Wireless Services

The U.S. paging and messaging industry is still declining. Nationwide carriers are still losing thousands of customers every month-both one- and two-way subscribers-and there is no indication the tide will …

Top execs from Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. made appearances at this week’s Lehman Brothers conference in New York to discuss their current and future …

European carrier Orange SA said it will expand its relationship with Microsoft Corp. to offer text-messaging-based access to Microsoft’s instant messaging and e-mail programs to all of Orange’s 35 million …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed last Thursday to make 255 megahertz in the 5 GHz band available for unlicensed devices. The FCC praised the proposal, which suggests that devices built …

Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw assembled an all-star executive team to start and drive McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. in the 1980s and early 1990s. And though McCaw sold the business in …

Starent Networks calls its solution voice instant messaging-with emphasis on the word “instant,” thereby distinguishing itself from the prominent voice solutions already in the marketplace, including push-to-talk service and more …

With the deadline for reporting first-quarter results last week, a number of carriers posted financial and operating results including another strong showing from nationwide provider T-Mobile USA Inc. and mixed …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission adopted rules that allow wireless carriers to lease spectrum they are not using to other companies, a move heralded by the wireless community. “The spectrum-leasing policies …

T-Mobile International AG and Microsoft Corp. sought to clarify media reports concerning possible delays of the release of a T-Mobile phone using Microsoft software in Europe, but T-Mobile wouldn’t give …

Verizon Wireless announced it will shut down its slow-speed wireless data CDPD network by December 2005, following a similar move by CDPD network operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The move …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday adopted rules allowing for leasing of commercial spectrum and proposed rules allowing for leasing in certain circumstances for public-safety spectrum. “The spectrum leasing policies …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Broadband wireless services provider Nucentrix Broadband Networks Inc. reported first-quarter revenues of $4 million, down from $10.6 million during the first quarter of 2002. Net loss was $4.3 million, …

WASHINGTON-Just as in 1993 when the current wireline industry probably didn’t expect its customers to be cutting the cord in favor of mobile phones, the licensed-wireless industry should watch out …

HELSINKI, Finland-Hungarian operator Pannon GSM Telecommunications plc announced it made a successful call using an EDGE phone and network. The carrier also said it will use equipment from Nokia Corp. …

Nokia Corp.’s 6200 EDGE-capable phone hit store shelves this week, making AT&T Wireless Services Inc. the first carrier in the world to sell an EDGE phone. However, the phone today …

TOKYO-Fiscal year 2002 financial earnings released by the No. 1 and No. 2 Japanese mobile-phone carriers, NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp., reflected a focus on profitability and high expectations …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its TXT-411 text messaging-based directory assistant service that the carrier said provides text-access to the White and Yellow Pages. The carrier said the service …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Since the National Communications System no longer pays for wireless priority access service, some phones are being returned because agencies in New York and Washington can no longer afford …

REDMOND, Wash.-Nokia Corp.’s 6200 EDGE-capable phone hit store shelves this week, making AT&T Wireless Services Inc. the first carrier in the world to sell an EDGE phone. However, the phone …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its TXT-411 text messaging-based directory assistant service that the carrier said provides text-access to the White and Yellow Pages. The carrier said the service …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Since the National Communications System no longer pays for wireless priority access service, some phones are being returned because agencies can no longer afford them, said the NCS’s Kathy …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. reported $138.1 million in total revenues during the first quarter of 2003 compared with $127.3 million the company reported for the first quarter of 2002. Net …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched GSM/GPRS service in a number of former TeleCorp PCS Inc. TDMA markets in Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee and Wisconsin and said service will soon be …

Wireless streaming video over mobile phones is now available at a store near you. Internet video company RealNetworks Inc. today planned to launch a wireless Web site featuring streaming content …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its GoPhone spending-limit program that allows credit challenged customers to sign-up for a wireless service plan with cheaper per-minute charges than are typically available …