Wireless Services

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced an online billing option for its customers through the carrier’s Web site eliminating the need for customers to receive a paper bill through the …

BERLIN-A German news agency reported that Deutsche Telekom AG does not plan to sell its T-Mobile USA Inc. division and will instead look for other alternatives in reducing its more …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Football giant Fox Sports released a new wireless game in partnership with games developer Sorrent, which will initially be available through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint PCS. …

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Communications Association International urged federal regulators to set rules by early year for fixed wireless broadband service in upper millimeter wave spectrum that promises gigabit- per-second speeds. “I …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. said it provided AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with the software platform for its recently introduced #121 VoiceDial voice-activated dialing service.

TOKYO-The Financial Times reported German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG is unlikely to sell off its T-Mobile USA Inc. division when it announces its debt-reduction plans next week due to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today fined AT&T Wireless Services Inc. $117,000 for safety-related violations involving antenna structures. The FCC said AT&T Wireless committed seven separate infractions including failure to register, …

SAO PAULO, Brazil—Brazilian fixed wireless operator Vesper has signed separate contracts with Nortel Networks Ltd. and L.M. Ericsson to supply gear for a cdma2000 1x EV-DO network. Airvana Inc. said …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. signed a non-binding letter of intent with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to exchange its two remaining wireless properties in California for two of AT&T Wireless’ properties …

BOSTON-The four publicly traded tower companies received a much-needed boost from Wall Street this week, following tolerable carrier earnings and some financial announcements of their own. Third-quarter earnings announcements from …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. became the first nationwide wireless operator to officially report an increase in its customer base during the third quarter of this year following negative net …

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Although carriers continue to lower the price of new mobile phones in an effort to attract more customers, wireless subscribers are waiting longer to replace their current mobile …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Messaging companies Wireless Services Corp. and CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced they set up a service to allow mobile customers to send text messages to other users in Canada, …

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted $194.7 million in total revenues for the third quarter, a 31-percent increase from the $148.8 million the carrier reported for the same quarter last …

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced it will acquire location-services company Vicinity Corp. in a deal valued at about $96 million. Microsoft said it will integrate Vicinity into its MapPoint Business Unit. …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will stop accepting customers on its slow-speed packet-data CDPD network by next year, and will shut down the network in 2004. The company is working …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. reported that Sprint PCS would not renew its contract to provide enhanced directory services to the wireless operator once the current contract expires at the …

NEW YORK-Julia Butterfly Hill, who lived in a redwood tree nicknamed “Luna” for two years to protest old growth forest destruction, has reached an out of court settlement with OmniSky …

SEATTLE-Billing and content management company Qpass Inc. released a new version of its software platform, dubbed Prosperity Series, which the company said allows carriers to change way they sell and …

CAMBRIDGE, England-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. said its latest trial results show enhanced observed time difference systems are making progress, with 81 percent of calls now being located to within 150 …

STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to introduce its MobileMarkets application on the carrier’s mMode data service. SmartServ said the application will allow customers …

SAN DIEGO-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile said it will begin selling its new high-end SX56 Windows-powered Pocket PC Phone through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. starting this month. The GSM/GPRS device …

WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. agreed on Wednesday to pay $2 million to the U.S. Treasury following revelations that it was not deploying enhanced 911 Phase II in the manner that …

PARIS-AT&T Wireless Services told a conference in Paris that it is currently seeing no demand for W-CDMA-based service in the United States, and the carrier could take four or five …

PARIS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s technology future was brought into question last week as were the carrier’s upcoming third-quarter financial results. Speaking at the UMTS and Mobile Internet conference in Paris, …