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In the juggling act between GSM and W-CDMA, dilemma is beautiful. But it is a terrible kind of beauty because both vendors and carriers must decide how much of their …

Less than three weeks after it began, the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 58 of 242 spectrum licenses in the 1.9 GHz band came to a quiet close last Tuesday, having …

Rebuffing a more substantial offer from Qwest Communications International Inc., MCI Inc. agreed last week to be acquired by Verizon Communications Inc. for approximately $6.7 billion. Qwest, which initiated the …

CINCINNATI-Regional telecommunications provider Cincinnati Bell Inc. reported 2,000 net subscriber additions for its wireless operations during the fourth quarter of last year and 7,000 net subscriber additions for the year. …

Alltel Corp. said it has successfully remarketed approximately $1.385 billion worth of senior notes due 2007 that were initially issued as part of its equity units. The company noted that …

Device news continued at a flushed pace with Motorola Inc. releasing details on its iTunes phone, Hop-on announcing a $36 handset, Sanyo Corp. offering an innovative new messaging product, and …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The WiMAX Forum expanded its board of directors to include AT&T Corp., BT and ZTE. The forum now has 11 companies on its board, each of which appoints …

Building the network for a single-service protocol provided its own challenges. GSM, despite its worldwide acceptance, had to work out a profitable model. That compelled carriers to determine what kind …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Computer company Hewlett-Packard Co. sacked Carleton Fiorina as its chairman and chief executive officer, news that sent the company’s stock up more than 5 percent in trading to …

The Southeast is in for a pair of new branding efforts from regional operators looking to reposition their brands in an ever-changing industry. Triton PCS Inc.’s SunCom Wireless brand and …

Turning rumor into fact, SBC Communications Inc. reported a deal last week to acquire former parent company AT&T Corp. for $16 billion, creating a telecommunications provider with vast domestic and …

Few carriers have put as much strain on their technology personnel over the past several years as Cingular Wireless L.L.C. From its beginnings as the merged wireless operations of BellSouth …

RICHMOND, Va.-Triton PCS Inc., which recently negotiated itself out of an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliation following Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s acquisition of AWS late last year, launched a new advertising …

SKOKIE, Ill.-Rand McNally & Co. released its Rand McNally Traffic application, a downloadable mobile application that delivers real-time traffic flow and incident reports for more than 90 cities in the …

SBC Communications Inc. said it plans to cut 12,800 jobs following its pending $16 billion acquisition of AT&T Corp. The job cuts are expected to include 5,125 jobs as part …

CINCINNATI-Regional telecommunications provider and former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Inc. said it was delaying the release of its fourth-quarter and full-year 2004 financial results from Feb. 9 …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. disputed organized labor’s claim that the No. 1 mobile-phone operator promised not to fire any union employees as a result of the carrier’s $41 billion acquisition of …

Although Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is racing to launch a UMTS/HSDPA network in 15 to 20 markets by the end of this year, the carrier probably will face slim pickings when …

With a handful of operators yet to post fourth-quarter and full-year 2004 results, the wireless industry is well on its way to reporting one of the highest customer growth quarters-and …

Similar to mechanics in the automotive world, test-and-measurement companies are the quiet heroes of wireless technologies. They take little credit when the networks hum and huff, yet they witness each …

The Federal Communications Commission’s attempt to auction 242 spectrum licenses in the 1.9 GHz spectrum band as part of Auction 58 got off to a modest start last week with …

Kristin Rinne, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s chief technology officer, has been elected the 2005 chairwoman of the 3G America’s board of governors. Rinne succeeds former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. CTO Rod …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported an 11-percent decrease in operating income in its quarterly results released Friday, although its net profit more than doubled thanks to the sale of its stake …

Verizon Wireless posted 1.7 million net customer additions during the fourth quarter of last year, which the carrier said was its highest quarterly increase for the third consecutive quarter and …

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-T-Mobile USA Inc. topped Vocal Laboratories’ quarterly report measuring the quality of customer care among wireless carriers during the final three months of 2004. The Vocal Labs report …