Monthly Archives: July, 2004

Motorola rides ups, downs with earnings, software glitches, new phones

Motorola Inc. had its share of ups and downs last week, when news of solid earnings and the launch of three new handsets collided...

Telus extends Microcell buyout offer

Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. extended its $780 million all-cash offer to purchase wireless rival Microcell Telecommunications Inc. until Aug. 20. The unsolicited offer...

Customers mix a lot of music

CHICAGO-Consumers downloaded a diverse selection of karaoke music into their handsets over the past two months. First International Digital Inc. launched its Mobile Karaoke...

‘Honey, I shrunk the base station’

As chips and mobile handsets shrink in size, so do base stations. Major infrastructure vendors believe it is the wave of the future.Nokia Corp....

World Briefs

Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will begin production and systems integration capabilities for CDMA2000 base stations for the 450 MHz band at its facility...

UbiquiTel reports fewer net subscriber additions in 2Q

Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it added 16,900 net subscribers during the second quarter of this year, which was slightly less than the...

Aether to exit wireless biz

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said it has agreed to sell its transportation division to an affiliate of Platinum Equity for $24 million in...

Synching solution updated as devices get ‘smarter’

Wireless devices are outgrowing the cradles once used to transmit personal information like datebook reminders and contact lists from portable PDAs to desktop computers....

Wireless struts into dating scene

Internet dating sites have proven to be one of the most popular aspects of the Web, and as with the gaming, adult-content and music...

Judge OKs NextWave auction results

WASHINGTON-A bankruptcy judge has approved the private-auction sale of three of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s licenses including a 10-megahertz license to serve New York...

Midwest to launch CellStar Web viewer

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced Midwest Wireless will be the first carrier to launch its PocketSurfer wireless Web viewer. The device uses Bluetooth technology to...

Virgin Mobile U.K. cuts price on IPO shares

LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. has cut the price of its shares in its pending initial public offering by 20 percent due to "tough market conditions,"...

Public-safety’s lack of interoperability frustrates legislators

WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security needs to step up and do a better job of coordinating public-safety interoperable communications, said Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.),...

UMTS comes to U.S.

The end of the year came early for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the carrier made good on its often-repeated plans to offer high-speed...

Sprint inches past Nextel in adding subs, Nextel doubles net income

Six of the nation's eight largest wireless carriers posted second-quarter results, highlighted by strong customer growth at Sprint PCS, Alltel Corp. and U.S. Cellular...

Consumer groups unimpressed by state AGs lawsuit settlement

WASHINGTON-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) and leading consumer groups said settlements reached by 32 state attorneys general with three national mobile-phone carriers on advertising and...

Market share mayhem

Market share mayhemA two-way pager. A digital handset. A clamshell phone. A camera phone. All fine devices, and all devices whose introductions-and delays-have the...

Island Cruises to keep Mediterranean passengers wirelessly connected

REDMOND, Wash.-Island Cruises said its Island Escape cruise ship will begin providing passengers with wireless communications services developed by Wireless Maritime Services, which is...

Relm rejects offer from Wireless Age

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.-Two-way radio manufacturer Relm Wireless Corp.'s board of directors unanimously rejected an unsolicited merger proposal from Wireless Age Communications Inc."We believe that...

iPCS emerges from bankruptcy

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. emerged from bankruptcy protection with the approval of its reorganization plan and said it has filed an application...

Rural carriers likely to adopt wireless broadband

While wireless broadband technologies stir some excitement around both service providers and vendors, rural carriers are likely to take the most advantage of them...

SoundPix launches audio-imaging tech. for wireless market

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.-SoundPix Inc., which develops audio-imaging software solutions, announced its first product for the wireless market, the SoundPix Mobile-Treo Edition.The product is designed...

Sprint confirms it may sell towers

Sprint Corp.'s often-rumored plans to sell its significant tower holdings could be getting closer to a reality as the company reported during its second-quarter...

D.C. Briefs

A hard nationwide date for the end of the transition to digital TV will reduce the value of the spectrum to be auctioned to...
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