L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Corp. announced they might offer GSM products for the 450 MHz band. The move-albeit somewhat delayed-is an attempt to provide...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Video-game company Namco America Inc. announced it will form a separate business unit to focus on the growing market for mobile-phone games....
SAN FRANCISCO-Pronto Networks Inc. announced the launch of its UniFi Digital Communities Grid, a nationwide municipal broadband network that connects people from city to...
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago-Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. announced plans to launch third-generation mobile broadband services in Trinidad and Tobago to residential...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed an agreement with NextGenTel, a service provider in Norway, to conduct its first field trial of pre-WiMAX equipment in Oslo and...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telecommunications software and services provider Telcordia Technologies Inc. reported that Hawaiian Telecom has selected its Service Delivery suite of products and professional services...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said the mobile-phone industry remains competitive and consumers continue to benefit, despite increased consolidation among wireless carriers and questions by...
WASHINGTON-Alltel Corp. said it will not meet the Dec. 31 enhanced-911 handset deadline and asked the Federal Communications Commission for a year-and-a-half extension. "Alltel...
LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it is participating in McDonald's annual Monopoly contest for the second year. Jamdat prizes include two wireless games-Jamdat Sports...
The burgeoning Voice over Internet Protocol industry clipped a hurdle last week as Sprint Nextel Corp. reported that its subsidiary, Sprint Communications Co. L.P.,...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The Mobile Marketing Association said it has established a Mobile Search Working Group that will establish guidelines for a search marketing ecosystem. The...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Telemar Oi, a Brazilian telecommunications company, to start trials of Nokia's Fixed...
BOSTON-The U.S. wireless industry is expected to become a larger sector of the U.S. economy than the agriculture and automobile industries within five years,...
WASHINGTON-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it signed a three-year agreement with electronics manufacturing services company Celestica Corp., giving Celestica exclusive rights to manufacture Lucent's existing...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. announced it will acquire Athena Semiconductors Inc. for $21.6 million in cash. Athena makes chips for Wi-Fi and mobile TV technologies....
SAN FRANCISCO-Mforma Group Inc. said it raised $30 million in a third round of institutional financing. The round was led by venture-capital firm Institutional...
Motorola Inc. scored its first content agreement for its forthcoming iRadio service, a deal that will make Universal Music Group's extensive music catalog available...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Microprocessor company Arm unveiled its newest offering, the Cortex-A8 processor, which the company said will give low-power mobile devices the computing strength...
Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. again outranked the competition in a J.D. Power and Associates consumer survey, this time posting the highest retail...
Eminem's publishing companies filed suit last week to stop the sale of ringtones they say are pirated from the hip-hop star's hit tunes. Michigan-based...
Thanks to an off-kilter-reporting schedule, Centennial Communications Corp. got a jump on quarterly reporting season last week, posting improved financial and mixed operations metrics...
