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Our neighbors to the north may be suffering through withdrawals brought on by the ongoing National Hockey League lockout, but that did not distract Canadian wireless operators during the third …

Enchantress, Deathlok, Nightcrawler and Ant-Man-coming soon to a cell phone near you. Those characters, as well as more familiar Marvel comics stars like Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk, are going …

MONTREAL-DataWind Corp. released its new PocketSurfer wireless Internet device, a unique offering that allows users to view full-sized Web pages by connecting their PocketSurfer device to a wireless data-capable mobile …

WASHINGTON-Inter-Tel Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it had reached a settlement with the Department of Justice regarding crimes involving E-rate abuses. The settlement will cost Inter-Tel Technologies about $9.5 million including …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Motient Communications Inc. released its new iMotient Solutions product, which the company said represents a major new step by combining GPRS, 1xRTT and Motient’s DataTAC networks for corporate customers. …

Our neighbors to the north may be suffering through Hockey Night in Canada withdrawals brought on by the ongoing National Hockey League lockout, but that did not distract Canadian wireless …

Just more than a month after closing its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it expects to post a quicker return on its investment …

The world’s two most popular consumer electronics devices may soon be combined into one-the mobile TV phone. Behold. Although one is designed for sedentary, passive entertainment and the other for …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided a financial update of its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., highlighted by expectations of between $3.6 billion and $5 billion in cost savings from the …

NEW YORK-The Wall Street Journal will provide content for a new business and financial news service for wireless handsets, the company announced Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal Mobile will provide …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Seven pulled its plans for an initial public offering, but said it plans to hold an IPO at an unspecified later date. The news comes …

Customer confusion over wireless rate plans and services is costing wireless operators $3 billion per year due to increasing customer churn and harmed brand relationships, according to a consumer survey …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported $205.7 million in revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 6.7-percent improvement compared with the $192.9 million the carrier posted …

Wireless connectivity is coming to the enterprise, either with the enterprise’s tacit approval or without it. Research In Motion Ltd. announced earlier this month that more than 2 million people …

TOKYO-NEC Electronic Corp. wants to make chips off its old block. The semiconductor unit of NEC Corp. said it will work together with its parent company to develop dual-mode chipsets …

WASHINGTON-Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell (D) has yet to signal whether he will sign or veto a bill some critics fear will undermine Philadelphia’s planned Wi-Fi rollout. However, there is a …

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile Deutschland became the first carrier in Germany to offer push-to-talk services. The service lets users simultaneously talk to up to 10 different parties. The service is free until …

Wireless e-mail company Seven pulled its plans for an initial public offering, but said it plans to hold an IPO at an unspecified later date. The news comes in conjunction …

TOKYO-NEC Electronic Corp. wants to make chips off its old block. The semiconductor unit of NEC Corp said it will work together with the parent company to develop dual-mode chipsets …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it was eliminating local number portability-related monthly regulatory charges for its customers beginning with upcoming customer billing cycles. The carrier said it has been charging 40 …

Once the darling of the wireless broadband publicity machine, 802.11-based Wi-Fi technologies have increasingly lost their luster to more appealing opportunities forecast from broader-coverage technologies like WiMAX and OFDM-based services, …

WASHINGTON-More than a year after the Federal Communications Commission declared that there would be intermodal porting in addition to wireless local number portability, rural local exchange carriers are still upset. …

SYDNEY-Australian wireless carriers Optus and Vodafone Australia formalized an agreement first announced in August to share third-generation network sites and infrastructure across Australia. The carriers plan to share more than …

Leap Wireless International Inc. reported $205.7 million in total revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 6.7-percent improvement compared with the $192.9 million the carrier posted …

Customer confusion over wireless rate plans and services is costing wireless operators $3 billion per year due to increasing customer churn and harmed brand relationships, according to a consumer survey …