Alltel Corp. continued its rural expansion by gobbling up privately held Midwest Wireless for $1.075 billion in cash. The acquisition comes just months after Alltel closed on its $6 billion purchase of Western Wireless Corp. and follows its 2002 acquisition of CenturyTel Inc.'s wireless...
WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc., with challenges aplenty as the smallest national cell-phone carrier, has unwittingly angered the nation's top consumer group and publisher of an influential magazine that rates mobile-phone carriers. In doing so, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier helped renew criticism of a carrier...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it has resumed production and shipping of base station subsystem products after a labor dispute halted manufacturing for about a week at its Shenzhen, China plant. The company said its 1,600 workers in Shenzhen began returning to full production...
WASHINGTON-XM Satellite Radio last week quietly launched an application to bring its radio service to Windows-powered mobile phones. The largest U.S. satellite radio provider launched Pocket XM Radio, which streams commercial-free XM content directly to Windows Mobile devices. The software sells for about $20...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless inked a deal to operate kiosks in more than 100 BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. locations, the carrier said Monday.Verizon will sell wireless phones and services through the kiosks, and subscribers can check their accounts and pay bills at the locations. BJ's...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-By 2010, less than 5 percent of broadband subscribers will use WiMAX technology as a fixed wireless broadband access solution, said research firm iSuppli Corp.WiMAX technology will serve primarily niche market applications in the near term, said the company. The technology faces...
RESTON, Va.-Dobson Cellular Systems said it will use Actix's CellOpt AFP for automatic frequency planning on its GSM/GPRS and TDMA networks.The product also allows Dobson to plan and implement spectrum reallocation and to incorporate data services and other new technologies.Actix is a privately held...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Taiwanese carrier Chunghwa Mobile Business Group said it will deploy Azaire Networks Inc.'s Internet Protocol Converged Network Platform. The product will allow Chunghwa Mobile to provide services across 2.5-generation, third-generation and wireless local area networks, said the companies. In addition, Chunghwa said...
WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz rebanding process may not be going as quickly as first hoped. The 800 MHz Transition Administrator recently told the Federal Communications Commission that there will be a significant number of incomplete agreements at the end of the negotiation process for Wave...
Like European missionaries of centuries past, Bango came to U.S. shores last week preaching the gospel. The Cambridge, U.K.-based company held events in Southern California and New York to tout the benefits of branded, off-deck mobile portals. Wireless operators, mobile marketers and technology companies...
PORT WASHINGTON, New York-Big-box retailers deliver a better shopping experience for mobile phone users than wireless operators do through their own branded outlets, according to a study from The NPD Group.The survey of 2,100 consumers found that while 68 percent of all mobile phone...
WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy said Thursday she will leave the Federal Communications Commission Dec. 9, even though the White House has yet to name a replacement. Abernathy's announcement was expected. Her term expired in June 2005, and she had to leave when Congress adjourns...
Alltel Corp. continued its rural expansion by gobbling up privately held Midwest Wireless for $1.075 billion in cash. The acquisition comes just months after Alltel closed on its $6 billion purchase of Western Wireless Corp. and follows its 2002 acquisition of CenturyTel Inc.'s wireless...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-UpSnap Inc. generated a significant round of funding by going public earlier this week, the company said Thursday. According to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, UpSnap issued nearly 12 million shares of common stock for the initial public offering. At...
NEW YORK-Entertainment company ShortTV announced a new Web site that will allow mobile phone users to send video greetings to each other. "These short greeting videos are specially written and produced for cell phone users. We expect them to generate considerable interest. They bring...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry would take a hit if a universal-service reform bill becomes law, although the bill's sponsor said the broadband standard was specifically crafted to include wireless. Reps. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) released the draft of their Universal Service Reform...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said its Music2You music download technology is set to launch through T-Mobile International. The two companies recently signed a framework agreement, making Music2You the preferred solution for all T-Mobile International subsidiaries worldwide.T-Mobile Germany is to offer the Siemens solution as "MobileJukebox,"...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to use Attunity Ltd.'s data integration platform to provide seamless access to operational and call detail records for its voice network. The move is part of the carrier's zero-latency enterprise system.The system passes requests from external systems to Sprint...
WASHINGTON-The television industry fought back Tuesday against a proposal to use vacant TV channels for unlicensed uses following the transition to digital TV. "The fact that you don't see anyone operating on a particular channel does not necessarily mean it's vacant. We can get...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will offer MobiTV Inc.'s video service running on the Motorola Inc. Razr V3c beginning next week.The CDMA2000 1x EV-DO version of the popular handset will be available at the carrier's retail locations beginning Monday for $200 with a...
NEW DELHI, India-Motorola Inc. announced it expanded its operations in India, and will begin assembling phones in the country. Previously, Motorola shipped phones into India."India is all about opportunity-and today's announcements make it clear that Motorola is here to be a major player,"said Allen...
LONDON-A new study by Infonetics Research says deployments of Voice over Internet Protocol are set to triple in the next two years, jumping from 10 percent in 2005 to 31 percent in 2007. Infonetics Research said the growth in deployments is being driven by...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is overhauling its wireless Web service in an effort to woo would-be mobile Internet surfers and boost content sales. The largest U.S. carrier said it is simplifying its MEdia Net offering, delivering local information and allowing users to customize their wireless...
NEW YORK-T-Mobile USA Inc.'s parent company T-Mobile International said it planned to bolster its U.S. operations through the acquisition of smaller U.S. operators and participation in upcoming spectrum auctions. T-Mobile International recently quashed rumors that it was looking to sell its rapidly growing U.S....
