July 2005

TORONTO-Canadian regional carrier SaskTel Mobility has selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to expand its CDMA2000 1x and 1x EV-DO network in the province of Saskatchewan. The value of the deal was …

SAN DIEGO-The Egyptian Telephone Co. will develop, manufacture and distribute cdmaOne and CDMA2000 1x/1x EV-DO technology under an agreement with Qualcomm Inc. The pact grants ETC a license to deploy …

Regional wireless operator Dobson Communications Corp. reported that its subsidiaries Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. and American Cellular Corp. completed the sale of 507 cellular towers to Global Tower Partners for …

Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate iPCS Inc. reported the closing of its previously announced acquisition of fellow affiliate Horizon PCS Inc. The new operations will use the iPCS name and serve …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel has begun offering the BlackBerry 7250 through its retail locations, the carrier said Friday. Alltel, which began offering the device through its business channels earlier this year, …

Motorola Inc. sold more than 11.5 million shares of Nextel Communications Inc.’s class A common stock between June 8 and June 21 at an aggregate price of $32.04 per share …

WASHINGTON-CTIA and the Rural Cellular Association said their members that have chosen handset solutions to meet the wireless enhanced 911 rules will not be able to meet the Dec. 31 …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-Retel d.o.o. and Arbital Communications Sdn. Bhd. said they will deploy a mobile broadband service in Zagreb, Croatia, using Flarion Technologies’ Flash-OFDM technology. Flarion’s FLASH-OFDM technology will provide …

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz band Transition Administrator began accepting elections for the expansion and guard bands, and advised public-safety groups on how they might stay in the expansion band. The transition …