Wireless Services

Wireless customers hit with higher-than-expected bills when they exceed their monthly allotment of calling minutes could begin to see some relief. Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. have introduced overage …

Despite increased revenues, tower companies Crown Castle International Corp. and SBA Communications Corp. reported first-quarter financials in the red, although Crown managed to shave its losses. Crown reported site rental …

Supported by the Telecom Act of 1996, wireless carriers are taking towns across the country that have denied them permits for tower builds to court-and winning. Reports from local newspapers …

SINGAPORE-Following a similar launch from U.S. carrier AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last month, Singapore’s MobileOne announced plans to begin tomorrow a music recognition service called Point. Customers dial 188*, point …

WASHINGTON-Lawyers for a North Carolina firm are in talks to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a young girl killed earlier this year when a commercial truck-allegedly operated …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Cingular Wireless has partnered with Villanova University to upgrade the school’s campuswide wireless system to handle voice, data and messaging. Through the partnership, Villanova’s students, faculty and …

WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular agents petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C., while organized labor reiterated its support …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. posted a 14 percent year-over-year increase in total revenues from $124.7 million during the first quarter of 2003 to $141.6 million this …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched Yahoo! Inc.’s Mobile Photos service, allowing the carrier’s mMode customers to view and share pictures in their Yahoo! Photos account from their wireless devices. …

WORCESTER, Mass.-Optasite Inc., a wireless services firm that provides acquisition, cell site construction, testing and maintenance services, said it has received $10 million in financing. The company plans to use …

TORONTO-Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. said it received a notice from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on its intent to “explore options to monitize its stake” in Rogers Wireless Communications …

New research shows the wireless data and entertainment industry is neglecting its most willing market segments: women and young adults. “Females and young consumers have a significantly higher propensity to …

MINNEAPOLIS-Fans of the TV show “American Idol” can purchase branded “American Idol” mobile phones, replete with messages, pictures and ring tones featuring the show’s contestants and acid-tongued judge Simon Cowell. …

When a small state retains a multimillion-dollar tax break for the nation’s largest telephone company out of sympathy and concern about attacks on the landline carrier’s subscriber base by mobile-phone …

Fans of the TV show “American Idol” now can purchase branded “American Idol” mobile phones, replete with messages, pictures and ring tones featuring the show’s contestants and acid-tongued judge Simon …

The Federal Communications Commission said it received 400 complaints this month from consumers regarding wireless local number portability, which was the lowest number of complaints in a month since WLNP …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is assisting several airlines, including America West Airlines and United Airlines, in tracking mail sent via air through the U.S. Postal Service. The airlines use …

WASHINGTON-A safety group asked the Federal Communications Commission to block Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s proposed $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. if the parties do not agree to set …

NEW YORK-Following its announcement that stakeholder AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it planned to explore options for its interest in Rogers Wireless Inc., Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services placed a …

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said in a report that it expects the wireless industry to post moderate growth in the high single- to low double-digit range as carriers increase …

Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. said it received a notice from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on its intent to “explore options to monitize its stake” in Rogers Wireless Communications …

WORCESTER, Mass.-Optasite Inc., a wireless services firm that provides acquisition, cell site construction, testing and maintenance services, said it has received $10 million in financing. The company plans to use …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. released full first-quarter results confirming its previously reported 196,000 net customer additions not including 76,000 subscribers transferred to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as part of a market …

TOKYO-The Boeing Co. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding for negotiating an associate service provider agreement that would make the Connexion by Boeing in-flight high-speed Internet service …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has deployed EDGE technology in its South Florida market providing customers with wireless data speeds up to 170 kilobits per second and average …