Sprint PCS has joined other carriers in offering a data card for customers wishing to get internet connections on laptops. The card, made by Sierra Wireless, should supply speeds of 50 to 70 Kbps, with peaks up to 144 Kbps....
Verizon Wireless today announced a deal with Yahoo! to bring its instant messaging application to Verizon Wireless subscribers. Starting today, Verizon Wireless customers can use their wireless phones to access their pre-existing IM accounts with Yahoo! Messenger to send and...
We reported a few days ago that AT&T Wireless was starting up an unlimited data plan. Both T-Mobile and Cingular have similar plans (though still cheaper than AT&T Wireless'), so the announcement made since. It comes out today from an...
Apr 27 2004 - 02:56 PM ET | Smartphone
First quarter sales of PDA's for 2004 are down 11.7% against last year. However, sales of the Treo 600 are way up. With word of the Treo 610 coming soon, and Symbian having a firm hold on smartphones, 2004 could...
Apr 27 2004 - 02:46 PM ET | DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo announced a new series of mobile phones that each feature megapixel plus cameras. The mova 506i i-mode series is made up of 3 different 2G phones. Each phone in the 506i series has: Camera with an effective resolution...
Verizon today announced Q1 2004 earnings, and the results for Verizon Wireless are impressive: 1.4 million total net customer additions Customers total nearly 39 million Revenue growth of 21.2 percent ($6.2 billion for the quarter) AT&T Wireless was the only...
Apr 26 2004 - 09:31 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint PCS today announced it is now shipping the Samsung VM-A680. Despite the low-price (after rebates) of $149.99, the VM-A680 can accomplish a lot: 1.8" main and 0.93" x 0.93" external 65K color TFT LCD displays VGA resolution digital camera...
Apr 26 2004 - 09:22 AM ET | In The News
Teens were at one time not a part of cellular carrier marketing, but are quickly becoming a cash cow--to the tune of $21 billion in revenue in 2004. More profit can be made off younger users because they are more...
Apr 26 2004 - 09:19 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia today announced that a game based off the Spider-Man 2 movie will be released for its N-Gage device. Taking on the role of the famed super hero Spider-Man, mobile gamers will be able to swing, web sling and jump...
Apr 23 2004 - 10:00 AM ET | Cingular, Data
Cingular announced the launch of EDGE high-speed data service in South Florida. There is no definition of what is South Florida, an area that has spotty GSM coverage at best. Cingular data customers need obtain an EDGE-enabled device, such as...
AT&T Wireless has introduced an unlimited data plan for as low as $44.99 ( $49.99 without voice service) a month. The pricing for unlimited data prior to this point was $79.99. Both Cingular and T-Mobile offer unlimited data for $20...
Apr 23 2004 - 09:49 AM ET | Kyocera
Kyocera today announced that it will provide the first Opera powered mobile phone for the Japanese market. AH-K3001V will be launched in Mid-may. The AH-K3001V is the first handsets in the upcoming new generation of browser-centric phones where access to...
Apr 22 2004 - 02:02 PM ET | In The News
Nextel Communications announced a Q1 2004 profit of $591 million, nearly triple that of the same quarter last year. The company added 474,000 subscribers in the quarter. Nextel's bread and butter, average monthly revenue per subscriber, sat at an impressive...
Apr 21 2004 - 09:37 AM ET |
NextWave Telecom reached a deal with federal regulators about what to do with spectrum licenses. The company, which is currently in bankruptycy protection, will give most (90%) of its licenses to the FCC. They will then be up for grabs...
Apr 21 2004 - 09:29 AM ET | Motorola
Due to an excellent earnings report announced after the market close yesterday, shares of Motorola (MOT) are up over 20%. Motorola's Q1 revenues were nearly $2 billion more than expectations, over a 40% gain. Profit for the quarter came to...
Apr 20 2004 - 02:47 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint PCS had a great quarter, adding over 414,000 net new customers. Counting additions from wholesale and affiliate partners the number swells to 558,000. Annualized data revenues were $713 million, a 32 percent improvement from the fourth quarter. Sprint's two...
Apr 20 2004 - 02:40 PM ET | Cingular
Cingular had a much better first quarter than AT&T Wireless: 554,000 net new customers making for a total of 24.6 million Cingular's nationwide GSM/GPRS network overlay on track to achieve 100 percent network coverage in next 90 days 66 percent...
Apr 20 2004 - 02:35 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
It is no secret that AT&T Wireless had a tough first quarter, but now it's official. The company lost 367,000 subscribers during the first quarter, compared to an increase of 257,000 in the same quarter last year. AT&T Wireless said...
