Yearly Archives: 2005

Report: Sprint developing combined Wi-Fi/PCS service

Sprint Corp. is reportedly developing a new wireless service that will allow customers to seamlessly roam between the company's wide area wireless network and...

OMA re-elects TTPCom exec to head gaming group

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-TTPCom said the Open Mobile Alliance has re-elected its senior software architect, Lars Brenk, as the chairman of OMA's Game Services Working...

VoIP providers defend 911 practices

WASHINGTON-VoIP providers appearing at the National Press Club Monday disputed claims that customers are not informed that when they dial 911 using a Voice...

Calif. bill-of-rights legislation moves forward

WASHINGTON-Legislation to make a bill of rights for telecom consumers a state law has moved forward in the California legislature, countering efforts by a...

MCI will stick with Verizon

MCI Inc.'s board of directors rejected Qwest Communications International Inc.'s latest acquisition proposal in favor of a previous and lower bid from Verizon Communications...

Poizner opts out of CPUC appointment

WASHINGTON-Former Silicon Valley tech executive Steve Poizner, one of two nominees appointed by GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Public Utilities Commission last...

Motorola to embed Shazam music-ID software in phones

LONDON-Mobile music company Shazam Entertainment has teamed with Motorola to develop new music-identification software embedded in the manufacturer's handsets.With the new technology, wireless users...

Personal wireless broadband network launches in Tanzania

RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks and Benson Online said Tuesday they've teamed to establish the first personal wireless broadband network in Africa. The new network was...

Fort Hood police officers use CAD via Cingular network

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless and The U.S. Army announced a computer-aided dispatch solution enabled for Cingular's nationwide wireless data network that allows the military and civilian...

ATIS works with ETSI on next-generation network standards

HERNDON, Va.-The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions sent representatives from its member companies to meet with the European Telecommunication Standards Institute TISPAN Committee last...

Israel’s Partner deploys Mobixell multimedia optimization software

RA'ANANA, Israel-Israeli mobile communications operator Partner Communications Company Ltd., which operates under the Orange IL brand, launched Mobixell Networks' Media Adaptation and Optimization Solution...

MMS company H2F Media changes name to Prolifiq

PORTLAND, Ore.-H2F Media Inc. said it has changed its name to Prolifiq Software Inc. to better represent its focus on multimedia messaging services applications...

Verizon to offer Treo 650 ‘soon’

Verizon Wireless confirmed it will sell PalmOne Inc.'s Treo 650. Many in the industry had expected such a move, although neither Verizon nor PalmOne...

Motorola, RadioShack invest $10M total in device power company

Mobility Electronics Inc. announced it scored a $10 million investment from Motorola Inc. and RadioShack Corp. for the expansion of its itip power products...

PCS negotiation period sunsets

WASHINGTON-The voluntary negotiation period for the PCS band ended Monday 10 years after it began. As a result of the end of the voluntary...

EADS in talks to buy Nokia’s two-way radio business

ESPOO, Finland-Aerospace and defense company EADS announced it is in advanced negotiations to acquire Nokia Corp.'s Professional Mobile Radio business. Financial details of the...

IEEE to begin 802.11 amendment

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-IEEE said it has approved work to begin on an amendment to the 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks.The project involves a...

Mobilkom Austria demos HSDPA technology

VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian wireless carrier, demonstrated High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology from Nortel Networks Ltd.At a retail store in Vienna,...

Banc of America upgrades communications equipment sector

NEW YORK-Banc of America Securities upgraded its communications equipment sector outlook from neutral/negative to positive, according to Forbes.The firm indicated it expects the sector's...

Industry asks appeals court to rehear headset lawsuits

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry asked the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear arguments in class-action headset lawsuits sent back to various state...

ABC News expands wireless news service

ABC News announced ambitious plans to expand its 24-hour digital news operation, offering a suite of multimedia services through television, the Internet and mobile...

Semiconductor firm files for $173M IPO

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Semiconductor supplier Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. filed for a $172.5 million initial public offering. The company filed for the ticker symbol AATI.Advanced Analogic...

Report says some U.S. areas too remote for telecom competition

WASHINGTON-There are areas of the country that are too rural, too remote and cost too much to serve for telecommunications competition to be viable,...

Consumer groups say Sprint Nextel should divest 2.5 GHz spectrum

WASHINGTON-Consumer groups said federal regulatory approval of Sprint Corp.'s proposed $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. should be conditioned on the merged entity's...

Digital Bridges sports new name to increase consumer recognition

Once satisfied to quietly grab some shelf space for their titles on a carrier's deck of wireless offerings, mobile game publishers are now trying...
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