Yearly Archives: 2004

Proxim unveils new WiMAX model, reports flat earnings

Proxim Corp. has announced a new broadband wireless access system to allow organizations, including wireless Internet service providers, municipalities, government agencies, public safety, transportation...

Music to their ears

What a week! CTIA's I.T. show in San Francisco was weird, good and educational. A show that started out as a way to reach...

T-Mobile selects PTT technology from Nokia

ESPOO, Finland-T-Mobile International said it plans to offer Nokia's Push to Talk over Cellular network solution in Germany in the fourth quarter. The carrier...

U.S. wireless users top 170M

SAN FRANCISCO-The number of wireless subscribers grew by an estimated 14.5 percent during the past 12 months, while the average price of local monthly...

FCC grapples with fair charges for rural carriers

WASHINGTON-Financing telecom carriers to offer service in rural America has been standard practice for several decades. But today those methods, universal service subsidies and...

FCC fines company for not making USF payments

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that Ton Services Inc. has agreed to pay $400,000 for not making regular contributions to the universal-service fund...

Triton loses subscribers, plans to buy Urban assets

Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it lost 19,211 subscribers during the third quarter as the carrier was hit...

Kyocera recalls 1M phone batteries

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp., along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling 1 million cell-phone batteries, pointing to concerns that some of...

NextWave now aims to exit Chapter 11 in late January

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. has requested another extension before filing its reorganization plan, but told the court last week that it would like to emerge...

McDonald’s offers Jamdat games as Monopoly prizes

LOS ANGELES-McDonald's restaurants are dangling wireless and PC games from Jamdat Mobile Inc. as prizes through its promotional Monopoly game.The fast-food chain is offering...

Boost Mobile to offer Dwango content

SEATTLE-Nextel Communications Inc. subsidiary Boost Mobile will offer mobile entertainment from developer and publisher Dwango Wireless, the companies announced Friday.Dwango will provide downloadable Java-based...

SBA sees increasing revenues

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. wrapped up this week's round of earnings results from wireless tower companies. The company said it garnered total revenues...

Andrew exits mobile antenna biz with sale to PCTEL

ORLANDO PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it has agreed to sell its mobile antenna product business to PCTEL Inc. for $10 million in cash. This...

U.S. Cellular details its Kyocera phones with recalled batteries

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular said it believes it has already accounted for all batteries in question in Kyocera Wireless' recent battery recall.U.S. Cellular said its handsets...

Cingular Wireless launches new ad campaign integrating AWS elements

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. began a new advertising campaign that includes links to recently acquired AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and represent the carrier's new position...

Sagem explores merger with French aerospace company

PARIS-Wireless handset maker Sagem and aerospace propulsion and equipment company Snecma are examining the potential of a merger between the two companies.A merger would...

Nokia dominates smart-phone market in new research

Worldwide mobile device shipments in the third quarter were up 83 percent from a year ago, with Nokia Corp. leading the charge, according to...

Qualcomm alters royalty-revenue measurements

Qualcomm Inc. said it has decided to change the way it measures royalty revenue to reflect what accrues to it from its licensees around...

Cellular One to open kiosks in Kmart stores

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp.'s Cellular One subsidiary said it will open more than 40 authorized dealer locations in Kmart retail stores by the end...

CTIA’s board votes to appeal tower-siting rules

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's board of directors Wednesday voted to appeal rules recently adopted by the Federal Communications Commission meant to streamline...

First Cellular CEO Terry Addington to chair CTIA in 2005

WASHINGTON-The chief executive officer of First Cellular of Southern Illinois, Terry Addington, will be the 2005 chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association,...

Novatel wins 3G deal with Vodafone, posts increasing revenue

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. will provide Vodafone with third-generation wireless data products. Novatel will integrate its Merlin 3G UMTS Wireless PC Card Modems with...

DoCoMo reports declining revenue, income

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. released consolidated financial results for the first six months of fiscal year 2004, ended Sept. 30.The company said operating revenues were...

M-commerce to become $51B industry

LONDON-M-commerce transactions will ring up $51 billion in annual global sales by 2009, according to a report released Thursday by U.K. mobile analyst firm...

FCC fines company for not making USF payments

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that Ton Services Inc. has agreed to pay $400,000 for not making regular contributions to the universal-service fund...
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