Monthly Archives: August, 2004

Western Wireless reports drop in subs, increase in ARPU

Western Wireless Corp. said it added 10,900 domestic subscribers during the second quarter of this year compared with 15,000 subscribers added during the second...

T-Mobile USA tops Verizon Wireless in customer-care survey

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-T-Mobile USA Inc. bested two-time winner Verizon Wireless in a recent report on customer care quality. T-Mobile achieved an A ranking in...

Cingular offers rescue dating service

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Another wireless carrier is hoping to throw a lifeline to singles stuck on a disastrous date.Cingular Wireless launched "Escape-A-Date" Tuesday, allowing users...

iTouch enters mobile content agreement with rival

LONDON-iTouch Plc has signed an agreement with Japanese rival For-Side.com Co. Ltd. to expand its offerings, the British mobile content provider announced Wednesday.The partnership...

In-Fusio raises $27M

LOS ANGELES-In-Fusio raised $27 million in its latest round of financing, the mobile game publisher announced Wednesday.U.S.-based venture-capital firm Insight Venture Partners led the...

Infrastructure biz up 10 percent this year, study says

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The infrastructure market will bounce to a 10-percent surge this year, bringing in $31.4 billion, Dell'Oro Group predicts in a new study.The...

Alerts USA offers SMS terrorism warnings

WILMINGTON, N.C.-Alerts USA, LLC has expanded its service to include "near-instant" SMS alerts of threats of terrorism.Launched last year, Alerts USA provides warnings of...

Nokia awarded W-CDMA expansion contract in Taiwan

ESPOO, Finland-Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd, the largest telecom operator in Taiwan, has contracted Nokia Corp. to build out the second phase of its W-CDMA...

Danger launches first product of Sharp alliance

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.'s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood last night.The device is the...

Australian carriers to share 3G infrastructure

SYDNEY, Australia-The first third-generation network-sharing agreement in Australia was announced between Telstra Corp. and Hutchison 3G Australia under a $316 million deal.The companies will...

Carriers must report network outages

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers will be required to report significant outages to the Federal Communications Commission, the agency ruled today. The commission said mandatory reporting is...

ClearSky brings presidential campaigns wireless

ORLANDO, Fla.-ClearSky Mobile Media, Inc. has brought the race for the Oval Office to wireless handsets.The mobile entertainment company has launched politically themed content,...

Boingo Wireless, ICOA expand roaming agreements

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless and ICOA Inc. announced they have expanded their existing roaming relationship to include all six of the regional airports that...

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...

PTT subject to CALEA rules

WASHINGTON-Push-to-talk services that use Internet protocol or packet-mode architectures are subject to the digital wiretap act, the Federal Communications Commission ruled Wednesday. "In the...

Centennial to acquire AWS spectrum in Mich., Ind.

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. said it has exercised an option to purchase PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. covering 4.1 million potential customers...

Content developers must focus on enterprise and mass market

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Content developers must carefully target teens for mass-market appeal without forgetting the needs of enterprise, according to a new report from ABI...

Vendors get EDGE contracts

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...

Wireless spam prohibited under new FCC rule

WASHINGTON-Sending spam to wireless devices is illegal, under a law passed by the Federal Communications Commission earlier today."The FCC shields consumers' wireless devices from...

Siemens, China Unicom to give subscribers multimedia content

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

Symbian says 5M phones with its OS shipped in first-half 2004

LONDON-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,...

TDS to sell some wireless properties to Alltel

CHICAGO-Furthering attempts to focus on markets that it calls strategic to its long-term success, U.S. Cellular Corp. and TDS Telecom, both of which are...

Verizon, BIO-key to build mobile data system for Mass. law enforcement

MINNEAPOLIS-Verizon Communications Inc. and finger-based biometric identification and wireless public-safety solutions provider BIO-key International Inc. said they received a contract to build a regional...

Global Locate offers A-GPS package

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Global Locate Inc. said it has introduced a single package assisted global positioning system product known as Stingray, which incorporates the company's...

Nokia to supply GSM gear in Indonesia

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it won a contract to supply GSM equipment to expand the networks of carrier Indosat of Indonesia, covering East Java,...
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