Monthly Archives: February, 2005
Chinese company takes surprise stake in wireless firm
SHANGHAI, China-Internet game operator Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. caught the attention of the Chinese wireless market after announcing it had taken a 19.5-percent stake...
Nortel announces carrier deployments in Slovakia, Taiwan
PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements. Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE...
Shentel reports increasing wireless revenue
EDINBURG, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said it added 4,560 direct wireless subscribers during the fourth quarter of last...
Siemens in handset limbo
Siemens AG appears to be in the midst of peddling its handset business, but by all accounts the world's No. 5 phone vendor isn't...
Visant sees growth for PTP market
KINGS PARK, N.Y.-The point-to-point microwave market will experience significant growth during the coming years due to emerging PTP application segments, according to a new...
Cingular offers EDGE WAN connectivity for enterprises
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its EDGE-based wireless wide area network connectivity service, which the carrier said is the first commercially available solution using a...
People
Leap Wireless International Inc. appointed Albin Al Moschner executive vice president and chief marketing officer and Glenn Umetsu executive vice president and chief technical...
High-fashion video coming to four wireless carriers
PARIS-SmartVideo subscribers can stay stylish and ogle supermodels with a new 24-hour-a-day channel from the mobile-video provider. SmartVideo Technologies Inc. said it has agreed...
DoCoMo to end prepaid service, begin m-commerce pilot
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will stop accepting new prepaid customers at the end of March, citing the use of prepaid phones for fraudulent...
Cingular looks to boost ‘American Idol’ success
ATLANTA-This year's "American Idol" text-message voting will likely surpass last year's groundbreaking campaign, as Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s 49 million subscribers can take part in...
Justice requests more information from Sprint on Nextel buy
WASHINGTON-Sprint Corp. today confirmed it received a second request for information from the Justice Department on its proposed $36 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications...
IPWireless offers UMTS technology at 450 MHz
While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has introduced a UMTS play into the picture: Enter UMTS450 technology....
TIA supports ’06 for DTV transition
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association is supporting a Dec. 31, 2006, date for the transition to digital TV. "Converting to DTV will clear valuable spectrum...
Alamosa reports first quarterly profit at 1 cent per share
Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. posted $221.7 million in total revenues during the fourth quarter of last year, which was in line with...
Wireless shoots, scores with hoops
DENVER-The National Basketball Association wants to be on the forefront of technology, be it the Internet, High-Definition TV or satellite radio. And to be...
Virgin Mobile targets March 1 launch in Canada
TORONTO-The Virgin Mobile Group is reportedly set to launch a mobile virtual network operator-based wireless service in Canada March 1 using Bell Canada's CDMA...
FCC poised to re-visit wireless billing
WASHINGTON-Wireless billing may be about to come under some level of federal regulation, with U.S. telecom regulators poised to rule next week on whether...
Nokia reiterates focus on China, promises increased presence: Regains top spot in China’s handset market
In conjunction with its 20th anniversary in the country, Nokia Corp. reiterated its focus on China-the world's No. 1 wireless market-and promised to increase...
Google allows wireless users to search for movie information
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. has rolled out a movie-search service for wireless subscribers, allowing users to access showtimes and theater locations and phone numbers...
E-mail companies target casual user
After years of mostly futile efforts to exploit the largely untapped wireless e-mail market, wireless companies are thinking small. Instead of working to put...
Blinking green light
Two key lawmakers recently introduced legislation that would authorize the Justice Department to use wiretaps to investigate and prosecute criminal antitrust conspiracies. Somehow I...
Nextel to invest in Florida network enhancements
MAITLAND, Fla.-Nextel Communications Inc., which is in the process of merging with Sprint Corp., said it plans to invest $384 million in its Florida...
Fresh off Illinois win, carriers challenge Baltimore tax
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry has signaled it will aggressively litigate taxes deemed illegal, suing the City of Baltimore over a wireless fee and persuading an...
Finance Briefs
Semiconductor company Sequans Communications said it has secured and closed about $9 million in its Series B financing round from major venture capital firms....