Monthly Archives: April, 2004

LG to use Sonim PTT software in GSM/W-CDMA phones

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Handset maker LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will use push-to-talk software from Sonim Technologies in its line of GSM/GPRS and W-CDMA...

Uzans receive reprieve from damages award to Motorola, Nokia

NEW YORK-Turkey's Uzan family, which has been battling wireless suppliers in legal challenges regarding vendor financing arrangements to Turkish mobile operator Telsim, said a...

Western Wireless expands 1x footprint

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. expanded its CDMA2000 1x network to provide its OpenDoor wireless Internet service and Hello2Pix picture messaging service to its Cellular...

Growth expected for dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi devices

OYSTER BAY, New York-Dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi mobile phones will enjoy support among business users and could grow to as much as 7 percent of the...

IDT to deploy Wi-Fi service using VoIP platform

NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. said it will deploy commercial Wi-Fi phone service in the United States using its own network and infrastructure and Net2Phone's voice-over-Internet...

Qualcomm enjoys profit rise on 3G uptake

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. soared to high profits in its second-quarter results, emphasizing the prosperity of its CDMA offerings and its place in the industry's...

Alltel grows revenue, but income drops

Alltel Corp. posted 157,741 net customer additions during the first three months of this year, which was slightly below the 159,251 subscribers the carrier...

RF Micro Devices buys Bluetooth player Silicon Wave

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc., provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), will acquire Silicon Wave Inc., supplier of integrated circuits for wireless personal area...

30% of consumer telecom spending goes to wireless

JENKINTOWN, Pa.-Wireless services garnered 30 percent of total consumer spending during the fourth quarter of last year, which was a 3-percent increase from the...

Nokia signs two contract expansions

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced two new contract wins for GSM technology.Nokia will extend its contract to Russia's VimpelCom for GSM/GPRS equipment under a $60...

Tellabs hits profit in first quarter

CHICAGO-Tellabs Inc. posted its first quarterly profit in two years, raising its shares by 10 percent.The equipment supplier had a net profit of $13...

FCC, NextWave both claim victory in settlement

WASHINGTON-It took more than a year and it wasn't pretty, but the Federal Communications Commission and bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. Tuesday signed an agreement...

LG reports 8.75M in phone sales, loses No. 5 spot

SEOUL, South Korea-Handset maker Sony Ericsson narrowly regained the No. 5 global market share slot from rival LG Electronics Co. Ltd. in the first...

Cingular expands EDGE service to South Florida

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has deployed EDGE technology in its South Florida market providing customers with wireless data speeds up to 170 kilobits...

Korean carriers to support WIPI platform

SEOUL, South Korea-Although the Korean government has yet to make a decision regarding whether to mandate a wireless Internet platform for the country's three...

Minute Guard aims to thwart minute overage charges

ST. LOUIS-Minute Guard, a subsidiary of McPheeters Communications Group, launched a new service it said is designed to eliminate cellular overage costs.The Minute Guard...

TI releases handsfree platform with Bluetooth

HOUSTON-Texas Instruments has released a new Hands-Free Kit (HFK) Development Platform and a Bluetooth subsystem to go with it. According to TI, combining the...

eFund launches wireless marketing company, Mobilopia

SEATTLE-Venture capital firm eFund L.L.C. announced the launch of its new Mobilopia wireless marketing company, which is the result of a merger among Mynamics...

SafeHarbor Technology names new CEO

SEATTLE-Annette M. Jacobs has been named president and chief executive officer of SafeHarbor Technology Corp. where she will be responsible for setting the strategic...

Verizon Wireless to support Triton ATMs

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Off-premise automated teller machine provider Triton entered into an agreement with Verizon Wireless to support a CDMA option on Triton ATMs. The Verizon...

Small wireline companies urge Senate to pass Internet tax moratorium

WASHINGTON-More than 100 small and medium-sized telephone companies Tuesday urged the Senate to pass the Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act."Currently billions of dollars of investment...

RadioShack, HSN to sell Sprint wireless services

RadioShack Corp. will begin offering Sprint Corp.'s small business wireless pricing programs and services at its retail locations across the country as an expansion...

Toshiba, Cometa enter hot-spot cooperation

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. and Cometa Networks, Inc. entered an alliance where Cometa Networks will incorporate some or all of the Toshiba...

Motorola shares rise 20% on strong 1Q results

Motorola Inc. announced its first-quarter results to market enthusiasm, generating its best stock momentum in three years.Its shares rose $3.11 to $19.33, representing a...

Sybase adds Dejima assets to wireless enterprise subsidiary

Enterprise software company Sybase Inc. continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of the assets of privately held wireless technology company Dejima. Sybase said...
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