Monthly Archives: July, 2006
Verizon Wireless leads A-IMS initiative
Marking its first commitment to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem technology, Verizon Wireless, joined by a handful of network infrastructure heavy-hitters, unveiled Advances to IMS,...
Short codes stymied by perceived complexity
Call it the WAP gap. Major media companies and mega-brands around the world are trying to lure customers by promoting short codes as a...
Lucent hopes for brighter 4Q
Lucent Technologies Inc. said a North American slowdown in wireless equipment sales caused its year-over-year revenue to sink 12 percent and income to plummet...
Pickering leads effort to stop state involvement in ETF regulation
WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.), co-chairman of the Congressional Wireless Caucus, led a group of lawmakers last week in writing a letter urging the Federal...
Siemens doubles profits
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG reported third-quarter net profits of $1.01 billion, more than double the $$495.5 million it posted for the same period last year....
Vodafone wins mobile TV test
MILTON KEYNES, U.K.- Mobile TV provider ROK Entertainment scored a major win last week, outperforming two carrier-affiliated services in a study from Strategy Analytics....
Nortel movements could presage UMTS changes
Nortel Networks Ltd. is making organizational changes in its GSM and UMTS access businesses, which could lead to a selling of the company's UMTS...
Securing phones for enterprise: It’s all data-in-motion now
16The spate of recent headlines can only feed the well-founded paranoia of corporate IT managers struggling to serve their colleagues' quest for mobility. The...
Siemens scores Hutchison Austria network build
MUNICH-Siemens AG said it struck a turnkey deal with Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH worth "an amount in the multi-digit millions" to plan, set up...
iSuppli: $158 to build Motorola’s Q
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-Not only has Motorola Inc.'s Q device set a new low point for smart-phone pricing at around $200, it also has achieved...
Andrew’s profits drop ahead of ADC merger
WESTCHESTER, Ill.-Andrew Corp. reported declining fiscal third-quarter net profits as the company covers restructuring costs in preparation for its proposed merger with ADC Telecommunications.Profits...
MVNOs resolute amid whispers of pulling the plug
The mobile virtual network operator bandwagon, cruising along smoothly a few months ago, appears to be suffering from a case of backlash. Recent MVNO...
Alcatel 2Q revenues up, profits slide
PARIS-Alcatel SA reported second-quarter net profits of $228.7 million, an 8-percent decline from last year's $249.4 million. The profits came from sales of $4.3...
AMD buys ATI for $5.4B
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is set to scoop up graphics card specialist ATI Technologies Inc. for around $5.4 billion, putting ATI's long-standing...
House bill addresses emergency communications, but lacks funding
WASHINGTON-Both houses of Congress are working on legislation to address emergency communications, but funding for any interoperability measures remains an obstacle. The House last...
Styx rock Junxion Box
Proving to be more than a grand illusion, Junxion Inc.'s wireless Ethernet and Wi-Fi LAN router was on the center stage of Styx's blog...
Tellabs results below expectations
NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Tellabs Inc.'s second quarter net profits rose 30 percent year over year, from $41 million to $54 million.Revenues jumped 19 percent year over...
Cingular, CTIA diverge on intercarrier-compensation reform
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. came out as the only major wireless carriers largely in favor of the so-called Missoula Plan, which calls for reforming the...
A seat at the table
Not all subscribers are equal.While big-spending, low-churning direct subscriber adds are often best, there are only so many of them to go around. As...
FCC gives up on blind bidding; says 168 qualify for AWS auction
The Federal Communications Commission said 168 bidders have qualified to participate in the advanced wireless services auction, and that it would not use blind-bidding...
WhyMax
It's a WiMAX world, and we only live in it. Or so it would seem with the plethora of press announcements, standards proposals and...
VC firms cheer Digital Chocolate in $22.5M round
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Mobile game publisher Digital Chocolate Inc. welcomed six new investors as it scooped up $22.5 million in Series C funding. New investor...
Device security demands precious processing power
Device-based security, which despite competing notions of stored data vs. data-in-motion, has its role. In that case, according to the Tower Group's Bob Egan,...
Carrier results show promise
Regional carriers SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. and Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. continued to stabilize their operations during the second quarter, while NII Holdings Inc. showed...
Vcast mixes in change with Chocolate launch
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Verizon Wireless is using the launch of the new Chocolate phone to tout upgrades to its Vcast Music service. The highly anticipated...