BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless said it purchased Mid-Missouri Cellular, a small TDMA/CDMA operator in central Missouri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.The deal includes Mid-Missouri’s 27 cell sites and other network equipment, plus spectrum licenses that cover 198,000 potential customers in seven counties,...
LAS VEGAS-As Voice over Internet Protocol calling over Wi-Fi networks picks up speed, interoperability issues between voice and Wi-Fi platforms, networks and applications are emerging. But almost as quickly as technical worms surface, developers begin to work on solutions, ensuring that use of wireless...
LAS VEGAS-Sprint Nextel Corp. doesn't expect to add many new mobile virtual network operators to its network and plans to take time to digest the ones it already has and see how they do, company officials said at CTIA Wireless 2006.Len Lauer, Sprint Nextel's...
LAS VEGAS-No big-time mergers for L.M. Ericsson, said the company's chief executive, Carl-Henric Svanberg, during a press conference Thursday.As Svanberg laid out Ericsson's technology strategy, he explained that the current trend toward vendor consolidations puts pressure on the smaller firms and gives large players...
WASHINGTON-The American Bird Conservancy and the Forest Conservation Council urged a federal appeals court to order the Federal Communications Commission to take action to protect migratory birds from the ill-effects of tower siting."Three-and-a-half years is an unreasonable delay," Jennifer Chavez on behalf of the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's decision to back the wireless industry in health litigation against mobile-phone companies has become a flashpoint in six brain-cancer lawsuits awaiting a key ruling by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.The FCC in November sought court permission to...
WASHINGTON-The Senate is working to pass sweeping immigration reform legislation that would increased high-tech visa limits aggressively lobbied for by the powerful telecom and high-tech lobbies, but opposed by organized labor."For the United States to maintain its stature as the global leader in math,...
WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee last week passed its version of telecom reform by a vote of 27-4, leaving out amendments on network neutrality, universal service and a study of federal spectrum usage.In a markup that lasted all day, members debated various provisions with network...
LAS VEGAS-PayPal Inc. officially went mobile, launching a service that allows users to make purchases and send or receive funds via wireless phones. Wireless subscribers can use the offering-which the company quietly began testing several weeks ago-to send money to other registered PayPal members...
Clearwire Corp. is introducing a voice over Internet protocol service today that will allow subscribers to make voice calls via Clearwire's pre-WiMAX wireless broadband network. The $30 monthly service will first be available in Clearwire's Stockton, Calif. , market, where it has been...
WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. posted results largely in-line with analyst expectations, with a net income for the quarter of $18.4 million, but investors appeared fatigued of the BlackBerry maker—which recently settled its long-running legal dispute with patent-holding company NTP Inc.—and sent the company’s...
LAS VEGAS—Qualcomm Inc. announced it expects to see commercial CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision B devices on the market by the end of next year. The company did not say which carriers would launch the network technology, or which device makers were building Rev. B products....
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—724 Solutions Inc. announced it will go ahead with its plan to be acquired by venture-capital firm Austin Ventures. Austin said it would acquire 724 for $3.34 per common share. The amount is slightly more than the previous purchase price the companies...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News.CellularBangladesh:...
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.CarriersStandard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned an A-2 short-term rating to Sprint Nextel...
By Jeremy Mullman CHICAGO—An alcohol industry watchdog group is accusing Anheuser-Busch of marketing beer to underage drinkers after the brewer announced a partnership to advertise on MobiTV, a streaming TV service for mobile phones.A-B said it is partnering with MobiTV in a deal that...
LAS VEGAS—When Jorma Olilla, chairman and chief executive officer of Nokia Corp., bid farewell to the industry at CTIA Wireless 2006’s opening day keynote session on Wednesday, he asked the audience’s indulgence to reminisce about wireless’ coming of age during his 13-year tenure. Olilla...
LAS VEGAS—When asked during an interview with RCR Wireless News what drew him to take the top job at Nortel Networks, CEO Mike Zafirovski said, "I love business, and this is the closest thing to sports for me. I am very fortunate to have...
LAS VEGAS—No big-time mergers for L.M. Ericsson, said the company’s chief executive, Carl-Henric Svanberg, during a press conference Thursday. As Svanberg laid out Ericsson’s technology strategy, he explained that the current trend toward vendor consolidations puts pressure on the smaller firms and gives large...
LAS VEGAS—Having set itself up as the text-message connection for American Idol, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is aiming to help other musical unknowns grab a little bit of the limelight. Cingular is partnering with the popular social networking Web site MySpace.com and mobile content company...
LAS VEGAS—Both ZTE Corp. and Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. are launching infrastructure equipment during the CTIA show that may not have an immediate market, but provide insights into the innovative and gutsy nature of the Chinese vendors, eager to increase their share of the...
LAS VEGAS-SMS.ac Inc. is joining the stampede toward user-generated mobile content. The San Diego-based messaging company unveiled a software offering designed to allow users to publish and monetize their own content. Members can create blogs, video clips or music and set a price at...
WASHINGTON—The American Bird Conservancy and the Forest Conservation Council urged a federal appeals court Thursday morning to order the Federal Communications Commission to take action to protect migratory birds from the ill-effects of tower siting. "Three-and-a-half years is an unreasonable delay," Jennifer Chavez told...
WASHINGTON—After the operators of 26 websites that offer cell-phone records for sale refused to answer a letter sent in February, the House Commerce Committee upped the ante Thursday morning by issuing subpoenas to 12 companies seeking copies of various records including revenue reports and...
