Yearly Archives: 2005

Libby, Alito and the interruption of everything

If all Congress does before leaving town for the year is approve fiscal 2006 funding for the Federal Communications Commission and other government agencies...

Financial Briefs

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. outlined its mid- and long-term goals at its analyst day event this week, promising to become one of the world's...

WiMAX World draws range of alliances, products

Product announcements streamed out of Boston during WiMAX World 2005, a show where the attendance increased from the hundreds in 2004 to the thousands...

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...

Look for aggressive holiday sales as Cingular, Verizon fight for No. 1

While most will busy themselves with decorations and gifts this holiday season, U.S. carriers and handset makers likely will be caught up in fierce...

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...

Strong chip sales boost Qualcomm’s 4Q

SAN DIEGO-As demand for and shipments of Qualcomm Inc.'s chips took off, so did the company's financial performance. Qualcomm, the world's second-largest chip maker...

Cost, quality remain concerns for mobile Internet users

CHICAGO-More than half of the world's mobile phone users with multimedia handsets use their phones to access the Internet or check e-mail at least...

World Briefs

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association tapped VeriSign Inc. to power its text messaging service. The industry association, which represents 10 carriers, will use Metcalf...

Defense Dept.’s use of spectrum debated

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Does the military use its spectrum resources efficiently and effectively? The question was debated in a week-long conference. At one end of the...

New Orleans rebuilding with wireless

As the 2005 hurricane season draws to a close, it leaves behind a Gulf Coast region with a changed state of communications. First and...

Boost to use Oz for wireless IM services

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile L.L.C. launched a downloadable client that allows AOL, MSN and Yahoo instant-messaging users to access the services from their handset. Montreal-based...

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...

FCC extends emergency alert rules to modern technologies

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission extended emergency alert rules to digital media technologies, while soliciting additional comment on how the government can integrate wireless technologies...

GTP buys Mesa Towers

Global Tower Partners said it is bought Mesa Communications Group, a tower company that had about 250 towers in the Northeast, New England and...

Nortel leaves 3Q with new boss, net loss

Nortel Networks Ltd. posted a third-quarter net loss of $105 million, or 2 cents per share, less than what was expected after the mayhem...

Court: Excise tax illegal: How ruling affects wireless industry remains murky

WASHINGTON-The IRS lost another round in its quest to keep collecting a 3-percent tax on talking. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th...

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...

T-Mobile pricing program looks similar to Leap’s

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. got a jump on the holiday shopping season by rolling out a promotional rate plan that includes 1,500 anytime calling...

Worldwide hot spots to number 100,000

LONDON-The worldwide public Wi-Fi market is expected to reach 100,000 hot spots by the end of this year, according to Informa Telecoms & Media's...

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...

T-Mobile USA renews Syniverse contract

TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies said it signed a multiyear contract renewal with T-Mobile USA Inc. to provide clearing and settlement services for wireless voice roaming....

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,...

Customers abandon regional carriers

Regional carriers continued to bleed customers during the third quarter as more competition and evolving networks drove up churn for a number of operators...

Senate sets TV transition date three months after House bill

WASHINGTON-The Senate late Thursday agreed to set the date to complete the digital TV transition at April 7, 2009, after a failed attempt to...
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