a report from Merrill Lynch. Based on more than 80 store visits in five markets, the firm said it raised its third-quarter net...
SAN DIEGO-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell the innovative VX9800 from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. starting in October. The candybar-style phone flips open to reveal a tiny keyboard and features an MP3 player, support for removable memory cards and Bluetooth. It will sell for...
Wireless carriers continued the arduous task of repairing networks in the Gulf Coast region hit hard by Hurricane Katrina last month, though few operators have released financial details of the repairs. The federal government noted last week that it could cost a total of...
U.S. wireless carriers ultimately want to get every American on their networks. In this utopian dream, everybody would be a paying customer. Subscribers would make all their voice calls from their mobile phones, they would gobble up services like downloadable music and mobile TV,...
Sprint Nextel Corp. this week plans to announce its fourth music service, a wireless version of RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody Radio. The offering includes five channels of streaming audio including alternative, pop, urban and country music, as well as podcasts from a California National Public...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless e-mail vendor Good Technology Inc. said it cut an unspecified number of jobs due to the company's transition from direct to indirect sales. The cuts were part of a restructuring at Good that resulted in a total workforce reduction from 500...
Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a deal with Samsung Telecommunications America L.L.P. to jointly test network equipment based on the 802.16e WiMAX standard using Sprint Nextel's 2.5 GHz spectrum. The companies said the agreement will involve testing prototype terminals and core network equipment designed to...
Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a deal with Samsung Telecommunications America LLP to jointly test network equipment based on the 802.16e WiMAX standard using Sprint Nextel's 2.5 GHz spectrum. The companies said the agreement will involve testing prototype terminals and supporting core network equipment designed...
Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled its first CDMA EV-DO phone, the PPC-6700 smart phone. The advanced gadget features a 1.3-megapixel digital camera, Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 5.0 software and support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. It will sell for $480 with a service plan. The...
BRISTOL, Conn.-ESPN renewed rights to Major League Baseball across its many platforms through 2013 with an eight-year, $2.4 billion deal announced this week.The pact builds on baseball's current agreement with the cable giant and soon-to-be mobile virtual network operator, allowing ESPN to broadcast clips...
