Yearly Archives: 2005

SpectraSite to offer stock

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Inc. said it has filed a statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 250,000 shares of its common stock to...

M-Wise enhances content platform

WILMINGTON, Del.-M-Wise Inc. said it has enhanced its content management and delivery platform with the Audio and Video Album. The Audio and Video Album...

Six rural carriers select Gemplus SIMs

LAS VEGAS-Gemplus International S.A. said six wireless carriers have selected its SIM cards and over-the-air provisioning services for their GSM launches.The carriers include Plateau...

Alamosa to pay stock dividend April 18

LUBBOCK, Texas-Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it has set April 18 for the payment of its dividends for its 7.5 percent series B convertible preferred...

Nortel appoints former Cisco exec to CTO post

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has appointed Gary Kunis as its chief technology officer. He will replace Brian McFadden, who will become the chief...

America Movil gains Peruvian mobile license

MEXICO CITY, Mexico-America Movil S.A. de C.V. said it won a license to provide mobile service in Peru. The company offered $21.1 million in...

SureWest, Immix select Intrado E911 technology

LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. said it has signed two new contracts for its wireless E911 solutions with rural wireless carriers. The agreements are with SureWest...

Axalto ramps up U.S. smart-card production

AUSTIN, Texas-Axalto, which provides microprocessor smart cards, said its microelectronics module fabrication operation at its Advanced Card Center production facility in Texas has achieved...

Newspaper group tries wireless marketing initiative

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-The Pacific Newspaper Group Inc. is using wireless marketing in an effort to drum up readership and revenues for The Province Newspaper.The...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

Following is a roundup of wireless companies that were either upgraded or downgraded by financial firms this week.Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating on...

PalmSource reports slowing revenues, posts loss

Operating system vendor PalmSource Inc. reported slowing revenues and a net loss, but investors raised the company's stock by almost 5 percent after the...

Qwest tries again with new $9B MCI bid

Qwest's bidding war with Verizon over MCI continues, with MCI agreeing to review a bid from Qwest of almost $9 billion. MCI Inc.'s move...

Wireless service offers poker celebrities via SMS

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Mobile marketing company American IDC Corp. and advertising firm Smart Entertainment are teaming on a text message-based offering for poker fans. The service...

TracFone Wireless replaces Nokia phones

Prepaid mobile virtual network operator TracFone Wireless said it replaced a batch of its Nokia Corp. 1100 phones with models that included "updated software...

GSMA Association blasts DRM rate proposal

The backlash against proposed rates to license digital rights management technology continued this week, with a powerful group of wireless carriers threatening to abandon...

Leap delays annual report, announces bonus plan

Leap Wireless has delayed the release of its annual report due to accounting changes and announced a bonus plan for employees, according to a...

T-Mobile offers software to fix glitch in iPAQ device

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. is offering a software upgrade for the iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC from Hewlett-Packard Co. The carrier recently suspended sales of...

UTStarcom stock down on delayed financials

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc.'s stock dropped almost 10 percent to $10.78 on news that the company will again delay its annual reports for 2003 and...

CBO lays out USF issues for Senate committee

WASHINGTON-The Congressional Budget Office said that financing universal-service subsidies out of general revenues would have a lesser economic cost than the current system of...

Eloqui announces network expansion plans

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-Eloqui Wireless announced it will expand the size of its network by 15 percent in 2005, moves that follow the company's investment of...

V-Comm assists Aloha Partners in securing 700 MHz waiver

CRANBURY, N.J.-Telecommunications engineering firm V-Comm said it helped Aloha Partners secure an approved waiver from the Federal Communications Commission to provide service in the...

CellStar supplies Samsung phones in Mexico

CARROLLTON, Texas-Phone distribution company CellStar Corp. announced it is currently distributing Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. phones in Mexico. The company is supplying the phones...

Shareholder suit against Alamosa dismissed

LUBBOCK, Texas-The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Alamosa Holdings Inc., the Sprint PCS affiliate...

British TV station offer mobile palm readings

LONDON-U.K. wireless subscribers with camera phones can submit a picture of their hands for a palm reading, a British psychic television channel said Thursday.Your...

ZTE opens R&D center in India

BEIJING-ZTE Corp. said it has opened what it describes as a flagship factory and research and development center in India.The center, which is located...
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