Monthly Archives: July, 2004

PowerByHand names best-selling apps.

DURHAM, N.C.-PowerByHand, which provides mobile content and solutions, announced the best-selling applications from three of its mobile online properties.Utilities were the most popular category...

SoundPix launches audio-imaging technology 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...

Ilium releases eWallet 4.0

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Ilium Software announced eWallet 4.0 for Microsoft Windows Mobile-based pocket PCs, smart phones and Windows operating systems.The product allows users to store...

ZTE chosen for international IP standards development

GENEVA-ZTE Corp. said the International Telecommunication Union has chosen it to draft two important international standards for next-generation networks.The company will draft the requirements...

Sprint confirms it may sell towers

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

Lawmaker sides with industry against mandatory outage reporting

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the House Government Reform Committee told the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday that its proposed outage reporting requirements for wireless carriers...

Legend Mobile upgrades motor sport news service

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Legend Mobile Inc. released a new version of its Racemobile.com motorsports news service.Racemobile provides a daily text message with news about stock...

Aether plans transportation, wireless division sales

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...

UbiquiTel reports fewer net subscriber additions in 2Q

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

Danger snags VC financing, teams with Sharp

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger, Inc. has snagged $37 million in venture capital and a new corporate ally.The Palo Alto-based company has joined forces with Sharp...

Telus extends Microcell buyout offer

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

SBC launches Wi-Fi at Hopkins Int’l Airport

CLEVELAND-SBC Communications Inc. launched its FreedomLink Wi-Fi service at Cleveland's Hopkins International Airport, providing high-speed wireless Internet access to the facility's gates, ticket counters...

U.S. Cellular names new communications directors

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. named Jeffrey Smith and John Simley to its Public Affairs and Communications Department in an attempt to support its community outreach...

Motorola, SiRF address software glitch in Nextel handsets

Motorola Inc. and SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. said they have identified a solution for the software glitch that affected six Motorola iDEN phones sold...

Judge approves NextWave private 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...

Senator criticizes Bush over Adelstein’s FCC nomination

WASHINGTON-A senator charged Thursday morning that the Bush White House was not playing by the rules by refusing to send the nomination of FCC...

Senate committee guts VoIP bill

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday morning gutted a bill that attempted to pre-empt states from imposing access charges and universal service fees on Voice...

Western Wireless, U.S. Cellular add Webdate service

MIAMI-Webdate Inc. said it was launching its Webdate Mobile application on Western Wireless Corp. and U.S. Cellular Corp.'s CDMA2000 1x-based data networks, providing users...

Cingular deploys Tekelec signaling and HLR technology

MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec said that Cingular Wireless L.LC. has deployed its Eagle 5 Signaling Application System and G-Flex home location register in its new signaling...

Alltel posts 5-percent wireless revenue gain

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. posted a 5-percent increase in wireless service revenues from $1.195 billion during the second quarter of 2003 to $1.253 billion...

Consumer advocates say carrier settlement with states is insufficient

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...

Billing companies merge

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Two billing services companies, Dan Net A/S and Mach Sarl, have reached an agreement to merge their businesses.The deal is subject to regulatory...

Siemens to build GSM network in Pakistan

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will build a GSM network for Telenor Pakistan in the southern part of the country. The value of the...

Telstra signs Nortel for EV-DO gear

MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian carrier Telstra said it plans to boost network capacity and enable high-speed services in capital cities across the country, using Nortel Networks...

Fujitsu announces A-GPS chipset

TOKYO-Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has announced a two-chipset solution for global positioning system/assisted-GPS receivers that generate high performance and low power in wireless handsets.It consists...
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