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The long, blustery relationship between paging and messaging carriers Metrocall Holdings Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. appears to have come to a close, with Metrocall announcing it will acquire WebLink …

With much fanfare at this year’s Comdex electronics show in Las Vegas and multi-page advertisements in nationwide newspapers, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its high-speed EDGE-based service last week, claiming …

Space Data Corp. announced it scored 262.5 kilohertz of nationwide spectrum in the recent Federal Communications Commission 900 MHz band spectrum auction, which the company said it would use to …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. unveiled enhancements to its mMode wireless data service, which the carrier said are designed to provide customers with faster and easier access to content with an …

The long, blustery relationship between paging and messaging carriers Metrocall Holdings Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. appears to have come to a close, with Metrocall announcing it will acquire WebLink. …

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. reported its wireless operations posted a 15.1-percent drop in revenues from $179 million during the third quarter of 2002 to $152 million this year. The decrease …

Premium text messaging is now a reality in the United States-essentially creating a new market in the U.S. wireless industry. Most of the nation’s wireless carriers have installed the necessary …

Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in October 2003. China. With China Mobile to expand its GSM networks. Value: $50 million Comorian Union. With SNPT to roll out the country’s …

RESTON, Va.- Nextel Communications Inc. announced late Friday it will upgrade its iDEN network using Motorola Inc.’s WiDEN network technology, which the carrier said will quadruple its data speeds. Nextel …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless technology company L.M. Ericsson announced a new music product through a partnership with Sony Music Germany that delivers bundled packages of artist pictures, ring tones, music clips, artist …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced it scored another major carrier deal, with KPN Mobile in the Netherlands planning to use Visto’s technology to offer wireless e-mail services over its i-mode …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported 13,200 net customer additions during the third quarter of this year compared with 18,800 net customer additions during the third quarter of 2002. …

SAN DIEGO-Technology giant Qualcomm Inc. announced it will sell streaming video technology to handset makers, and heavy hitters such as Kyocera Wireless Corp., LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sanyo …

Just what are Craig McCaw and Nextel Communications Inc. up to, separately or together? Is there a grand plan waiting to be hatched or just some heady hedges that may-or …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless said it will expand its machine-to-machine services through a new deal with Aeris.net. Under the agreement, Verizon will offer Aeris.net’s MicroBurst technology across its digital CDMA …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless said it will expand its machine-to-machine services through a new deal with Aeris.net. Under the agreement, Verizon will offer Aeris.net’s MicroBurst technology across its digital CDMA …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. announced U.S. Cellular has implemented its product-based billing platform for U.S. Cellular’s wireless data services. “Portal’s billing solution will enable us to leverage investments in 1xRTT …

Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. warned in Security and Exchange filings that it will soon lose its largest customer, UPS. Motient said it plans to counteract the loss by further …

With hundreds of wireless operators spread throughout the country, T-Mobile USA Inc.’s position as the sixth-largest carrier would seem to be one of the more enviable. The carrier has posted …

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Following mixed third-quarter results from most of its nationwide competitors, Verizon Wireless put a stronger lock on its title as the country’s largest wireless carrier with customer growth nearly double …

Becky Welke had a problem. As general manager of the Plaza Hotel & Suites in Eau Claire, Wis., Welke wanted to offer her guests high-speed access to the Internet, but …

Customers of Vodafone Group plc in Europe, Australia and New Zealand will have access to content from the TV show “The Simpsons” under a new deal announced between the global …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it will implement third-generation wireless data networks for Brazilian operator Vivo in the west-central and southern regions of Brazil. The value of the CDMA2000 …

LAS VEGAS-The Fox TV network is planning a major new wireless effort centered on one of television’s most well-known families-the Simpsons. Homer, Marge and the rest of the cast of …