Yearly Archives: 2005

Powerful phones can have powerful problems

T-Mobile USA Inc. suspended sales of the Hewlett-Packard Co. iPAQ h6315 smart phone due to unexplained software bugs, a move that illustrates the extremely...

TIM sells Czech stake to T-Mobile

MILAN, Italy-Telecom Italia Mobile said it completed a deal with T-Mobile Global Holding for the sale of TIM's 7.16-percent of the share capital of...

Players must move quickly to tap MVNO market

NEW YORK-The next 18 months are crucial for the increasingly crowded field of mobile virtual network operators, according to consulting firm Global Advertising Strategies....

Western Wireless signs WAP contract, offers UTStarcom video phone

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it signed an agreement with Wireless Services Corp. to provide WAP 2.0 access to more than 1.3 million Cellular...

Sprint device strategy built on close relationships with handset makers

When it comes to mobile phones, Sprint PCS has long been in a class of its own. Since the carrier's beginnings, Sprint has traveled...

World Briefs

SAUDI ARABIANokia Corp. has signed an agreement with Aljawal, the GSM operator of Saudi Telecom Co., to supply the Nokia multimedia messaging service solution....

Finance Briefs

TelASIC Communications Inc. raised $26 million in a series D round of financing. The company, which develops analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and sub-systems...

Of POTS and plaintiffs’ lawyers

In many respects, the clunky category known as plain old telephone service is being put out to pasture.POTS, despite still being the dominant mode...

Group balks at plan to charge $1 a handset to cover DRM costs

An association of mobile carriers and content firms joined the fight last week against a group of technology companies it said is looking to...

U.K. users can customize song clip into ringtone

LONDON-In what appears to be a first for the mobile music market, U.K. subscribers can choose which part of a new single from hip-hop...

Wireless in rural America centers on cost, not technology

WASHINGTON-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) often describes his state as having a lot of land between light poles. In other words, rural America by its...

Weiner bill promotes network sharing to bring mobile service to subways

WASHINGTON-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), an outspoken wireless consumer advocate in Congress, is pushing legislation that would require mobile-phone carriers to give subscribers the ability...

Control of int’l roaming codes at issue in ATIS-IFAST litigation

WASHINGTON-A nasty legal fight has broken out over control of the U.S.-based roaming group that assigns codes enabling foreign travelers to use their mobile...

Spam spillover

What a difference five years can make.Who knew five years ago we'd have legislation that controls what messages come into our e-mail boxes. Five...

Internet storage firm expands into wireless

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Data storage company Xdrive Inc. added a wireless component to its Internet-based storage offering and is looking to team up with wireless...

Symbian licenses Microsoft technology to up business appeal

Symbian announced it will license Microsoft Corp.'s ActiveSync wireless e-mail technology, a move aimed at making the Symbian platform more appealing to corporate users....

Telekom Austria exercises option for MobilTel stake

VIENNA, Austria-Telekom Austria said it paid $105.6 million to purchase MobilTel AD, a Bulgarian wireless carrier, as part of a call option agreement concluded...

Crown Castle moves into new role with TV technology trials

As a tower operator, Crown Castle International Inc. is venturing into a less familiar environment as an enabler of what may grow into a...

States rights vs. federal rule

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry increasingly finds itself like the proverbial Dutch boy with his finger in the dike, drawn into courts, public utility commissions and...

Gaming giant EA makes wireless play

Video-game behemoth Electronic Arts signaled its long-awaited-and perhaps long-feared-entry onto the mobile gaming playground earlier this month at GDC Mobile in San Francisco, unveiling...

Ringback race starts in U.S.

For U.S. carriers, the race to deploy ringback tones is on. Ringbacks-the clips of music a caller hears instead of a traditional ring before...

Ericsson files patent suit against Sendo

A licensing disagreement between GSM phone maker Sendo Holdings plc and wireless technology giant L.M. Ericsson has blossomed into a full-blown legal battle, with...

Wronged tower owners cannot collect legal fees, Supreme Court rules 9-0

WASHINGTON-In a stunning 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court told Mark Abrams he is not entitled to attorney's fees and other damages even if...

Most rural operators get reprieve on E911 deployment

WASHINGTON-In a report to Congress obtained by RCR Wireless News, the Federal Communications Commission told lawmakers last week that it had granted 32 whole...

TeliaSonera raises ownership in Turkish wireless carrier

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Nordic carrier TeliaSonera said it has agreed with the Cukurova Group to acquire a 27-percent stake in Turkish wireless carrier Turkcell for $3.1...
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