Monthly Archives: August, 2004

Syniverse to acquire EDS subsidiary

TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies announced it will acquire EDS Interoperator Services North America, a subsidiary of Electronic Data Systems Corp., for $57 million cash.IOS North...

Moody’s ups Sprint outlook

Moody's Investor Services affirmed its long-term debt rating and raised its outlook from stable to positive for Sprint Corp., citing higher free cash flow...

FCC requires MSS to file 911 reports

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday said it would require mobile satellite service carriers to file reports regarding the implementation of its MSS 911 call...

Mforma continues buying spree, PowerByHand acquires Mobile2Day.de

Two U.S. content companies made European purchases Thursday.Mforma Group Inc.'s spending spree continued Thursday as the mobile entertainment publisher acquired U.K. gaming company Blue...

U.S. lithium battery market to see continued growth

NORWALK, Conn.-The U.S. lithium battery market is expected to reach $2.7 billion in 2009, according to a forthcoming report from Business Communications Co. Inc.The...

Kyocera allies with Kodiak on PTT CDMA handsets

Kyocera Wireless Corp. reported an alliance with push-to-talk platform provider Kodiak Networks to jointly market Kyocera handsets supporting Kodiak's Real-time Exchange platform to CDMA...

Sprint, Mediacom agreement could lead to wireless reseller deal

Sprint Corp. announced a multiyear agreement with the country's eighth-largest cable operator Mediacom Communications Corp., enabling Mediacom to provide telephony services in nearly all...

Telefonica, PT launch plan to increase Brazilian wireless stakes

SAO PAULO-Brasilcel, the company jointly owned by Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom, has launched a plan to buy additional stakes in the other Brazilian...

Nortel scores contract extension with T-Mobile USA

Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won a contract extension with T-Mobile USA to provide GSM, GPRS, EDGE and packet core wireless data network...

Cricket offers self-serve bill pay at Denver airport

BURNABY, British Columbia-Info Touch Technologies Corp. said its self-serve bill pay services will be available at 32 Shibby-branded kiosks at the Denver International Airport...

Bush admin continues S. Korea standards pressure

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration said it will continue to pressure South Korea to further liberalize the standard for 2.3 GHz portable Internet.Late last month, the...

Alcatel targets next-generation networks in China

BEIJING-Alcatel Corp said it has won a major contract with China Netcom and launched a center for Next Generation Network in China.The wireless vendor...

T-Mobile launches Motorola music handset in Europe

BASINGTOKE, England-T-Mobile International launched Motorola Inc.'s music-focused E398 handset to T-Mobile's customers across Europe.The phone includes a color screen, a VGA-quality digital camera with...

Firefighters to study health effects of cell towers

WASHINGTON-The International Association of Firefighters has called for a moratorium on new cell towers on fire stations until health effects can be studied, according...

Nextel Partners opens Fla. customer care center

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. reported the completion of its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which...

Israel’s Partner to launch UMTS using Lucent, Novatel data card

LONDON-Israeli wireless carrier Partner Communications Co. Ltd. will offer its customers the Merlin U530 PC modem card though a deal with Lucent Technologies Inc....

Speakeasy gets funding from Intel

SEATTLE-National independent broadband company Speakeasy will use a new infusion of investment capital from Intel Corp. to expand its WiMax network capabilities, the company...

Valista offers premium content billing software

DUBLIN, Ireland-Payment software provider Valista introduced its Valista OffersPlus software.OffersPlus allows providers to package their products and services in a variety of targeted consumer...

Downloadable games to drive wireless gaming market

BOSTON-The number of downloadable games will grow six-fold during the next five years, generating 82 percent of an expected $8 billion mobile gaming market,...

Freescale signs Siemens, Ningbo Bird chip deals

AUSTIN, Texas-Freescale Semiconductor Inc. said it has signed deals to supply chips to Siemens AG and Ningbo Bird Co Ltd., showing it can fend...

SRS opens cable products division

LOS ANGELES-SRS Industries Inc. announced it has opened a new cable division.The company provides transmission infrastructure equipment, including harnesses, jumpers, connectors, lugs and a...

WLAN hardware revenue rises 3 percent in 2Q

LONDON-Worldwide wireless local area network hardware revenue reached $719.5 million during the second quarter, a 3-percent increase from the previous quarter, according to a...

Verizon adds new games to download service

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-With the Summer Games in Athens drawing to a close this weekend, Mforma Group Inc. and Verizon Wireless have teamed to launch...

VoiceSignal speech technology in Samsung MM-A700

WOBURN, Mass.-Speech-recognition company VoiceSignal Technologies launched its next-generation speech solution on the Samsung MM-A700 wireless phone available through Sprint PCS.The software offers a one-command...

Motorola becomes first foreign FOMA handset maker

Motorola Inc. and Motorola Japan Ltd. will work with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to develop a handset for business users on the Japanese carrier's high-speed...
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