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Following on a Federal Communications Commission inquiry into its local number portability implementation, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. filed a report with the agency outlining the troubles the carrier has encountered …

News on the handset front continues its frantic pace as retailers gear up for the holiday season. Today, Verizon Wireless announced its second camera phone and Sprint PCS released a …

Citing its stringent testing standards, Verizon Wireless has reportedly delayed the launch of its Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. supplied CDMA/GSM world phone until early next year after previously announcing plans …

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. said it expects to record an after-tax fourth-quarter charge of approximately $2.8 billion related to a voluntary separation plan under which 21,260 employees left the company’s …

After more than two weeks of availability, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. led its nationwide competition in local number portability customer complaints, according to a report released by the Federal Communications …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless received a pair of 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards from the CDMA Development Group, including industry leadership and service innovation. The CDG awarded the industry leadership to …

Qualcomm Inc. announced a series of new partners for its BREW application download service, including Internet heavyweight America Online Inc. AOL said it will sell a variety of BREW applications, …

He is permanently disabled, his medical practice long gone. He is now divorced, but can spend time with his kids. He was crushed in court. He has a few bucks …

Local number portability reality set in last week when early industry initiatives to accomplish the porting process in less than three hours quickly fell by the wayside as many customers …

WASHINGTON-Global giant Vodafone Group plc and U.S. mobile-phone operators are aggressively lobbying policy-makers to stay out of a controversy that already has rocked Europe and now is erupting in other …

Wireless entertainment companies have dreamed up all manner of enticements to encourage mobile-phone users to drop a few dollars on wireless games. There are games for kids, games for hard-core …

Sprint PCS’ Video Mail launch is just the latest in a series of wireless video moves in the United States, a market that is still very much in its early …

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. announced a quarterly dividend of 39 cents per outstanding share, unchanged from the previous quarter, payable Feb. 2, 2004, to shareowners of record at the close …

CHANTILLY, Va.-Strategic advisory and research firm BIA Financial Network Inc. reported that wireless service revenue growth has increased 19.2 percent over the last two years, with some company’s reporting triple-digit …

Much like Al Capone’s vault, the first few days of local number portability provided more hype than headlines as the feared millions of customers beating down the doors of retail …

Verizon Wireless is reportedly set to charge customers an additional 40 cents per month beginning in March to cover ongoing local number portability costs, according to published reports. The increase …

Despite wireless carrier-generated public-relations hype surrounding the success of initial number porting, which was helped by only a slight increase in customer traffic, a number of analysts questioned the first …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom said it closed with five banks a $1 million syndicated credit facility, which it will use to purchase the 49-percent stake in mobile operator Eurotel Praha …

On the first day of wireless local number portability, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced a pair of rate plan enhancements that the carrier said were in reaction to consumer demands. …

WASHINGTON-A group of judges transferred seven billing lawsuits against Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS to a federal court in Missouri, a change of venue that could benefit the two …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-With the holiday season around the corner, Motorola Inc. made several device-related announcements. The company said the new Motorola V300 camera phone will be available through T-Mobile USA Inc. …

Rick Rothman describes his business as real estate without walls. Wireless technology tore down the wall. He can reach his customers, pen contracts, make payments and say goodbye without the …

New wireless Internet browsing technologies may be giving rise to new business models for wireless content developers, and it appears the nation’s No. 1 wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless, is looking …

Maybe it’s because of the imminent local number portability deadline, maybe it’s because of the holiday shopping season launch, maybe it’s because wireless data is starting to gain some traction, …