April 2004

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Struggling wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced a closed sale of common stock to several institutional investors, a move the company said would generate a total of $23.2 million. …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has closed on an acquisition of 34 PCS licenses covering approximately 83 million potential customers from NextWave Telecom Inc. for $1.4 billion. Cingular noted that …

WASHINGTON-Just as the Federal Communications Commission is grappling with how to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band, the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General Thursday said federal grant …

As many had predicted, the market for adult-themed content continues to grow as providers look to take advantage of advanced phone technologies and willing customers. On the pornography side, U.K.-based …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.’s about-face on its sales expectations sparked additional lawsuits Thursday alleging that the company misled investors between January and its April 6 announcement. Kicking off the spate of …

A Michigan electronics recycler and a New Hampshire nonprofit group are partnering to gather old cell phones in New England. ReCellular Inc. and the Institution Recycling Network have created a …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission got doubly spooked Thursday and decided not to vote on its plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band at its meeting April 15. …

OXNARD, Calif.-California Amplifier Inc. said its acquisition of Vytek Corp. has received the approval of both companies’ stockholders. The official merger, which will take effect next week, amounts to approximately …

LONDON-Wavecom SA and European carrier Orange announced a partnership to provide a joint machine-to-machine industry offering. The two companies plan to market and co-sell an end-to-end communication and development platform …

SAN DIEGO-Ultra-wideband technology player PulseLink has pitched what it calls a common signaling protocol to resolve the snafu between competing wireless groups. The groups, one led by Intel Corp. and …

WARREN, N.J.-Wireless and broadband solution provider Anadigics Inc., announced the addition of the ADR3410 amplifier to its wireless infrastructure portfolio. “This new one-watt amplifier is the first in a new …

ATLANTA-StayOnline, provider of high-speed Internet access solutions for the hospitality industry, said usage rates at its properties jumped 400 percent during 2003, and that growth is continuing into 2004. “We …

Verizon Wireless said it plans to relocate its current customer service and customer financial services positions currently in Orangeburg, N.Y., and Morristown, N.J., to a new call center in Wilmington, …

WASHINGTON-As of Thursday morning it appears that Nextel Communications Inc. has been successful in convincing a majority of the Federal Communications Commission that adopting key portions of its Consensus Plan …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. upped its mobile-phone sales expectations for this year, according to a report from Reuters. The company said it is seeing strong phone demand from …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC announced NII Holdings Inc. has chosen its Metrica performance management software to monitor the quality of wireless services for business customers in Latin America. Quality-of-service data will be collected …

WASHINGTON-The National Taxpayers Union is leading a coalition urging the Federal Communications Commission to take a light regulatory touch on voice over Internet Protocol services. “The lesson for the FCC …

Following a request to determine possible alternatives, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it would continue its billing and customer care relationship with Convergys Corp. for all of its subscribers under …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it is reviewing options to refinance its existing senior secured credit facility due to “attractive” current market conditions. The carrier noted any refinancing would be …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-Mobile-phone chipmaker RF Micro Devices Inc. said its revenues for the quarter will come in at the high end of its expectations of between $152 million and $163 million. …

SINGAPORE-Connexion by Boeing said Singapore mobile operator StarHub will add the company’s real-time, high-speed Internet service to StarHub’s wireless broadband services. As part of a memorandum of understanding, the two …

NEW YORK-Lehman Brothers analyst Blake Bath this week initiated coverage of tower companies American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International Corp. and SpectraSite Inc. with various ratings. Bath rated American Tower …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $24 million contract to be the sole GPRS supplier for Indian carrier IDEA. The contract also covers GSM equipment and multimedia services. …

WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary Donald Evans today said the president intends to nominate Al Frink as the country’s first manufacturing czar, a move that comes as job losses in the United States …

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. said it will begin offering all new digital subscriber line customers and small business subscribers a Wi-Fi-capable DSL model that the telecommunications provider said would save …