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.Meanwhile, L.M....
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 all...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersStandard & Poor's Rating Services placed its ratings on UbiquiTel Inc. on CreditWatch with positive implications. The move is based on steady improvements in the...
NETANYA, Israel-Mobile users who have trouble accessing data services are far more likely to give up than to seek help from their operator or mobile content provider, according to research from NOP.The survey, which was commissioned by Israeli mobile software developer Olista, found that...
OTTOWA-In its quarterly filing with U.S. regulators, Nortel Networks Corp. revealed it received a subpoena on Aug. 23 from the U.S. Attorney's office for the Northern District of Texas requiring the telecommunications equipment provider to hand over additional documents related to an ongoing criminal...
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...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. posted increasing revenues and a net income of $6.5 million, news that comes on the company's announcement that it reached an "amicable resolution" in its patent dispute with Lucent Technologies Inc.Under the terms of the...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp., the nation's largest tower company, posted an operating profit of $176.7 million in its rental and management segment, up 49 percent from a year ago. The company reported revenues of $264.7 million for the third quarter, up 46 percent from the...
WASHINGTON-Recognizing that sometimes it is the local wireline arrier that is the impediment to new communications technologies gaining access to enhanced 911 services, the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday passed legislation requiring the Federal Communications Commission to mandate access.The wireless industry has found it sometimes...
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...
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...
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 Judge...
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...
AUSTIN, Texas-It's official, Wi-Fi is here to stay. The word Wi-Fi has been added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition for 2005."You know you've truly made it when you're in Webster's dictionary," said Frank Hanzlik, managing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance. "Wi-Fi is not...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile L.L.C. launched a downloadable client that allows AOL, MSN and Yahoo instant messaging (IM) 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...
BERWYN, Pa.-Regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. lost 45,556 customers during the third quarter and ended the first nine months of the year with 919,550 subscribers on its network. The carrier attributed the loss to the final integration of markets and networks in...
WASHINGTON-The IRS lost another one Wednesday 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...
SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. and Nortel Networks Ltd. said they completed a transaction that forms a joint venture between the two companies.The LG-Nortel Co. Ltd. joint venture agreement, which was announced in August, calls for the companies to offer communications and networking...
FREMONT, Calif.-The FLO Forum, a four-month-old association formed to advance mobile TV technology, said nine new companies have joined its ranks.The new members are South Korea's EBS, KT Freetel, MSYS and Samsung Electronics; U.S.-based Ktech Telecom and Newport Media; Rohde & Schwarz from Germany;...
ATLANTA-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...
MCLEAN, Va-Trust Digital snared $9 million in its Series B funding round, the developer of mobile enterprise security software announced today. Bell Canada Enterprises affiliate BCE Capital led the round.Current investors Core Capital and Avansis Ventures also participated in the round, which follows last...
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 the...
WASHINGTON-A leading telecom research firm said the Supreme Court's decision to allow mobile phone radiation lawsuits to move forward in state courts could mean trouble for wireless manufacturers and service providers. "The Supreme Court's recent ruling confirms Precursor's belief that the Pandora's Box of...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today 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 modernized EAS system can better...
