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A trio of wireless carriers released second-quarter results last week showing ongoing strength of the industry despite the continued slowdown in the general economy. Alltel Corp.’s reliance on its wireless …

DULUTH, Ga.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. released its second-quarter earnings, showing the drastic results and continued restructuring moves associated with the company’s escape from the flailing paging industry. Glenayre posted revenues from …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC has released updated third-quarter (ended July 31) earnings expectations and has laid out future plans to reduce operating expenses. The company said it now expects a loss of 5 …

LOS ANGELES-June cell-phone service costs are down 3.3 percent, the largest monthly decrease seen in a year, according to Econ One’s latest cost survey. For once, the reason is not …

NEW YORK-“The business of resurrections is a very holy thing, taking companies that are dead, dead, dead and making them rise, rise, rise,” said Art Beroff, an angel investor and …

NEW YORK-The Financial Accounting and Standards Board has eliminated the advantageous tax treatment called “pooling-of-interests” for most mergers and acquisitions initiated after June 30. Many companies that have relied disproportionately …

The cellular industry was barely 10 years old when competitors started knocking on the door. In the early 1990s, Nextel Communications Inc. was amassing specialized mobile radio licenses and formulating …

Editor’s Note: As Leap Wireless International Inc. prepares to launch its Cricket wireless service in RCR Wireless News’ home market in Denver, we thought we would use the opportunity to …

NEW YORK-Qwest Capital Funding Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc., was pleasantly surprised last week to find it had investors willing to purchase nearly $12 …

LONDON-Alcatel said it plans to cut 20,000 more jobs as it announced a second-quarter loss of $2.8 billion. “In uncertain markets, Alcatel’s success will hinge on operating flexibility. … Considerable …

Popularity is not without problems. Approximately 3.5 million of the cellular phones manufactured every year end up in landfills across the country, according to industry estimates. The Environmental Protection Agency …

With as many as six wireless operators to choose from in some markets, wireless carriers have to work overtime to keep their customers from jumping ship. While customer churn industrywide …

Add Mitch Daniels to the highest office in the land, President of the United States by Committee. Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget, joins Vice President Cheney, …

PARIS-Alcatel SA said it plans to cut 300 more jobs in the United Kingdom to allow it to concentrate on profitable areas. “These initiatives are designed to deliver immediate cost …

Many people have claimed the success of the Internet really took off once service providers implemented one-rate plans for unlimited usage. The plans allowed computer users to surf all they …

WASHINGTON-In a major development that could leverage political pressure to force mobile-phone carriers to make greater public-safety use of their networks, the first-ever demonstration of emergency wireless messaging went off …

Give up DoD spectrum fight Dear Editor, I am writing you in concern of the battle over the Department of Defense spectrum battle. I myself am split between how I …

As Sony Corp. choreographs its dance steps for the awaited 3G stage, cell phones continue to inflict muscle spasms. The Japanese electronics giant dampened market confidence in its abilities as …

Following a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s summary judgement that Research In Motion Ltd.’s products do not infringe on a Glenayre’s Technologies Inc.’s patent, Glenayre said …

To witness the merciless effects of today’s bear market, one should look no further than Broadband2Wireless Inc., an unlicensed wireless broadband provider in the Boston area that filed for Chapter …

WASHINGTON-Despite fierce lobbying by Western Wireless Corp. and the Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe, a decision from the Federal Communications Commission to award Western Wireless eligible telecommunications carrier status in time …

WASHINGTON-In the world of wireless enhanced 911, the Fourth of July fireworks were not just up in the sky. Carriers, public-safety officials and government spent the holiday week reacting to …

It took just one year for the hype and optimism to come crashing down on Metricom Inc., which now finds itself choking on nearly $1 billion in debt and seeking …

TOKYO-Sony Corp. said the impact from recalling a total of 1.1 million defective mobile handsets would reach $95.2 million. For the past couple of months, Sony has been forced to …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration came under pressure from key Senate Democrats last week to require the Department of Defense to surrender spectrum sought by mobile-phone firms for third-generation wireless systems, a …