Monthly Archives: January, 2005

OKLAHOMA CITY-Rural carrier Dobson Communications Corp. announced it purchased the wireless assets of Michigan carrier RFB Cellular Inc. out of bankruptcy for $29.3 million....

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Canadian broadband wireless service provider Barrett Xplore selected Motorola Inc. to deploy a wireless broadband network in cities throughout Canada. The contract's initial...

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a $32 million contract to expand the GSM network for Pakistan Telecom Mobile Ltd., otherwise called U-Fone....

NEW YORK-Swedish-based telecom carrier Tele2 gained two new licenses in Europe, one through a government award and the other through an acquisition. In Croatia,...

The Open Mobile Terminal Platform group's board of directors appointed Mats Nilsson as its new managing director effective Jan. 1. Nilsson is OMTP's first...

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Mobile enterprise software developer Symbol Technologies Inc. announced Wednesday that it has opted not to pursue its proposed offering of common stock. Instead,...

ORLANDO, Fla.-A real estate company launched a service last week that allows prospective buyers to access information about homes on the market via text...

More than 1.5 billion people subscribe to wireless services. The vast majority of those wireless users see their mobile phone as a device that...

Even as it begins serious deployments of third-generation technologies, the wireless industry is hedging its bets on next-generation technology. Since W-CDMA and CDMA2000 someday...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS and Sybase Inc. said they will expand their relationship to develop and market corporate wireless data applications. Under terms of...

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Corr Wireless, a cellular provider in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, selected Infonxx to provide directory assistance services to its customers. "One of the...

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse introduced its Comverse MMS Exchange, a central hub that allows multiple network operators to interconnect their multimedia messaging services. Operators currently must...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

January 6-9 Consumer Electronics Association. Las Vegas. www.cesweb.org Excellence in Information & Communications TechnologiesJanuary 15 Frost & Sullivan. Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort, Scottsdale, Ariz....

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...

And once again the wireless industry (and the world) prepares to face the implications of the further permeation of wireless technology into our lives...

TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it invested in two Chinese wireless software companies in an effort to tap into the massive potential...

PalmOnePalmOne Inc. announced its VersaMail 2.7 wireless e-mail software is available for Treo 600 smart phones. Treo 600 users will now have access to...

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra Corp. said it plans to launch a fixed short message service early this year. Telstra has a branded SMS-capable phone on sale...

Buoyed by its high speed, GigaBeam Corp.'s Virtual Fiber solution offers an alternative to fiber for last mile, local loop, central office bypass, local...