Daily Archives: Aug 31, 2005

Manx selects Cerillion for HSDPA mediation

LONDON-Billing company Cerillion Technologies Inc. said it signed a contract with Manx Telecom that calls for the company to provide a new mediation solution...

New research finds no initial link between cell phones and brain tumors

WASHINGTON-European researchers said a major study found consumers are not apt to have a nervous-system tumor known as acoustic neuroma develop during the first...

Boingo expands airport Wi-Fi network

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc. reported roaming agreements that will add 36 airports in North America and Europe to its roaming system that now...

Wireless operators scramble to recover from Katrina

Wireless carriers continue to struggle with service outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast region when it came ashore...

Lucent receives $900M tax refund

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it received a $901 million tax refund from the Internal Revenue Service Tuesday. The payment included a refund of...

ADC reports $24M quarterly net profit

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. released its fiscal third-quarter results Tuesday, reporting net income of $23.9 million, or 20 cents per, a considerable increase from last...

BMI, Gracenote make wireless music moves

Music rights company Broadcast Music Inc. said it has acquired the music recognition technology from U.K. software developer Shazam Entertainment Ltd. Financial terms of...

Pantech to merge 2 cell-phone subsidiaries

Electronics manufacturer Pantech announced it will bring its various mobile-phone operations closer together. The company said its mobile-phone affiliate Pantech Co. Ltd. will merge...

Carriers should segment wireless data market, says research

RARITAN, N.J.-Wireless data and content delivery will account for as much as 25 percent of overall wireless revenues in five years, generating $50 billion...

Las Vegas drivers can pay for parking with cell phones

IRVINE, Calif.-Las Vegas gamblers will be able to pay for parking using their mobile phones and credit cards under a new service from Reino...

Group asks for better wireless subscriber privacy controls

WASHINGTON-A privacy group petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to require mobile phone operators and other telecom carriers to better safeguard subscribers' calling records. The...

Nortel to supply Coral’s Hawaiian 1x network

Nortel Networks Ltd. is going to Hawaii as the sole infrastructure supplier for Coral Wireless, a new mobile operator planning to launch an unlimited-use...

Orange offers wireless customers cheap broadband service

LONDON-French mobile-phone company Orange plc teamed with broadband provider Wanadoo to offer Orange customers home broadband service for about $17.86 a month.The offer is...

Microsoft buys Internet phone company

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said late Tuesday it is buying into the Internet-calling arena with the acquisition of 2-year-old startup Teleo Inc. The software behemoth...

Vuico gains new funding

HOUSTON-Mobile-software company Vuico Inc. said it closed a preferred equity investment led by Aegis Capital through its Aegis Texas Ventures Fund. The company's mobile...

Airpath deal extends Wi-Fi to Singapore McDonald’s restaurants

WALTHAM, Mass.-Open access to Wi-Fi hot spots is now be available in 128 of Singapore's McDonald's restaurants thanks to a deal between Airpath Wireless...

FTS Wireless to sell Metro PCS service

TAMPA, Fla.-Wireless retailer FTS Wireless Inc. reported a deal with regional wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. to sell MetroPCS' unlimited calling service in the Tampa,...

Union makes progress with Cingular Wireless workers

WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said progress is being made unionizing Cingular Wireless L.L.C. 's workers in the South, particularly former AT&T Wireless Services...
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