Monthly Archives: July, 2004

SpectraLink warns on 2Q revenue

BOULDER, Colo.-Shares of SpectraLink Corp., which manufactures and provides wireless phone systems for the enterprise, plummeted more than 20 percent this morning following warnings...

Irish investors buy Mobile Tornado

DUBLIN, Ireland-An Irish-led team of investors bought Israeli push-to-talk provider Mobile Tornado. The investors have moved the company's headquarters to Dublin and plan to...

Boingo expands EarthLink partnership

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless and EarthLink Inc. announced an expanded platform services agreement that will result in a new integrated Wi-Fi feature in future...

AT&T Wireless releases two new LG phones

SAN DIEGO-LG Mobile Phones and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. released two new GSM handsets, the L1150 and the G4015.Both phones include color screens, instant...

Virgin Mobile laughs it up with Comedy Central deal

Prepaid wireless provider Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. added content from Comedy Central to its already extensive data content selection provided by a number of...

Phantom Fiber to develop wagering platform with Digital Gaming Solutions software

TORONTO-Phantom Fiber Corp. said it has signed a five-year license agreement with gaming products company Digital Gaming Solutions. According to the agreement, Phantom Fiber,...

Boundless pre-teen market growth expected

LONDON-The global market for pre-teen mobile services could reach $43.1 billion by 2009, according to a new report by Visiongain Ltd.The pre-teen market includes...

Flight attendants express concern over in-flight wireless use

WASHINGTON-The world's largest flight attendants' union has called on the airline industry to address the growing use of wireless electronic devices onboard commercial aircraft.Concerned...

Orative raises $12M in funding

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Orative, which develops mobile collaboration software, said it raised $12 million in series B funding.The round was led by Trinity Ventures. The...

Continental to offer free Wi-Fi in airport lounges

HOUSTON-Continental Airlines said it would begin offering free Wi-Fi Internet access in all of its Presidents Clubs in the United States except for Chicago...

Lucent rises on $5B Verizon deal

Lucent Technologies Inc. reinforced its CDMA profile and its place in the heart of Verizon Wireless with a whopping $5 billion contract with the...

Qualcomm announces stock split, dividend increase

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has declared a two-for-one stock split and approved a 40-percent increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend.The dividend, which...

Illinois raids wireless E911 fund to balance budget

WASHINGTON-Illinois has joined the list of states that have raided their enhanced 911 funds to balance their budgets, said the National Emergency Number Association."In...

Nortel chief optimistic on revenue growth

TORONTO-In its update on the company's financial problems, Nortel Networks Ltd. said business is gaining momentum, and it expects to report a cash balance...

DoCoMo makes second chip-company investment with TI deal

TOKYO-In its second such announcement in as many days, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it will invest $50.3 million in Texas Instruments Inc....

CenturyTel to pay $100,000 WLNP fine

WASHINGTON-CenturyTel Inc. has agreed to pay the Federal Communications Commission $100,000 and set up procedures and systems to properly route ported wireless numbers, according...

THQ Wireless launches games for i-mode in Europe

WOKING, United Kingdom-Mobile games publisher THQ Wireless said it launched its first DoJa i-mode site for E-Plus' i-mode customers in Germany.The first titles on...

Chaoticom snags music deals with European carriers

ANDOVER, Mass.-Millions of European wireless phone customers can now download entire songs directly to their handsets, mobile music company Chaoticom, Inc. announced. European...

Leucadia seeks MCI control, mum on wireless plans

WASHINGTON-Leucadia National Corp., the New York investment firm seeking to buy at least 50 percent of MCI Inc., is remaining mum on whether it...

CoreMedia updates DRM software

HAMBURG, Germany-CoreMedia announced the launch of its new generation of digital rights management software. The company's DRM for Mobile Services version 2.1 enables mobile...

Caprio named Commerce privacy officer

WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary Donald Evans today named Dan Caprio as the agency's chief privacy officer. The department said Caprio would add privacy to his current...

FTS to offer Boost prepaid service

TAMPA, Fla.-Wireless retailer FTS Wireless Inc. reported it will begin offering Nextel Communications Inc. subsidiary Boost Mobile L.L.C.'s prepaid wireless services.FTS, which also operates...

Nortel may try to reclaim execs’ bonuses

WASHINGTON-Nortel Network Corp.'s mounting accounting problems continued last week, as a New York law firm announced it was investigating the Canadian telecom equipment giant...

Cingular/AWS tie-up plans test bed for gov’t

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's thorough review of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion play for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. represents a new level of merger...

Study shows gals got game

BOSTON-The majority of U.S. mobile gamers are women, according to a new study from the Yankee Group that shows 58 percent of mobile gamers...
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