Monthly Archives: June, 2004

Disability group backs Cingular/AWS merger

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C's proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal...

North Korea bans cell phones

North Korea has apparently banned the use of mobile phones, according to international news reports. Details on the secretive country's ban were unclear.The country...

Industry scores a 'D' in customer satisfaction survey

Ratings of cellular service providers and handset manufacturers fell short in the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which for the first time, included the wireless...

Microsoft releases trial version of Pocket MSN after delay

Microsoft Corp. continues to play in the wireless arena in fits and starts, as the company quietly released a trial version of its Pocket...

Verizon Wireless offers CNN alerts

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will begin offering text messaging alerts from CNN.com, including breaking news and top stories, and financial information from CNN/fn...

Downgrade dims RIM's recent shine

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd.'s stellar growth was dimmed slightly due to a downgrade from Bank of America Securities, which forced the company's stock...

WJ Communications acquires EiC's wireless biz

SAN JOSE, Calif.-WJ Communications Inc. said it will acquire the wireless infrastructure business and associated assets of EiC Corp.WJ Communications designs and supplies radio-frequency...

ADC to sell billing division to Intec for $74M

ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it is selling its customer care and billing software division, including its Singl.eView platform for revenue, transaction, billing and service...

Intel says quarterly revenue will hit top expectations

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Citing higher-than-expected demand for its memory chips, Intel Corp. said its second-quarter revenue will reach the top end of its expectations.The company...

Ntelos launches BREW services

SAN DIEGO-Regional wireless carrier Ntelos Inc. launched an application distribution system using Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW technology, the two companies announced."We are constantly exploring new...

Leap names Freeman CEO of Cricket

Leap Wireless International Inc. named William Freeman chief executive officer of its Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary, where he will oversee the carrier's corporate and...

T-Mobile expands Wi-Fi service to Hyatt hotels

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a deal to provide its Wi-Fi-based HotSpot service in the lobby, public areas and select rooms of most of the...

Symbol former executives indicted

NEW YORK-Symbol Technologies Inc. and several of the company's former executives, including its former president and chief executive officer, have been officially charged by...

Alvarion releases WiMax platform

WASHINGTON-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Ltd. launched its BreezeMAX WiMax platform at this week's WCA 2004 conference.The initial release of the platform, BreezeMAX 3500,...

China Unicom begins WAP 2.0 service via Alcatel system

PARIS-China Unicom announced it will offer an upgraded WAP service through a new deal with infrastructure provider Alcatel. The carrier will use Alcatel's WAP...

Segovia satellite service receives Cisco designation

HERNDON, Va.-Broadband satellite service provider Segovia Inc. announced its Internet Protocol satellite service has received the Cisco Powered Network designation for voice, video and...

InterDigital scores $27M in expanded Sanyo licensing deal

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it will score an upfront payment of $27 million thanks to an expanded licensing deal with handset...

Nextel Partners begins GPS-based navigation service

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. joins Nextel Communications Inc. in offering a mobile phone-based global positioning system service through a deal with Televigation. The service...

FCC denies Qualcomm extension for auction voucher

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Thursday that it had turned down Qualcomm Inc.'s extension request to use the remaining 5 percent of its...

Chipmakers sample EV-DV product in Nokia collaboration

Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution.The chips will...

Verizon Wireless warns on free service scam

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Following calls from several victims checking on the status of orders, Verizon Wireless said it has notified authorities of a telephone scam offering...

Siemens signs UMTS contract in Italy

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a $365 million contract to supply UMTS equipment to Italian operator Wind.The deal, which is the first...

ITU moves Telecom World 2006 to Hong Kong

GENEVA-For the first time in its 30-year history, the International Telecommunications Union's Telecom World event will not be held in Geneva. ITU Telecom World...

Comverse posts profit in first quarter

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Investors cheered as Comverse Technology Inc. announced it reversed its losses to report a positive net income in its first fiscal quarter. The...

Verizon to test 3G apps. with Spirent system

ROCKVILLE, Md.-Spirent Communications announced Verizon Wireless will use its APEX C2K Applications Performance Test Platform to verify the performance and reliability of software applications...
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