Yearly Archives: 2004

Pegasus picks up three W.V. towers

BECKLEY, W.V.-Pegasus Tower Co. Ltd. has acquired three wireless communications sites from New York-based A.P. Cell Towers, a division of Apollo Real Estate Advisors.The...

Survey: Samsung, LG handsets push user expectations

BOSTON-Mobile handsets from Samsung Corp. and LG Electronics lead in customer satisfaction in the U.S. market, according to new research from Strategy Analytics Inc.The...

Nextel offers new clamshell handset

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched Motorola Inc.'s i710 clamshell-style handset that includes a 65,000-color screen, Java-based downloadable applications, A-global positioning system technology and access...

Mforma targets China with Shanghai-based subsidiary

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless entertainment content provider Mforma Group Inc. announced it has established Mforma China, a Chinese subsidiary based in Shanghai licensed to do business...

First Avenue to acquire Teligent for $99M in stock

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-First Avenue Networks announced it plans to acquire wireless broadband service provider Teligent Inc., including its 24 GHz spectrum licenses, fixed wireless broadband...

Vodafone adds Square Enix games to Live!

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced a collaboration with gaming company Square Enix for new content for the Vodafone Live! multimedia service. The agreement marks Japanese-based...

Ericsson to supply GPRS, MMS in Mongolia

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will supply GPRS and multimedia messaging service systems to Mongolian wireless carrier MobiCom. The value of the contract was...

T-Mobile USA tops customer-care survey

T-Mobile USA Inc. ranked highest among the seven largest wireless service providers in customer-care performance, beating out Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp. and Nextel Communications...

Orange sells Danish subsidiary to TeliaSonera

European mobile operator Orange S.A. said it will sell its 100-percent owned Danish subsidiary to Nordic operator TeliaSonera for $743 million in cash. The...

US Unwired extends agreement to manage IWO

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. reported that it reached an agreement with the board of directors of subsidiary IWO Holdings Inc....

Nextel to pay $5B for 1.9 GHz spectrum

Nextel Communications Inc. will pay nearly $5 billion in both cash and spectrum to gain access to spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band, according...

Starbucks adds more T-Mobile hot spots: Wi-Fi brings customers during off-peak hours

Starbucks Corp. said it has added T-Mobile USA Inc.'s Wi-Fi HotSpot service to more than 110 coffee houses in Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico...

Siemens names new CEO, merges business units

Siemens AG said current head of strategy and communications Klaus Kleinfeld would replace Heinrich von Pierer as president and chief executive officer of the...

Motient closes $30M stock sale

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Motient Corp. closed a sale of 3.5 million shares of common stock to several institutional investors in a private placement that raised approximately...

GenX Mobile announces first product

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The former founders of @Road have announced the first product to emerge from their new business venture, GenX Mobile Inc.The GNX-10 location-based...

Nextel Partners updates intranet with SharePoint Portal Server

REDMOND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. has adopted Microsoft Corp.'s Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to run its internal corporate portal that currently serves more than...

NEC software detects counterfeit batteries

KAWASAKI, Japan-NEC Electronics Corp. and its NEC Electronics GmbH European subsidiary released new software for microcontrollers that they said can detect counterfeit battery products...

Access to provide 3G technology to Datang

BEIJING-Internet access technology provider Access announced it will provide Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co. Ltd. with technology to enable advanced mobile services over China's...

iPass reaches 10,000 active hot-spot goal

iPass announced it has exceeded its goal of having 10,000 active hot spots in its Global Broadband Roaming network by the end of the...

Cincinnati Bell extends Convergys agreement

CINCINNATI-Regional telecommunications provider Cincinnati Bell Inc. extended its outsourcing agreement with former subsidiary Convergys Corp. to continue to provide professional consulting and data processing...

Nokia to use Coding’s audio compression technology

NUREMBERG, Germany-Nokia Corp. will incorporate Coding Technologies' aacPlus audio codec into its future products under a newly signed licensing deal.aacPlus, which offers high audio...

Rap, hip-hop most popular SMS downloads

WASHINGTON-Rap and hip-hop music make up the most popular downloads of short message service users, according to a new survey from ForceNine Consulting and...

Sound business models key to wireless music’s future

LONDON-Satisfactory business models have yet to be established between the mobile industry and the music industry, according to "Mobile Music," a new executive briefing...

DoCoMo offers first handset for m-commerce service

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will launch its mobile wallet service using the mova P506iC handset July 10.The new service and smart-card handsets will...

New bill to give regulators VoIP oversight, Bells connection compensation

WASHINGTON-New legislation introduced by Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) would give federal regulators unfettered oversight of Voice-over-Internet-Protocol applications, while requiring service...
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