Yearly Archives: 2005

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...

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...

Regulators probe Nortel’s retirement, investment plans

OTTOWA-In its quarterly filing with U.S. regulators, Nortel Networks Corp. revealed it received a subpoena on Aug. 23 from the U.S. Attorney's office for...

Senate passes April 7, 2009, hard date for DTV

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...

UTStarcom’s share rise on its 3Q loss

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. announced net sales of $635.3 million and a net loss of $402.7 million, or $3.40 per share, in its third quarter.Those...

xMAX demo shows distance, power benefits

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-xG Technology announced the successful demonstration of its radio-frequency modulation and encoding platform, xMAX, by broadcasting a data stream equal to full-motion...

Samsung outlines ambitious long-term goals

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. outlined its mid- and long-term goals at its analyst day event this week, promising to become one of...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersStandard & Poor's Rating Services...

US, EU, some Asian countries will not assess tariffs on multi-chip circuits

WASHINGTON-Top Bush administration trade negotiator Rob Portman said the United States negotiated an agreement with the European Union, Japan, Korea and Taiwan in applying...

When the going gets rough, wireless users usually give up

NETANYA, Israel-Mobile users who have trouble accessing data services are far more likely to give up than to seek help from their operator or...

MSV pushes satellite-terrestrial wireless network

Reston, Va.-Mobile Satellite Ventures continues to push its terrestrial-satellite wireless offering, announcing a Capitol Hill demonstration of its technology as well as plans to...

NEC, Ericsson flex HSDPA might

TOKYO-NEC Corp. said its High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology is ready for commercial use worldwide after the company tested the technology on Vodafone...

InterDigital reverses net loss, settles dispute with Lucent

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. posted increasing revenues and a net income of $6.5 million, news that comes on the...

Sennari to publish Star Trek game with prizes

LOS ANGELES-Sennari Entertainment inked a deal with Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products to create prize-based games based on the Star Trek franchise. The publisher...

Calypso reports dual-mode device sales

MIAMI LAKES, Fla.-Calypso Wireless Inc. announced two purchase orders for its C1259i Dual Mode ASNAP Wi-Fi/GSM/GPRS Voice over IP phone.The first order is a...

Trust Digital wins $9 million for enterprise security

MCLEAN, Va-Trust Digital snared $9 million in its Series B funding round, the developer of mobile enterprise security software announced today. Bell Canada Enterprises...

Samsung, KT Freetel among those joining Qualcomm’s FLO Forum

FREMONT, Calif.-The FLO Forum, a four-month-old association formed to advance mobile TV technology, said nine new companies have joined its ranks.The new members are...

LG-Nortel joint venture hits ground running

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. and Nortel Networks Ltd. said they completed a transaction that forms a joint venture between the two companies.The...

Syniverse renews T-Mobile 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.Syniverse...

Cingular cuts $100 off Rokr price tag

ATLANTA-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...

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...

American Tower rises on SpectraSite merger

BOSTON-American Tower Corp., the nation's largest tower company, posted an operating profit of $176.7 million in its rental and management segment, up 49 percent...

T-Mobile pricing plan 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...

Mobile ESPN launches bundled voice and data 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...

VoIP bill moves through Senate as industry expands

WASHINGTON-Recognizing that sometimes it is the local wireline arrier that is the impediment to new communications technologies gaining access to enhanced 911 services, the...
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