Monthly Archives: November, 2004

Analyst firm predicts quick fall for Sierra Wireless

Although wireless device vendor Sierra Wireless Inc. continues to ride a wave of positivity on Wall Street, at least one firm believes the company...

Armed with contracts, Ericsson expects moderate growth

L.M. Ericsson expects the global market for mobile systems to slightly top 2004 figures, reflecting the company's high spirits about its leading position in...

Global Exploration provides texting software to Skype

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia-Skype users will be able to make calls and send text messages over the Internet through a new product by software developer...

European carrier alliance rolls out corporate service plan

LONDON-The Starmap Mobile Alliance, an alliance of 11 European wireless carriers, said it is rolling out a new multi-country corporate service for customers across...

Ericsson gets T-Mobile USA contract extension

SAN DIEGO-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a contract extension with T-Mobile USA Inc. for GSM equipment and deployment in the 1900 MHz band....

Rogers to privatize Rogers Wireless

Canadian communications and media company Rogers Communications Inc. said it will launch an exchange offer for all of the outstanding Rogers Wireless Communications Inc....

NextWave gets another extension to file reorganization story

WASHINGTON-The bankruptcy judge overseeing NextWave Telecom Inc. has given the company until Dec. 6 to file its reorganization plan and until Feb. 11, 2005,...

Extricom secures $5.6M in funds

HERZLIA, Israel-Wireless local area network equipment vendor Extricom Ltd. said it has secured $5.6 million in a second round of financing. The round is...

Global handset sales growth to continue

LONDON-Global handset sales are expected to continue to grow during the coming five years, according to a new report by wireless analyst firm ARC...

Proxim back in NASDAQ compliance

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. said its class A common stock has traded at or above $1 for more than 10 days, which brings it into...

CellStar names Zhang to head Asian operations

CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless phone distribution company CellStar Corp. announced it hired Zhang Yue, a former China Mobile Communications executive, as its senior vice president of...

Bitfone in pilot project with Orange

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Bitfone Corp., which sells over-the-air updating technology for mobile phones, announced it scored a deal to conduct a pilot project with European...

MBOA-SIG releases UWB-related specs

MUNICH, German-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance Special Interest Group said it completed its physical layer 1.0 specifications, which will be made available to its promoter,...

Sprint PCS, U.S. Cellular announce new devices

As carriers and handset makers brace for the upcoming holiday season, both Sprint PCS and U.S. Cellular announced new devices to entice rosy-cheeked shoppers.First,...

DoCoMo to buy back shares

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. Thursday detailed its plans to buy back some of its shares. The Japanese carrier plans to buy back 142,000 shares of...

Aeronix offers IM device for Wi-Fi networks

GREENVILLE, S.C.-Software and technology developer Aeronix Inc. launched Zipit Wireless Messenger, a portable instant messaging device for use on wireless home networks or Wi-Fi...

Siemens has strong fiscal year, stumbles in 4Q

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG basked in its fiscal-year 2004 earnings with a net a income of $4.38 billion, although its fourth-quarter picture was not so...

Alcatel to invest in Datang for piece of TD-SCDMA pie

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it will invest $323 million in Chinese company Datang Mobile as part of partnership between the two companies and to foster...

Symbian sees increasing shipments, targets mid-range devices

LONDON-Operating system company Symbian Ltd. reported increasing sales and shipments for the third quarter, as well as plans to target mid-range devices rather than...

Despite strong financial performance, investors cautious on RIM

Although investors seem somewhat wary of the clouds surrounding Research In Motion Ltd., the company continues to offer a blindingly sunny outlook, and at...

Nortel financial filings could be delayed into 2005

Less than a week after it launched a media blitz to boost its image, Nortel Networks Ltd. postponed yet again the release of its...

T-Mobile USA reports customer, ARPU growth

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported 901,000 net customer additions during the third quarter of this year, which was a 34-percent increase compared with the 670,000...

T-Mobile USA in hot-spot alliance with foreign carriers

SAN FRANCISCO-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported its participation with the Wireless Broadband Alliance in a series of roaming agreements with six international wireless operators. The...

Townsend named CFO at Verizon Wireless

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless reported that John Townsend will be named vice president and chief financial officer effective in January. Townsend will replace current vice...

Qualcomm announces 7-cent dividend

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced a quarterly cash dividend of 7 cents per common share Wednesday. The mobile chipmaker said the dividend will be paid...
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