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WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry-already facing the prospect of new rules and hefty fines in trend-setting California-suffered a major setback last week with the announcement that enough signatures were collected to put …

Showing a thirst for life rivaling the old man in Monty Python’s Holy Grail who repeatedly cries out, “I’m not dead yet,” AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has positioned itself to …

It was with great fanfare that the District of Columbia last week unveiled a new, underground first-responder wireless system stretching through subway tunnels that’s fully interoperable with an advanced public-safety …

Nextel Communications Inc.’s decision earlier this week to expand its wireless broadband network trial in the Raleigh, N.C., market may have proven well founded as network testing conducted by RBC …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set a May 3 deadline for challenges to Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion bid for AT&T Wireless Services Inc., a deal the two mobile-phone carriers want …

Showing there is still fight left in the dog, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its new GSM America rate plans, which provide consumers with no roaming charges anywhere in the …

The liberation of wireless local number portability is scheduled to sweep across the nation May 24 as carriers serving markets outside of the already WLNP-enabled top 100 markets will be …

Citing the need to support two networks serving more than 20 million subscribers, its future ability to provide wireless data services on par with its CDMA-based competitors and poor results …

Following a request to determine possible alternatives, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it would continue its billing and customer care relationship with Convergys Corp. for all of its subscribers under …

A survey of 1,000 cell-phone users by Strategy Analytics found that Verizon Wireless continues to lead the industry in “user satisfaction” and is the destination choice for 30 percent of …

SAN FRANCISCO-AT&T Wireless Services Inc., in the early stages of a possible merger with Cingular Wireless L.L.C., is parting with its advertising agency, Omnicom Group’s Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, executives …

NEW YORK-Wireless users in the United States can now sign up to receive messages with information gleaned from the teachings of Pope John Paul II through a new offering from …

On both technology and adoption fronts, EDGE technology is forging ahead. While the protocol contends with handset challenges, the Global Mobile Suppliers Association puts the number of network operators that …

Wireless local area network equipment shipments increased a hefty 53 percent in 2003 from 2002 to $3.9 billion worldwide, according to a study by Forward Concepts. The report, titled, “WLAN …

The next stop in the evolution of the wireless industry is customization. And it’s expected to hit with all the subtlety of a tornado. This is not your father’s faceplate. …

WASHINGTON-Wireless services may not pose as substantial a threat to the wireline industry as many have speculated, according to new research from the Phoenix Center. “Wireless is not an effective …

DENVER-Bluegrass Cellular has purchased PCS licenses from AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the Michelman Divestiture Trust, Skagit Wireless and the Derby Divestiture Trust. The sellers were represented by Daniels & Associates. …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Despite recent claims by company management that it expected its T-Mobile USA Inc. wireless subsidiary would benefit from industry consolidation, Deutsche Telekom AG noted in its 2003 annual report …

TOKYO-Responding to news reports that it planned to end its investment in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd., NTT DoCoMo released a statement that it has not made a decision about …

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. said AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has approved two new Telular products for use on the carrier’s GSM network. The products are Telular’s Phonecell SX5D GSM/GPRS fixed-wireless …

ATLANTA-There are now 1 billion GSM customers in the world and the technology is experiencing rapid growth in the Americas, according to the 3G Americas organization. Some analysts, according to …

WASHINGTON-As if battling a potentially new regulatory regime and the threat of hefty fines were not enough, California mobile-phone carriers now face a possible ballot initiative in November that could …

ATLANTA-The U.S. wireless content industry continues to crackle with growing pains as Japanese gaming company Square Enix announced it will buy UIEvolution for a stunning $58 million in cash. The …

Energy! The one word used over and over again to describe CTIA’s Wireless show last week in Atlanta was energy, as in “There’s a lot of energy this year.” People …

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-AT&T Corp. has named Kevin Crull senior vice president and general manager of wireless services, underscoring the company’s efforts to re-enter the wireless market. “The wireless industry’s consolidation has …