Monthly Archives: May, 2004

Moody's considers Nextel upgrade

NEW YORK-Moody's Investor Services placed its ratings for Nextel Communications Inc. and its subsidiary Nextel Finance Co. on review for possible upgrade citing continued...

DoCoMo sells stake in U.K. 3G carrier

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo sold its 20-percent stake in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. to Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. for $220 million in a transaction that has...

Motorola receives $1B replacement loan

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has received $1 billion loan from its banks led by JP Morgan Chase Bank and Citibank N.A.The line of...

Brown's bill of rights passes

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission has just passed a landmark bill of rights for telecom consumers, resoundingly rejecting an alternate plan that was highly...

TNS buys U.S. Wireless Data assets

RESTON, Va.-Transaction Network Services Inc., a provider of data communications services for transaction applications, said it has acquired certain assets from bankrupt U.S. Wireless...

'Idol' sets new record in text messaging

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced it recorded a total of 13.5 million text message votes cast during the past season of reality TV show...

Carriers improve inventory management in 1Q

Wireless carriers made improvements in inventory management during the first quarter, according to a new study by InfoTech Marketing.While total cost of equipment sales...

Nokia signs $275M contract in India

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a three-year GSM/EDGE contract worth approximately $275 million to build core and radio-access networks for Indian carrier...

CellStar replaces CFO

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp., provider of wireless logistics and distribution services, has accepted the resignation of Paul Samek, chief financial officer, and named Raymond Durham,...

Indian carrier launches BREWChat PTT service

Indian carrier Tata Teleservices is the first operator to launch a push-to-talk service based on Qualcomm Inc.'s BREWChat solution.The technology enables person-to-person and person-to-group...

Tie called in Cricket gabbing contest

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-After 96 hours of talking, Kathy Jackson and Trudy Abeyta were both announced as official winners of Cricket Communications Inc.'s Motor Mouth Marathon...

Scalado acquires imaging technology from TAT

LUND, Sweden-Scalado AB announced it acquired the imaging technology MPES from TAT AB. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Scalado said the technology will...

Camera-phone company receives R&D grant

RAMAT GAN, Israel-TransChip Inc., which develops integrated camera solutions for mobile phones and multimedia devices, said it has received approval to begin a research...

Backstrom to lead Ericsson's N.A. services biz

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. named Mikael Backstrom to head the company's North American Global Services group where he will lead the company's expansion of its...

Wi-Fi Alliance adopts certification products

AUSTIN-The Wi-Fi Alliance announced it has adopted a color-coded Wi-Fi Certified logo and a product Interoperability Certificate for its Wi-Fi Certified branding program, designed...

Aeris.net to offer M2M service with Sony Ericsson modules

DETROIT-Telematics company Aeris.net announced it will offer a digital machine-to-machine communications service using wireless modules from Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. The service will run...

Shentel gets break on Sprint fees with new agreement

Rural telecommunications provider Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. reported that its wireless subsidiary and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Personal Communications Co. signed an addendum to its...

New content provider enters wireless game

SK USA Inc., a division of South Korea's technology conglomerate SK Group, announced the introduction of a new company that will focus specifically on...

DoD denies ban on camera phones

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense denied adopting a policy against camera phones, saying imaging devices are already covered by guidelines for wireless communications by the...

Cingular to test UMTS services using Lucent equipment

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a deal with Lucent Technologies Inc. to deploy a UMTS-based trial network in Atlanta this summer supporting internal users who...

Sweden's Avitec acquires Littlefeet assets

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Repeater manufacturer Avitec S.E. has acquired the technology assets of Littlefeet Inc., the provider of distributed coverage solutions for wireless carriers that went...

Most 40-somethings dislike marketing via SMS

Older generations of consumers despise text messaging as a marketing channel almost as much as voice mail or direct phone contact, according to a...

Vodafone reports net loss on revenue increase

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported a 10-percent increase in revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, but a net loss of $16.3 billion. The...

Calif. Senate passes ban on teens using cell phones while driving

WASHINGTON-A bill banning 16- and 17-year-olds from using mobile phones while driving passed the California Senate Tuesday.The measure, sponsored by Sen. Debra Bowen (D),...

Motorola claims 12 global PoC customers

BEIJING-Motorola Inc. said12 customers in 18 countries have selected its Push-to-Talk over Cellular solutions for both CDMA2000 1x and GSM/GPRS networks.The company named Malaysia's...
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