Monthly Archives: December, 2004

Intel to work with AT&T on wireless

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. said it has signed a deal with AT&T Corp to research and develop high-speed wireless broadband, Internet telephone technology and converged...

Wireless Internet device displays full-sized Web pages

MONTREAL-DataWind Corp. released its new PocketSurfer wireless Internet device, a unique offering that allows users to view full-sized Web pages by connecting their PocketSurfer...

SBC to offer Wi-Fi in Palm Springs airport

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-SBC Communications Inc. reported a deal a the City of Palm Springs and Q3 Telecom to launch SBC FreedomLink Wi-Fi service at...

NEC receives messaging router order from Telefonica Moviles

TOKYO-NEC Corp. received an order for its messaging intelligent routers multimedia message service system from Telefonica Moviles Espana.NEC said the system can be added...

Report: Sprint/Nextel reach tentative $36B deal

A Wall Street Journal report Friday afternoon citing sources on both sides indicated No. 3 Sprint Corp. and No. 5 Nextel Communications Inc. had...

Siemens acquires Chantry for larger WLAN play

Siemens AG has acquired Chantry Networks, a step that will extend its enterprise offerings and Voice over Internet Protocol into the wireless local area...

Yahoo! buys mysterious Wuf Networks

Internet portal Yahoo! Inc. acquired startup Wuf Networks for an undisclosed sum, the company said. The acquisition is somewhat shrouded in mystery. Wuf was...

Lucent distributes warrants as part of class-action settlement

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has distributed 200 million warrants to buy shares of the same amount at $2.75 as part of...

T-Mobile USA puts UMTS on hold due to lack of spectrum

Citing current spectrum constraints, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it does not expect to launch UMTS-based services for at least two years and will instead...

Carb craze hits wireless through Atkins deal

Wireless entertainment publisher Digital Chocolate plans to announce an agreement next week to work with Atkins Nutritionals Inc. to develop wireless content for carb...

Alvarion completes tumultuous InterWAVE acquisition

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband company Alvarion Ltd. announced it completed its $40 million acquisition of wireless base station company InterWAVE Communications International Ltd. The...

.mp domain names registered by mobile companies

SAIPAN-A variety of business and personal users in Europe, the United States and Asia have registered .mp domain names during open registration for dotMP,...

Motient corporate service combines GPRS, 1x, DataTAC

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Motient Communications Inc. released its new iMotient Solutions product, which the company said represents a major new step by combining GPRS, 1xRTT and...

Huawei wins first UMTS contract in Europe

BEIJING-Following on its first wireless contract in the United States earlier this week, Chinese infrastructure company Huawei Technologies has been selected by Dutch mobile...

Airborne acquires Cellus

MONTREAL-Wireless publisher Airborne Entertainment announced Wednesday that it has acquired mobile developer Cellus USA Inc.Airborne, which develops and distributes games, messaging services, ringtones and...

Matsushita goes with Panasonic name in North America

SECAUCUS, N.J.-Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, the North American headquarters of Osaka, Japan-based Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., announced it will drop its Japanese...

Napster to enter wireless arena

Digital music service provider Napster announced plans Thursday to offer ringtones to mobile users in the United States and Canada. Napster Mobile, which will...

Chinese companies make strides with TD-SCDMA phones

Two Chinese companies advanced their strategies for the third-generation homegrown protocol, TD-SCDMA, as the country prepares for a commercial launch of the technology by...

TeliPhone launches VoIP/GSM platform

MONTREAL-TeliPhone Inc., a subsidiary of United American Corp., said it has launched a dual-mode service combining its Voice over Internet Protocol platform with GSM...

Sprint, Nextel consider merger, says report

Less than two months after Cingular Wireless L.L.C. garnered governmental approval for its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., creating the nation's...

Sprint to sell new Samsung PTT phones

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint will sell two new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. phones-devices that feature push-to-talk capabilities and integrated digital cameras-for the critical holiday shopping...

InterDigital enters license agreement with Option

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its patent-holding subsidiaries have entered into a license agreement with Option NV, which provides second- and third-generation...

Senate passes trio of telecom bills before leaving town

WASHINGTON-Literally minutes before the Senate left town for the year, it passed a troika of important wireless bills-spectrum relocation, enhanced 911 grants and universal...

Court rejects challenge to FCC’s RF standards

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here rejected the latest challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's radio frequency radiation standard for mobile phones and base stations.In...

Telecom Italia boards approve TIM buyout

MILAN, Italy-Telecom Italia detailed its offer to buy the 44 percent of Telecom Italia Mobile that it doesn't already own for up to $28.1...
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