Yearly Archives: 2005

Siemens’ financials sour

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG reported its fourth-quarter results, posting a net profit of $90.6 million, which was an 88 percent decline compared with the year-ago...

Leap 3Q revenues up substantially

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. posted-stronger-than-expected third-quarter financial results, which were bolstered by solid customer growth and improved customer revenues.The carrier, which offers its...

Japan opens spectrum to new players

TOKYO-Japan hopes to stoke competition in its hard-to-penetrate mobile-phone market by allowing three new entrants to offer wireless services. The country's telecommunications ministry opened...

Amp’d campaign: “Try not to die-Amp’d Mobile is coming”

LOS ANGELES-Amp'd Mobile Inc. unveiled its pre-launch marketing campaign, which will let consumers know that the youth-focused mobile virtual network operator is inching closer...

Visto adds $70 million to war chest

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Visto Corp. hopes a whopping $70 million financing round can propel it to the forefront of the white-hot wireless e-mail space.The developer...

Congress rejects primary-line restrictions for USF

WASHINGTON-Since the digital TV transition issue put universal-service reform on the back burner, lawmakers recently agreed to renew a one-year restriction on any efforts...

Treo maker pledges to continue using Palm OS

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-In a letter addressed to Palm OS developers, Palm Inc.'s Ed Colligan reiterated the company's support for the Palm platform. "I'm writing to...

LG to make SavaJe phone

SEOUL-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it will sell a mobile phone running SavaJe Technologies' Java-based operating system. The move is notable since SavaJe counts...

Verizon again sues to stop information theft

TAMPA, Fla.-Verizon Wireless said it obtained an immediate injunction against Florida-based private investigative agency Global Information Group, which the carrier said had attempted to...

Motorola invests in micro fuel cell vendor

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its equity investment arm made a strategic investment in Tekion Inc.Tekion develops micro fuel cells for mobile products. The company's...

Regulators praise CTIA content classification system

WASHINGTON-Federal regulators late Tuesday praised CTIA's initiative to classify mobile content into Restricted Carrier Content-available to those above 18 years old-and Generally Acceptable Carrier...

TeliaSonera trialing converged services

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Nordic carrier TeliaSonera said it will test its fixed and mobile telephony initiatives using L.M. Ericsson's Unlicensed Mobile Access technology in Sweden. The...

BlackBerry wades into Web-service waters

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. launched its Blackberry Mobile Data System, which the company said supports Web service application development.The product includes a visual...

Leap plans expansion in Northwest, retreats from Midwest

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported plans to exit one of its Midwest markets in favor of expanding its Northwest footprint. The company, which...

Michigan tests wireless traffic monitoring system

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and The Michigan Department of Transportation announced plans to establish a roadside network aimed at reducing accidents and congestion by wirelessly...

WiMAX vendors demo technology in Beijing

BEIJING-WiMAX is alive at the WiMAX Forum's Face-to-Face event in Beijing this week as broadband equipment companies Aperto Networks Inc., Axxcelera Broadband Wireless, Redline...

Jamdat’s revenues rise on strong game launches

LOS ANGELES-Shares of Jamdat Mobile Inc. jumped in after-hours trading Tuesday following the game publisher's announcement that its third quarter revenue more than doubled...

VCom readies IPO

VICTORIA, British Columbia-VCom Inc. moved closer to a $21 million initial public offering, announcing that it has filed a final prospectus with the securities...

T-Mobile USA beats forecasts, scores 1 million net adds

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it added 1.059 million subscribers during the third quarter, which was well above the 901,000 customers the carrier added...

Azimuth launches MIMO testing platform

ACTON, Mass-Azimuth Systems Inc. said it launched a multiple-input-multiple-output channel emulator for testing Wi-Fi equipment.The Azimuth Channel Emulator 400NB is a stand-alone testing platform...

SMS voter registration shakes S.F.

SAN FRANCISCO-Over-the-phone voting may be decades away, but a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization allowed would-be voters to use their phones to obtain voter-registration materials...

Alamosa comes in below analyst expectations

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint Nextel Corp.'s largest CDMA affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. posted a 65-percent jump in revenues during the third quarter from $211.4 million in...

Battery & Wireless cuts plans to acquire TAC Mobility

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Battery & Wireless Solutions Inc. cancelled its proposed acquisition of TAC Mobility and appointed a new chief executive officer following a review...

FCC relaxes VoIP E-911 Nov. 28 deadline

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said late Monday that Voice over Internet Protocol carriers do not have to cut off service to customers in areas...

Ericsson snags deals in Haiti and Serbia

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti-Caribbean wireless operator Digicel said it selected L.M. Ericsson to provide a GSM-based mobile network in Haiti. Digicel noted the network...
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