Monthly Archives: November, 2004

Cingular Wireless to cut 7,000

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to cut at least 10 percent of its newly combined staff, or around 7,000 of its 68,000-strong workforce, chief Stan...

Verizon Airfone to supplement system with Iridium services

BETHESDA, Md.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. said it has made an agreement with Verizon Airfone that calls for the company to sell Iridium services to its...

CoreMedia to supply DRM for Vodafone’s 3G service

HAMBURG, Germany-CoreMedia will provide digital rights management technology for Vodafone Group plc's new third-generation data offerings, the companies announced.CoreMedia's infrastructure, which was developed in...

Philadelphia Wi-Fi rollout hinges on governor

WASHINGTON-Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell (D) has yet to signal whether he will sign or veto a bill some critics fear will undermine Philadelphia's planned...

Report: Liberty Media, Global Signal thought to be bidding for Sprint towers

The stakes for Sprint Corp.'s 6,500 cell-phone towers rose as at least four bidders have offered proposals to buy them in an auction that...

EWan 1 scores funding for L.A. Wi-Fi network

SANTA ANA, Calif.-Set-top box company eWan 1 Inc. said it scored funding to build a hybrid Wi-Fi/WiMAX network to cover the Los Angeles basin,...

Nortel attempts to calm fears of possible stock delisting

Nortel Networks Ltd. said both the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange are not considering delisting the company as yet.The vendor...

8.5M customers switch during first year of LNP

WASHINGTON-It has been one year since the Federal Communications Commission ordered carriers to allow customers to churn and take their phone numbers with them....

FCC grants SAIC experimental license for 4.9 GHz band

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has granted SAIC Telecom Services Business Unit an experimental license to develop equipment for the 4.9 GHz public-safety band, said...

M1 begins 3G trial with data cards

SINGAPORE-MobileOne, a Singaporean wireless carrier, said it will begin a one-month third-generation trial Thursday using data cards and involving mainly corporate customers.A second-phase trial,...

SBC expands Wi-Fi network

SAN ANTONIO-Telecom company SBC Communications Inc. will offer Wi-Fi service at Barnes & Noble bookstores and Avis Rent-A-Car locations, the company said in separate...

Nokia touts first ‘massively multiplayer online’ game

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. expanded the offerings for its N-Gage device with the launch of a new multiplayer title.According to the handset manufacturer, "Pocket Kingdom:...

AIG offers to settle with regulators on Brightpoint loan

NEW YORK-American International Group Inc. has submitted a settlement offer to securities regulators and federal prosecutors relating to their investigations of financial transactions between...

Cingular works to certify Audiovox smart phone for its network

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is testing Audiovox's Windows Mobile smart phone for use on its network, a move indicative of the complications surrounding the carrier's...

Verizon expands music options via 2 new pacts

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless expanded its content offerings with two announcements. The carrier launched a new service that allows music fans to view images of...

Superconductor to sell $11M in stock

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. has announced the sale of $10.9 million of common stock. It will involve a sale of 15.6 million shares.The...

InterDigital expects better Q4

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it is increasing its royalty revenue guidance for the fourth quarter.The company said it now expects to...

CellStar completes sale of Singapore business

CARROLLTON, Texas-Handset distribution company CellStar Corp. said it completed the sale of its Singapore business to a local group of investors. The company said...

WPS begins in Canada with Rogers Wireless contract

Canadian officials Tuesday introduced wireless priority service for emergency communications in the North American country. In the United States, the nationwide GSM carriers and...

Motorola ships 900 MHz wireless broadband radios

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has begun shipping its version of the 900 MHz Canopy wireless broadband radio for last connectivity to remote subscribers.The...

T-Mobile launches PTT service in Germany

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile Deutschland became the first carrier in Germany to offer push-to-talk services. The service lets users simultaneously talk to up to 10 different...

Nokia names Ojanpera strategy officer

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. said it has appointed Tero Ojanpera as its new chief strategy officer and group executive board member, effective Jan. 1. He replaces...

Wireless, wireline hail passage of bill prohibiting USF restriction

WASHINGTON-Wireless and wireline carriers serving rural America hailed passage of language in the Consolidated Appropriations Act that prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from restricting...

Frisby to step down as chief of CompTel/ASCENT

WASHINGTON, D.C.-CompTel/ASCENT announced that H. Russell Frisby Jr. will step down as chief executive officer of the telecom carrier association in 2005.Frisby, who has...

Cingular to sell Motorola V551

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will be the exclusive provider of the new Motorola Inc. V551, which supports Cingular's new EDGE network. Cingular...
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