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In addition to an expected jump in customer churn, analysts predict a huge financial burden tied to the implementation of wireless local number portability that eventually could ignite carrier consolidation …

A 10 percent increase in customer churn associated with the scheduled implementation of wireless local number portability could cost the wireless industry more than $20 billion over four years, according …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. added At Road Inc.’s @Road Pathway application to its suite of mobility service applications for field workers that At Road said would allow companies to verify …

Sen. Charles Schumer last week blasted the wireless industry in light of the recent power outage that caused havoc throughout the Northeast. “Last week’s blackout was a cell-phone disaster,” Schumer …

HELSINKI, Finland-In a strategic blitz to take advantage of the revenue streams in what industry experts call emerging or new-growth markets, Nokia Corp. has rolled out a string of mobile …

With nearly all wireless carriers having reported second-quarter results, or at least filing an extension with the Securities and Exchange Commission, N. Moore Capital Ltd. released its quarterly carrier metric …

With the SARS epidemic now out of sap, the land of wonton soup and TD-SCDMA technology is regaining its place on the front burner of wireless business. Infected with a …

In a strategic blitz to take advantage of the revenue streams in what industry experts call emerging or new-growth markets, Nokia Corp. has rolled out a string of mobile phones, …

CINCINNATI-Mobile virtual network operator provider Visage Mobile will use Convergys Corp.’s Infinys billing services, including Geneva, the rating and billing component of the system. “Convergys is crucial to the Visage …

While most wireless operators are in the midst of launching third-generation wireless data services using traditional base stations over licensed airwaves, an increasing number of smaller, independent companies have begun …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. introduced a new messaging offering that extends e-mail and instant messaging services to mobile phones and other devices, news that could help Sprint’s wireless business, Sprint …

WASHINGTON-A federal judge in New York said Aug. 12 that a consolidated group of lawsuits against major players of the wireless industry can go forward to determine whether the carriers …

Sprint introduced a new messaging offering that extends e-mail and instant messaging services to mobile phones and other devices, news that could help Sprint’s wireless business Sprint PCS. Sprint Messenger …

With wireless local number portability right around the corner, wireless carriers are expected to become more aggressive in the next several months in offering retention incentives tied to contract extensions …

The last of the six nationwide wireless operators reported second-quarter results last week as German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG released results for T-Mobile USA Inc. that showed a dramatic …

The Federal Communications Commission would be wise to continue to explore possible technical solutions to the interference problem to public-safety systems caused in some areas by Nextel Communications Inc. One …

WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation, a pro-market think tank, released a study last week that it claims shows the proposed California Telecommunication Users Bill of Rights will cost consumers and …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association expects to unveil its consumer code of conduct Sept. 9. “The wireless industry will unveil its voluntary consumer code, designed to help ensure that …

REDMOND, Wash.-Terabeam Corp. announced China Unicom has purchased its Free Space Optics (FSO) system for use in its network in Chongqing, China, operated by Chongqing Unicom. “We have been testing …

WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation, a pro-market think tank, released a study Wednesday that it claims shows that the proposed California Telecommunications Users Bill of Rights will cost consumers and …

WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc. said Monday that its suspension from doing business with the government could cost the company as much as $137 million by 2005. In a filing with the Securities …

Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported $66 million in total revenues during the recently completed second quarter, a 23-percent increase compared with the $53.6 million the carrier reported last year. …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported 24,000 net subscriber additions during the second quarter, ending the period with 677,000 total subscribers. The quarterly customer growth was an improvement …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. reported 13,000 net subscriber additions during the recently completed second quarter compared with 20,100 net customer additions posted for the second quarter of 2002. The carrier …

Second-quarter results from public tower companies reflect improved financial stability and greater optimism that cell-site additions will ramp up in the coming months. Crown Castle International Corp. released its second-quarter …