Nokia, Samsung gain handset share from Motorola
By: By Kevin Fitchard
The second quarter saw a definite shift in handset sales as phone makers continued to gain ground at rival No. 2 manufacturer Motorola’s expense, according to research from Gartner...
After profits tumble, Sprint sees better days
By: By Carol Wilson
Sprint Nextel saw its second quarter profits fall 95% over the second quarter of 2006, but Sprint Nextel Chairman and CEO Gary Forsee emphasized the company’s position for growth in addressing industry analysts...
Carrier Access axes management, seeks buyer
By: By Ed Gubbins
Carrier Access has replaced two co-founders on its management team--including its chief executive officer--both of whom will focus now on exploring “strategic alternatives” for the company as its revenue continues to dwindle...
AT&T posts second-quarter gains
By: By Mark Donahue
Buoyed by wireless and IP-based services growth, AT&T reported second-quarter revenues of $29.5 billion—up from the $15.8 billion it posted in the same period last year. But the numbers reflected only a small taste of what could (or could not) come from iPhone sales...
Ericsson awaits more Cingular spending
By: By Ed Gubbins
Slow spending from the former Cingular Wireless (now AT&T) dragged down Ericsson’s North American business in the second quarter, but analysts expect a rebound in the second half of the year...
Moto warns of phone sales decline
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Motorola warned last night its handset business continued to suffer in the second quarter as sales of its phones declined in Europe in Asia...
Motorola cuts 2100 in second quarter
By: By Ed Gubbins
About 2100 employees left Motorola in the second quarter as part of a planned reduction of about 7500, the company said in regulatory filings late Thursday...
Nokia Siemens taps Nortel exec to head U.S.
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Nokia Siemens Networks today named former Nortel president of global services and operations Sue Spradley to head up its North America operations, replacing Mark Louison, who is returning to the Nokia mothership to lead its U.S. handset efforts...
AT&T to acquire Dobson Communications
By: By Dan O'Shea
AT&T announced today that it will acquire Oklahoma City-based Dobson Communications Corp., a provider of rural and suburban mobile services, for about $2.8 billion in cash...
Nielsen acquires Telephia
By: By Kevin Fitchard
The Nielsen Co. is acquiring Telephia, giving the media tracking giant its first direct access to consumer habits on the mobile phone...
Nuance to buy Tegic for $256 million
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Nuance Communications is buying AOL’s ubiquitous predictive text solution T9 and the subsidiary that makes it for $256 million, adding text recognition to its powerful voice recognition portfolio...
NXTcomm survey: Spending growth ahead
By: By Dan O'Shea
A survey of 678 telecom industry professionals conducted at NXTcomm in Chicago this week by Tellabs and Telephony magazine found that a whopping 96% of respondents believe that network infrastructure spending will increase during the second half of the year...
Nokia merges handset units
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Nokia today said it is overhauling its company structure, combining its three handset groups into a single business unit, breaking out software and services into a new division and creating a special division in charge of Nokia’s global marketing, sales and supply chains...
Report: Sprint looking for WiMAX partner
By: By Kevin Fitchard
According to news reports, Sprint is on the hunt for new funding to build out its WiMAX network and ease investor concern about the costs of such a capital-intensive project...
Sprint buys sixth affiliate
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Sprint is buying yet another affiliate, agreeing today to acquire Northern PCS Services for $312.5 million and pumping an additional 167,000 direct subscribers and 69,000 wholesale subscribers to Sprint’s dwindling CDMA subscriber base...
Adderton out at Amp’d
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Amp’d Mobile founder and CEO Peter Adderton is no longer with the virtual operator, Amp’d confirmed today, leaving the door open for new leadership as the small youth-oriented mobile company navigates its way through Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Vodafone shareholders will vote on Verizon sale
By: By Carol Wilson
Vodafone officials said yesterday they are not interested in selling or spinning off the companys 45% share of Verizon Wireless, despite pressure from a large shareholder to do so. But it will, by law, have to let its shareholders vote on the issue....
Amp’d goes bankrupt
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Amp’d Mobile on Friday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, claiming that its back-end infrastructure couldn’t keep up with the company’s fast growth, leaving it unable to pay its bills...
Alltel to go private in $27.5B deal
By: By Kevin Fitchard
The mass speculation on the possibility of an Alltel buyout came to an end today as the rural provider revealed it has accepted a $27.5 billion offer from two private equity firms to take the publicly owned mobile carrier off the market...
AOL acquires TSM amid mobile ad frenzy
By: By Dan O'Shea
Online giant AOL announced it has acquired Third Screen Media, a mobile advertising network and ad-serving and management platform provider that has been one of the early key players in the rapidly evolving mobile advertising market...
Nokia upbeat on Q2 market share
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Nokia’s expected gains off Motorola’s woes may just be taking an additional quarter to take effect...
T-Mobile growth spurt continues
By: By Kevin Fitchard
T-Mobile added 980,000 subscribers in first quarter, beating out its much larger competitor Sprint and nearing the 1.2 million subscriber gains of the country’s largest carrier AT&T...
Alltel purchase speculation picking up steam
By: By Kevin Fitchard
More reports about the possible purchase of Alltel surfaced today as the Wall Street Journal and Reuters both wrote that at least three separate consortiums of private investors are competing for the chance to take the country’s largest Tier II provider private...
Icahn bid for Moto board seat fails
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Though the vote tally is not yet official, billionaire investor Carl Icahn conceded last night that he hadn’t garnered the necessary support to take over a Motorola board seat in his proxy fight with the handset giant...
Nortel’s good quarter raises doubts about second half
By: By Ed Gubbins
Nortel Networks beat Wall Street analysts’ expectations in the first quarter, but part of its success has analysts suspecting a hard time for the vendor in the second half of the year, particularly in its Carrier Networks division. ...
