Yearly Archives: 2004

U.S. Cellular offers user-controlled Web browsing

CHICAGO-Regional wireless provider U.S. Cellular Corp. launched its nweb Internet browsing service providing customers with access to Web pages using their wireless handsets. The...

Motorola Ventures invests in AirClic

NEWTOWN, Pa.-Wireless enterprise company AirClic said it closed its second round of venture funding, which was led by Motorola Ventures. AirClic did not say...

Committee calls plan to take Rogers Wireless private ‘fair’

TORONTO-Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. said its independent committee of directors has called the plan to take Rogers Wireless private "fair and reasonable" to minority...

MusiKube may be acquisition target

Carriers and content providers descended on Miami for the Mobile Music Conference last week, but at least one company was conspicuous by its absence....

LG Electronics enjoys strong growth in handset sales

SEOUL, South Korea-Handset juggernaut LG Electronics Co. Ltd. continued its sales expansion in the third quarter, announcing 64.2-percent year-on-year growth in its mobile-phone business...

Melodeo nets $9.5M in funding

SEATTLE-Mobile music start-up Melodeo closed a $9.5 million round of financing Friday and used the occasion to quietly disclose plans to begin offering a...

Alltel expands recycling program

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel said it is expanding its efforts cell-phone recycling program, which aims to keep about 1 million pounds of electronic waste out...

SAIC sells Telcordia for $1B cash

SAN DIEGO-Providence Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus have signed a deal to acquire Telcordia Technologies Inc. for $1.35 billion in cash, according to Science...

Vendors offer rash of devices just in time for holidays

DALLAS-Handset makers opened the floodgates on new phones and carrier deals for the holiday season, with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Nokia Corp., Research In...

Java company raises $20M in new funding

ZURICH, Switzerland-Java company Esmertec announced it scored $20.2 million in new funding through the sale of a convertible note, money the company said would...

Triton PCS closes on loan

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. closed on its $250 million senior secured term loan facility, which the carrier said is secured by substantially all of...

BT launches corporate MVNO service with Vodafone

LONDON-U.K. fixed-line carrier British Telecommunications plc launched a mobile virtual network operator service for the corporate market, dumping its former wireless subsidiary MmO2 for...

Wireless carriers urge FCC to adopt bill-and-keep scheme

WASHINGTON-Three independent wireless carriers told the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday that changes to the intercarrier-compensation regime should move toward a bill-and-keep regime where carriers...

Chartwell sells $10M in shares

CALGARY, Alberta-Chartwell Technology Inc. raised $10 million by selling more than 2 million shares in private placement, the mobile software and content provider announced...

MobVision launches casino game with age verification

LONDON-MobVision launched its Arabian Nights Mobile Casino game, which includes age and identification verification systems to deter underage play and fraud.The first four games...

Vodafone, Optus formalize 3G network-sharing agreement

SYDNEY-Australian wireless carriers Optus and Vodafone Australia formalized an agreement first announced in August to share third-generation network sites and infrastructure across Australia. The...

Ericsson extends 3G contract with 3 in Europe

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has won a $370 million contract extension with third-generation wireless carrier 3 to supply core, radio, transmission equipment and...

Connexion by Boeing signs agreements with 2 Asian carriers

SEATTLE-Boeing's efforts to bring high-speed wireless Internet access to airline passengers made news again Friday with two agreements with Asian telecom companies.StarHub, a Singapore-based...

Global Signal issues debt offering

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. said it has issued a debt offering backed by a mortgage loan of about $293.8 million for a five-year period....

T-Mobile USA features Motorola A630 on its Web site

BELLEVUE, Wash.-The wait appears to be over for Motorola Inc.'s new A630 device, as T-Mobile USA Inc. is offering it on its Web site...

Businesses rely most on carriers for wireless data

A new study shows that businesses are most likely to look to wireless carriers-instead of device makers or computer suppliers-for their wireless data needs....

Alltel offers Motorola 1.2-megapixel camera phone

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. launched Motorola Inc.'s V710 handset, which includes a 1.2-megapixel camera and flash, video recorder, MP3 player and Bluetooth wireless technology....

FCC issues foreign-ownership guidelines for wireless carriers

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has issued foreign ownership guidelines for international deals involving U.S. wireless and wireline carriers."A review of the applications involving foreign-ownership...

New virus detected for phones running Series 60

HELSINKI, Finland-Anti-virus company F-Secure Corp. said it discovered a new Trojan computer virus for mobile phones running the Series 60 version of the Symbian...

Leap reports rise in revenue, drop in customers

Leap Wireless International Inc. reported $205.7 million in total revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 6.7-percent improvement compared with...
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