Yearly Archives: 2004

Speakeasy gets funding from Intel

SEATTLE-National independent broadband company Speakeasy will use a new infusion of investment capital from Intel Corp. to expand its WiMax network capabilities, the company...

Nextel Partners opens Fla. customer care center

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. reported the completion of its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which...

Alcatel targets next-generation networks in China

BEIJING-Alcatel Corp said it has won a major contract with China Netcom and launched a center for Next Generation Network in China.The wireless vendor...

Nortel scores contract extension with T-Mobile USA

Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won a contract extension with T-Mobile USA to provide GSM, GPRS, EDGE and packet core wireless data network...

Sprint, Mediacom agreement could lead to wireless reseller deal

Sprint Corp. announced a multiyear agreement with the country's eighth-largest cable operator Mediacom Communications Corp., enabling Mediacom to provide telephony services in nearly all...

Bush admin continues S. Korea standards pressure

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration said it will continue to pressure South Korea to further liberalize the standard for 2.3 GHz portable Internet.Late last month, the...

Telefonica, PT launch plan to increase Brazilian wireless stakes

SAO PAULO-Brasilcel, the company jointly owned by Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom, has launched a plan to buy additional stakes in the other Brazilian...

Freescale signs Siemens, Ningbo Bird chip deals

AUSTIN, Texas-Freescale Semiconductor Inc. said it has signed deals to supply chips to Siemens AG and Ningbo Bird Co Ltd., showing it can fend...

T-Mobile launches Motorola music handset in Europe

BASINGTOKE, England-T-Mobile International launched Motorola Inc.'s music-focused E398 handset to T-Mobile's customers across Europe.The phone includes a color screen, a VGA-quality digital camera with...

Israel’s Partner to launch UMTS using Lucent, Novatel data card

LONDON-Israeli wireless carrier Partner Communications Co. Ltd. will offer its customers the Merlin U530 PC modem card though a deal with Lucent Technologies Inc....

Firefighters to study health effects of cell towers

WASHINGTON-The International Association of Firefighters has called for a moratorium on new cell towers on fire stations until health effects can be studied, according...

Cingular to use AT&T brand six months after merger

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and AT&T Corp. reported an agreement resolving issues related to the use of the AT&T brand in...

Kodak buys National Semi’s imaging business

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Eastman Kodak will acquire the imaging business of National Semiconductor Corp., which develops and manufactures metal oxide semiconductor image sensor devices.The acquisition aims...

APCO releases best practices for handling telematics calls

WASHINGTON-The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials has released a set of best practices on how to deal with calls from telematics service providers."Telematics is...

Crown Castle to complete U.K. sale Aug. 31

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said it expects to complete the previously announced sale of its U.K. subsidiary Aug. 31.Crown said in June it would...

M7 Networks to boost U.S. Cellular data services

CHICAGO-M7 Networks and U.S. Cellular will partner to boost the carrier's wireless data services, the companies announced Tuesday.M7 Networks' SMS Hub Service will help...

Nokia partners with Pointsec for secure enterprise data

CHICAGO-Nokia announced it has teamed with Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB for an encryption solution designed to protect mobile data for enterprise users.The Pointsec for...

Western Wireless offers $200M in stock

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it would offer $200 million of its Class A common stock to help fund general corporate purposes, working capital...

ARM acquires Artisan in $913M deal

ARM Holdings plc said it has agreed to acquire system-on-chip company Artisan Components Inc. for about $913 million based on Artisan's stock value of...

Wireless price drops expected to drive further wireline substitution

The premium for using wireless voice services instead of wireline services is expected to drop from 100 percent or double the price last year...

Cisco to acquire P-Cube for $200M

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has agreed to acquire P-Cube for $200 million in stock and cash to enable service providers to...

Azaire to supply gear for Rogers Wireless’ Wi-Fi service

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. selected Azaire Networks as its core system provider for the carrier's Wi-Fi service locations throughout Canada. Azaire...

T-Mobile USA expands HotSpot service to Red Roof Inns

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported that it will provide its Wi-Fi-based HotSpot service to Red Roof Inns' 359 hotels across the country and expanding...

NuevaTel Bolivia launches new GSM network

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia-NuevaTel PCS de Bolivia S.A., a Western Wireless subsidiary, launched a new GSM network in Santa Cruz using an infrastructure solution from...

Cell-phone-scanning congressman must pay damages

WASHINGTON-A federal judge has ruled that a congressman who gave a tape of an illegally scanned cellular phone call to reporters lost his First...
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