Yearly Archives: 2004

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...

Dobson’s quarterly customer adds decrease

Dobson Communications Corp. said it added approximately 7,200 customers during the second quarter of this year, which was a drop from the 19,900 customers...

Nextel 3G opportunities open wide at 1.9 GHz

If Nextel Communications Inc. takes spectrum at 1.9 GHz as part of the plan to solve interference at 800 MHz, the carrier finally might...

CellStar bracing for changes in China

A perfect storm of challenges in China, combined with chipset shortages in the United States and one less carrier customer all contributed to lower...

CenturyTel to pay $100,000 for not porting wireless calls

WASHINGTON-Rural local exchange carrier CenturyTel Inc. has agreed to pay the Federal Communications Commission $100,000 and set up procedures and systems to properly route...

Microsoft joins Fiat in telematics venture

DETROIT-Microsoft and Fiat SpA have joined forces to help bring wireless applications to the driver's seat.The partners hope to create applications that integrate drivers'...

AWS, Cingular top Cell Hell customer complaint list

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. led the list of consumer complaints made through Consumers Union's Escape Cell Hell Web site during the second quarter,...

Updated carrier database released

DENVER-RCR Wireless News released its annual updated wireless carrier database, offering the latest details on cellular and PCS markets across the United States, along...

Sports content wins new wireless play

Wireless consumers soon will have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced last week.Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able...

Talking technology with Nokia CTO Pertti Korhonen

As a company that tends to generate most excitement regarding its bottom line, Nokia Corp. for the most part has been unruffled in...

Illinois raids E911 fund to balance state budget

WASHINGTON-Illinois has joined the list of states that have raided their enhanced 911 funds to balance their budgets, said the National Emergency Number Association."In...

RCR announces new hires

DENVER-RCR Wireless News has hired two new staff members.Colin Gibbs is the newest member of the RCR editorial team. He joins the staff as...

Business Briefs

Wireless retailer FTS Wireless Inc. reported it will begin offering Nextel Communications Inc. subsidiary Boost Mobile L.L.C.'s prepaid wireless services. FTS, which also operates...

Verizon spectrum build-up will aid EV-DO development

With a customer base of more than 40 million subscribers and nearly 500,000 new customers added each month, Verizon Wireless has firmly established itself...

Samsung, Sony Ericsson show megapixel camera phones

Continuing the recent flood of camera-phone announcements, Samsung released plans for a 3.2-megapixel digital camera phone, the SPH-S2300, that it said includes features that...

Lucent rises on $5B Verizon deal

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reinforced its CDMA profile and its place in the heart of Verizon Wireless with a whopping $5 billion contract with...

DS-UWB squeaks out win in standards fight

The standards deadlock over ultra-wideband technology between the Multiband OFDM Alliance and the Direct Sequence UWB Forum continued at the IEEE conference last week....

RFID debate may lead to large privacy bill

WASHINGTON-While retailers and manufacturers insist they can safeguard consumers' rights by self policing radio frequency identification systems, some groups see an opening to argue...

Rugged device market up

The global market for enterprise mobile device platforms is forecast to reach $12.3 billion by 2008, according to a report by Venture Development Corporation,...

Cell phones, laptops give new twist to air-to-ground communications systems

With cell phones, pagers and even wireless computers nearly ubiquitous, dozens of agencies are working to open the door for airline passengers to be...
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