DALLAS-The next time you hear the distinct pitch of a wireless phone ringing, don’t be surprised if the person picking it up is sporting shorts and sandals instead of a …

Sprint PCS affiliate IWO Holdings filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $173 million in an initial public offering. The company said it would use proceeds …

WASHINGTON-Sprint PCS late Friday was expected to file a lawsuit in a California federal court, claiming the California Public Utilities Commission is violating federal law by not assigning it more …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Cable & Wireless introduced a global wireless Internet platform. Cable & Wireless is supplying the data center infrastructure and connectivity to its global Internet Protocol backbone, …

Sunday Communications Sunday Communications Ltd. announced that Craig Ehrlich, currently group managing director and chief executive officer, will give up his CEO duties. He will continue as group managing director, …

NEW YORK-If Richard Levine has his way, everyone could revert to seven-digit local calling simplicity, even amid the expanding complexity of wired and wireless telecommunications. Levine, a research alumnus of …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. was selected by four European mobile operators to provide General Packet Radio Service core network infrastructure solutions to their existing Global System for Mobile communications networks. Nokia …

SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. will purchase from GTE Corp. wireless properties in Austin and Victoria, Texas, Seattle and Spokane, Wash., and four rural service areas in central and southeast …

LONDON-British mobile provider BT Cellnet reported a 34- percent increase in new mobile- phone customers for the second quarter of this year compared with the same time frame last year. …

LONDON-British mobile carrier Orange plc said it bought Ananova Ltd., a new media division that includes an animated Internet newscaster, for $142.5 million in cash from the U.K. Press Association. …

Hardly a week goes by without someone claiming some security threat, whether it be satellite technology transfers, lost-and-found hard drives at Los Alamos National Laboratory, nuclear spying, or open house …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-No Boundaries Inc. has acquired Technology Solutions Group Inc. in an effort to provide full service, single source wireless and networking solutions connecting computing devices and computer networks. No …

The Netherlands opened its auction for five third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services mobile-phone licenses Thursday, and immediately two of the eight bidding companies bowed out. Hutchison 3G Netherlands and Nogenta …

NEW YORK-The interplay between intelligent networks and Internet Protocol is a battle of the Titans, according to David Berndt, director of wireless mobile technologies for The Yankee Group. Carriers must …

Any industry that converges with the Internet has seen its entire model be destroyed and rebuilt. Like a tidal wave, it crashes and levels the playing field. For many, this …

NEW YORK-Mobilocity Inc. introduced its Mobility Lab, designed to develop and evaluate mobile Internet applications and technologies regardless of device or network type. Strategic partners in the lab include Aether …

SWINDON, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. completed network enhancements enabling German mobile operator T-Mobil to deploy a commercial mobile Internet service based on General Packet Radio Service. With the introduction of …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it has almost tripled its existing agreement with Lucent Technologies Inc. to purchase and sell network equipment to Leap’s subsidiary, Cricket. Leap will purchase …

LONDON-Global telecommunications group Cable & Wireless announced it is investing $20 million in European Internet business accelerator GorillaPark. C&W said the investment reflects its commitment to delivering innovative Internet Protocol …

GREAT RIVER, N.Y.-ThinkersGroup.com announced it has completed a beta test for its Web-to-wireless application, which it says can enable any Extensible Markup Language Web site to be viewed on wireless …