Monthly Archives: August, 2004

Vocabulary comprehension

And I thought the acronyms of the wireless industry were unwieldy! In the age of text messaging there is a whole new language to...

T-Mobile offers Samsung slider camera phone

DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America and T-Mobile USA Inc. announced the launch of the slider SGH-d415 camera phone.The new phone slides up to reveal its oversized...

Danger updates Sidekick

The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.'s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood.The device is the first to launch...

Business Briefs

Mobile-game publisher In-Fusio raised $27 million in its latest round of financing. U.S.-based venture-capital firm Insight Venture Partners led the funding round, joining existing...

Telematics could get boost from 802.11p development

A planned update to 802.11, dubbed 802.11p, which will make cars more intelligent machines, could be a boon for both the telecom and automotive...

Brightpoint signs to sell Motorola’s telematics products

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Motorola Inc. has signed Brightpoint North America L.P. to provide logistics services for Motorola's automotive division, the companies announced recently. Under terms of...

Western Wireless expands coverage with Harris radios

RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C.-Western Wireless Corp. has selected Harris Corp. to supply radios to expand its network capacity.The provider of rural wireless communications will use...

Cingular expands coverage in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has activated 13 new cell sites in Central Tennessee this year as part of a one-year, $100 million...

UbiquiTel posts first operating income

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported $88.7 million in revenues during the second quarter, a 34-percent increase from the $66 million the carrier...

RIM competitors say BlackBerry won’t own e-mail market forever

Wireless e-mail stalwart Research In Motion Ltd. should brace for intense competition as converged devices with BlackBerry-esque e-mail functionality and cell-phone features, including voice...

Alltel, Centennial bolster core markets, divest non-strategic interests

Regional carriers are swapping spectrum to shore up their strength in markets where they already operate and exit markets that are no longer a...

Small firm launches wireless directory amid industry controversy

A publicly accessible directory of wireless numbers would generate nearly $2 billion in revenues in the United States by 2008, according to a report...

Carriers increase infrastructure spending, businesses increase WLAN spending

Both the mobile infrastructure space and wireless local area network arena are heading toward sunnier times, according to reports by the Dell'Oro Group.WLAN is...

Cingular wraps up deal with Cincinnati Bell Deal aids plans to ‘hit ground running’ post-merger

With its pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. making its way through various governmental regulators and a final approval not yet certain, Cingular...

Vendors get EDGE contracts in Middle East

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson and Motorola Inc. announced EDGE contracts, underlining the increasing traction of the technology in the Middle East and around the world.Motorola said...

Nokia, MLB partner to wirelessly deliver audio, scores, video

NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. has teamed with Major League Baseball to bring audio broadcasts, real-time scoring and streaming video to wireless handsets.The service, which is...

American Tower lowers capex outlook as it focuses on ROI

In releasing its second-quarter financial results, American Tower Corp., the largest U.S. wireless tower company, maintained good favor with analysts who indicated its overall...

Stability (after a lot of pain) marks tower industry

Change has been afoot in the wireless tower industry. In the past 18 months, two of the industry's five public players have gone through...

Symbian counts stronger global shipments

Symbian Ltd. said its operating results for the first half of 2004 show global shipments of Symbian OS-based phones nearly doubled to 5 million,...

Global Briefs

Siemens AG said it has signed a contract to supply solutions that will enable China Unicom to bring video clips and songs to subscribers'...

SmartServ to attack market with content, prepaid calling cards

The rush of companies joining the ranks of pseudo-wireless providers continued last week as mobile content and application provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced plans...

PalmOne releases accessories line

MILPITAS, Calif.-Playing on personalization, palmOne Inc. released palmOne persona, a line of accessories for palmOne handhelds and smart phones.The accessory line will debut with...

Spamming wireless devices now illegal, but details on law undecided

WASHINGTON-Sending spam to wireless devices is illegal under rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission last week."The FCC shields consumers' wireless devices from these...

FCC approves Leap license changes

Leap Wireless International Inc. reported that the Federal Communications Commission issued an order approving the change of control of its wireless licenses, which will...

Triton PCS disappoints with quarterly subscriber loss

Triton PCS Holdings Inc. reported a disappointing loss of 833 subscribers during the second quarter of 2004, which was well below analyst expectations of...
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