2008

The companies listed below represent the ten largest national and regional licensed wireless carriers based on subscriber numbers at the end of the first quarter of this year. There were no changes in rankings among the top 10 carriers, and …

The nation’s leading consumer groups urged the Federal Communications Commission to act on a request to investigate exclusivity pacts between top mobile-phone carriers and handset suppliers that rural wireless operators claim are anticompetitive.Last month, the Rural Cellular Association petitioned the …

Apple Inc.’s iconic iPhone could become more prevalent in official Washington – especially among subway commuters – owing to House passage of an Amtrak funding bill with a provision designed to give rail customers a greater choice of mobile-phone service …

LAS VEGAS – On day two of the NXTcomm08 event here, wireless seemed to jump out of the backseat and into the limelight. Executives Denny Strigl, current president and COO of Verizon Communications Inc. and former CEO of Verizon Wireless, …

Delta Air Lines is the latest air carrier to get on board with mobile, allowing travelers at New York’s LaGuardia to use their phones as a boarding pass.Domestic flyers departing from LaGuardia’s main Delta terminal can download their boarding pass …

A group of private equity investors has rescued the municipal Wi-Fi network in Philadelphia, the city announced yesterday.The situation has been closely watched due to the failure of a number of other, high-profile, municipal Wi-Fi programs launched by EarthLink Inc., …

Google Inc. is still the player to beat in mobile search, according to new figures from Nielsen Mobile.The Internet giant accounted for a dominating 61% of all mobile Internet searches during the first quarter of 2008, according to the firm, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. phone companies would be shielded from potentially billions of dollars in lawsuits under an anti-terror spy measure that appears headed toward approval, congressional sources said on Wednesday.

Global mobile transactions are forecast to mushroom—from 2.7 billion in 2007 to 37 billion by 2011—with growth mainly in developing countries

The White Spaces Coalition has some strong words for one ofits harshest critics, the wireless microphone industry.

MimoOn GmbH (Duisberg, Germany), a developer of software-defined radio technology, has recruited research team from Nokia Research in Bochum, Germany and Helsinki, Finland.

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–RBC Capital Markets lowered its price target on AT&T to $46 from $47 and adjusted its estimates on the carrier to …

Carriers are changing their minds about outsourcing pieces of their operations. The decision for carriers to put units of their business in others’ hands is beginning to increase in popularity – not at a rapid speed, but it’s being considered. …

LAS VEGAS – The growing importance of wireless in the general telecom space was evident during this morning’s keynote session at the NXTcomm08 trade show here, as AT&T Inc. chief Randall Stephenson referred to the recently introduced Apple Inc. 3G …

A new class-action lawsuit alleges T-Mobile USA Inc. forces subscribers to use text message-enabled handsets and then charges them for unsolicited content, business practices that plaintiffs said are not adequately disclosed to customers.The complaint, filed in federal court in Seattle, …

Brightstar Corp., which has successfully played the handset distribution game, has decided to pursue the accessories market by establishing a standalone company – Brightstar Accessories – headquartered in Miami.The company is attempting to catch a market estimated by ABI Research …

Alcatel-Lucent said it will spend $67.8 million to pick up Motive Inc., an Austin, Texas-based developer of service management software for telecoms.The French behemoth offered $2.23 per share for Motive, marking a 53% premium over Monday’s closing price of the …

Venture capitalists expect to pour money into mobile and online entertainment over the next two years, according to new figures from KPMG.The auditing giant said the poll of 300 venture capitalists, corporate executives and bankers found that 52% of respondents …

With the lucrative fourth quarter just around the corner (almost), Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has joined the chorus of vendors reminding the world that they too have innovative phones.In SEMC’s case, it spilled the beans today that it will bring …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn’t. If you wish to …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks look for columns from Laura Marriott of …

Current iPhone users are automatically eligible to buy the 3G iPhone, but potential new users might have to prove they are worthy.

Runcom Technologies Ltd , disclosed today at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008, the first Internet TV Set Top Box (STB).

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Web communications leader Skype begins public testing on Wednesday of a new version of its software for making free or low-cost phone calls that aims to make casual video chatting more common.

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX–India: Alvarion said it signed a …