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Motorola Inc. says it is playing its trump card-wireless mobility-in the WiMAX space, skipping over 802.16 Revision D in favor of getting Revision E (the mobile standard) products to market by the second quarter of 2006. The Moto Wi4 portfolio of mobile WiMAX solutions...

Alltel Corp. is taking a slow and steady approach to integrating its recently acquired Western Wireless Corp. assets. The company is expected only to make minor changes through the end of this year and wait on major initiatives until next year. Alltel has updated...

The State of California's Department of General Services said it plans to award statewide contracts for wireless communications equipment and services to Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. Verizon Wireless will be the primary provider of traditional wireless phones, while Sprint Nextel will be...

FREMONT, Calif.-Fleet management and telematics company @Road Inc. announced Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will help sell its products."@Road is at the forefront of developing and offering innovative solutions that help enterprise customers in a number of industries improve the productivity of their mobile workforces while...

OLATHE, Kan.-Garmin International Inc. unveiled its Garmin Mobile suite of applications, which the company said will be offered by Sprint Nextel Corp. on select handsets. The applications will use embedded global positioning system capabilities of select handsets and include delivering maps, directions and turn-by-turn...

Canadian operator Telus Mobility regained the top spot in N. Moore Capital Ltd.'s ranking of North America's top wireless operators based on a handful of second-quarter metrics. The metrics include penetration gain, customer churn, average revenue per user, cost per gross addition and pre-interest...

Sprint Nextel Corp. added a third music service to its offerings, launching 20 channels of streaming audio from Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. The No. 2 pay-radio service is powering Sirius Music, which includes 19 channels of pop, rock, hip-hop, country, jazz and electronica. The...

Wireless carriers continued to make progress in re-establishing wireless communications to the Gulf Coast region following Hurricane Katrina's fierce landing Aug. 28, while one carrier estimated damage at up to $600 million. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported that as of Monday afternoon it had fully...

Nextel Partners Inc. lost its bid to stall Sprint Nextel Corp.'s national brand rollout as a three-member arbitration panel ruled Nextel Partners had not demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of its claim that the rollout breached its affiliate agreement. Nextel Partners...

Sprint Nextel Corp. kicked off its "Day 1" operations as a new company last Friday just three weeks after Sprint Corp. completed its $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. The introduction of combined operations was backed by the launch of a wide-ranging advertising...

Verizon Wireless continues to build on its domination in the wireless data space, adding a handful of new markets to its rapidly growing coverage area while at the same time cutting prices. The carrier now offers its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based BroadbandAccess service in 61...

Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to throw money at its affiliate problems, announcing plans to acquire a pair of network partners-IWO Holdings Inc. and Gulf Coast Wireless L.P.-for more than $700 million. The deals will add more than 330,000 direct customers to Sprint Nextel's operations...

Motorola Inc. plans to unveil its long-awaited iTunes-capable mobile phone Sept. 7, said an analyst familiar with the company's plans. The device will sell through Cingular Wireless L.L.C. Roger Entner, vice president of wireless telecom with research and consulting firm Ovum, said the phone...

SHAWNEE MISSION, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. introduced two new phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to sell over the carrier's CDMA network.Samsung's A560 features a speakerphone and voice-activated dialing and will sell for $170 at Sprint stores and Best Buy. Samsung's PM-A840 features an integrated...

The following information includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.-The Wireless Xcessories Group Inc. and InPhonic Inc. announced a joint marketing and distribution agreement that calls for Wireless Xcessories to offer InPhonic's services to its 1,000 private-label Web site affiliates.Wireless Xcessories is a nationwide manufacturer and distributor of electronic and cellular...

Wireless carriers continue to struggle with service outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast region when it came ashore Monday morning. News reports indicate that wireless services are severed completely in many communities due to power outages caused by...

Motorola Inc. plans to unveil its long-awaited iTunes-capable mobile phone Sept. 7, said an analyst familiar with the company's plans. The device will sell through Cingular Wireless L.L.C. Roger Entner, vice president of wireless telecom with research and consulting firm Ovum, said the phone...

BURBANK, Calif.-Nickelodeon is teaming with wireless entertainment publisher FunMail to offer images of popular characters from the children's network.FunMail, which markets ringtones, animated ringers and peer-to-peer social applications, will create a channel for wireless images from "SpongeBob SquarePants," "Dora the Explorer," "The Fairly OddParents"...

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. signed long-term master antenna site leases with USA Mobility Inc., opening the door for USA Mobility to lease space on sites owned or leased by Global Signal. Global Signal was negotiating a new lease with USA Mobility for the sites...

Clearwire Corp. raised an additional $250 million in financing, according to reports, bringing the carrier's total war chest to a staggering $600 million. The news highlights investors' apparent interest in the wireless broadband space, as well as the technology's potential to agitate entrenched wireless...

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported that more than 20 percent of its class A common stockholders have requested that the carrier call a special meeting to vote on whether to exercise its "put right." If approved, the "put right" would require the newly combined...

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported the opening of its 100th company-owned store and said it plans to add at least 10 more locations by the end of the year. The centennial location is in Kona, Hawaii, and is the 27th new store Nextel Partners...

WASHINGTON-The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a request that could help wireless companies-particularly newly united Sprint Nextel Corp.-make further inroads into the mobile workforce management space and the $574 billion trucking industry. Xora Inc., a software firm based in Mountain View, Calif.,...