Monthly Archives: September, 2004

Lucent wins Chinese deal, makes further R&D investment

Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a $98.5 million contract to expand the CDMA network of Guangdong Unicom. It is the third phase...

Centennial to sell cable TV assets to fund Mich. wireless buildout

Centennial Communications Corp. said it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Puerto Rico cable television operations to Hicks, Muse, Tate &...

Earthlink becomes wireless voice provider with BlackBerry device

Internet Service Provider EarthLink has added wireless voice provider to its resume with the release of the all-in-one color BlackBerry 7750 Wireless Handheld with...

Finnish flyers can check in with SMS

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnair airline customers can check in for flights by sending text messages beginning next month, the carrier said Tuesday.Finnair Plus cardholders who don't...

Enpocket upgrades mobile marketing software

NEW YORK-Mobile marketing company Enpocket launched a new version of its popular mobile advertising software.Enpocket Engine 4.0 offers upgraded message delivery features, as well...

Content company buys antenna chipmaker

PLANO, Texas-E-Mobile Technologies issued a letter of intent to acquire Canadian antenna chipmaker RFTune, the company announced Tuesday.E-Mobile, a Texas-based provider of applications and...

Atrua gains $12M in new funding

CAMPBELL, Calif.-In further validation of demand for fingerprint technology on wireless devices, Silicon Valley-based Atrua Technologies Inc. announced it has raised $12 million in...

ITU: Asia surpasses North America as world’s largest wireless market

GENEVA-The Asia-Pacific region continues to show strong telecommunication market growth, according to research from the International Telecommunication Union, which kicked off ITU Telecom Asia...

BellSouth offers $3B in notes to fund AWS buy

ATLANTA-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...

Nortel joins WiMax Forum

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has joined the WiMax Forum, just as Cisco Systems Inc. reportedly denied reports that it has joined the industry...

Rogers enters agreement to potentially buy AWS stake in Rogers Wireless

Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. said it has entered into a letter of agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to facilitate the possible...

More than 300,000 customers cut the cord since April

WASHINGTON-More than 300,000 customers have cut the cord since May with more than a half a million customers switching totally to wireless since local...

Samsung announces phone with hard disc drive

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced plans to launch the SPH-V5400, a mobile phone that includes a tiny hard disc drive to expand...

Study: Consumers will approve directory with privacy protections

CLARKSTON, Mich.-Five times as many wireless customers this year said they were willing to list their mobile-phone numbers in a public directory as last...

Smartcom offers EV-DO service in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile-Smartcom, a wireless operator in Chile, has deployed CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology from Nortel Networks Ltd. to boost its wireless network capacity and...

Details released for spectrum-leasing

WASHINGTON-Most of the Federal Communications Commission continues to hail the leasing of spectrum rights-known as secondary markets-as a way to ensure that spectrum is...

McCaw’s Clearwire aggressively making way in Jacksonville market

Few names garner as much attention in the wireless space as Craig McCaw, who is often regarded as one the savviest investors in the...

Censorship, incompetence and death

Once again we are reminded that even with the marvelous multitude of communication channels in the Information Age-fax machines, cell phones and the Internet...

Content company acquisition readies it for IPO

PLANO, Texas-E-Mobile Information Technologies acquired mobile entertainment provider CHL Technologies, the companies announced.The acquisition was necessary for CHL to go public, according to a...

Lucent could see $816M tax refund

TRENTON, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. may enjoy a tax windfall of $816 million in refunds if the IRS and the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation...

UWB camps still sparring, another deadlock expected

With each side of the ultra-wideband technology conflict ratcheting up rhetoric and maneuvers, the turf of war is sizzling with less love and more...

CPUC delays vote on Cingular fine in wake of talks

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C., steadfast in its claim that it did not deceive California consumers, has initiated negotiations with the California Public Utilities Commission to...

Business Briefs

Mobile entertainment provider Dwango North America has raised $3 million in institutional funding from Weiss, Peck & Greer Investments. The announcement comes on the...

Crown completes U.K. sale, ponders Sprint buy

As expected, Crown Castle International Corp. completed the sale of its U.K. subsidiary, including 3,600 tower sites, to British utility company National Grid Transco...

New 3G siting technology to save E-Plus $72M

German wireless operator E-Plus has developed and applied for a patent for a new system to expand its UMTS network called Ultra High Sites,...
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