ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it plans to be the first carrier in the world to sell Research In Motion Ltd.'s new EDGE-capable BlackBerry. The company's new BlackBerry 8700c features wireless access to corporate e-mail and will sell for $300 with a service agreement.Cingular said...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. posted a strong year-over-year jump in third quarter revenues that were bolstered by stronger-than-expected roaming revenues. However, the carrier continued to report disappointing financial and customer losses.The rural operator reported $315.8 million in total revenues during the third quarter compared...
TORONTO-Nokia Corp.'s Preminet offering gained another backer Tuesday as Tira Wireless said it is offering its porting technology to content providers using the delivery platform. Tira said it has made its Jump software available to developers and publishers looking to deliver content across a...
DENVER-Regional Bell operating company Qwest Communications International Inc. said it added 4,000 customers during the third quarter to its mobile virtual network operator-based wireless service. The company noted the result was its second sequential quarterly gain in wireless customers following several quarters of losses...
SAN DIEGO-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will sell HSDPA PC cards from Novatel Wireless Inc. when it launches its high-speed 3G network, the companies announced. The news offers further evidence that Cingular is gearing up to launch UMTS/HSDPA services in 15 to 20 markets by the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Movistar Uruguay selected L.M. Ericsson as the sole supplier for its GSM and transmission network, according to the vendor. Under the agreement, Ericsson plans to supply a complete GSM network, including EDGE-ready GSM/GPRS 850 MHz radio access and core networks, as well as...
TAOYUAN, Taiwan-High Tech Computer Corp. reported $492.8 million in revenues for the third quarter, up 134 percent year over year and up 7.25 percent quarter over quarter.Revenue in the company's past three quarters totaled $1.3 billion.Net income after tax for the quarter was $78.6...
TEMPE, Ariz.-Research firm Forward Concepts lowered its 2005 digital signal processor forecast to 5 percent revenue growth, or to about the $8.2 billion level. The market research firm also lowered its earlier 2006 forecast to 15-percent growth and revised its forecasts through 2009, saying...
MOUNTAIN VIEW-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...
Surfing the wireless Web can be downright painful. More than two-thirds of all U.S. adults access the Internet from personal computers, according to a recent study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and 70 million Americans were logging onto the Web every...
One factor many investors look at before sinking money into the wireless industry has been the ability of wireless devices to penetrate the general population. During the past several years, penetration rates have ballooned from around 50 percent to nearly 70 percent, coinciding with...
NEW YORK-Nearly half of 10- to 18-year-old Americans use cell phones, and nearly one-third of them are subscribers of Verizon Wireless, according to a study from GfK NOP Technology. The results from the research firm's annual mKids survey found that U.S. teens and tweens...
BRISTOL, Conn.-Mobile ESPN L.L.C. reported a deal with electronics retailer Best Buy to support the launch of the Mobile ESPN mobile virtual network operator service beginning Nov. 1. Mobile ESPN said consumers in a handful of pre-launch markets-Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Minneapolis; and...
LONDON-Mobile music accounts for nearly 15 percent of the worldwide music market, generating $4.4 billion in revenue this year and nearly $6 billion in 2006, according to a study from U.K. consultant firm DhaliwalBrown. The report claims mobile music-including ringtones, ringback tones and full-track...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced an agreement with ZAO Start Telecom to construct a fixed WiMAX network in Russia based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. In the deal, Siemens will provide its SkyMAX solution, including base stations, end devices and its NetViewer monitoring and control...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. continued to expand BREW's footprint, announcing a deal with Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communication (APBW) to bring the platform to users in Taiwan. APBW, a 3G broadband wireless service provider, plans to use the platform on its CDMA2000 1x network to...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Post-och telestyrelsen, the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency, said that in order to ensure that there are no adverse effects for Swedish consumers, it has decided not to allow third-generation operators Hi3G, Tele 2/Telia and Vodafone Group plc to roll out CDMA...
LOS ANGELES-Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. reported that Sue Swenson has joined the company as chief operating officer and a member of its board of directors. Swenson previously served as COO of T-Mobile USA Inc. and before that as president and...
WASHINGTON-Online reseller InPhonic Inc. said it signed a letter of intent to sell certain assets of its Liberty Wireless and Spanish language Viva Liberty mobile virtual network operator services to Vaya. Under the terms of the agreement, Vaya will acquire the Liberty Wireless and...
The cries of privacy advocates can be heard around the world as the booming radio-frequency identification technology sector marches ahead. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has led the charge, having implemented RFID into its supply-chain management last year. The process begins as products are shipped from...
RUSSIAInfiNet Wireless, which provides broadband wireless access and pre-WiMAX equipment, said Enforta BV selected it to provide equipment for a nationwide broadband network in Russia. The network is expected to span 28 major cities and be constructed during the next two years. InfiNet will...
WASHINGTON-After more than seven hours of debate, the House Commerce Committee last week passed a bill to complete the digital TV transition by Dec. 31, 2008, and earmark $500 million for public-safety interoperability. The vote was 33-17 with Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) being the...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Mobile messaging revenues from U.S. mobile subscribers more than doubled in 2004 from the previous year and will account for 10 percent of total wireless service revenues by 2008, according to new research from Analysis. Mobile data accounted for less than 5 percent...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Aruba Networks secured $25 million in its series D funding, bringing the total equity investment in the company to $84 million. The company said it plans to use the funds to support expanding operations and increased sales and marketing efforts.In addition, Aruba launched...
