Yearly Archives: 2004

New Sprint video service to incorporate MobiTV

MobiTV creator Idetic Inc. will provide content and operations for one of the new channels available through Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Services, which the...

New teen-targeted computer integrates Sprint service, Wi-Fi

A new desktop computer created especially for teens will feature built-in Wi-Fi, close integration with a mobile phone, and an MP3 player and digital...

Verizon Wireless turns on new N.D. sites

BISMARCK, N.D.-Verizon Wireless said it has activated 12 new digital cell sites in North Dakota this year, as well as completed the deployment of...

Hop-on Wireless ships phones to Pakistan

IRVINE, Calif.-Hop-on Wireless Inc. said it has shipped an initial order of its tri-band (900/1800/1900 MHz) HOP1806 GSM handsets to a distributor in Karachi,...

NXT offers new-generation cell-phone speaker

NEW YORK-NXT plc's new second-generation Distributed Mode Actuator (DMA) component makes flat speakers in small portable appliances, including mobile phones, possible.According to NXT, the...

Cruise line to offer AWS, Wireless Maritime service

MIAMI-NCL Corp. said it will begin offering wireless service using AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Maritime Telecommunications Network's Wireless Maritime Service to its North...

Motorola rolls out IP-based CDMA products

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has rolled out a new portfolio for Internet Protocol radio access networks products, including a base station controller,...

AWS renews corporate contract with carpet company

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that carpeting manufacturer Shaw Industries Inc. renewed its contract designating AWS as its primary wireless service provider. The...

GoConnect launches wireless search access to online directories

MELBOURNE, Australia-A subsidiary of Australia's GoConnect Ltd. has launched a search tool to help users with Windows-enabled phones access phone numbers from online directory...

UTStarcom provides softswitch for Qualcomm airline test

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it provided its wireless softswitch solution for Qualcomm Inc.'s proof-of-concept test to allow passengers aboard an American Airlines commercial flight...

Unity Wireless to supply power amps to Flarion

BURNABY, British Columbia-Unity Wireless Corp. said it has agreed to supply power amplifiers to Flarion Technologies Inc. The amplifiers will be used in Flarion's...

Muleta discounts Cingular/AWS merger impact on local telephone competition

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau does not see the proposed merger of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as having the potentially...

Wireless carriers upset over traffic compensation plan

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

Iowa landline carrier plans to stop delivering wireless calls

WASHINGTON-East Buchanan Telephone Cooperative located in Northeast Iowa said that as of last Monday it was no longer going to allow wireless calls to...

PCIA hires Goode as govt. affairs director

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Wireless infrastructure association PCIA has hired Thomas Goode to serve as the association's government affairs director. Goode has been counsel to several national...

TeliaSonera sells Zed to Wisdom Entertainment

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

Software allows Java providers to debug handset apps

TOKYO-A new mobile software solution from Aplix Corp. and Motorola Inc. allows Java developers and content providers to debug an application as it runs...

Tessco rebounds on stock buyback news

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc. said it will purchase shares of its common stock pursuant to a previously announced stock buyback program. "Our current...

AT&T Wireless signs data provider agreement with CDW

HERNDON, Va.-CDW Corp.'s government and education subsidiary CDW Government Inc. signed a data solutions provider agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to stock, sell...

ILoop to offer Olympics premium SMS service through U.S. carriers

SAN FRANCISCO-ILoop Mobile Inc. will partner with sports information provider STATS Inc. to deliver sports-related premium short message service subscription services beginning this week.The...

Flextronics subsidiary buys Sheldahl

SAN JOSE, Calif.-In a stock-for-stock merger, Multek Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Sheldahl.Multek, a Flextronics subsidiary, makes rigid circuit boards while...

Global mobile data revenue to reach $189B by 2009

LONDON-The global wireless industry is expected grow mobile data revenue from $61 billion this year to more than $189 billion by 2009 with person-to-person...

Verizon profiles real-life network testers

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has begun profiling on the carrier's Web site its real-life test men and women who inspired its "Can you...

American Tower to sell notes

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. said it will sell $300 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3-percent convertible notes due Aug. 15, 2012, through an...

SK Telecom, SiRF to market LBS platform

SAN JOSE, Calif.-SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. will partner with Korean operator SK Telecom Co. Ltd. to develop and market a new location-based services platform,...
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