Yearly Archives: 2005

Siemens signs expansion contract in Russia

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it won a network expansion contract worth up to $268 million with MegaFon, one of the top three mobile operators...

MetroPCS tower-siting application in San Fran. to be re-examined

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court last week said that a federal court needs to review a decision by the City of San Francisco to deny...

Survey confirms love-hate cell-phone relationship

A new survey confirms what has become painfully obvious in society: Americans have a love-hate relationship with cell phones. University of Michigan preliminary data...

Cingular cites data numbers

NEW ORLEANS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said its wide area- and local area-based wireless data networks now cover more than 250 million potential customers with EDGE...

Bytemobile acquires ProQuent

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Bytemobile Inc. said it has acquired ProQuent Systems Corp. in a stock-for-stock exchange.The companies did not, however, disclose the value in dollar...

Brightpoint launches wireless data business

NEW ORLEANS-Brightpoint Inc. said it has launched a new line of business called Advanced Wireless Services, which will focus on delivering bundled wireless products...

Mobliss, FremantleMedia to produce video content

SEATTLE-Mobliss Inc. and FremantleMedia Licensing Americas said they plan to produce a collection of made-for-mobile programs, including drama, comedy and reality programming.According to the...

Nextel Partners to open 40 new stores

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it plans to open at least 40 new company-owned stores this year, building on the 73 locations it had...

CTIA reports 180M wireless subscribers, 60% penetration

NEW ORLEANS-Wireless subscribership grew by 21.7 percent last year, according to CTIA's semi-annual industry survey released this week at CTIA Wireless 2005.Wireless subscribers now...

Unefon selects VeriSign for prepaid roaming

NEW ORLEANS-Mexican carrier Unefon has selected VeriSign Inc. to implement its iRoam product to expand prepaid roaming services in the United States to its...

New youth-oriented MVNO using Verizon Wireless’ network planned

Amp'd Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that targets the youth market, has signed a letter of intent with Verizon Wireless to develop a...

Leap, Dobson sell towers

Both Leap Wireless International Inc. and Dobson Communications Corp. in unrelated deals said that with the help of Daniels & Associates, they are selling...

Consumer safety group working with industry on exploding phone safety

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today said it is working the wireless industry to develop a safety guide to prevent injuries from exploding...

SpectraSite reports 2004 financials

CARY, N.C.-Tower company SpectraSite Inc. reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2004, and updated its 2005 outlook. In...

Vodafone pays $3.5B for 2 Eastern European carriers

LONDON-Global wireless carrier Vodafone Group plc said it reached agreements with Telesystem International Wireless Inc. of Canada to acquire about 79 percent of Romania's...

Verizon Wireless to offer Paris Hilton, Nascar as it pumps up V-Cast

NEW ORLEANS-Verizon Wireless said Monday it will offer its V-Cast subscribers 26 original mobisodes of the hit TV show "The Simple Life: Interns" starring...

Infrastructure players rack up 3G wins

NEW ORLEANS-Several infrastructure suppliers announced third-generation contract wins. L.M. Ericsson said Swedish 3G operator Svenska UMTS-Nät AB, the joint venture between Tele2 and TeliaSonera,...

Nortel, Motorola update infrastructure to help Verizon Wireless

NEW ORLEANS-Both Nortel Networks Ltd. and Motorola Inc. made infrastructure announcements at the CTIA Wireless 2005 show in New Orleans meant to increase Verizon...

Handset makers, carriers release new phone wares

Several handset makers and carriers have taken advantage of the spotlight of the CTIA show in New Orleans to release handset-related news this week.Cingular...

Cingular, U.S. Cellular offer new AOL-based services

NEW ORLEANS-America Online Inc. announced deals with two U.S. wireless carriers.Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it is working with AOL to give Cingular Wireless customers...

Mass. lawmakers consider consumer bill-of-rights legislation

WASHINGTON-Massachusetts state lawmakers are pushing for a cell-phone consumer bill of rights law, pointing to a new study on billing, service, contracts and other...

Qualcomm, Crown Castle aim to advance mobile TV

NEW ORLEANS-In the interest of advancing mobile television services, Qualcomm Inc. said it will work with leading companies to create a multi-party organization committed...

CTIA takes technology over content in Supreme Court case

WASHINGTON-Technology makers and service providers should not be responsible for their customers' actions, especially if the service providers are hurt financially from those actions,...

Xcelis sells call re-routing product directly to consumers

Xcelis Communications L.L.C. said it has revamped its call re-routing offering so that now the company will sell its Pantheon product to customers so...
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