November 2004

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 Sigman said. In an interview with …

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 general aviation operators. According to the …

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 accordance with the Open Mobile …

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 Wi-Fi rollout. But there is a …

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 could bring in as much as …

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, including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and …

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 also said its discussion with …

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. The FCC said Wednesday that twice …

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 Science Applications International Corp. The experimental …

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, involving 200 customer and corporate …

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 announcements. SBC’s FreedomLink hot spots have …

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: Own the World” is the …

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 AIG units and PNC Financial Services …

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 combination with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. …

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 artists as they browse and download …

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 company expects to earn $10.1 …

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 report fourth-quarter revenues from current …

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 it would record a $500,000 fourth-quarter …

Canadian officials Tuesday introduced wireless priority service for emergency communications in the North American country. In the United States, the nationwide GSM carriers and Nextel Communications Inc. all currently offering …

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 radio, which has an integrated …

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 parties. The service is free until …

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 Matti Alahuhta, who is moving on …

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 universal-service subsidies to primary lines. “Now …

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 led CompTel/ASCENT since 1998, will …

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 said the new clamshell-style phone will …