Yearly Archives: 2004

Sprint PCS reports strong customer growth

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. reported that its wireless division added nearly 900,000 subscribers to its network during the second quarter of this year, including...

Nextel continues solid growth

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. continued its strong growth pattern during the second quarter of this year adding 546,000 new customers, which was well ahead...

Telenor Interactive partners with wireless dating service

ROCKVILLE, Md.-Telenor Interactive, a provider of mobile applications and messaging services, will provide nationwide mobile connectivity for interactive voice and text services provided by...

Samsung, Qualcomm ally on MDDI technology

SAN DIEGO-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. said they are the first companies to deploy video-based interface technology that allows mobile phones to...

TI triples profit in 2Q results

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. unveiled a second-quarter profit that tripled last year's figures, owing to strong demand for wireless handsets and its semiconductor products.TI roared...

DoCoMo’s FOMA base hits 5M

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it third-generation FOMA users exceeded 5 million July 19. The carrier had 4 million 3G subscribers at the end of...

U.S. Cellular posts revenue increase

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. posted a 10-percent increase in total revenues during the second quarter from $645.9 million last year to $712.2 million this year,...

Lucent to begin 450 MHz production in Poland

BYDGOSZCZ, Poland-Lucent Technologies Inc. said Tuesday it will begin production and systems integration capabilities for CDMA2000 base stations for the 450 MHz band at...

iPCS emerges from bankruptcy

Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. emerged from bankruptcy protection with the approval of its reorganization plan and said it has filed an application to...

Ericsson, Lucent announce strong quarterly profits

Wireless infrastructure players seem to have settled into buoyant times as quarterly profits follow quarterly profits."Confidence has returned to the industry," said Carl-Henric Svanberg,...

Wireless further infiltrates TV channels

Wireless users can play armchair general with their mobile phones during two new History Channel shows. Enpocket, a New York-based content marketer and...

SBC expands Wi-Fi network to Caribou Coffee shops

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. has signed several deals in an effort to expand its FreedomLink Wi-Fi network coverage area. The company will provide hot...

Teleca extends R&D agreement with Ericsson

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Information technology services company Teleca said it has signed an agreement to renew research and development with L.M. Ericsson in areas such as...

Flextronics’ shares drop on quarterly projections

SINGAPORE-Flextronics' shares dropped 8.25 percent on its projections for the company's second-quarter results, which fell lower than expected.But the company said it generated a...

KDDI to use OTA technology from InnoPath

TOKYO-InnoPath Software, formerly DoOnGo Technologies, announced KDDI Corp. has chosen its DeltaUpgrade Plus over-the-air (OTA)-based software update solution to deliver advanced services to KDDI...

Blake sends brain-cancer suits to state court

WASHINGTON-In a stunning turnabout, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake ruled six brain-cancer suits against the mobile-phone industry do not belong in federal court and...

Cingular Wireless completes $3.4B GSM overlay

ORLANDO, Fla.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has completed its $3.4 billion GSM technology rollout across the country with the recent launch of services in...

Rogers Wireless launches Sony Ericsson PC card for EDGE

TORONTO-Canadian wireless provider Rogers Wireless Inc. launched Sony Ericsson's GC82 EDGE PC Card across its network following the recent completion of its EDGE technology...

Zeevo unveils Bluetooth audio processor

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Zeevo Inc. unveiled its third-generation Bluetooth microcontroller solution that offers the transmission of CD-quality sound over wireless Bluetooth links and meets Zeevo's...

Virgin Mobile U.K. cuts planned share prices

LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. has cut the price of its shares in its pending initial public offering by 20 percent due to "tough market conditions,"...

Aura secures $11M in new funding

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

Infineon reports loss due to investigation costs

FRANKFURT, Germany-German chipmaker Infineon AG had a loss of $69 million, or 8 cents per share, owing to the high cost of dealing with...

NHTSA says headsets do not reduce driver risk

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed that an upcoming government study will say hands-free headsets do not make driver use of cell phones...

Nokia ready to deploy CDMA2000 speech codec

SAN DIEGO-Nokia announced its CDMA2000 variable-rate multimode wideband speech codec (VMR-WB), the first wideband speech codec standard developed by 3GPP2/TIA, is ready for large-scale...

RCC to invest $160M on network upgrades

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. said it will invest $160 million on next-generation upgrades during the next two years to increase network quality and coverage.The...
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