Yearly Archives: 2005

Telecom companies not tracking competition, study says

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Most U.S. telecom companies are not tracking and assessing their competitors around the world, according to a new study.Two-thirds of more than...

Skype expands SMS offering for GSM users

LONDON-Skype is testing a free service that allows users to send text messages to any GSM handset, the Voice over Internet Protocol provider said...

24/7 teams with Vindigo for wireless advertising

NEW YORK-Interactive marketing company 24/7 Real Media Inc. and wireless content vendor Vindigo announced an innovative teaming that will add advertisements to Vindigo's WAP...

Near-field forum gains members

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-The Near Field Communications Forum, an industry association launched last year to promote NFC technology, announced 20 new additions to its organization.New sponsor...

Infineon enjoys upgrade

NEW YORK-Deutsche Bank raised its rating on Infineon from "sell" to "buy" Thursday following news that the company plans to restructure its chip manufacturing...

AirNet receives $1M order in Portugal

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. said it has received about $1 million in expansion orders from Tecore Wireless Systems to deploy its base station products...

Global Wi-Fi revenue grows 15% in 2004

LONDON-The worldwide equipment business for Wi-Fi enjoyed traction last year in revenue and unit sales, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. Global...

Google allows wireless users to search for movie info.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. has rolled out a movie-search service for wireless subscribers, allowing users to access show times and theater locations and phone...

Alaska Communications posts strong wireless growth

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. reported a record 5,128 net wireless subscriber additions during the fourth quarter of last year, ending 2004 with...

Snowden leaves FCC to become VP at CTIA

WASHINGTON-K. Dane Snowden, chief of the FCC's Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, is leaving the Federal Communications Commission to become vice president of strategic...

Siemens hushes handset biz rumors with new low-end phones

Proving wrong rumors of an imminent shutdown of its handset business, Siemens released three new low-end phones in an effort to trump low-cost vendors...

Qwest sweetens MCI offer in battle with Verizon

Qwest Communications International Inc. submitted a revised proposal to acquire MCI Inc. that included a collar on its stock price and accelerating the timing...

Australian provider touts non-line-of-sight network success

RICHARDSON, Texas-Australian high-speed wireless provider Unwired Australia Pty Ltd. said it is seeing strong customer up-take of its wireless broadband service in Sydney, Australia,...

Jamdat roller-coaster ride ends with 4Q profit

Jamdat Mobile Inc. may have finally climbed off the roller coaster.The mobile game maker posted a solid fourth quarter of 2004, reporting revenues of...

FCC hands wireless carriers a win on intercarrier compensation

WASHINGTON-Rural wireline carriers can no longer file tariffs with state commissions that charge wireless carriers to terminate calls, said the Federal Communications Commission Thursday,...

Think tank predicts Broadband over Power Lines will be reality

WASHINGTON-Broadband over Power Lines is a reality but it won't be much better than current high-speed offerings, experts told reporters Thursday. "BPL is moving...

New wireless-focused fund forms

DALLAS-Executives from Genesis Campus Funds announced they will form a new fund centered on wireless. Headed by wireless veterans Roman Kikta, Frank Lee, Michael...

Verizon Wireless expands ring-back service in the West

DENVER-Verizon Wireless continues to gradually roll out its ring-back tone offering, announcing that the service is now available in Colorado, Idaho, Utah and southern...

Samsung demos push-to-all technology

SUWON, Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. jumped into the push-to-do-everything arena with the company's demonstration of what it calls its PTA (push-to-all) solution. Samsung said...

Shentel reports increasing wireless revenue

EDINBURG, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said it added 4,560 direct wireless subscribers during the fourth quarter of last...

Analyst firm warns of hype around mobile TV

BOSTON-The deafening buzz surrounding mobile TV may be unwarranted, according to a report from Strategy Analytics.In the new study, "Mobile TV: Hype not Justified...

Virgin Mobile targets March 1 launch in Canada

TORONTO-The Virgin Mobile Group is reportedly set to launch a mobile virtual network operator-based wireless service in Canada March 1 using Bell Canada's CDMA...

Broadcom to repurchase stock

IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp said its board of directors has authorized a program to repurchase its Class A common stock with an aggregate value of...

Ericsson ups CDMA profile with contracts

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson improved its CDMA profile with two contracts, one for CDMA2000 1x and the other for CDMA2000 450 MHz technology. The vendor...

Motorola joins WWiSE consortium for 802.11n proposal

Motorola Inc. has thrown its weight behind one of two main standard proposals being developed for 802.11n technology.The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency consortium said...
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