January 2005

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-The Public Safety Foundation of America said Monday it has awarded nine grants in eight states totaling $542,000. The grants were awarded as follows: $51,605 to Union County, …

HERNDON, Va.-Northrop Grumman Corp. said it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to complete the Puget Sound (Wash.) 911 computer-assisted dispatch system. NGC’s contract is for the …

Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has expanded its northern California service area south from Stockton through Modesto and Merced. The carrier also offers its flat-rate, unlimited calling service …

Cingular Wireless and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they completed the first High-Speed Downlink Packet Access data calls using a trial UMTS network deployed by the two companies in the Atlanta …

Motorola Inc. announced it is working with snowboard company Burton to develop mobile-phone-friendly jackets, hats and helmets for snowboarders, a move aimed at garnering acclaim among younger wireless users. The …

CONCORD, Mass.-Software developer Integrated Development Enterprise Inc. (IDE) announced Tuesday that Qualcomm Inc. will use its flagship product to improve resource capacity planning and portfolio program management. IDE said Qualcomm …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has won an $800 million contract for CDMA2000 EV-DO equipment with Japanese carrier KDDI Corp., according to international press reports. The firm will supply …

TAMUNING, Guam-TeleGuam Holdings LLC completed its acquisition of the Guam Telephone Authority, the last government-owned local exchange company in the United States. TeleGuam will maintain the GTA offices and headquarters …

ESPOO, Finland-Turkcell, a GSM operator in Turkey, has begun offering its business customers commercial push-to-talk service using Nokia’s Push to Talk over Cellular equipment. Nokia said the deployment follows successful …

ASHEVILLE, N.C.-Homeland Integrated Security Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it acquired BBI Computer Solutions and a subsidiary C2 of NC Inc. in a stock transaction. Terms of the deal were …

AUSTIN, Texas-Wireless and wired broadband service provider Wayport Inc. said it has become the nation’s largest Wi-Fi hot-spot provider with more than 6,300 locations available in the United States. The …

WASHINGTON-Online wireless service and device retailer InPhonic Inc. reported a two-year agreement to provide subscriber management systems in support of AT&T Corp.’s launch of wireless voice and data services to …

Voice over Internet Protocol phone carrier Vonage announced several new devices to support its service, including a portable Wi-Fi phone from wireless handset and infrastructure provider UTStarcom Inc. Vonage sells …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate IWO Holdings Inc. said it has filed a “pre-packaged” Chapter 11 plan to implement its previously announced financial reorganization to restructure and substantially reduce its …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission plans to begin auctioning spectrum occupied today by the federal government in the summer of 2006, according to notification sent last week to the National Telecommunications …

WASHINGTON-C-Span junkies watching late into the night of Dec. 8 may not have realized that what happened just before the Senate left town was right out of a Hollywood script. …

Wireless SuperSession: Friday, Jan. 7 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the convention center’s North Hall, room N257. Executives from Virgin Mobile, M-Forma, Verizon Wireless, Motorola and Nokia will participate. …

While the numbers aren’t available yet for the all-important fourth quarter wireless sales, I’m predicting stellar results. Why? Because I just spent the holidays with the Anderson clan (my side …

January 6-9 Consumer Electronics Association. Las Vegas. www.cesweb.org Excellence in Information & Communications Technologies January 15 Frost & Sullivan. Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort, Scottsdale, Ariz. www.frost.com WCA International Symposium Expo …

In a move that drove up its shares 6 cents following the announcement, Global Signal Inc. said it plans to sell 2.9 million common shares. The company intends to acquire …

WASHINGTON-Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. is protesting an Application for Review filed by rival Inmarsat Ventures Ltd., claiming Inmarsat’s arguments are nothing new and meant to slow MSV’s entry into the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission declared the outage reporting requirements and the changes to the telemarketing rules to be in effect Dec. 30. Under rules adopted in 2004, carriers must report …

Time Warner Cable is in discussions with Sprint PCS to test a wireless offering that would be bundled with the media giant’s TV, landline phone and Internet services. However, it …

Mobile media company Zingy is expected to announce deals this week to bring exclusive mobile content from hip-hop artist Kanye West and late pop singer Aaliyah to wireless phones. West …

VIENNA, Austria-Telekom Austria said it acquired a call option to purchase Bulgarian wireless carrier Mobiltel AD. The option gives the Austrian carrier the right to purchase full control of Mobiltel …