Dec 10 2004 - 05:16 PM ET | In The News
A report out yesterday from the International Telecommunication Union says that mobile phone users have doubled since the year 2000. Besides outpacing the growth of fixed line phone service, new mobile phone users are also growing more quickly than new...
Another Wall Street Journal exclusive--Sprint and Nextel have reached a tentative agreement valued at $36 billion [paid subscription req.] concerning the proposed merger. bq. The talks, characterized as advanced negotiations, could still fall apart, but if things stay on track,...
Cingular Wireless has finally launched the Sony Ericsson Z500a through corporate retail stores. MobileTracker has been expecting this launch for quite some time thanks to an advertising campaign featuring the phone that started back in October. The phone is not...
Dec 10 2004 - 01:36 PM ET | In The News
The FCC will begin considering rules that would end the official ban on cellphone use on commercial airline flights in the US. This will be a controversial decision--airplanes are one of the last cell phone free zones. If the current...
Dec 10 2004 - 01:28 PM ET | Rumor
Mobile Market Watch Motorola stock took a beating after the proposed Sprint/Nextel merger rumor hit the wires yesterday (just after market closing, during afterhours trading). Stock in the company (Ticker: MOT) traded down nearly 8% today. If Sprint takes over...
Dec 10 2004 - 01:19 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA CEO Robert Dotson yesterday went on record saying that while T-Mobile will build a UTMS (3G) network, he does not see that happening in the next two years. Mr. Dotson also noted that T-Mobile has a $2.64 billion...
