RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it invested another $10 million into IPWireless Inc., which develops UMTS TD-CDMA network technology. Sprint Nextel initially invested $4 million in IPWireless in July. Sprint Nextel is currently trialing IPWireless' UMTS TD-CDMA technology in Washington, D.C. using its 2.5...
WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision preventing families of New York firefighters killed at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, from suing Motorola Inc. and New York City over allegedly defective two-way radios. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-New technologies and products are bringing the promise of fresh revenue-but are also producing revenue losses, according to a report by Juniper Research. Traditional revenue-assurance safeguards, ones designed to prevent leakage from fraud and billing errors, "are now inadequate to deal with...
LONDON-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. announced a dramatic increase in its net income during the fourth quarter as well as a boost in its shipment numbers, results the company in part attributed to the success of its Walkman-branded music phones. "This was another solid...
ATLANTA-Air2Web Inc. said it is providing wireless gateway services for WNEP Channel 16 in Pennsylvania to allow the station to send short message service notifications about weather-related school closures to parents, students and school employees.WNEP covers northeastern and central Pennsylvania. The station has written...
SHENZHEN, China-China's largest telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. announced that its global sales jumped to $8.2 billion in 2005-a 40 percent increase over 2004's results. The company said demand for wireless mobile networks, next-generation networks, optical networks, data communications applications and software...
MIAMI-Brightstar Corp. continued to strengthen its presence in the Asia-Pacific market with a new subsidiary in Hong Kong. The mobile phone distributor and supply chain management company opened the doors to its new sales offices and a distribution center in the city, which it...
OSLO, Norway-Internet browser vendor Opera Software ASA teamed with Bytemobile Inc. on a new mobile Web browser for 3G handsets. The offering, which the companies said increases current browser speeds by as much as 300 percent when running over 3G networks, integrates Bytemobile's Optimization...
BERLIN-In an announcement showing that the company is not to be forgotten, BenQ Mobile unveiled its new consumer mobile phone brand: BenQ-Siemens. The launch coincides with the release of the company's first phones carrying company's the new logo. Taiwanese electronics manufacturer BenQ Corp. last...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Wireline voice and high speed Internet service provider TDS Metrocom said it has started the commercial rollout of a broadband wireless network in Madison, Wis. TDS Metrocom is part of Telephone and Data Systems Telecommunications Corp., as is cellular carrier U.S. Cellular...
WALTHAM, Mass.-Supported by advertising revenue, the city of Boston says its public Wi-Fi project currently provides free Internet access in four commercial districts of the city. The city said the project stands as an example of how advertising-supported Wi-Fi can eliminate usage charges and...
CHICAGO-A power outage put a U.S. Cellular Corp. switching center near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, out of commission for several hours Monday. The outage caused disruptions in cellular service to the carrier's customers in eastern Iowa and one portion of western Illinois. Cellular service went...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Venture capital funds continue to roll over the wireless industry, with two chip companies and an antenna vendor announcing the latest in fundraising. First up, WiMAX chipmaker TeleCIS Wireless Inc. announced it raised $10 million in its third round of funding. The...
SURREY, United Kingdom-Argo Interactive Group plc announced it acquired rival ACTeSys GmbH for $4 million in cash. The combined company will operate under the Argogroup name, and expects to offer a suite of end-to-end testing and monitoring solutions to wireless carriers. Privately held Argogroup...
SEATTLE-Mobile software developer Volantis Systems Ltd. launched a suite of applications for carriers, content providers and third parties looking to sell content to wireless users. The offerings include a mobile storefront and user interface, content management software, on-device media player and an application that...
SAN FRANCISCO-African Americans and Latinos use their cellular phones most often, and young users across the board talk the most, according to an analysis of postpaid wireless customer bills by industry research firm Telephia. Between the first and third quarters of 2005, monthly minutes...
HOUSTON-Texas-based Internet service provider Internet America Inc. has agreed to buy the operating assets of 2Fast Communications Inc., a wireless ISP. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Internet America said it expects to close the deal within 30 days.According to Internet America,...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. obtained a temporary restraining order against two companies it believes have sold mobile-phone records online. The Federal court in Atlanta granted the order against Data Find Solutions Inc. and First Source Information Specialists Inc. Cingular said it believes Data Find Solutions...
NEW YORK-Credit ratings firm Standard & Poor's is turning a sharp eye on wireline companies and their wireless offspring, citing concerns about wireline businesses' ability to compete with Voice over Internet Protocol providers, particularly cable companies. Verizon Communications Inc. and its related companies, including...
Wireless is getting Googled. And, well, Yahoo'd. The Internet giants have made numerous headlines in recent weeks as they rush to become the premier destination on the wireless Web. And they're doing it in very different ways.Google Inc. fired the year's opening salvo earlier...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Apple Computer Inc. fueled speculation about its intentions in wireless as the company's efforts to trademark the phrase "Mobile Me" came to light. Apple has filed a series of applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office laying claim to "Mobile Me" to...
MIAMI-Strax Holdings Inc., which sells mobile phones, phone accessories and data services, announced it acquired European accessory makers more...Mobilfunkzubehor GmbH and more...International Ltd. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."The new company will become one of the largest and fastest-growing mobile-phone accessory companies in...
Investors gave tower companies a thumbs up last week as plans for augmenting or expanding their facilities were greeted with a slew of new financing options. SBA Communications Corp., the nation's fifth-largest tower company, said it obtained a new $160 million credit facility. SBA...
WASHINGTON-Calling the territory of Guam from a wireless phone can be expensive, and the delegate that represents the island doesn't think it should be-especially since wireline carriers can't charge more for calls to Guam than they charge for long-distance calls to other parts of...
