Monthly Archives: November, 2004

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...

InfoSpace, Blue Lava announce winners of Tetris tournament

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Mobile and Blue Lava Wireless announced the winners of a cross-carrier mobile-phone games tournament held in September and October.Competitors in the 'Tetris...

PocketThis raises $12M in new funding

OAKLAND, Calif.-Wireless data software developer PocketThis raised $12 million in Series C financing, the company announced Wednesday. The company's third round of equity financing...

Telstra launches i-mode service

MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian operator Telstra Corp. said it launched i-mode services based on technology from Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc.The content service offers Telstra customers...

Lucent to gain $816M in tax refund

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will enjoy a tax refund of about $816 million, or 16 cents per diluted share, following a...

Motorola begins pre-holiday phone blitz

Motorola Inc. announced it will sell its new clamshell V265 through Verizon Wireless. The news comes on the heels of several new third-generation devices...

Freescale leads supplier effort in Video, Voice over IP

Four companies have come together to push a new technology called Video and Voice over Internet Protocol, which allows videoconference on demand.The companies include...

Leap boosts content with IM, Spanish services

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will begin offering its Cricket wireless customers the mobile AOL Instant Messenger service, allowing AOL members and AIM...

Rogers Wireless details executive shuffle following Microcell buy

Following the recently announced successful tender offer results relating to Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.'s $1.1 billion acquisition of Microcell Telecommunications Inc.,...

SmartServ to use Sprint PCS network for prepaid offering

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-SmartServ Online Inc. will offer prepaid mobile phone service and handsets on Sprint PCS' nationwide network, the company announced Wednesday.SmartServ will launch...

Dwango Wireless offers Rolling Stone trivia game

SEATTLE-Dwango Wireless announced an exclusive Rolling Stone-branded mobile music and entertainment trivia game called Rolling Stone 20 Questions.The game tests users' pop culture knowledge...

T-Mobile USA adopts Intellisync software for Sidekicks

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corporation's synchronization software is available for T-Mobile USA subscribers carrying Danger's Sidekick devices, the company announced Tuesday.The software, which can be...

Qualcomm completes A-GPS call on W-CDMA networks

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has completed its assisted global positioning system technology call on W-CDMA/GSM/GPRS networks for location-based services.The company said the call...

Vodafone Netherlands to offer ringbacks

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Mobile software and technology developer NMS Communications will team with IT consultant firm LogicaCMG to introduce ringback tones to subscribers of Vodafone Netherlands,...

Vodafone launches UMTS service in 13 countries

Vodafone Group plc launched its UMTS-based Vodafone live! service across its operations in 13 countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the...

Nokia signs follow-on contract with Thailand’s AIS

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it signed a $15.5 million agreement with Thai wireless carrier AIS to expand its GSM network in the northern, western...

Nokia closes Fla. refurbishing plant, cuts 400 jobs

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Citing a drop-off in demand for mobile-phone repairs, Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will shutter its Florida refurbishing plant, cutting 400 jobs by...

Motorola shareholders to get Freescale stock

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-The board of directors of Motorola Inc. said it will distribute about 0.11 of a share of Freescale Semiconductor to Motorola shareholders tax...

First Avenue to acquire Teligent

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-First Avenue Networks said it signed an agreement to acquire all of Teligent Inc.'s assets and fixed broadband wireless operations.First Avenue, which intends...

SEC considers civil actions against former Lucent employees

NEW YORK-The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering recommending that civil actions be taken against three former employees of Lucent Technologies Inc., including former...

Xingtone upgrade ringtone software

LOS ANGELES-Mobile music provider Xingtone Inc. announced the launch of the newest version of its software program. Xingtone 4.0 allows mobile users to create...

Sky Mobile, Sonim gain funding

SAN DIEGO-Investors continued to show their faith in wireless Tuesday with two new funding announcements. Sky Mobile Media Inc. announced it has raised $6.25...

MSV receives license to offer land-based wireless service

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today said Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. received the first ever authorization to operate land-based wireless systems to supplement satellite operations,...

Western Wireless reports increasing revenue despite roaming drop

Rural wireless provider Western Wireless Corp. reported $276.1 million in domestic revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 6-percent improvement...

Ericsson, Nortel announce CDMA 450 MHz moves

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has conducted a CDMA 450 MHz trial in Talgar, Kazakhstan, based on the vendor's third-generation platform. The operator for...
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