Monthly Archives: August, 2004

Wyo. elderly consider cutting the cord

CHEYENNE, Wyo.-Many elderly people in Wyoming are considering dumping their traditional home phones and going wireless, according to a study by the American Association...

M7 Networks to boost U.S. Cellular data services

CHICAGO-M7 Networks and U.S. Cellular will partner to boost the carrier's wireless data services, the companies announced Tuesday.M7 Networks' SMS Hub Service will help...

Nokia partners with Pointsec for secure enterprise data

CHICAGO-Nokia announced it has teamed with Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB for an encryption solution designed to protect mobile data for enterprise users.The Pointsec for...

Western Wireless offers $200M in stock

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it would offer $200 million of its Class A common stock to help fund general corporate purposes, working capital...

Crown Castle to complete U.K. sale Aug. 31

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said it expects to complete the previously announced sale of its U.K. subsidiary Aug. 31.Crown said in June it would...

Kodak buys National Semi’s imaging business

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Eastman Kodak will acquire the imaging business of National Semiconductor Corp., which develops and manufactures metal oxide semiconductor image sensor devices.The acquisition aims...

LAN switch sales drop slightly in 2Q

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Worldwide sales of local area network switches declined 2 percent during the second quarter, following 13-percent growth during the first quarter, according to...

Madonna embraces wireless with mobile storefront

LOS ANGELES-Madonna fans can download ring tones, images and other licensed mobile content from the singer's official Web without credit cards.The artist-driven mobile storefront,...

Telsis launches text services for businesses

FAREHAM, United Kingdom-Telsis Ltd. announced a new set of text services aimed at business users.The company said its new Text For Business services, which...

Cingular to use AT&T brand six months after merger

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and AT&T Corp. reported an agreement resolving issues related to the use of the AT&T brand in...

Cisco to acquire P-Cube for $200M

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has agreed to acquire P-Cube for $200 million in stock and cash to enable service providers to...

Wireless price drops expected to drive further wireline substitution

The premium for using wireless voice services instead of wireline services is expected to drop from 100 percent or double the price last year...

AT&T Wireless, Cingular offer intercarrier MMS

AT&T Wireless Services and Cingular Wireless will offer intercarrier multimedia messaging service (MMS), allowing customers to exchange text, photos, music and video clips between...

Wireless computing devices will build data access revenues

LONDON-Smart phones, personal digital assistants and notebook computers will generate more than $130 billion in data access revenues by 2009, according to ARC Group's...

Vernier completes funding round

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Vernier Networks, which provides adaptive network security products, said it has added $2 million to its series D funding round, for a...

APCO releases best practices for handling telematics calls

WASHINGTON-The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials has released a set of best practices on how to deal with calls from telematics service providers."Telematics is...

ARM acquires Artisan in $913M deal

ARM Holdings plc said it has agreed to acquire system-on-chip company Artisan Components Inc. for about $913 million based on Artisan's stock value of...

T-Mobile USA expands HotSpot service to Red Roof Inns

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported that it will provide its Wi-Fi-based HotSpot service to Red Roof Inns' 359 hotels across the country and expanding...

NuevaTel Bolivia launches new GSM network

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia-NuevaTel PCS de Bolivia S.A., a Western Wireless subsidiary, launched a new GSM network in Santa Cruz using an infrastructure solution from...

Cell-phone-scanning congressman must pay damages

WASHINGTON-A federal judge has ruled that a congressman who gave a tape of an illegally scanned cellular phone call to reporters lost his First...

Azaire to supply gear for Rogers Wireless’ Wi-Fi service

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. selected Azaire Networks as its core system provider for the carrier's Wi-Fi service locations throughout Canada. Azaire...

T-Mobile USA sells first U.S. Sharp GSM phone

T-Mobile USA Inc. has launched Japanese handset maker Sharp Corp.'s first GSM mobile phone for the U.S. market, the TM-150. The tri-band (1900, 1800,...

VCs come back to wireless

Purse strings are loosening for wireless companies as the industry relaxes the tight fists of the past few years.In spite of the risks, venture-capital...

Rural carriers try to replace roaming $ with mixed success

Rural operators continued to wean themselves from roaming revenues during the second quarter of this year with mixed results as some have been able...

Sprint PCS adds second TV service

Sprint PCS introduced a new multimedia message service that can deliver more than 600 new streaming audio and video clips per day to subscribers...
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