Wireless Services

UTStarcom Inc.’s $165.1 million purchase of U.S.-based Audiovox Communications Corp.’s wireless handset business establishes the company as a player in the global CDMA market, fulfilling its founders’ original vision. The …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice, SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. have agreed to change certain aspects of an antitrust consent decree to allow Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to purchase AT&T Wireless …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a European calling summer promotion that provides customers signed up to its Discounted International Roaming offering calling rates of 89 cents per minute …

Concerns about security and infrastructure reliability led officials to kill plans that would have used wireless networks to help manage the Summer Olympics, but there will be no shortage of …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice, SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. have agreed to change certain aspects of an antitrust consent decree to allow Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to purchase AT&T Wireless …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a European calling summer promotion that provides customers signed up to its Discounted International Roaming offering calling rates of 89 cents per minute …

Fans of the U.S. Olympic Team can stay abreast of the athletes in Athens via their wireless handsets through several new agreements between carriers, content providers and news services. From …

PalmOne Inc.’s Palm.Net service is ceasing operations, effective Aug. 31, meaning Palm.Net handhelds, including the VII, VIIx and i705 devices, will no longer perform wireless functions. The company told customers …

Dobson Communications Corp. reported mixed operating and financial results for the second quarter, forcing the rural carrier to revise downward its full-year guidance and sending the carrier’s stock down more …

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported 8,144 net subscriber additions during the second quarter of this year compared with 10,309 new customers last year, ending the first half of this year …

MIAMI-Wireless users can now look for love over their handsets via new agreements with Webdate Mobile. The service allows wireless users access to profiles with photos, searches and profile browsing, …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. today began offering Nokia’s 6620 smart phone for use on its EDGE network. The EDGE network enables consumers using the 6620 Symbian OS and Series 60 …

Regional carriers are swapping spectrum to shore up their strength in markets where they already operate and exit markets that are no longer a strategic fit. In the largest deal …

A publicly accessible directory of wireless numbers would generate nearly $2 billion in revenues in the United States by 2008, according to a report released last week-but only if the …

Both the mobile infrastructure space and wireless local area network arena are heading toward sunnier times, according to reports by the Dell’Oro Group. WLAN is enjoying a big boost with …

With its pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. making its way through various governmental regulators and a final approval not yet certain, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued signing deals last …

In releasing its second-quarter financial results, American Tower Corp., the largest U.S. wireless tower company, maintained good favor with analysts who indicated its overall efforts to reduce its risk profile …

The rush of companies joining the ranks of pseudo-wireless providers continued last week as mobile content and application provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced plans to begin offering its prepaid Uphonia …

Wireless e-mail stalwart Research In Motion Ltd. should brace for intense competition as converged devices with BlackBerry-esque e-mail functionality and cell-phone features, including voice capabilities, enter the enterprise. So goes …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has activated 13 new cell sites in Central Tennessee this year as part of a one-year, $100 million network investment in Tennessee and Kentucky …

Triton PCS Holdings Inc. reported a disappointing loss of 833 subscribers during the second quarter of 2004, which was well below analyst expectations of around 20,000 net customer additions and …

MINNEAPOLIS-Fair Isaac Corp. said Telefonica Moviles Peru, the largest wireless services provider in Peru, selected Fair Isaac’s RoamEx roamer data exchanger to gain near-real-time visibility of roaming call records generated …

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-T-Mobile USA Inc. bested two-time winner Verizon Wireless in a recent report on customer care quality. T-Mobile achieved an A ranking in caller satisfaction and a B in …

Following an announcement last month with Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. cleared another hurdle to its pending $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by announcing an …

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. said it has exercised an option to purchase PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. covering 4.1 million potential customers in Michigan and Indiana for $19.5 …