January 2005

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it acquired privately held Xenicom Ltd. for $11.5 million. Xenicom is a U.K.-based provider of software solutions that help telecommunications operators plan, launch, and manage …

VeriSign Inc. said it will acquire Santa Cruz, Calif.-based picture-messaging company LightSurf in an all-stock transaction valued at $270 million. VeriSign said the deal adds a picture component to its …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Kristin Rinne, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s chief technology officer, has been elected the 2005 chairwoman of the 3G America’s board of governors. Rinne succeeds former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. CTO …

A Nextel Communications Inc. executive said the carrier posted 595,000 net subscribers in the fourth quarter, and nearly 1 million total customer additions, when including its youth-oriented Boost Mobile L.L.C. …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Oracle Corp. announced its Oracle Database Lite 10g, which it says expands grid computing to the mobile work force. The product, based on Oracle’s Grid Computing infrastructure, is …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Broadband said it has partnered with Sequans Communications to develop a new product called VectaMAX. The product will integrate Sequans’ WiMAX system-on-a-chip into Cambridge Broadband’s VectaStar customer …

BOSTON-Carriers looking to deploy push-to-talk service outside the United States should proceed with caution, according to a new report from the Yankee Group. Despite successes in the United States, PTT …

DUBLIN, Calif.-Sybase Inc. subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions Inc. launched the latest version of AvantGo Tuesday, updating its free service that delivers Web content to smart phones and personal digital assistants. With …

CLINTON, N.J.-Semiconductor manufacturer Magnolia Broadband Inc. secured investments from Intel Capital and Uniquest Corp., building on an $11 million financing round announced last October. While declining to disclose exact figures, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it improved its Tower Construction Notification System and set up an e-mail account for other contacts with Native American tribes. The Tower Construction Notification System …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. is teaming with Alvarion to provide converged networking technology that will allow carriers to complement existing third-generation and wireline networks with WiMAX, the companies announced …

Mike Dano Nokia Corp. said it will cut jobs in its Multimedia Business Group, a move aimed at streamlining its global research and development activities. Nokia said it plans to …

WASHINGTON-A U.K. health group today said there is no solid evidence mobile phones pose health risks, but recommended cell-phone use by children and others be minimized and urged the public …

SAN FRANCISCO-MVNO supplier Visage Mobile announced it scored $22.8 million in its third round of funding. The company said the round brings its total venture capital war chest to around …

As expected, Nortel Networks Corp. restated its earnings for 2003, 2002 and 2001. The company also announced it will install a chief ethics officer, and 12 of its executives will …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Disney Mobile has launched ringtones featuring a slew of characters from Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, the company said. Available for $2.50 per tone from all major U.S. …

SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile music provider Faith West Inc. is teaming with Dodge to offer ringtones and images promoting the auto maker to wireless users. Faith West is distributing Dodge-branded content through …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc., which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year, reported the successful syndication and closing of a previously announced senior secured credit facilities for its …

BOULDER, Colo.-Wireless telephone maker SpectraLink Corp. said it expects its fourth-quarter and annual results for 2004 to exceed its previous guidance. For the fourth quarter of 2004, SpectraLink expects to …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and STMicroelectronics suffered a beating on Wall Street following warnings of sluggish earnings and margins. AMD announced its revenues for the fourth quarter will …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it expects to report a company-record 94,900 net customer additions for the fourth quarter, aided by a new company-low 1.3- percent customer churn rate. The …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it added 49,000 net customers in the fourth quarter of 2004, a 44-percent improvement compared with the 34,000 subscribers the carrier added …

Wireless has been mobilized in a variety of critical and innovative ways in reaction to the December tsunami disaster. The wall of water that struck parts of Sri Lanka, India, …

LAS VEGAS-The slow rollout of high-speed wireless data networks continues as CDMA-based carrier Verizon Wireless last week said it will expand its BroadbandAccess network to 12 additional markets on top …

LAS VEGAS-Filling in for Motorola Chief Executive Officer Ed Zander, who missed the conference due to a death in the family, Ron Garriques, president of the company’s personal devices business, …