Yearly Archives: 2004

Cellular South launches BREW services

JACKSON, Miss.-Rural wireless provider Cellular South launched BREW-based wireless data services on its CDMA2000 1x network in the Southeast, allowing customers to download wireless...

Karrier launches IntelliGolf upgrade

CAMERON PARK, Calif.-Karrier Communications has launched the latest version of its popular IntelliGolf application.IntelliGolf 7.1 for Palm Powered handhelds, Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, smart...

Nortel says expectations unmet in financial metrics

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said its operating cost and gross margins for 2004 have not reached its expectation.In its bi-weekly financial update, the embattled vendor...

Motorola sings with Apple on iTunes application

ROSEMONT, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Apple said they will partner to allow users to transfer songs from the iTunes jukebox to Motorola's mobile handsets using...

Motorola launches slew of devicesNokia makes N-Gage QD available in U.S.

Motorola Inc. launched a slew of mobile devices today in anticipation of its annual financial analysts meeting later this week.Motorola debuted the V975, which...

Blake sends brain-cancer suits back to state court

WASHINGTON-In a stunning turnabout, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake ruled six brain-cancer lawsuits do not belong in federal court and remanded the cases to...

Aura secures $11M for stereo audio chip

WILMINGTON, Del.-Aura Communications Technology Inc. said it has secured an $11 million round of funding, which consists of both new funds and conversion of...

Relm rejects offer from Wireless Age

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.-Two-way radio manufacturer Relm Wireless Corp.'s board of directors unanimously rejected an unsolicited merger proposal from Wireless Age Communications Inc."We believe that...

Motorola rides ups, downs with earnings, software glitches, new phones

Motorola Inc. had its share of ups and downs last week, when news of solid earnings and the launch of three new handsets collided...

Customers mix a lot of music

CHICAGO-Consumers downloaded a diverse selection of karaoke music into their handsets over the past two months. First International Digital Inc. launched its Mobile Karaoke...

Crash course

As if we needed National Highway Traffic Safety Administration head Jeffrey Runge to tell us hands-free is a loser. Research on this point...

Sprint inches past Nextel in adding subs, Nextel doubles net income

Six of the nation's eight largest wireless carriers posted second-quarter results, highlighted by strong customer growth at Sprint PCS, Alltel Corp. and U.S. Cellular...

UMTS comes to U.S.

The end of the year came early for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the carrier made good on its often-repeated plans to offer high-speed...

Public-safety’s lack of interoperability frustrates legislators

WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security needs to step up and do a better job of coordinating public-safety interoperable communications, said Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.),...

Judge OKs NextWave auction results

WASHINGTON-A bankruptcy judge has approved the private-auction sale of three of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s licenses including a 10-megahertz license to serve New York...

D.C. Briefs

A hard nationwide date for the end of the transition to digital TV will reduce the value of the spectrum to be auctioned to...

Consumer groups unimpressed by state AGs lawsuit settlement

WASHINGTON-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) and leading consumer groups said settlements reached by 32 state attorneys general with three national mobile-phone carriers on advertising and...

AirBus, Boeing target in-flight wireless market

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom-Airbus, SITA Inc. and Tenzing announced plans to form a company to address the market for in-flight passenger communications, including the use...

Island Cruises to keep Mediterranean passengers wirelessly connected

REDMOND, Wash.-Island Cruises said its Island Escape cruise ship will begin providing passengers with wireless communications services developed by Wireless Maritime Services, which is...

Sprint confirms it may sell towers

Sprint Corp.'s often-rumored plans to sell its significant tower holdings could be getting closer to a reality as the company reported during its second-quarter...

UbiquiTel reports fewer net subscriber additions in 2Q

Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it added 16,900 net subscribers during the second quarter of this year, which was slightly less than the...

Telus extends Microcell buyout offer

Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. extended its $780 million all-cash offer to purchase wireless rival Microcell Telecommunications Inc. until Aug. 20. The unsolicited offer...

Aether to exit wireless biz

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said it has agreed to sell its transportation division to an affiliate of Platinum Equity for $24 million in...

‘Honey, I shrunk the base station’

As chips and mobile handsets shrink in size, so do base stations. Major infrastructure vendors believe it is the wave of the future.Nokia Corp....

World Briefs

Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will begin production and systems integration capabilities for CDMA2000 base stations for the 450 MHz band at its facility...
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