Yearly Archives: 2005

U.S. Cellular, TDS receive non-comply notices from AMEX, NYSE

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. and parent company Telephone and Data Systems Inc. said they received notices from The American Stock Exchange and The New York...

Broadband agenda meets political divide

WASHINGTON-Republicans last week criticized a new Democratic high-tech agenda highlighting wireless broadband potential, ratcheting up political rhetoric about which party is providing more support...

Shoppers prefer Wal-Mart, RadioShack over carrier stores

PORT WASHINGTON, New York-Big-box retailers deliver a better shopping experience for mobile phone users than wireless operators do through their own branded outlets, according...

ShortTV intros cell phone video greetings

NEW YORK-Entertainment company ShortTV announced a new Web site that will allow mobile phone users to send video greetings to each other. "These short...

Wireless harmed in draft USF bill

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry would take a hit if a universal-service reform bill becomes law, although the bill's sponsor said the broadband standard was specifically...

Abernathy to leave FCC Dec. 9

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy said Thursday she will leave the Federal Communications Commission Dec. 9, even though the White House has yet to name...

T-Mobile International signs music-download deal with Siemens

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said its Music2You music download technology is set to launch through T-Mobile International. The two companies recently signed a framework agreement,...

Alltel rolls up Midwest Wireless

Alltel Corp. continued its rural expansion by gobbling up privately held Midwest Wireless for $1.075 billion in cash. The acquisition comes just months after...

Mobile search vendor UpSnap goes public

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-UpSnap Inc. generated a significant round of funding by going public earlier this week, the company said Thursday. According to documents filed with...

Cingular targets children with Firefly phone

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new phone aimed at children. The carrier picked up Firefly Mobile Inc.'s Firefly phone, which Firefly...

Motorola expands influence in India

NEW DELHI, India-Motorola Inc. announced it expanded its operations in India, and will begin assembling phones in the country. Previously, Motorola shipped phones into...

Cingular updates wireless Web

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is overhauling its wireless Web service in an effort to woo would-be mobile Internet surfers and boost content sales. The largest...

Symbian posts increasing OS shipments

LONDON-Symbian Ltd. said shipments of Symbian OS phones increased 131 percent during the third quarter to 8.54 million units compared with 3.7 million units...

Qualcomm announces new platforms for EV-DO and HSDPA

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. launched two next-generation wireless platforms-DO Multi-carrier Multi-link eXtensions and HSDPA Multi-carrier Multi-link eXtensions. The company said the DMMX and HMMX platforms...

VoIP deployments to triple by 2007

LONDON-A new study by Infonetics Research says deployments of Voice over Internet Protocol are set to triple in the next two years, jumping from...

T-Mobile International looking to bolster U.S. operations through acquisitions, spectrum purchases

NEW YORK-T-Mobile USA Inc.'s parent company T-Mobile International said it planned to bolster its U.S. operations through the acquisition of smaller U.S. operators and...

Alltel launches mobile TV, introduces CDMA Razr

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will offer MobiTV Inc.'s video service running on the Motorola Inc. Razr V3c beginning next week.The CDMA2000 1x...

Sprint Nextel buys Attunity’s data integration platform

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to use Attunity Ltd.'s data integration platform to provide seamless access to operational and call detail records for its...

Taiwanese carrier to offer converged services through Azaire

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Taiwanese carrier Chunghwa Mobile Business Group said it will deploy Azaire Networks Inc.'s Internet Protocol Converged Network Platform.The product will allow Chunghwa...

Wireless broadband companies Wave Wireless and WaveRider announce merger

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless mesh router maker Wave Wireless Corp. and wireless broadband technology developer WaveRider Communications announced plans to merge, saying the combined company...

U.S. Cellular, TDS receive non-compliance notifications from AMEX and NYSE

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. and parent company Telephone and Data Systems Inc. said they received notices from The American Stock Exchange and The New York...

Mobile Marketing Association adds members

BELLEVUE, Wash.-The Mobile Marketing Association continues to gain momentum, adding more than six dozen members worldwide in the last three months.The nonprofit organization, which...

BellSouth launches wireless backup solution, expands wireless broadband coverage

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. unveiled its Wireless Data Backup solution for business customers that utilizes Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s EDGE network to back up BellSouth's existing wireline...

Broadcasters fight back against TV White Space proposal

WASHINGTON-The television industry fought back Tuesday against a proposal to use vacant TV channels for unlicensed uses following the transition to digital TV. "The...

IBM touts its IMS solution

ARMONK, N.Y.-IBM Corp. lobbed its new Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems offering into the marketplace, saying the gear will help telecommunications service providers transition to...
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