Wireless Services

Paul Neilson, senior vice president of technology services for Monster Worldwide, doesn’t really care about latency statistics for push-to-talk services, kilobit-per-second measurements of high-speed wireless networks or processor specifications for …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C’s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal continues to be dogged by a group …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission has selected the carrier to provide 800 Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices for the government agency’s Washington, D.C., headquarters …

Ratings of cellular service providers and handset manufacturers fell short in the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which for the first time, included the wireless industry in its yearly first-quarter report …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C’s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal continues to be dogged by a group …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is reportedly set to launch high-speed UMTS services as soon as this summer in select U.S. markets, according to published reports citing sources close to the …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. joins Nextel Communications Inc. in offering a mobile phone-based global positioning system service through a deal with Televigation. The service offers location-based driving directions and points …

PARIS-China Unicom announced it will offer an upgraded WAP service through a new deal with infrastructure provider Alcatel. The carrier will use Alcatel’s WAP 2.0 offering, which allows users to …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission has selected the carrier to provide 800 Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices for the government agency’s Washington, …

Removing concern over its future network coverage, T-Mobile USA Inc. agreed last week to acquire Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s California and Nevada operations for $2.5 billion, properties that are currently part …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. used last week’s Lehman Brothers 2004 Global Wireless financial conference to announce its UMTS rollout plans, while rival carrier Sprint Corp. backed off earlier promises that it …

Fresh on the heels of Cometa Networks Inc. shutting down its Wi-Fi service because investors couldn’t find a way to make money from it, Wi-Fi provider Wayport said it would …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced it recorded a total of 13.5 million text-message votes cast during the past season of reality TV show “American Idol.” The carrier said the …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. The announcement comes against the background of an industry search for …

Wireless industry prices could rise as much as 8 percent if the pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is approved by government regulators, according to …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced it recorded a total of 13.5 million text message votes cast during the past season of reality TV show “American Idol.” The carrier said the …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a deal with Lucent Technologies Inc. to deploy a UMTS-based trial network in Atlanta this summer supporting internal users who the carrier said it will use …

Software infrastructure company VeriSign Inc. announced a $273 million acquisition of German wireless content company Jamba!, a move VeriSign said would add wireless content distribution, billing and transaction technologies to …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. This announcement comes against the background of an industry search for …

Wi-Fi service provider Wayport this week unveiled Wi-Fi World, a new pricing model for its Wi-Fi-enabled McDonald’s restaurants in which service will be provided for a fixed monthly fee per …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile USA Inc. reported plans to end their network-sharing arrangement, which currently provides Cingular access to T-Mobile USA’s network in New York City in exchange for …

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Wireless Inc., which operates retail wireless locations that sell wireless services and operate Wi-Fi hot spots, said it will begin offering bundled Wi-Fi Internet service combined with Voice-over-Internet …

REDMOND, Wash.-Ahead of the final voting episode of “American Idol,” AT&T Wireless Services Inc. unveiled a new text messaging package allowing customers to send 1,000 text messages and receive unlimited …

Government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has never really been in doubt, predictable consumer-group opposition notwithstanding. Now it is a near …

WILMINGTON, Del.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that 65 percent of all outstanding shareholders have approved the company’s pending $41 billion acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., and 98 percent of the …