Yearly Archives: 2004

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...

AT&T Wireless, Cingular offer intercarrier MMS

AT&T Wireless Services and Cingular Wireless will offer intercarrier multimedia messaging service (MMS), allowing customers to exchange text, photos, music and video clips between...

TeliaSonera sells Zed to Wisdom Ent.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera may finally have found a buyer for Sonera Zed Ltd. The Finnish-Swedish operator announced that it has agreed to sell its wireless...

News Briefs

TruePosition Inc. announced an agreement to provide its Finder system to Iowa wireless carrier I Wireless. The Finder system will allow the carrier to...

Chinese JVs nurtured by vendors with big stakes in country

With China's wireless profile on the rise, big vendors are not only raising their stakes in the market, but also bringing local companies into...

Wireless cap ex continues its decline

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Worldwide mobile infrastructure capital expenditures are continuing to decline, according to Pyramid Research, which forecasts 2004 spending will reach $33.5 billion, down from...

Vivato, iPass deals push Wi-Fi to market

Wi-Fi access provider iPass Inc. has tightened its grip on the business traveler market with a newly announced partnership with Connexion by Boeing that...

Wireless cries foul over plan to rework traffic compensation

WASHINGTON-A group of nine wireline companies, two with wireless affiliates, are proposing to radically change the way carriers compensate each other to carry traffic...

Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile shine brightest in call-quality survey

J.D. Power and Associates' 2004 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study provided most carriers with something to brag about, as four of the six nationwide...

U.S. Title Search streamlines title quest

LEBANON, N.J.-U.S. Title Search Inc. assists wireless carriers in streamlining title searches required to build or upgrade wireless communications towers. The company uses a...

Little black book

A recent study by FusionOne showed that 43 percent of mobile users surveyed have lost, damaged or had their phones stolen at one time...

Cingular drops future purchases of Motorola V600, but no recall in place

Motorola Inc. in a conversation with RCR Wireless News quelled rumors that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. was recalling the Motorola V600 camera phone."The phone is...

Contactless payment options reach consumers through sports stadiums, McDonald’s

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is being used to enable contactless payment solutions for consumers in various venues, all in the name of...

Verizon Wireless receives approval for Qwest buy

Qwest Communications International Inc. confirmed it has received anti-trust approval from the government for the $418 million sale of its wireless assets to Verizon...

Rural carriers try to replace roaming $ with mixed success

Rural operators continued to wean themselves from roaming revenues during the second quarter of this year with mixed results as some have been able...

VCs come back to wireless

Purse strings are loosening for wireless companies as the industry relaxes the tight fists of the past few years.In spite of the risks, venture-capital...

Sprint PCS adds second TV service

Sprint PCS introduced a new multimedia message service that can deliver more than 600 new streaming audio and video clips per day to subscribers...

Wireless awarded lots of loans for rural broadband

WASHINGTON-A high percentage of the loans approved for the Rural Broadband Loan Program were awarded for wireless services, said Hilda Gay Legg, administrator of...

Millicom moves Central American carriers to GSM

Millicom International Cellular said its Central American wireless operations have launched GSM services in the 800 MHz band under the brand name Tigo. The...
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