Yearly Archives: 2005

Motorola lengthens Razr’s edge

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. unveiled additions to its popular Razr line of devices, including new colors, features and a CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Razr."These four news...

Qualcomm inks UI deal with O2

LONDON-European operator O2 UK plc said it will use Qualcomm Inc.'s uiOne user interface technology in its high-end, "X range" devices. Although somewhat limited...

New rate plans, improved network can’t stop Cincinnati Bell’s revenue decline

CINCINNATI-Regional operator Cincinnati Bell Wireless posted 4,100 net postpaid customer additions during the third quarter, which was a significant improvement on the 10,500 postpaid...

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...

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...

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...

Nokia launches open source Internet site

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. launched an Internet portal designed to allow developers to share information about open-source projects.The site, OpenSource.nokia.com, includes links that give project...

Nextel Partners ups number of company-owed stores

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it plans to open at least 21 company-owned stores by the end of the year, which would give the...

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...

Global Signal’s income dives on integration of Sprint Nextel towers

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc., the nation's third largest tower company with around 11,000 towers, reported a third-quarter net loss of $15.4 million, or 23...

Alcatel to supply Kansas with WLAN solution

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won a contract with the state of Kansas to supply wireless local area network solutions for use in the state's...

Devicescape launches Wi-Fi security client

BRISBANE, Calif.-Devicescape Software announced its new Devicescape Secure Wireless Client 1.0 product, which the company said is an embedded software package designed to help...

NY county proposes Wi-Fi security law

WASHINGTON-A county in New York could become the first place in the country to require Internet cafes with Wi-Fi to install security technology as...

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...

Cracks in the wireless foundation

What constitutes a wireless carrier?Years ago, I used to have an annual fight with an MCI spokesman because RCR Wireless News listed MCI as...

Sprint full-track downloads novel, but spendy at $2.50 a song

Sprint Nextel Corp. became the first U.S. operator to offer full-track music downloads, launching a dual-delivery service last week using phones from Samsung Electronics...

Sprint Nextel taps toward multimedia beat

Sprint Nextel Corp. took a significant step in fulfilling chief executive Gary Forsee's plans to expand the carrier's reach into other media distribution channels,...

EV-DO BlackBerry peeks out of Bell Mobility

WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. appears to be prepping an EV-DO device similar to its 7100-series of gadgets. According to documents on...

Cingular cuts $100 off Rokr price

Two months after it began selling the phone, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has cut the price of Motorola Inc.'s iTunes-capable Rokr by $100. The carrier...

Sprint Nextel joins UMTS TDD Alliance

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sprint Nextel Corp. joined the Global UMTS TDD Alliance, which is spearheaded by IPWireless Inc. Other companies joining the UMTS TDD Alliance...

Two Asian carriers commit to EV-DO Rev A

SAN DIEGO-Two Asian carriers announced plans to launch CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev A networks by the end of next year-LG Telecom, a small Korean...

Mobile ESPN launches bundled voice, data service plans

NEW YORK-Mobile ESPN L.L.C.'s unveiled rate plans for the trial launch of its mobile virtual network operator service that rolled out this week in...

DT announces massive cuts as telecom industry evolves

BERLIN-Citing changing industry dynamics, German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG said it plans to cut 32,000 jobs during the next three years-with most of...

Health litigation reverts to states

WASHINGTON-Telecom analysts said the mobile-phone industry's legal exposure is heightened by the Supreme Court's refusal last week to block health-related lawsuits from going forward...

NTIA quietly pushing Bush spectrum agenda

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration's spectrum agenda is showing signs of losing momentum and direction, a development that has prompted frustrated National Telecommunications and Information Administration...
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