Research In Motion Ltd. said that its talks with China Mobile, China's leading wireless carrier, were "going well" for establishing wireless e-mail service in the world's largest telecommunications market. According to RIM's Asia Pacific Vice President Norm Lo, the company expects to close a...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that it will help parents locate their children through a downloadable Family Locator service that utilizes Global Positioning System technology in handsets. The service sneaks into the market ahead of mobile virtual network operator Disney Mobile's locator service,...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc's stock jumped as much as 3 percent in early trading April 11, amid fresh rumors that the European telco giant may sell its 45-percent stake in Verizon Wireless-or that several telecom companies, including Verizon Communications Inc., may band together to make...
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. has hinted that the first fruits of its joint venture with several cable companies will launch in seven markets later this year, and news of which markets those will be is starting to bubble up. The Wall Street Journal reported...
Verizon Wireless said it purchased Mid-Missouri Cellular, a small TDMA/CDMA operator in central Missouri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal includes Mid-Missouri's 27 cell sites and other network equipment, plus spectrum licenses that cover 198,000 potential customers in seven counties,...
NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to sell its Caribbean and Latin American telecom operations to America Movil and a company jointly owned by America Movil and Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex). Verizon is selling Verizon Dominica in the Dominican Republic, and also is selling its...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. reported net income in the first quarter of $1.96 billion, a modest increase from the $1.6 billion net income the electronics giant reported in the year-ago quarter. Mobile phones and chips represented about two-thirds of Samsung's reported revenue, which...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson says it won a contract to boost mobile operator 3 Scandinavia's wireless broadband offering by upgrading its W-CDMA network with HSDPA equipment, which is designed to deliver download speeds of up to 3.6 megabits per second. "Our customers are driving the...
Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Xero Mobile plans to use 2 million free handsets and discounted talk time to jump into the wireless marketplace-the catch being that the freebies are in exchange for allowing mobile advertising on the handset. The company is going to...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission voted to restrict bidder information during the advanced wireless services auction set to begin June 29, but agreed to revert to full disclosure if the agency determines before the auction that bidding is likely to be competitive. Many mobile-phone carriers-large...
WASHINGTON-Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine (D) last week signed into law landmark legislation creating the nation's first flat tax on wireless and other communications services in the state, a huge breakthrough during tax season that industry wants emulated around the county. The Virginia legislation, championed...
WASHINGTON-Federal regulators last week agreed to give wireless broadband carriers improved access to educational spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band, a move sought by telecom and a major investment firm, but resisted until recently by a powerful parochial school system. The Federal Communications Commission...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week said China agreed to further open its massive telecom market and to refrain from favoring its homegrown third-generation wireless standard over other technologies, progress U.S. trade officials highlighted even as they pressured other trading partners to lower excessive mobile...
Content providers and big-name brands soon will be able to target consumers with a new Internet domain exclusively for wireless use. For some industry insiders, though, the question is, why?Mobile Top Level Domain Ltd. (mTLD) said it will launch the .mobi domain next month,...
WASHINGTON-The Utility Reform Network and the Division of Ratepayer Advocates of the California Public Utilities Commission asked the agency to reconsider its recent decision overhauling the telecom consumer bill of rights and replacing it with a campaign emphasizing enforcement and education. "With this application...
LANCASTER, U.K.-Monstermob Group plc continued its spending spree in China, agreeing to shell out $81.5 million to acquire content provider W-Infinity. W-Infinity, which is based in Beijing, netted $12.4 million last year selling off-deck content to wireless users in 27 of the country's 31...
NEW YORK—Shares of Comverse Technology Inc. sank after the company said it would miss a deadline for filing its annual report and probably be forced to restate earnings for the past six years. The software developer said an internal review of its stock-options program...
The lack of a service integrator to help businesses purchase, deploy and manage mobile offerings has long been an albatross for the wireless industry. But it looks as if help might finally be on the way. Brad Boston, chief information officer of Cisco Systems...
Regional operator Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. is considering the sale of its wireless operations, the company said on Friday-one day before the forbearance agreement the company had signed with Sprint Nextel Corp. was to expire.Shentel, a Sprint Nextel CDMA affiliate, had been in discussions with...
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. announced first-quarter results that were down significantly from the previous quarter, but more than triple its earnings from the same quarter last year. Sony Ericsson earned about $132 million in the first quarter, down from $174 million in the...
The signature letters in LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s name, back at the dawn of time when the company formed in 1958, stood for Lucky Goldstar. Whatever connotations that name might have once had undoubtedly would be lost on mobile-phone consumers in the United States...
Mobile-phone behemoth Nokia Corp., with the credibility that comes from commanding one-third of the global market share and the kick provided by its recent, optimistic projections for handset shipments in 2006, appears well-positioned to take a leadership shift in stride as Jorma Olilla, departing...
Sprint Nextel Corp. retooled its mainstay price plans, the Fair and Flexible option and Free Incoming plans, and moved its off-peak calling time up to 7 p.m. The carrier's changes put its plans generally in line with the offerings of rivals such as Verizon...
