wireless data

In addition to strengthening its position as the nation’s third-largest wireless operator, Sprint Corp.’s planned merger with Nextel Communications Inc. will bring together the industry’s two most aggressive targeters of …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Centennial Communications Corp. said it selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to replace and upgrade its existing wireless networks in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with CDMA2000 1x …

Whittled down from 49 total applicants, 35 certified bidders placed more than $325 million in deposits with the government for a crack at 242 spectrum licenses up for bid in …

From the consumer’s point of view, 2005 is shaping up to be the year mobile music goes big-time. And nearly everyone in the wireless industry is scrambling to make sure …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless announced plans for a new embedded module for CDMA 1x-EV-DO networks that will be delivered in the second quarter. The Sierra Wireless EM5625 will be the …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Centennial Communications Corp. said it selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to replace and upgrade its existing wireless networks in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with CDMA2000 1x …

Content providers and developers continued to chase the exploding Chinese wireless market with two announcements Wednesday. California-based mobile game publishers Jamdat Mobile Inc. and THQ Wireless Inc. said they were …

LAS VEGAS-The slow rollout of high-speed wireless data networks continues as CDMA-based carrier Verizon Wireless last week said it will expand its BroadbandAccess network to 12 additional markets on top …

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. made headlines last week by announcing it was part of an effort to develop standards for a new mobile-phone technology that would transfer data more …

LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless will offer video, audio and three-dimensional games over its EV-DO third-generation network beginning next month. The carrier also announced plans to expand the cities in which it …

NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. added a new device to its messaging portfolio. The new 6822 model opens into a full messaging keyboard, and it has an advanced VGA camera and 65K …

LONDON-Motorola Inc. said it recorded speeds of 2.9 megabits per second during outdoor High Speed Downlink Packet Access trials with five major European operators. Motorola did not name the carriers. …

ASHEVILLE, N.C.-Homeland Integrated Security Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it acquired BBI Computer Solutions and a subsidiary C2 of NC Inc. in a stock transaction. Terms of the deal were …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS and Sybase Inc. said they will expand their relationship to develop and market corporate wireless data applications. Under terms of the agreement, the carrier will use …

When it comes to wireless data, perhaps 2004 should be called “The year of the untapped enterprise market.” Even as a small army of software developers and device manufacturers rushes …

Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, …

Sprint PCS became the first U.S. carrier to offer streaming audio for mobile users last week, launching a radio-like service that delivers short video clips and six channels of streaming …

BOONTON, N.J.-Pervasive networking is poised to take the concept of cellular mobility to the next level, according to a new report by Insight Research Corp. Although carriers do not currently …

Sprint PCS and Sybase Inc. said Tuesday they will expand their relationship to develop and market corporate wireless data applications. Under terms of the agreement, the carrier will use software …

They’ve been called the last untapped demographic for mobile phones, but some seniors say the industry itself may be to blame for the lack of elderly mobile users. Wireless devices …

Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc.’s “merger of equals” announcement last week could have an unequal impact on each operator’s respective affiliate partners. At one time those affiliates were integral …

Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. tied the knot last week in what the two telecom providers call a $35 billion “merger of equals.” The newly formed Sprint Nextel operation …

MONTREAL-Canadian telecommunications provider BCE Inc. said it plans to begin technical trials of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology on its wireless network with plans to launch commercial services in major Canadian …

Qualcomm Inc. made a strategic investment in wireless application company Digital Orchid. The companies did not disclose the amount of the investment. Digital Orchid sells applications working on Qualcomm’s BREW …

MONTREAL-Canadian telecommunications provider BCE Inc. said it plans to begin technical trials of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology on its wireless network with plans to launch commercial services in major Canadian …