Yearly Archives: 2005

Andrew introduces WiMAX antenna line

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. introduced a new antenna product line designed for use with new broadband technologies such as WiMAX and other OFDM-based systems.The...

Hinshaw named Verizon Wireless CIO

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless named John Hinshaw vice president and chief information officer.Hinshaw has been an executive at Verizon Wireless since it launched five years...

Legislation to earmark DTV auction revenues for public-safety projects

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee is expected to consider legislation Thursday afternoon that will earmark $1 billion for public-safety interoperability and $250 million for implementing...

France Telecom takes full control of Orange Slovakia

PARIS-France Telecom announced an agreement with all the minority shareholders in Orange Slovakia to acquire their shares for a total $628 million, giving France...

Global ARPU drops 13%, study finds

WASHINGTON-Despite the increasing use of wireless services worldwide, companies offering wireless services have seen their monthly recurring revenues drop by 13 percent during the...

European carriers boost full-track downloads

SEATTLE-The mobile music space continued to heat up across the Atlantic this week as two European carriers rolled out new services.02 Germany unveiled a...

Lucent expands broadband portfolio with wireless

HONG KONG-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it is expanding its broadband access portfolio with the launch of Lucent Multimedia Access Platform, an Internet Protocol-based solution...

Nokia releases fashion phone trio

HONG KONG-Nokia Corp. released a trio of new phones the company described as "infusing cultural and ethnic influences with luxurious touches of the unexpected."...

Watchdog group criticizes RFID plans for drivers’ licenses

WASHINGTON-A watchdog group said the Department of Homeland Security is considering requiring radio frequency identification chips in drivers' licenses, an option that it warned...

Cingular disappoints on subscriber additions

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. fell short of reduced expectations for customer growth during the third quarter- adding 867,000 total subscribers-but maintained its position as the...

Sprint Nextel files second lawsuit over Nextel Partners’ value

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Nextel WIP Corp. subsidiary filed its second lawsuit in as many weeks against network affiliate Nextel Partners Inc., part of its...

Razr sales drive Motorola’s 3Q profits

Motorola Inc. continued its stellar ride with another record quarter, driven in large part by continued demand for the company's tremendously popular Razr phone....

Movida to use Q Comm’s prepaid services

OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc. announced it's teaming with Movida Communications to offer prepaid airtime cards, pins and handsets to Hispanic customers.Q Comm provides...

T-Mobile Czech Republic launches UMTS TD-CDMA technology

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-A T-Mobile International AG subsidiary is launching "Internet 4G," saying the next-generation wireless broadband access service is fast enough to allow subscribers...

Verizon Wireless leads in customer service, Cingular makes gains

Verizon Wireless again was singled out for superior customer service quality in Vocal Laboratories Inc.'s quarterly SectorPulse study on the quality of customer service...

House Commerce subcommittee questions FCC’s role in E-rate

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may not be the best agency to oversee the E-rate, according to a report released Tuesday by the House Commerce...

TCL to use TI chip for low-cost handsets

BEIJING-Chinese manufacturer TCL Communication Technology said it will use chips from Texas Instruments Inc. in its line of low-cost handsets. TCT will use TI's...

Most teens subscribe to Verizon Wireless service, says survey

NEW YORK-Nearly half of 10- to 18-year-old Americans use cell phones, and nearly one-third of them are subscribers of Verizon Wireless, according to a...

Verizon Wireless asks for more time on E911 rules

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless late Monday asked the Federal Communications Commission to waive its rules requiring location technology to be embedded in 95 percent of a...

Alltel rolls out rate plans to former Western, Cellular One customers

Alltel Corp. said it rolled out new rate plans to former Western Wireless Corp. and Cellular One customers who Alltel acquired when it purchased...

Cingular Wireless to sell HP EDGE device

Heading up a string of device announcements, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new enterprise-focused smart phone from Hewlett-Packard Co. The device...

Nextel Partners adds record number of 3Q customers

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it added a company-record 107,200 customers during the third quarter, which was well above analysts' estimates and a 14.7-percent...

Judge orders BCGI to stop providing prepaid services

Boston Communications Group Inc. suffered yet another legal setback Monday when a federal judge ordered the company to stop providing the prepaid wireless services...

Orange Slovakia to launch IP Wireless technology

BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic-IP Wireless Inc. announced European carrier Orange S.A will launch its "super-speed" UMTS TDD and HSDPA mobile Internet service in the coming...

Lucent, Ericsson complete HSDPA upgrades in 3 Cingular markets

Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson said they have upgraded three of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s UMTS networks with higher-speed HSDPA capabilities. Lucent said it...
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