Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc. , one of the world's biggest telephone companies, said on Tuesday its quarterly earnings fell on merger costs but revenue rose due to strength in wireless.

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), the maker of the popular Blackberry wireless e-mail service, will face another patent infringement lawsuit. Wireless e-mail provider, Visto, which filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the...

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. , the No. 3 U.S. wireless service, on Wednesday posted higher adjusted quarterly earnings, and revenue rose as it added new subscribers.

Reuters - AT&T Inc. , formed in November when SBC Communications Inc. bought AT&T Corp., on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit, boosted by strong growth at its wireless joint venture Cingular.

Sprint Nextel Corp. makes a deal to buy wireless provider UbiquiTel Inc. for $1 billion. The Associated Press reports the acquisition is the latest in Sprint's continuing effort to buy regional affiliates that sued over the Sprint-Nextel merger....

Reuters - Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. mobile service provider, on Wednesday posted a first-quarter profit versus a year-earlier loss, and revenue rose as it added new wireless subscribers.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer New York, NY (AHN)—As it makes a bid to expand its presence in the family market, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, Sprint Nextel Corp., introduces a wireless service to help parents find their children. According to the report, the new technology lets parents...

Reuters - Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the iconic BlackBerry device, said on Wednesday it expects to launch its wireless email service with China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. by mid-year.

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. , the No. 3 U.S. wireless service, plans to spend $7 billion this year on improving its mobile telephone service, Chief Executive Gary Forsee said on Monday.

Reuters - Shares in UK mobile phone giant Vodafone leapt on Wednesday on speculation the firm is about to sell its 45 percent stake in U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless, dealers said.

Reuters - Walt Disney Co. is set to reveal plans on Wednesday to start selling cellphone services to teenagers and their parents as it hopes to carve a niche in the U.S. market by giving parents the option to take strict control of their children's wireless use.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer New York, NY (AHN)—After positive comments by a brokerage firm about wireless technology makers, including Qualcomm Inc., U.S. stocks advanced, driving the Nasdaq Composite to its highest level since February 2001. The blue-chip Dow industrials got a lift...

Reuters - Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. said on Tuesday a U.S. court has dismissed all claims brought against the company by Whale Telecom in a lawsuit filed in November 2004.

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer New York, New York (AHN) - VeriSign, Inc. will acquire m-Qube, a mobile channel enabler, for $250 million in cash. The move gives VeriSign the potential to reach more than 200 million wireless subscribers in North America, via the delivery of premium...

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer London, England (AHN) - U.S. telecom giant Verizon Communications has made an informal approach to Vodafone Group about buying the latter's 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless for about $40 billion, British newspaper Business reported on Sunday. Verizon is...

Reuters - U.S. telecom giant Verizon Communications has made an informal approach to Vodafone Group Plc about buying the latter's 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless for about $40 billion, British newspaper the Business reported on Sunday.

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer New York, NY (AHN) - Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile USA have temporarily stopped selling the Razr, Motorola Inc.'s flagship cell phone, due to a technical glitch that causes the phone to drop calls or shut down. Cingular, the No. 1 U.S. mobile service, stopped...

Reuters - With its $65 billion agreement to buy BellSouth Corp., AT&T Inc. faces one of the biggest challenges in its history: integrating two stodgy telephone companies with the nation's largest wireless company and making good on $18 billion in promised cost savings.

Reuters - Anne McNamara needs a wireless Internet network in her Germantown, Maryland, home. It's a good thing her son knows how to set one up.

Reuters - Verizon Communications , one of the largest telecommunications companies in the U.S., reiterated on Monday it was working to buy out partner Vodafone Group Plc from their Verizon Wireless joint venture.