Wireless Services

Internet dating sites have proven to be one of the most popular aspects of the Web, and as with the gaming, adult-content and music businesses, many matchmaking companies are eager …

CLEVELAND-SBC Communications Inc. launched its FreedomLink Wi-Fi service at Cleveland’s Hopkins International Airport, providing high-speed wireless Internet access to the facility’s gates, ticket counters and baggage claim areas using more …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has reasserted itself as one of the wireless industry’s success stories with third-quarter financial results marked with outstanding figures. The proprietor of CDMA technology had a third-quarter …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. posted a 10-percent increase in total revenues during the second quarter from $645.9 million last year to $712.2 million this year, not including its Florida, Georgia and …

REDMOND, Wash.-Following a dramatic first quarter in which it lost more than 380,000 subscribers and was acquired by rival Cingular Wireless L.L.C., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. posted relatively positive second-quarter …

TORONTO-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. neglected to sell its 34-percent stake in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. by Sunday night’s deadline. AWS earlier declined to accept a $1.15 billion bid from the …

SEATTLE-Fulfilling previous announcements that it would launch UMTS-based next-generation services in a handful of markets by the end of this year, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has begun offering …

WASHINGTON-State regulators should be stopped from implementing restrictive billing requirements, Nextel Communications Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission in comments on a consumer advocate petition on truth in billing. “Confirming …

Continuing the recent flood of camera-phone announcements, Samsung released plans for a 3.2-megapixel digital camera phone, the SPH-S2300, that it said includes features that align its capabilities with those of …

With a customer base of more than 40 million subscribers and nearly 500,000 new customers added each month, Verizon Wireless has firmly established itself as the leading wireless carrier in …

Wireless consumers soon will have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced last week. Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able to access updates, photos and …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. led the list of consumer complaints made through Consumers Union’s Escape Cell Hell Web site during the second quarter, with 41 complaints just beating out …

WASHINGTON-A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against a North Carolina firm and a former driver, who-while reaching for a fallen cell phone-rammed his tractor trailer into the back …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. has joined with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to develop an Amber Alert wireless solution, one of three efforts under way to address the …

Forget glow-in-the-dark faceplates, see-through battery packs and flashing antennas. When it comes to marketing to younger wireless users, it’s all about the music. Instead of monophonic, eight-note ringtones, today’s phones …

TelePlus Enterprises Inc.’s TelePlus Wireless Corp. subsidiary announced it will launch the TelePlus mobile virtual network operator to run on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s network via an agreement with Oregon-based …

TelePlus Enterprises Inc.’s TelePlus Wireless Corp. subsidiary announced it will launch the TelePlus mobile virtual network operator to run on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s network via an agreement with Oregon-based …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. led the list of consumer complaints made through Consumers Union’s Escape Cell Hell Web site during the second quarter, with 41 complaints just beating out …

REDMOND, Wash.-Island Cruises said its Island Escape cruise ship will begin providing passengers with wireless communications services developed by Wireless Maritime Services, which is a joint venture formed earlier this …

Wireless consumers will soon have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced today. Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able to access news updates, photos and …

Verizon Wireless began offering PalmOne Inc.’s Treo 600 smart phone earlier this week to its business users, PalmOne confirmed. The device will eventually be offered through Verizon’s consumer-user channel as …

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. named long-time industry veteran William Loughman as vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining AirGate, Loughman served as president and chief executive …

SAN DIEGO-LG Mobile Phones and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. released two new GSM handsets, the L1150 and the G4015. Both phones include color screens, instant messaging capabilities and polyphonic sound …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s thorough review of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion play for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. represents a new level of merger analysis likely to be applied to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission modified several of its spectrum rules hoping that wireless services can be made more readily available, but its decision to eliminate rural cellular cross-ownership rules was …