Without divulging financial details, Nortel Networks Ltd. bagged what is likely a hefty contract to supply Verizon Wireless with CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A network technology beginning in the third quarter. Albert Lin, telecom analyst at American Technology Research, estimated that Verizon's total Rev....
WASHINGTON—A confluence of legal, technological and political forces could slow or significantly alter mega-merger mania that has raged largely unabated in the wireless and wireline telecom sectors in recent years, with AT&T Inc.'s $67 billion bid for BellSouth Corp. materializing into a grand test...
WASHINGTON—Wireless carriers that plan to use traffic studies to determine their universal-service contributions must maintain all of the necessary data in case the Federal Communications Commission decides to audit the results. The text of the traffic studies rules is pretty harsh. "We take an...
Amdocs Ltd. continued its spending spree last week, agreeing to shell out $375 million to acquire operations support provider Cramer Systems Group Ltd. Cramer, a privately held, London-based outfit, produces network resource management software for mobile and fixed-line telecommunications companies. The firm boasts more...
REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft Corp.'s Mobile and Embedded Devices division achieved profitability for the first time, the company announced. The division houses the company's smart-phone efforts. Microsoft's division logged an operating income of $2 million for the year, a turnaround from a loss of $65 million...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Shares of Motorola Inc. inched upward after the company unveiled plans to step up its stock buy-back plan. Motorola said it will spend $1.2 billion to buy back its stock ahead of schedule as part of a $4.5 billion repurchase plan announced in...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Shares of L.M. Ericsson dipped after the infrastructure provider posted a slight decline in second-quarter net profit due to its recent acquisition of Marconi Corp. Ericsson said its profit fell 2 percent to $778 million as revenue rose 15 percent to $6 billion...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Yahoo Inc. took yet another step onto the wireless playground, inking a deal to preload its Go for Mobile service on "tens of millions" of handsets from Motorola Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The application, which includes Yahoo-branded mobile services...
Hey, here's one for Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman and other hopefuls for Texas Gov. Rick Perry's job in Austin, stepping stone to the White House. They can ask Perry what's the story with the rise of mobile phones as the contraband of choice...
While the world watches Intel Corp. try to position itself at the top of the WiMAX market for laptop chips, French chipmaker Sequans Communications quietly announced that its low-power-consuming WiMAX chip for handsets and WiMAX infrastructure products is being sampled by top manufacturers. During...
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.—As multimedia-enabled handsets flood the market, so are external memory options, according to a new report from The NPD Group. The number of handsets equipped with removable media slots increased more than 250 percent to 2 million phones sold in the first...
Amid speculation that some CDMA operators are turning to GSM technology, GSM proponents have stepped up lobbying efforts to tout the technology's global success. Meanwhile, CDMA backers say the moves have little to do with technology and instead are based on government policies and...
WASHINGTON—The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police is urging Congress to lean on the Federal Communications Commission to put the 700 MHz Cyren Call Communications Corp. proposal out for comment. "It's alarming that the average American household has access to more advanced technology than...
WASHINGTON—Instead of giving subsidies to rural telephone companies, the government could save $1 billion a year by giving away free wireless and satellite phones to Americans who do not have access to landline telephony, according to a study released by the Seniors Coalition. "The...
Yet another wireless startup is diving head-first into the mobile payment waters this week, as Secure Wireless Transfers Corp. plans to team with the Association of Surfing Professionals for its coming-out party. The Orange County, Calif.-based company will introduce "KushCash," a system allowing consumers...
Mobile-phone penetration rates are surpassing 90 percent in markets around the world, reaching the saturation point in Hong Kong, South Korea and Western Europe. Meanwhile, handset manufacturers continue to gain ground. Worldwide mobile-phone shipments in the second quarter fell just short of an all-time...
SEATTLE—Starbucks Coffee Co. is the latest mega-brand to go mobile, launching a scavenger-hunt promotional campaign for wireless users. The coffee giant launched a Web site, starbuckssummer.com, that allows customers to send a message to a short code and receive three weekly clues on their...
NEW YORK—Spending on wireless equipment is in a bit of a slump, according to Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.'s U.S. telecom capex preview. The firm said Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest carrier, is spending money on third-generation equipment, but those capital expenditures are...
NEW YORK—Spending on wireless equipment is in a bit of a slump, according to Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.’s U.S. telecom capex preview. The firm said Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation’s largest carrier, is spending money on third-generation equipment, but those capital expenditures are...
REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft Corp.’s Mobile and Embedded Devices division achieved profitability for the first time, the company announced. The division houses the company’s smart phone efforts. Microsoft’s division logged an operating income of $2 million for the year, a turnaround from a loss of $65...
ATLANTA—Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. cost parent EarthLink Inc. $13.3 million in losses last quarter, according to EarthLink’s second quarter earnings report—and EarthLink said it expects those losses to widen over the coming quarters.For the third quarter of 2006, EarthLink said, it expects...
EDINBURG, Va.—Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. has extended its forbearance agreement with Sprint Nextel Corp. to Aug. 14 or whenever a lawsuit pending against the national carrier by other affiliates is resolved. Shentel has agreed not to file suit against Sprint Nextel in exchange for the...
FORT WORTH, Texas—A slight increase in wireless sales wasn't enough to offset lagging overall sales and an expensive turnaround program for RadioShack Corp. during the second quarter. The electronics retailer said wireless sales were up 2 percent during the period over the year-ago quarter,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Shares of L.M. Ericsson dipped after the infrastructure provider posted a slight decline in second-quarter net profit due to its recent acquisition of Marconi Corp. Ericsson said its profit fell 2 percent to $778 million as revenue rose 15 percent to $6 billion...
