ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. fired back at Qualcomm Inc., arguing the company's patent-infringement lawsuit is a thinly-veiled reprisal against Nokia and five other companies that claim Qualcomm has engaged in anti-competitive behavior.Although Qualcomm said its lawsuit was the result of a breakdown in licensing negotiations,...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. unveiled additions to its popular Razr line of devices, including new colors, features and a CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Razr."These four news phones complement the millions of Razrs already in use, enabling consumers to choose the experience that best fits their personal...
LONDON-European operator O2 UK plc said it will use Qualcomm Inc.'s uiOne user interface technology in its high-end, "X range" devices. Although somewhat limited in scope, the deal signals a notable turning point in the worldwide wireless industry."Our X range devices are a key...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it plans to open at least 21 company-owned stores by the end of the year, which would give the carrier a total of 130 retail locations. Nextel Partners had previously planned to open 40 stores this year, but increased...
Global Tower Partners said it is bought Mesa Communications Group, a tower company that had about 250 towers in the Northeast, New England and Mid-Atlantic states. GTP now owns, manages and master leases some 7,200 sites, including 1,800 owned towers."The Mesa acquisition solidifies our...
As the 2005 hurricane season draws to a close, it leaves behind a Gulf Coast region with a changed state of communications. First and foremost, gone are the days of landline dominance. Networks are not being re-built as they were, but as needs demand,...
CHICAGO-More than half of the world's mobile phone users with multimedia handsets use their phones to access the Internet or check e-mail at least once a month, according to a report from Mobinet. The survey, initiated by consulting firm A.T. Kearney and Cambridge University's...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission extended emergency alert rules to digital media technologies, while soliciting additional comment on how the government can integrate wireless technologies into a next-generation public warning network. The FCC said it also is examining how a modern emergency alert system can...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile L.L.C. launched a downloadable client that allows AOL, MSN and Yahoo instant-messaging users to access the services from their handset. Montreal-based mobile IM developer Oz is powering the service, which is designed to duplicate the PC messaging experience from each service...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Does the military use its spectrum resources efficiently and effectively? The question was debated in a week-long conference. At one end of the argument stands the Department of Defense, which says it measures spectrum efficiency based on the ability to deliver mission-critical applications....
WASHINGTON-The IRS lost another round in its quest to keep collecting a 3-percent tax on talking. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit agreed with the 11th Circuit that the tax cannot be collected on calls that are billed only by time...
Consolidation hit the European wireless market as Spanish telecommunications provider Telefonica said it plans to acquire U.K.-based 02 plc, and Swedish operator Telenor announced plans to acquire rival Vodafone Sweden. Telefonica said it reached an agreement to acquire 02 for approximately $31.3 billion in...
While most will busy themselves with decorations and gifts this holiday season, U.S. carriers and handset makers likely will be caught up in fierce battles over pricing, services and-ultimately-customers. As Halloween makes room for Thanksgiving, wireless executives need to gird themselves for perhaps the...
Regional carriers continued to bleed customers during the third quarter as more competition and evolving networks drove up churn for a number of operators Dobson Communications Corp., SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. and Rural Cellular Corp. all posted significant customer losses during the quarter, echoing...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-Diversified telecommunications provider GTC Telecom Corp. said it planned to stop offering local services in select states and focus instead on offering wireless services using a mobile virtual network operator model. GTC's management cited increased costs resulting from recent Federal Communications Commission...
Two months after it began selling the phone, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has cut the price of Motorola Inc.'s iTunes-capable Rokr by $100. The carrier is now selling the device for $150 with a service agreement, down from an unsubsidized price of $250. Motorola's Rokr-the...
Sprint Nextel Corp. took a significant step in fulfilling chief executive Gary Forsee's plans to expand the carrier's reach into other media distribution channels, and at the same time may have altered the balance of the wireless industry. Following months of speculation, Sprint Nextel...
SAN DIEGO-Two Asian carriers announced plans to launch CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev A networks by the end of next year-LG Telecom, a small Korean carrier, and KDDI Corp., Japan's second-largest carrier and the country's sole CDMA operator. Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Wireless and U.S....
BERLIN-Citing changing industry dynamics, German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG said it plans to cut 32,000 jobs during the next three years-with most of the reductions coming from its T-Com operations-though it also expects to add jobs in other divisions. DT said the layoffs...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sprint Nextel Corp. joined the Global UMTS TDD Alliance, which is spearheaded by IPWireless Inc. Other companies joining the UMTS TDD Alliance include T-Mobile Czech Republic, which launched a UMTS TDD network in parts of the Czech Republic last month, and Malaysian...
WASHINGTON-Telecom analysts said the mobile-phone industry's legal exposure is heightened by the Supreme Court's refusal last week to block health-related lawsuits from going forward in state court. The high court Oct. 31 declined to review a divided 4th Circuit decision that said class-action lawsuits...
Sprint Nextel Corp. became the first U.S. operator to offer full-track music downloads, launching a dual-delivery service last week using phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. The carrier introduced a mobile music store that allows users to purchase and download...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration's spectrum agenda is showing signs of losing momentum and direction, a development that has prompted frustrated National Telecommunications and Information Administration officials to quietly push forward on a presidential spectrum-policy implementation plan that has been awaiting White House action for months....
LONDON-The worldwide public Wi-Fi market is expected to reach 100,000 hot spots by the end of this year, according to Informa Telecoms & Media's Wireless Broadband Analyst report. There were 84,283 hot spots worldwide at the end of the second quarter, said the report....
