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...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Global Tower Partners said it completed the acquisition of the site management division of Tower Resource Management, which adds 3,676 new rooftop sites and seven new wireless communication towers to GTP's portfolio.GTP now owns, manages and leases some 7,000 sites throughout the...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-July Systems snagged $10 million in a Series C round of funding led by Motorola Ventures, the mobile storefront builder said Wednesday .Existing investors Charles River Ventures, NeoCarta Ventures, WestBridge Capital, Jumpstartup and SVB Financial Group also participated in the round. Reese...
BARCELONA, Spain-Nokia Corp. showed off a range of new technology at its Mobility Conference, including a phone that can receive DVB-H mobile TV broadcasts. The phone is the first announced device that can receive DVB-H content, although vendors in South Korea already launched commercial...
SAN FRANCISCO-Audience demographics vary drastically among U.S. mobile sports Web sites, according to a study from research firm Telephia.Figures from the company's monthly report indicate wireless users who visited CNN-Sports Illustrated on their handsets were twice as likely to be black as visitors to...
PETALUMA, Calif.-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it will use video technology from Dilithium Networks in its third-generation mobile phones.Dilithium said its AnswerFast Plus technology reduces video call set-up times to less than one second, which the company said is comparable to voice calls. The...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced Jordanian operator MobileCom will use its Ericsson Mobile Organizer to offer push e-mail services. The deal is notable as it puts Ericsson in direct competition with the likes of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and other wireless e-mail firms...
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...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Does the military use its spectrum resources efficiently and effectively? This is the question being debated in a weeklong conference. At one end of the argument stands the Department of Defense, which says it measures spectrum efficiency based on the ability to deliver...
TORONTO-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...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Ditech Communications Corp. announced its Voice Quality Evaluation Program, which the company said is a network-advisory program that allows carriers to evaluate and repair network problems that affect sound quality. The program relies on Ditech's BVP-Flex platform to continually monitor select areas...
MINNEAPOLIS-TestQuest Inc., which provides automated testing solutions for the wireless industry, said it closed a $7.5 million round of financing.Gabriel Venture Partners led the round, and Norwest Venture Partners and other existing investors also participated.The company said it expects to use the funding to...
PONTIAC, Mich.-Wireless Oakland selected Pontiac-based MichTel Communications L.L.C. to provide countywide wireless Internet service. The value of the project has not been released.Thirteen companies bid to provide the service, the county said in a news release. The project aims to blanket Oakland County, Michigan,...
BURBANK, Calif.-Subscribers of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s new Power Vision service can access video content from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," the carrier announced. Sprint users can view long-running comedy sketches from the show as well as the previous night's monologue. Two new clips...
NEW YORK-Following months of speculation, Sprint Nextel Corp. announced agreements with four cable companies to provide wireless services using Sprint Nextel's nationwide network. Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Advance/Newhouse Communications, which serve a combined 41 million customers, will use the network...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc.'s board of directors granted Albin Moschner, the company's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, the option to purchase 40,000 shares of Leap's common stock at $34.37 per share under the company's 2004 Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred...
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. Cellular...
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it has nearly completed restoring its wireless and wireline networks in south Florida following Hurricane Wilma.The company said more than 90 percent of its wireless networks are operating in the region. The carrier is now focusing recovery efforts on...
Dan Meyer has been promoted to managing editor at RCR Wireless News, while Mike Dano has been named online editor. Meyer has been reporting at the newspaper since 1999. In his new position, he will handle the day-to-day responsibilities of the paper, including assigning...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sprint Nextel Corp. recently 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...
LAS VEGAS-Ford Motor Co. will offer a dealer-installed "mobile office" with a wireless-enabled PC, printer and GPS system in its F-250 trucks next year, the automaker said Tuesday .Ford is teaming with Microsoft Corp. and Stargate Mobile on the package, which will cost about...
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 rules...
HONG KONG-ZTE Corp. announced that its TD-SCDMA standard has been approved by the Third Generation Partnership Project as one of the 3G mobile communications standards. ZTE said its TR 34.943 standard was drafted with Datang Mobile and China's Research Institute of Telecommunications Transmission, a...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. confirmed that it settled a lawsuit with its former president and chief operating officer, Mike Zafirovski, and Nortel Networks Ltd. The move clears the way for Zafirovski to take the top seat at Nortel Nov. 15. as planned. Motorola had alleged...
