The telecommunications industry is about to dramatically accelerate its move to OFDM-based mobile data networks, Flarion Technologies Inc. predicts in its recent white paper, "Trains, Planes and Automobiles." Unsurprisingly, Flarion contends its own Flash-OFDM technology can help speed the transformation of wireless networks from...
Lucent Technologies Inc. says it plans to appeal a U.S. bankruptcy court ruling ordering the telecommunications equipment giant to pay $244 million plus interest and other costs to Winstar Communications for allegedly violating the terms of a network supply and buildout contract between the...
WASHINGTON-A San Diego courtroom is expected to be the scene this week for a jury trial of a now-defunct company trying to get redress from the nation's largest wireless carrier. Sonic TSM Inc. is accusing Cingular Wireless L.L.C. of allegedly promised things it couldn't...
WASHINGTON-At the stroke of midnight Saturday, all the wireless carriers that selected a handset solution for E-911 Phase II rules failed to meet the FCC's requirements, and as RCR Wireless News went to press it was unclear if any of the carriers would receive...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission is set to vote this month on a measure that would create a first-in-the-nation Telecommunications Consumer Fraud Unit. The fraud unit proposal is part of the new version of the controversial Consumer Bill of Rights. Also in the new...
After collecting and reviewing 26 industry proposals and nearly 300 public comments during a round of information requests for a citywide Wi-Fi network, San Francisco issued an official Request for Proposal for the project Dec. 22. In a statement, the city said it intends...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-One month after announcing its restructuring, value-added service provider Mobiltek Corp. said it sold its subsidiary, Mobiltek Corp. California, to SinoConnect Ltd., a Hong Kong-based telecom system integration company. Mobiltek said it sold the subsidiary-along with the business' nine service contracts with Chinese...
LOS ANGELES-Good News Holdings L.L.C. and faith-based research firm The Barna Group Ltd. launched a portal offering wireless content including ringtones, Bible verses and video clips. The companies unveiled FaithMobile, a Web site featuring content from providers Promise Keepers, Extraordinary Women and Tyndale House...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. will team with KDDI Corp. to explore broadcasting wireless video programming to subscribers of the Japanese operator. The companies will establish MediaFlo Japan Planning Inc., a joint venture to examine licensing spectrum necessary to build a MediaFlo network in Japan. Japan's...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. scored another court victory as a New York judge confirmed a ruling that calls for Nokia Corp. to pay InterDigital around $250 million for patent licensing and technology development. The ruling stems from a contractual disagreement between Nokia...
WASHINGTON-Lynch Interactive Corp. again vehemently denied any wrongdoing in its activities with mobile-phone auctions. The company performed bidding and auction administrative services for a variety of bidders in recent years. The activities and associations of Lynch's chairman, Mario Gabelli, were the subject of a...
WASHINGTON-The Electronic Frontier Foundation blasted a federal judge's decision to give the Department of Justice access to cell-phone location information. The ruling appears to be within the scope of the digital wiretap law, but comes amid revelations that President Bush authorized phone wiretaps without...
FREMONG, Calif.-Wireless solutions provider Pegasus Wireless Corp. announced it has acquired a 51 percent controlling interest in CNet Technology Inc., a Chinese designer and manufacturer of computer network equipment, including wireless devices. The stock-based transaction is worth around $1 million.Pegasus said it expects to...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. scored another court victory as a New York judge confirmed a ruling that calls for Nokia Corp. to pay InterDigital around $250 million for patent licensing and technology development. The ruling stems from a contractual disagreement between Nokia...
WASHINGTON-Lynch Interactive Corp. again vehemently denied any wrongdoing in its activities with mobile-phone auctions. The company performed bidding and auction administrative services for a variety of bidders in recent years. The activities and associations of Lynch's chairman, Mario Gabelli, were the subject of a...
DALLAS-Nokia Corp. will showcase its wares at every CompUSA Inc. location by March, the companies said. Nokia, which already has a presence in about 200 CompUSA stores, said it plans to use the nationwide rollout to demonstrate new, high-tech devices including camera phones and...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas-AT&T Inc. said it will launch the biggest marketing campaign in company history to re-establish its brand and tout its offerings, which soon are expected to include a wireless offering running on subsidiary Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s network. The company, which was formed...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersRaymond James initiated coverage on Price Communications with a Market Perform rating. The firm said the value of Price comes from its interest in the...
NEW YORK-The wireless industry's bets are paying off, according to a new study on the industry by Standard & Poor's. The firm said the wireless industry is seeing healthy, double-digit growth in subscribers, use and revenue. The findings are detailed in S&P's "Key Credit...
BETHESDA, Md.-Municipal Wi-Fi network solution provider MobilePro Corp. said it completed its first phase of restructuring, with the goal of becoming a facilities-based provider of wholesale and retail Voice over Internet Protocol services. "After two years and 20 acquisitions, a retooling of our organization...
MUMBAI, India-Wireless distributor Brightstar Corp. has launched operations in India with headquarters in Mumbai and offices in Delhi and elsewhere. The Miami-based company launched Brightstar Telecom India Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary that will provide fixed and wireless products as well as supply...
WHEATRIDGE, Colo.-Arc Wireless Solutions Inc. announced plans for a reverse split of the company's outstanding common stock. The company said it expects the reverse split to take place late in the first quarter and said it would range between one for 20 and one...
CALGARY, Alberta-Zi Corp. announced it sold off its Beijing-based educational service provider business in order to concentrate on its predictive-text technology. Zi said it sold its Oztime and English Practice businesses to Archer Education Group Inc. for 4.1 million shares. The value of the...
