Wireless Services

Boston Communications Group Inc. suffered another legal setback when a federal judge ordered the company to stop providing the prepaid wireless services that account for 70 percent of its revenue. …

Expectations for a strong third quarter got off to a rocky start as early reports from three of the industry’s five largest operators have shown customer growth falling short of …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. inched ahead with its planned launch of third-generation services, upgrading its UMTS networks in Seattle, Phoenix and Dallas to higher-speed HSDPA capabilities. Cingular noted it is the …

Enhanced directory-assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said Sprint Nextel Corp. is terminating the master services agreement between Metro One and Nextel Operations Inc. effective Jan. 9. Nextel Operations is …

WASHINGTON-Despite the increasing use of wireless services worldwide, companies offering wireless services have seen their monthly recurring revenues drop by 13 percent during the past year, according to a report …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it has received notification from Sprint Nextel Corp. that the carrier is terminating the master services agreement between Metro One …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. fell short of reduced expectations for customer growth during the third quarter- adding 867,000 total subscribers-but maintained its position as the industry’s largest wireless operator with 52.3 …

Verizon Wireless again was singled out for superior customer service quality in Vocal Laboratories Inc.’s quarterly SectorPulse study on the quality of customer service among the industry’s largest wireless operators. …

Boston Communications Group Inc. suffered yet another legal setback Monday when a federal judge ordered the company to stop providing the prepaid wireless services that account for 70 percent of …

Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson said they have upgraded three of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s UMTS networks with higher-speed HSDPA capabilities. Lucent said it installed the upgrades on Cingular’s network …

Three wireless companies announced dividend payments last week. Qualcomm Inc. announced a quarterly cash dividend of 9 cents per common share payable Jan. 4 to shareholders of record at the …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. appears set to make good on its claims to turn on high-speed UMTS/HSDPA services in more than a dozen markets by the end of the year. The …

L.M. Ericsson and Canadian telecom carrier Rogers Communications Inc. say they are set to begin third-generation HSDPA and IP Multimedia Subsystem platform trials. Rogers said HSDPA is the natural progression …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. appears set to make good on its claims to launch high-speed UMTS/HSDPA services in more than a dozen markets by the end of the year. The carrier …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Canadian telecom carrier Rogers Communications Inc. say they are set to begin third-generation HSDPA and IP Multimedia Subsystem platform trials in Canada. Rogers said HSDPA is …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telecommunications software and services provider Telcordia Technologies Inc. reported that Hawaiian Telecom has selected its Service Delivery suite of products and professional services to complete the company’s transition to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said the mobile-phone industry remains competitive and consumers continue to benefit, despite increased consolidation among wireless carriers and questions by a Democratic member of the commission …

Prepaid services are continuing their march up the feature-rich ladder with an increasing number of operators beginning to offer wireless Web browsing services to their noncontract subscribers. Many operators offer …

With little more than a week until wireless carriers begin releasing third-quarter results, industry analysts continue to fine tune their quarterly predictions. Those updated forecasts generally are calling for more …

Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. again outranked the competition in a J.D. Power and Associates consumer survey, this time posting the highest retail sales satisfaction among the wireless industry’s …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. provide the highest retail sales satisfaction among the wireless industry’s six largest operators, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Wireless Retail Sales …

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. announced two deals last week. The company’s Brightpoint North America L.P. subsidiary entered an agreement with Samsung Telecommunications America L.P. that calls for Brightpoint to distribute a …

SAN FRANCISCO-Following years of delays, Nokia Corp. finally is set to launch its 9300 device running Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry software in the United States. The device will be …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to launch additional mobile TV services later this year using a platform from RealNetworks Inc. The supplier said its new Helix OnlineTV solution will enable Cingular …