WASHINGTON-Former Rep. Wes Watkins (R-Okla.) agreed to a $2 million settlement in connection with a fatal car crash in which driver cell-phone use is alleged, but the ex-lawmaker faces possible jail time over a district attorney's charge of negligent homicide. The settlement comes as...
Following the recent sale of its remaining spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless for $3 billion, NextWave Telecom Inc. filed its third joint plan of reorganization with the bankruptcy court overseeing the company's ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The filing provided information on NextWave's financials...
Less than two months after Cingular Wireless L.L.C. garnered governmental approval for its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., creating the nation's largest wireless operator, the wireless industry was aflutter last week following published reports that another big deal was in the...
Citing spectrum constraints, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it does not expect to launch UMTS-based services for at least two years and instead will rely on its ongoing deployment of EDGE technology, which the carrier plans to begin offering commercially next year."I don't see ...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Expanded Calling Area option in Ohio, allowing its Cricket customers to use their unlimited calling minutes in both Dayton and Toledo/Sandusky for an additional $5 per month. Leap recently rolled out a similar option for customers in...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA became the first carrier to offer ringback tones nationwide last week. The carrier launched CallerTunes, enabling subscribers' phones to play music instead of the traditional ring callers hear before a mobile phone is answered. Users paying a $1.50 monthly subscription fee...
Our neighbors to the north may be suffering through withdrawals brought on by the ongoing National Hockey League lockout, but that did not distract Canadian wireless operators during the third quarter as they again posted a strong showing in N. Moore Capital Ltd.'s ranking...
Japan, which has uncanny savvy in developing and marketing mobile-phone services, has now taken wireless lobbying to a lofty level that would shame the wiliest of American influence peddlers.Softbank Corp. has taken a page right out of our playbook and now threatens to outshine...
Just a few years ago, players on the CDMA aisle of the technology wars believed the future belonged to them alone. The other players, huffing with GSM, could not figure out what armor to deploy. Qualcomm Inc.-which gave CDMA to the industry and the...
While Sprint Corp. had little to say about a possible deal with Nextel Communications Inc., the carrier did report $3 billion worth of multi-year buildout contracts with Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Motorola Inc., last week in support of the carrier's EV-DO...
Citing current spectrum constraints, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it does not expect to launch UMTS-based services for at least two years and will instead rely on its ongoing deployment of EDGE technology on its network, which the carrier plans to begin offering commercially next...
Less than two months after Cingular Wireless L.L.C. garnered governmental approval for its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., creating the nation's largest wireless operator, a Wall Street Journal article today indicated another big deal could be in the works between No....
NEW YORK-Wall Street seemed pleased with the performance of the wireless sector, giving thumbs up to both Motorola Inc. and Qualcomm Inc.Motorola enjoyed two upgrades on prospects for a strong fourth quarter. Piper Jaffray raised its earnings estimates for the company, and Caris &...
Our neighbors to the north may be suffering through Hockey Night in Canada withdrawals brought on by the ongoing National Hockey League lockout, but that did not distract Canadian wireless operators during the third quarter as they again posted a strong showing in N....
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Expanded Calling Area option in Ohio, allowing its Cricket customers to use their unlimited calling minutes in both Dayton and Toledo/Sandusky for an additional $5 per month. Leap recently rolled out a similar option for customers in...
T-Mobile USA became the first carrier to offer ringback tones nationwide Wednesday.The carrier launched CallerTunes, enabling subscribers' phones to play music instead of the traditional ring callers hear before a mobile phone is answered. Users paying a $1.50 monthly subscription fee for the service...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-In support of its previously announced plans to begin deploying CDMA2000 1x EV-DO services, Sprint Corp. reported $3 billion worth of multi-year buildout contracts with Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Motorola Inc. Sprint said the contracts involve new switching and...
WASHINGTON-Following the recent sale of its remaining spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless for $3 billion, NextWave Telecom Inc. filed its third joint plan of reorganization with the bankruptcy court overseeing the company's ongoing chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The latest plan provides for the full...
WASHINGTON-Wireless industry officials and engineers will meet in San Diego next week to continue work on a mobile phone battery standard, an effort that comes in response to reports of injuries from exploding handsets likely caused by faulty batteries. CTIA and the Institute of...
SAN FRANCISCO-New research shows that more than half of wireless users are against the creation of a national directory service for mobile phone numbers.According to an Internet survey of just more than 1,000 users, 53 percent said they were against the establishment of a...
NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. said it plans to sell its 20.5-percent stake in Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. beginning early next week. Verizon noted that its current stake in the company includes 48.5 million common shares and 24.9 million non-voting shares, and the sale...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it is offering a software upgrade to its VX4500 phone, built by LG Electronics Co. Ltd., that will allow users to operate the phone through verbal commands. Verizon said the move will help blind users or those with poor vision...
Verizon Wireless said it completed the purchase of Northern California wireless operator Mountain Cellular from Sierra Tel Communications Group. The deal includes Mountain Cellular's spectrum license covering 170,000 potential customers in El Dorado County stretching along Highway 50 from El Dorado Hills to South...
NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc. was able to support marketing claims for its Nationwide Direct Connect service, but modified pricing claims following a ruling by the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. NAD said the case was brought to the...
