Yearly Archives: 2004

iPCS closes on tower sale

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. closed on the sale and leaseback of 51 towers late last week as part of an agreement...

InPhonic beats expectations with $109M IPO

Wireless technology and service company InPhonic Inc. enjoyed a major initial public offering Monday, raising a total of $108.9 million in net proceeds. The...

Siemens targets Asia, introduces HSDPA base station

HONG KONG-Siemens AG said it is ramping up its third-generation efforts in the network market in Asia even as it jointly presented a new...

Australia’s Telstra launches EV-DO network

SYDNEY, Australia-Australia's largest wireless carrier Telstra Corp. launched Telstra Mobile Broadband, a 1 EV-DO service. The carrier said the service offers broadband-equivalent speeds with...

Verizon Wireless begins ringback service in Calif.

Verizon Wireless began offering ringbacks in some California markets, marking the first time a major U.S. carrier has offered the service. Ringbacks are clips...

Bandai releases mobile game for Sprint PCS community

SAN DIEGO-Bandai America Inc. joined the community-gaming fray Monday, launching a new title for Sprint PCS' Game Lobby. The subsidiary of toy-making giant Bandai...

Defunct Russian company files $400M suit against Qualcomm

A Russian firm, Whale Telecom Ltd., is seeking more than $400 million in compensatory and punitive damages in a breach-of-contract lawsuit against wireless company...

Motorola to acquire MeshNetworks

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it signed an agreement to acquire MeshNetworks Inc. to extend its broadband wireless capability for next-generation content, including data, video,...

Cingular Wireless converts 1,055 AWS retail stores

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. moved another step closer in its plans to integrate AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s operations with the conversion of 1,055 AWS company-owned...

Hagan replaces Dayton as Boingo CEO

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Wireless local area network provider and aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. named David Hagan chief executive officer, replacing company founder Sky Dayton, who...

Rogers Wireless launches debt offering for Microcell buy

TORONTO-Canadian wireless provider Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. said its Rogers Wireless Inc. subsidiary is launching a $2.35 billion private placement of fixed and floating...

Daniels to advise GoAmerica on acquisition candidates

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc., a provider of telecommunications services for the hearing impaired, announced that it has retained investment banking firm Daniels & Associates to...

Vendors offer rash of devices just in time for holidays

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

Symbol releases revised earnings reports

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Inventory discrepancies led Symbol Technologies Inc. to overstate its third-quarter net earnings by $3.3 million, the company said late Monday.In October, Symbol, which...

Adelstein renominated to five-year FCC term in surprise move

WASHINGTON-President Bush late Tuesday renominated Democrat Jonathan Adelstein to a new five-year term on the Federal Communications Commission, a stunning turnabout resulting from a...

Vodafone reports growth, doubles dividend

LONDON-The world's largest mobile operator said it grew its proportional customer base to 146.7 million at the end of September and will double its...

NASCAR, Nextel fund to pay $24M to car racers

RESTON, Va.-As part of its 10-year, $750 million sponsorship deal with NASCAR, Nextel Communications Inc. reported that the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series points fund...

T-Mobile USA in hot-spot alliance with foreign carriers

SAN FRANCISCO-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported its participation with the Wireless Broadband Alliance in a series of roaming agreements with six international wireless operators. The...

GAO says FCC within law on rebanding 800 MHz

WASHINGTON-Congressional auditors said that a plan by the Federal Communications Commission to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz did not violate either the...

Alcatel to invest in Datang for part of TD-SCDMA pie

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. will invest $323 million in Chinese company Datang Mobile as part of partnership between the companies and to foster the introduction of...

Singapore carrier tests 3 high-speed technologies

Wireless carrier Mobile One announced trials of three different U.S.-developed technologies for wireless high-speed data access for its subscribers. Singapore-based M1, which has more...

VoiceSignal lets users give their phones a talking to

Wireless users today largely talk on their phones, but in the near future they may begin talking to their phones. Woburn, Mass.-based VoiceSignal Technologies...

T-Mobile to offer Warner Bros. content throughout Europe

BONN, Germany-Warner Bros. Online and T-Mobile International have signed a wireless distribution deal that brings Warner Bros. Entertainment brands' information on upcoming properties to...

BCGI, U.S. Bank to use ATMs to up prepaid cards

Boston Communications Group Inc. provided the technology for the sale of prepaid wireless minutes at 3,800 U.S. Bank ATMs in 24 states, the companies...

Rogers to privatize Rogers Wireless

TORONTO-Canadian communications and media company Rogers Communications Inc. said it will launch an exchange offer for all of the outstanding Rogers Wireless Communications Inc....
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