Monthly Archives: October, 2004

Dobson announces $825M private placement

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Cellular Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dobson Communications Corp. announced the pricing of a private placement of $825 million of...

Cricket chooses Comverse messaging solution

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Cricket Communications Inc. has selected Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Center system for multimedia content delivery.Comverse said Cricket will be able to support high-volume...

Billboard launches ring-tone chart

SAN FRANCISCO-Billboard magazine and Consect, a mobile market analysis firm, announced the Billboard Hot Ringtones chart, an aggregated chart of U.S. polyphonic ring-tone sales,...

DoCoMo partners with Intel, IBM on m-commerce platform

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc., Intel Corp., and IBM Corp. said they have come together to develop a new security specification for such advanced online mobile...

Vogue, Samsung partner to promote technology style

NEW YORK-Fashion magazine Vogue and Samsung Telecommunications America announced a long-term partnership designed to promote technology as an essential component to style.The partnership includes...

Verizon Wireless teams with Yahoo! on content

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Yahoo! have teamed up to offer a solution suite featuring e-mail, mapping, news and weather-information applications to Verizon subscribers through...

Nokia to expand Brazilian network

ESPOO, Finland-Brazilian mobile operator TNL PCS (Oi Celular) has selected Nokia to expand its GSM/EDGE network in an $115 million deal.Nokia will expand and...

Merger fanfare short-lived with downgrades

WASHINGTON-The fanfare surrounding final government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. proved to be short-lived, with Moody's...

Nextel Partners results reflect increasing revenues, free cash flow

Nextel Partners Inc.'s third-quarter financial results reflect improvements across the board.The carrier reported revenues of $337.2 million, up 29 percent from a year ago,...

Siemens signs Indonesian contract

MUNICH, Germany-Indonesia's largest wireless carrier Telkomsel and Siemens have signed a $381 million framework agreement to expand Telkomsel's GSM network. Under the terms of...

ZTE claims release of smallest 3G handset

BEIJING-ZTE Corp. said it has released what it claims is the world's smallest third-generation handset.The phone, the ZTE F808, weighs 104 grams and measures...

WatchMark-Comnitel to buy ADC software group

BELLEVUE, Wash.-WatchMark-Comnitel said it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase ADC Telecommunications' Metrica Service Assurance software group.The combined company will be headquartered in...

Entertel launches broadband wireless services for business

MILPITAS, Calif.-Entertel, a Holland-based data and telecom operator focused on the business market, launched a national rollout of business-class broadband wireless access services. The...

Mickey coming to Cingular phones

SAN FRANCISCO-Cingular Wireless announced Disney Mobile content, including ring tones, graphics, games and multimedia messaging, is now available for download to Cingular handsets and...

Audiovox releases swiveling camera phone

SAN FRANCISCO-Audiovox Communications Corp. released its CDM-8930 1.3-megapixel camera phone at this week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show in San Francisco.The handset, featuring...

Nokia, Sony Ericsson join SD Card Association

SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. said they have joined the SD Card Association, whose semiconductor memory products are found in...

Sky Link adds Tver region to Russian CDMA 450 MHz deployment

MOSCOW-Lucent said its CDMA 450 MHz equipment has been deployed in Russia by Sky Link, a telecommunications holding company established to develop a nationwide...

Appeals court upholds Motorola’s legal win against Uzans

Motorola Inc. claimed another victory over the Uzan family in Turkey as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld the...

FCC approves Cingular/AWS merger

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the $41 billion merger of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., requiring the new No....

U.S. wireless users top 170M

SAN FRANCISCO-The number of wireless subscribers grew by an estimated 14.5 percent during the past 12 months, while the average price of local monthly...

Sprint PCS becomes first carrier to offer new Treo

Sprint Corp. announced it will be the first carrier to offer palmOne Inc.'s new Treo 650 smart phone. The device, which will retail for...

JP Mobile announces global product wins

DALLAS-JP Mobile said its SureWave Mobile Office product was deployed by two international wireless carriers. First, b2Wireless, a systems integrator and the exclusive supplier...

Carriers agree on MMS interoperability

The nation's wireless carriers have agreed to provide consumers with multimedia messaging service interoperability, a move that industry watcher say will give a much-needed...

Warner Bros. to publish BREW content

BURBANK, Calif.-Warner Bros. Online said it has signed an agreement calling for it to publish wireless games and entertainment applications for Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW...

Tracfone sees increasing quarterly customers, revenues

MEXICO CITY-America Movil S.A. de C.V.'s newly released quarterly results for its U.S.-based Tracfone subsidiary reflect subscriber trends in addition to financial results.The company...
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