WASHINGTON-A Florida company that makes and sells radio-frequency jammers for the federal government and overseas markets has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission claiming it is being harmed by its inability to sell the devices to state and local governments. "The plaintiff...
SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. announced it has hired Jerry Elliott as its new president and chief executive officer, succeeding Wesley Edens, who will serve as chairman of the company's board. Elliot recently served as president of Citizens Communications Co., a New York Stock Exchange-listed...
In Congress, there is a mix of indignant outrage and saluting support for President Bush's warrant-less wiretapping program. The program is suspected to have been in place since 2001, the year terrorists struck hard at the United States.The outrage on Capitol Hill is not...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-IPass Inc. said it signed a roaming agreement with European Wi-Fi operator The Cloud. The agreement gives iPass customers access to more than 6,000 new Wi-Fi hot spots in the United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden, said the company.The Cloud said its network...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International appointed George S. Rice Jr. its new executive director. Rice joins APCO International from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, where he currently serves as assistant executive director. APCO noted that Rice has more than...
EDINBURG, Va.—Regional operator Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. is considering the sale of its wireless operations, the company said on Friday—one day before the forbearance agreement the company had signed with Sprint Nextel Corp. was to expire. Shentel, a Sprint Nextel PCS affiliate, had been in...
TOKYO—Vodafone Group plc’s Japanese operations will undergo a brand change once the sale of the unit to Softbank Corp. is complete, the two companies announced today. Vodafone assured customers that they would continue to be able to use their vodafone.ne.jp e-mail addresses and that...
WASHINGTON—Speculation is mounting that the IRS will throw in the towel and repeal a tax that goes back to the Spanish-American War and issue refunds to some consumers and companies after losing again in federal appeals court. "If the government has in fact decided...
SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung Electronics Co. reported net income in the first quarter of $1.96 billion, a modest increase from the $1.6 billion net income the electronics giant reported in the year-ago quarter. Mobile phones and chips represented about two-thirds of Samsung’s reported revenue, which...
LANCASTER, U.K.—Monstermob Group plc continued its spending spree in China, agreeing to shell out $81.5 million to acquire content provider W-Infinity. W-Infinity, which is based in Beijing, netted $12.4 million last year selling off-deck content to wireless users in 27 of the country’s 31...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Content provider Giant Mobile filed a $23 million lawsuit against Hustler publisher LFP Inc., claiming the company failed to honor a 3-year-old licensing deal. Giant claims that LFP reneged on the 2003 agreement "in order to cut a better deal with another...
WASHINGTON—A Florida company that makes and sells radio-frequency jammers for the federal government and overseas market has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission claiming it is being harmed by its inability to sell the devices to state and local governments. "The plaintiff...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR Wireless News.CarrierStandard & Poor’s Ratings Services placed its B- corporate credit rating and bank...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. announced first-quarter results that were down significantly from the previous quarter, but more than triple its earnings from the same quarter last year. Sony Ericsson earned about $132 million in the first quarter, down from $174 million in...
WASHINGTON—Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine (D) signed into law landmark legislation creating the nation’s first flat tax on wireless and other communications services in the state. The legislation, championed by Del. Samuel Nixon (R), caps the communications tax at 5 percent. The mobile-phone industry, facing...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Yahoo Inc. scored another wireless win, inking a deal to deliver search and information services for subscribers of soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. The MVNO, a joint venture by SK Telecom and Earthlink Inc. slated to launch this spring, said it...
LOS ANGELES – Amp’d Mobile Inc. continued to rake in venture capital this week, raising $150 million in a third round of funding. New investors Tudor Investments, Intel Capital, Rho Ventures, Qualcomm Inc., Quilvest Ventures, Polygon Investment Partners and Heights Capital Management participated in...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that it will help parents locate their children through a downloadable Family Locator service that utilizes Global Positioning System technology in handsets. The service sneaks into the market ahead of mobile virtual network operator Disney Mobile’s locator service,...
WESTCHESTER, Ill.—Andrew Corp. says it scooped up Precision Antennas Ltd., paying about $26 million for the subsidiary of U.K.-based aerospace and defense contractor Cobham plc that makes antenna systems primarily for cellular network backhaul. Last year, Precision Antenna posted $46 million in sales. Andrew...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—IPass Inc. said it signed a roaming agreement with European Wi-Fi operator The Cloud. The agreement gives iPass customers access to more than 6,000 new Wi-Fi hot spots in the United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden, said the company.The Cloud said its network...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International appointed George S. Rice Jr. its new executive director. Rice joins APCO International from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, where he currently serves as assistant executive director. He has more than a decade of...
WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice reported Qualcomm Inc. and Flarion Technologies Inc. have agreed to pay a $1.8 million in civil penalties for violating "premerger waiting period requirements" associated with Qualcomm’s $600 million acquisition of Flarion. According to the complaint, Qualcomm obtained operational control over...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it was denying and dismissing a petition filed in 2002 by the American Bird Conservancy and the Forest Conservation Council that could have delayed building wireless facilities along the Gulf Coast while the requested environmental reviews were completed....
