Monthly Archives: September, 2004

AAT, Bechtel form tower-siting partnership

ST. LOUIS-AAT Communications Corp. and Bechtel Telecommunications have signed a national two-year contract under which they will partner to offer wireless carriers a one-stop...

New mobile marketing firm targets young users

ESSEX, Conn.-Advertising executives Jim Hood and Wes Bray announced the formation of HipCricket L.L.C., a wireless marketing and event company targeting young mobile-phone users.HipCricket...

Dwango Wireless taps M7 Networks

LA JOLLA, Calif.-Mobile entertainment publisher Dwango Wireless has tapped M7 Networks, a wireless platform hosting company, to deliver short message service "wake-up" functionality to...

Kitchen to leave PCIA

Jay Kitchen, president and chief executive officer of PCIA, plans to retire from the industry trade group he has led for 10 years.Kitchen expects...

Wavecom dumps phones, chips in restructuring

PARIS-Module maker Wavecom Inc. said it will no longer develop handsets and semiconductors as part of a sweeping restructuring of the company that will...

News Briefs

Regional telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. expanded its nationwide wireless voice service to residential and small business customers in Las Cruces, Alamogordo and...

World Briefs

SOUTH KOREAThe W Seoul Walkerhill Hotel has implemented a voice-over-wireless local area network solution from Nortel Networks Ltd. and its channel partner ECS Telecom...

Business Briefs

BellSouth Corp. said it plans to offer $3 billion aggregate principal amount of five- and 10-year senior notes to help finance its share of...

N.Y. TV station uses broadband wireless

NEW YORK-Redline Communications announced that New York's Channel 13/WNET television station is using broadband wireless for two-way broadcast applications between remote sites and its...

AAT, Bechtel form tower-siting partnership

ST. LOUIS-AAT Communications Corp. and Bechtel Telecommunications have signed a national two-year contract under which they will partner to offer wireless carriers a one-stop...

iPCS sells towers to TCP for $16M

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Sprint affiliate iPCS Inc.'s operating facility iPCS Wireless will sell 92 wireless communications towers to TCP Communications L.L.C. for proceeds of $16.5 million.The...

Sorrent launches Fox sports games, TV ad campaign

LA JOLLA, Calif.-With the NFL's opening weekend just days away, Sorrent announced three new sports-related mobile content offerings. The California-based company will promote the...

Crown Castle begins tender offers

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. has commenced cash tender offers for $205.6 million of its outstanding 9.375-percent senior notes due 2011, $216.4 million of its...

Reports: Motorola plans $90M Chinese R&D investment

BEIJING-Motorola Inc. plans to invest $90 million in a new research and development facility in Beijing, the company reportedly told media there today.The new...

Wireless competition report includes antitrust data for first time

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday the wireless industry is competitive and for the first time used antitrust data in its report."There is effective...

Nickelodeon game coming to wireless market

AUSTIN, Texas-Mobile game publisher Reaxion Corp. will partner with Nickelodeon to bring Bleeposaurus to the mobile market.Originally developed by Nickelodeon Online, "The Adventures of...

Chip companies define storage standard for handhelds

A number of semiconductor companies have come together to define the standard interface for storage in wireless handhelds and other portable devices. The companies...

Brazilian data revenues increase, still behind global average

WASHINGTON-Data service revenues reached 3.6 percent of net revenues in Brazil in the first quarter of 2004, up from 1.5 percent in the fourth...

Midwest Wireless extends directory contract with Metro One

PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. signed a multi-year agreement to continue providing EDA and other services for rural wireless provider...

Report finds manufacturing costs for UMTS handsets drop

DUSSEDORF, Germany-The average complexity and manufacturing costs of third-generation UMTS handsets have been "substantially reduced" in the past year, according to research from Portelligent...

MetroPCS gets notice of notes violation

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. said it has received a notice from the trustee under the indenture governing its $150 million of 10.75-percent senior notes due 2011...

TV on cell phones makes moves in Europe

A flurry of announcements Friday brought European mobile users one step closer to watching video broadcasts on their handsets. In three separate announcements: Handset...

Alcatel wins $100M UMTS contract in Libya

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it has signed a $100 million contract to supply Libyan carrier General Post and Telecom Co. with GSM/GPRS and UMTS infrastructure...

BellStream offers mobile blogging tool

LA JOLLA, Calif.-BellStream Ltd. announced the release of Blogia, a mobile blogging tool, at the DemoMobile exhibition this week.The offering, which is available on...

Powell plays up diverse broadband options

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell said the diverse options for broadband-including both unlicensed and licensed choices-make America strong even if others, including his fellow commissioners,...
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