Monthly Archives: November, 2004

Triton PCS announces $250M loan

BERWYN, Pa.-Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Inc. reported that it intends to enter into a $250 million senior secured term loan...

Former BT subsidiary acquires Connexn

LONDON-Revenue assurance company Azure Solutions said it has acquired Connexn Technologies. The combined companies will operate under the Azure name. Financial terms of the...

Nortel completes transfer of some assets to Flextronics

TORONTO-Nortel Networks said it has completed the scheduled transfer of certain optical design operations and related assets in Ottawa and Monkstown, Northern Ireland, to...

Western Wireless delays 3Q filings

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it was delaying the release of its third-quarter financial results until Nov. 8 after determining that the accounting for...

CTIA warns on possible USF increases

WASHINGTON-CTIA-The Wireless Association Wednesday warned that universal service contributions could increase by 40 percent if the Federal Communications Commission accepts the projections of the...

Sprint, Verizon Wireless eye Qualcomm’s planned TV network

It didn't take long for Qualcomm Inc.'s planned mobile television network to attract attention. Sprint PCS Chief Operating Officer and President Len Lauer said...

SpectraSite names Slaven CFO

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Inc. named Mark A. Slaven chief financial officer.Slaven most recently was CFO of 3Com Corp. Before that he served in several executive...

Napster goes mobile with AWS service

LOS ANGELES-AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which last week was acquired by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., is taking Napster mobile.The Internet music vendor is introducing Napster...

CTIA officially changes name

CTIA-The Wireless Association has formally adopted the aforementioned moniker as its new federally registered name. The association said its board of directors approved the...

Industry next week to ask court to dismiss brain-cancer suits

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone industry lawyers said they intend to ask a court here next week to dismiss six brain-cancer suits on federal pre-emption grounds.In July, U.S....

Election results mean likely departure of Adelstein from FCC

WASHINGTON-The Republicans' ability to retain control of the White House and Congress in Tuesday's elections will nonetheless prompt changes at the GOP-led Federal Communications...

Vodacom to offer 3G services in South Africa

LONDON-South African wireless carrier Vodacom intends to be the first African carrier to offer third-generation services through a deal announced Wednesday with Vodafone Group...

High churn hits Cincinnati Bell 3Q results

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Wireless said it lost 15,000 subscribers during the third quarter as higher-than-expected postpaid customer churn of 3.68 percent offset a 16-percent year-over-year...

Asian wireless carriers join forces through regional alliance

SINGAPORE-Following their European counterparts, seven Asia-Pacific mobile operators signed an agreement to form a regional mobile alliance, called Bridge Mobile Alliance, which will operate...

Wireless gaming firms announce acquisitions, partnerships

The scramble to find allies continued in the mobile gaming arena with two new partnerships and an acquisition. Tiger Telematics, the U.S.-based producer of...

US Unwired reports strong results, narrows loss

Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. reported 11,508 net customer additions during the third quarter of this year, which was a significant improvement compared...

Racal, Continuous Computing integrate 3G products

LONDON-U.K.-based Racal Instruments Wireless Solutions (RIWS) has announced that it is delivering upgraded third-generation base station test systems with integrated Trillium software from Continuous...

Hertz to offer Wayport Wi-Fi service, directions

Wireless and wired neutral host broadband service provider Wayport Inc. said it has reached a preliminary agreement with Hertz Corp. to provide high-speed Internet...

Nokia trials NFC technology for wireless ticketing

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp., Royal Philips Electronics and Rhein-Main Verkehrsverbund have come together to trial a Near Field Communication solution to allow users to...

Ericsson to expand 1x network in India

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will expand its CDMA2000 1x contract with India's Tata Teleservices in 12 new circles. The Swedish vendor currently provides...

BearingPoint wins govt. contract to test RFID for passports

WASHINGTON-BearingPoint Inc., a top business consulting and systems integration firms, said it is one of four firms companies awarded a contract by the Government...

Virgin Mobile USA deploys Starent gateway

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Starent Networks Corp. said Virgin Mobile USA has chosen its data access gateway for enhanced data and content-based billing. The product, known as...

Crown Castle partners with Nokia on wireless digital TV

Nokia Corp. and U.S. tower firm Crown Castle International Corp. have partnered to bring video services to U.S. mobile users, the companies said Tuesday....

PalmSource names Gassee chairman

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. has elevated Jean-Louis Gassee to the position of chairman of its board of directors. This follows the resignation of the former...

Stonesoft launches wireless enterprise security product

HELSINKI, Finland-Network security provider Stonesoft Corp. launched its StoneGate Firewall and VPN version 2.5, which the company said addresses security needs of corporate mobile...
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