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Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. posted $221.7 million in total revenues during the fourth quarter of last year, which was in line with analysts’ estimates and a 32-percent improvement …

KINGS PARK, N.Y.-The point-to-point microwave market will experience significant growth during the coming years due to emerging PTP application segments, according to a new report by Visant Strategies Inc. Wireless …

PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements. Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE gear from Nortel. The service is …

WASHINGTON-Wireless billing may be about to come under some level of federal regulation, with U.S. telecom regulators poised to rule next week on whether regulatory recovery fees charged by mobile-phone …

While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has introduced a UMTS play into the picture: Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes UMTS450 as a …

PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements Thursday. Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE gear from Nortel. The service …

Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. posted $221.7 million in total revenues during the fourth quarter of last year, which was in line with analysts’ estimates and a 32-percent improvement …

IRVINE, Calif.-Startup Wispry Inc., which develops low-cost, high-performance tunable radio frequency components and modules, announced it scored $6.5 million in its first round of venture funding. Blueprint Ventures led the …

While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has brought UMTS technology into the spectrum battle. Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes it as a …

Motorola Inc. leapt into the high-volume, low-cost mobile phone business-a space dominated by the likes of Nokia Corp. and Siemens-with plans to sell millions of new phones in emerging wireless …

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 …

CANNES, France-An industry group of marketing executives announced an effort to drive consumer uptake of new mobile applications. The Chief Marketing Officer Council announced it formed the Forum to Advance …

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 …

WASHINGTON-A key Democrat on the House telecommunications subcommittee Thursday put the brakes on setting a hard date for the digital TV transition. “I think it is impossible to say at …

Startup VKB Inc. is now selling a $200 mobile-phone accessory the company believes could significantly improve the way wireless users interact with their phones. About the size of a cigarette …

CANNES, France-An industry group of marketing executives announced an effort to drive consumer uptake of new mobile applications. The Chief Marketing Officer Council announced it formed the Forum to Advance …

CANNES, France-L. M. Ericsson said it has signed a series of contracts with operators in the United States to deploy its hosted multimedia service. The service providers include Carolina West …

AUSTIN, Texas-Samsung Electronics and Freescale Semiconductor Inc. demonstrated a prototype mobile phone that includes ultra-wideband technology. “Working with a world leader such as Samsung on this exciting product concept showcases …

WASHINGTON-A key Democrat on the House telecommunications subcommittee Thursday put the brakes on setting a hard date for the digital TV transition. “I think it is impossible to say at …

Nextel Communications Inc., which is in the process of merging with Sprint Corp., posted a 19-percent increase in total revenues during the fourth quarter from $3 billion in 2003 to …

CANNES, France-Nortel Networks Ltd. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have intensified the momentum for Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems. Lucent said it has integrated six Bell Labs-developed software technologies into its IMS …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Digital wireless company TTPCom this week made available technology enabling TV reception on next-generation mobile phones. TTPCom unveiled a DVB-H (digital video broadcast for handhelds) demodulator/decoder technology designed …

The wireless industry’s record customer growth during the final three months of 2004 received contributions last week from a regional operator and a pair of affiliates, showing-though proportionally smaller than …

The multi-billion dollar wireless industry remains a good bet for investors despite the cutthroat nature of the market and the always-evolving technology, according to reports. However, the sector will continue …

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc., which is in the process of being acquired by fellow affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc., reported a 13.1-percent increase in revenues during its first fiscal …