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WASHINGTON-South Korea’s National Emergency Management Agency said it will expand cell-broadcast disaster alerts to cover the whole country. NEMA said the initiative has enabled mobile-phone subscribers to get information on …

MILPITAS, Calif.-Satellite carrier Globalstar heralded its successes a year out of bankruptcy, claiming new products and services, expanded coverage, reduced costs and a growing subscriber base. “Globalstar has delivered on …

Online wireless retailer and mobile virtual network operator InPhonic Inc. scored a major coup last week, signing a deal with Sprint Corp. to manage Sprint’s targeted e-commerce initiatives using InPhonic’s …

MILPITAS, Calif.-Satellite carrier Globalstar heralded its successes a year out of bankruptcy, claiming new products and services, expanded coverage, reduced costs and a growing subscriber base. “Globalstar has delivered on …

WASHINGTON-Legal challenges to the Federal Communications Commission’s new wireless truth-in-billing rules appear likely to be heard in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Last month, the court …

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio-Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate Horizon PCS Inc. said it added 800 customers during the first quarter of this year, which included 2,400 net customer additions and 1,600 customers it …

WASHINGTON-Nine wireless carriers said they will send text messages to people who opt in to receive Amber Alerts over their cell phones in the culmination of a movement CTIA President …

LONDON-Marconi Corp. announced a distribution agreement with Chinese supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. that will see the two companies resell part of each other’s product portfolios. The news follows an …

DALLAS-I can see Homer Simpson peering out of the phone in Martyn Gregory’s hand. The animated “Simpsons” TV star is trying desperately to jump off a burning oil tower and …

Sprint Corp. said it plans to cut an additional 550 jobs as part of its previously announced corporate restructuring initiative that will result in a total of 5,850 job cuts …

BERLIN-Nokia Corp. released its new Local Business Connectivity product, which the company said will allow businesses to manage applications and services for their Nokia smart phones. The company also announced …

Leap Wireless International Inc. reported delayed fourth-quarter and full-year 2004 results that included strong customer growth and improving financial metrics. The carrier said it added 29,000 subscribers during the final …

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a surprisingly strong 957,000 net customer additions for the first quarter of this year, which fell short of the nearly 1.2 million customers the carrier added …

T-Mobile USA Inc. again topped a J.D. Power and Associates ranking, this time garnering the highest overall customer satisfaction among wireless voice and data service for business customers as part …

Infrastructure giant L.M. Ericsson announced it will put the brakes on its CDMA business, a move that coincides with the shuttering of its CDMA headquarters in San Diego. Ericsson said …

While many in the wireless industry today target early adopters with high-tech gadgets and 3G services, Telular Corp. is taking a decidedly retro approach. The Vernon Hills, Ill.-based company is …

KYOTO, Japan-Kyocera Wireless Corp. will outsource the manufacture and delivery of its mobile phones to contract manufacturing giant Flextronics International Ltd. Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Kyocera …

Investors raged on UTStarcom Inc. after the company announced it will cut its worldwide work force by 17 percent to counteract a drop in its China business. The company’s stock …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. posted a slight rise in revenues but reversed its profits from a year ago with a $900,000 loss in its first quarter. The company’s …

Regional wireless provider SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc., which formerly changed its name from Triton PCS Holdings Inc. earlier this month, said it added 9,382 subscribers during the first quarter of …

In what is expected to be its final quarterly financial report before being acquired by Alltel Corp. later this year, Western Wireless Corp. posted a company record 58,600 domestic net …

WASHINGTON-A large coalition of government, public interest and telecom industry groups sent a letter to Capitol Hill Wednesday urging the Senate Commerce Committee to pass a bill that will permanently …

KYOTO, Japan-Kyocera Wireless Corp. will outsource the manufacture and delivery of its mobile phones to contract manufacturing giant Flextronics International Ltd. Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Kyocera …

T-Mobile USA Inc. again topped a J.D. Power and Associates ranking, this time garnering the highest overall customer satisfaction among wireless voice and data service for business customers as part …

ONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it added 14,400 customers during the first quarter of this year compared with 21,400 net customer additions during the first quarter of …