WASHINGTON-The Senate late Thursday agreed to set the date to complete the digital TV transition at April 7, 2009, after a failed attempt to move the date to April 2008. "We have picked this date based upon the recommendations of the Congressional Budget Office,...
Reston, Va.-Mobile Satellite Ventures continues to push its terrestrial-satellite wireless offering, announcing a Capitol Hill demonstration of its technology as well as plans to focus on patent licensing and enforcement efforts. "MSV's vision is to launch the most advanced system ever that will serve...
WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. appears to be prepping an EV-DO device similar to its 7100-series of gadgets. According to documents on Bell Mobility's Web site, the carrier is planning to sell the BlackBerry 7130e, which features a phone-like design and support...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. got a jump on the holiday shopping season by rolling out a promotional rate plan that includes 1,500 anytime calling minutes for $40 per month. Customers can add unlimited night and weekend calling to the plan for an additional $10...
WASHINGTON-Recognizing that sometimes the local wireline carrier is the impediment to new communications technologies gaining access to enhanced 911 services, the Senate Commerce Committee passed legislation requiring the Federal Communications Commission to mandate access. The wireless industry has found it sometimes difficult to connect...
SAN DIEGO-As demand for and shipments of Qualcomm Inc.'s chips took off, so did the company's financial performance. Qualcomm, the world's second-largest chip maker for mobile devices, posted fourth-quarter net income of $538 million, or 32 cents per share-a 37-percent increase from a year...
TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies said it signed a multiyear contract renewal with T-Mobile USA Inc. to provide clearing and settlement services for wireless voice roaming. Syniverse said it will provide the carrier with its Access S&E clearing and settlement service, which the company said simplifies...
LOS ANGELES-Sennari Entertainment inked a deal with Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products to create prize-based games based on the Star Trek franchise. The publisher of wireless loyalty applications said it plans to develop and market both wireless and online versions of games from the...
TOKYO-NEC Corp. said its High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology is ready for commercial use worldwide after the company tested the technology on Vodafone K.K.'s network in Japan over the summer. NEC said its HSDPA technology will be in commercial networks launched this fall....
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-XG Technology said it successfully demonstrated its radio-frequency modulation and encoding platform, xMAX, by broadcasting a data stream equal to full-motion MPEG-2 video with stereo sound at a distance of 18 miles using only 50 milliwatts of power. "Similar systems require as...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. outlined its mid- and long-term goals at its analyst day event this week, promising to become one of the world's top-three electronics companies by 2010. The company also said it would more than double its 2004 sales revenues by 2010,...
If all Congress does before leaving town for the year is approve fiscal 2006 funding for the Federal Communications Commission and other government agencies it will be a victory.Partisan politics have overtaken policy-making to a degree not witnessed since the Clinton impeachment proceedings, likely...
Nokia Corp.'s Preminet offering gained another backer last week as Tira Wireless said it is offering its porting technology to content providers using the delivery platform. Tira has made its Jump software available to developers and publishers looking to deliver content across a variety...
Product announcements streamed out of Boston during WiMAX World 2005, a show where the attendance increased from the hundreds in 2004 to the thousands in 2005. As the industry moves closer to developing a standard, traditional and upstart wireless equipment providers detailed their plans...
NEW YORK-Mobile ESPN L.L.C.'s unveiled rate plans for the trial launch of its mobile virtual network operator service that rolled out this week in a handful of markets. The postpaid plans include a bundle of voice and wireless data services using Sprint Nextel Corp.'s...
What constitutes a wireless carrier?Years ago, I used to have an annual fight with an MCI spokesman because RCR Wireless News listed MCI as the nation's largest reseller in our Top 20 lists. Who wouldn't want to be No. 1, you ask? MCI did...
The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association tapped VeriSign Inc. to power its text messaging service. The industry association, which represents 10 carriers, will use Metcalf Inter-Carrier Messaging, a joint offering from VeriSign and WiderThan Americas, to deliver text messages among its members' 15.5 million subscribers....
Nortel Networks Ltd. posted a third-quarter net loss of $105 million, or 2 cents per share, less than what was expected after the mayhem of firing senior executives, correcting numbers, hiring new management and settling a lawsuit brought on by the hiring of incoming...
WASHINGTON-The Senate late Thursday agreed to set the date to complete the digital TV transition at April 7, 2009, after a failed attempt to move the date to April 2008. "We have picked this date based upon the recommendations of the Congressional Budget Office,...
WASHINGTON-Top Bush administration trade negotiator Rob Portman said the United States negotiated an agreement with the European Union, Japan, Korea and Taiwan in applying zero tariffs on multi-chip integrated circuits, evolutionary new semiconductors used in cell phones and other miniaturized consumer electronic products."Multi-chip packages...
MIAMI LAKES, Fla.-Calypso Wireless Inc. announced two purchase orders for its C1259i Dual Mode ASNAP Wi-Fi/GSM/GPRS Voice over IP phone.The first order is a $2.02 million purchase order from Servinova, which provides sales, service and installation for Cisco Systems Inc. products. The second order,...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. announced net sales of $635.3 million and a net loss of $402.7 million, or $3.40 per share, in its third quarter.Those figures include a charge of $341.4 million, or $2.89 per share, associated with an asset impairment.The company provided an update...
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-xG Technology announced the successful demonstration of its radio-frequency modulation and encoding platform, xMAX, by broadcasting a data stream equal to full-motion MPEG-2 video with stereo sound at a distance of 18 miles using only 50 milliwatts of power."Similar systems require as...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. outlined its mid- and long-term goals at its analyst day event this week, promising to become one of the world's top-three electronics companies by 2010.The company also said it would more than double its 2004 sales revenues by...
