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

Itron Inc. will use AT&T; Mobility Inc. to help utility companies improve business metrics.[...]

Online ad networks are booming as publishers scramble to place marketing messages on a glut of unsold advertising space. And that may be good news for their mobile counterparts.[...]

A number of Alltel Communications L.L.C employees may soon lose their jobs.[...]

The company's geo-location platform has clear implications for advertisers since ads can be targeted to user locations.[...]

Verizon Wireless ranked highest in J.D. Power and Associates’ 2008 Wireless Customer Care Performance study. The results, which normally find T-Mobile USA Inc.[...]

With the whole world watching, the Olympic Games in China are a great time and place to deliver messages to the world. Samsung’s message to the world (today): We care.[...]

Following up on a similar filing earlier this week, the Rural Telecommunications Group Inc.[...]

Just a month and a half after Virgin Mobile USA Inc.’s announcement to acquire Helio L.L.C., all but one of Helio’s five retail stores have already closed.[...]

So I recently purchased a smartphone. I happily upgraded to it from the Moto Razr.[...]

As Verizon Wireless works to purchase the carrier, Alltel Communications L.L.C. announced the addition of 319,687 customers in the second quarter, showing it is still thriving even as its potential end draws near.[...]

The Boeing Company selected AT&T; Inc. as its primary telecommunications provider, in a 5-year contract, valued at $400 million.[...]

The initial question on many minds when news broke last week that Sanjay Jha, COO at Qualcomm Inc., would help lead Motorola Inc. out of the woods: Why swap celebrated success for plying the trackless wilderness?[...]

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.[...]

iPhone developer Armin Heinrich has released an application for the iPhone with two noteworthy characteristics: 1) Its primary function is to display a handsome glowing red jewel on your iPhone’s screen. 2) It sells on Apple’s App Store for $999.[...]

Sprint Nextel Corp. is quietly pulling the plug on its PCS Mail service.[...]

MetroPCS Communications Inc. plans to hitch its 4G plans to Long Term Evolution technology. Following in the footsteps of other CDMA carriers, MetroPCS said during its second quarter results conference call that would use LTE for its 4G network.[...]

Google Inc.’s Internet dominance has grown in recent years as the competition — well, what passes for competition — continues to plod along. But for the long list of Web-based players moving to the new platform, wireless is the wild, wild West.[...]

Sierra Wireless Inc. has purchased the assets of Junxion Inc., to build on its delivery of mobile data solutions for enterprise and government, the company said today.[...]

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.[...]

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

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s comeback campaign showed limited progress but remains a work in progress, as the struggling No. 3 wireless provider slowed its hemorrhaging customer churn while recording a $344 million loss in the second quarter.[...]

T-Mobile USA Inc.’s second-quarter results showed increases in the two Cs, customers and churn. The nation’s No. 4 carrier added 668,000 customers, pushing its customer base to 31.[...]

So, I hate to come down on wireless consumers, seeing as they kinda contribute to my paycheck and I am one of them, but thenews last week that Sprint Nextel was fined more than $70 million in a California court for its early termination fee policy[...]

Once again, the Olympics will be seen as a kind of barometer for mobile data.[...]