Reily Gregson

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it earned a net income of $59.1 million, or 46 cents per share, compared with a net income of $30.8 million, or 27 cents per share, …

HELSINKI, Finland-Chilean mobile operator Telefonica Movil Chile announced the first launch of commercial EDGE services in Latin America in the metropolitan Santiago area and in the coastal city of Valparaiso. …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported third-quarter subscriber results, including 16,000 net customer additions during the third quarter of this year compared with 20,000 net additions reported during the third quarter …

DRAPER, Utah-Broadband Central’s assets and trademark Blue Zone 802.11 wide-area hot spots have been acquired by Broadband Central USA, a newly formed company owned by the parent company of FRC …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported partial third-quarter results, including 13,200 net customer additions during the quarter compared with 18,800 net additions last year and a year-over-year drop in …

MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec said it was awarded a contract by France’s Cegetel Group for its fraud protection and equipment. Cegetel’s mobile subsidiary, SFR, will deploy Tekelec’s Equipment Identity Register and its …

LONDON-UK-based mobile software company Vibelet.com is to extend support for a range of handsets with its Purring Kitty application. The company has also added a new global payment and delivery …

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador-The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) and Global VSAT Forum (GVF) signed an agreement this week for the coordination of satellite-related programs. “Widespread access to broadband satellite communications …

LAS VEGAS-Airborne Entertainment and Buzztime Entertainment announced an exclusive agreement to port the Buzztime trivia game to next-generation real-time downloadable wireless technologies, including BREW and Java. Under the terms of …

Sprint PCS reported mixed third-quarter results, including disappointing customer growth and churn results, but better-than-expected financial metrics. The carrier reported 184,000 net customer additions during the quarter, which was below …

Within a year of the Nov. 24 implementation of wireless local number portability, 30 million consumers will switch providers, according to new research from The Management Network Group (TMNG) Inc. …

WASHINGTON-Bruce Mehlman, the No. 2 official at the Technology Administration, is leaving the Bush administration to become executive director of a major high-tech advocacy group. Mehlman, whose brother Ken is …

NEW YORK-Sierra Wireless said it beat market expectations in its third-quarter results with a net loss of $.9 million, or 5 cents per share. It had revenues of $26.2 million …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported 229,000 net subscriber additions during the third quarter of this year, which was well below analysts estimates of more than 300,000 net customer additions, but …

As the Nov. 24 deadline to implement wireless local number portability closes in, carriers are hashing service level agreements to smooth the porting of consumers’ phone numbers between them. The …

LAS VEGAS-Following signs of “astronomical” growth in its wireless data offerings in the United States, Walt Disney Co. plans to add a new Internet promotional site, as well as new …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association today launched a new campaign to bring awareness to its own phone recycling program and the recycling efforts of several of its members. “The …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled an architecture that will enable original equipment manufacturer developers to bring many features into smart handhelds at limited cost, within a small space and more rapidly …

WASHINGTON-The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday unanimously affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an $800 million brain-cancer suit against Motorola Inc. and others. The decision puts in further …

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics said it suffered a net loss of $49.1 million, or 6 cents per share. In the year-ago period, it had net income of $131 million, or 15 cents a …

CAIRO, Egypt-Motorola Inc. said it will supply GSM base stations and transmission equipment for Orascom Telecom Iraq Corp.’s new mobile network in Iraq’s central region. The value of the contract …

BALTIMORE-Industry pioneer and founder of TESSCO Technologies Inc. Robert Barnhill Sr. died Oct. 16 at the age of 86. Barnhill’s involvement in the radio industry began in 1942 when he …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. and TruePosition Inc. have signed a multi-year agreement under which Wireless Facilities will support the installation and commissioning of TruePosition’s enhanced-911 solution with wireless carriers in …

PARIS-The WLAN Smart Card Consortium said it has released an updated smart card specification known as WLAN-SIM V1.0, which will allow hot-spot operators to extend subscriber identity module technology for …

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-U.S. Wireless Online Inc. said it has activated its non-line-of-sight high-speed wireless Internet access service in New Albany, Ind., and northwestern Jefferson County in the Louisville, Ky., area. The …