Monthly Archives: December, 2004

MMS growth expected despite challenges

HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-The global market for multimedia messaging services will more than double next year, reaching $42.5 billion, according to a new report from...

FCC tweaks UWB rules

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week made some tweaks to its rules allowing for the operation of ultra-wideband devices facilitating short-range communications, collision avoidance,...

Symbian, USA Mobility announce executive changes

LONDON-Operating system company Symbian Ltd. announced David Levin, the company's chief executive officer, will leave the post at the end of March. Levin will...

GSMA updates database to track stolen phones

The GSM Association announced plans to upgrade a database used by GSM operators that can identify stolen mobile phones. The database ensures that stolen...

Telus increases 2005 guidance

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. updated its 2005 guidance, noting that it expects its wireless division-Telus Mobility-to post between $2.61 billion and...

TV car auction campaign to incorporate wireless

WASHINGTON-Cable TV channel Speed said it will offer an interactive promotion campaign using mobile phones that will allow viewers to guess at the value...

Russia’s MTS signs i-mode agreement

MOSCOW-I-mode mobile Internet service is coming to Russia and Eastern Europe under an agreement between Japanese i-mode creator NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Russia's largest...

SkyZone to bring encyclopedia to cell phones

BURLINGTON, Vt.-SkyZone Entertainment and Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. have partnered to launch Britannica Mobile, which makes 28,000 entries available to mobile-phone users.The service will be...

Kan. carrier selects TruePosition E911 system

BERWYN, Pa.-WestLink Communications, a personal communications services provider in western Kansas, has selected TruePosition Inc.'s Finder wireless location system to help it meet enhanced...

DoCoMo hits 1 Gbps data rate with 4G technology

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s journey to fourth-generation technologies earned a boost as the carrier achieved a 1 gigabits per second data rate in downlink high-speed...

Verizon Wireless boosts Calif. EV-DO coverage

IRVINE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless said it has extended coverage of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO BroadbandAccess network to nearly all of Los Angeles county, as well...

Lightbridge to cut 9% of staff

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced it will cut 36 positions, or 9 percent of its work force, due to Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s acquisition of AT&T...

Hutchison reports nearly 6M 3G subscribers

Third-generation wireless carrier Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. said it has nearly 6 million subscribers of its 3G services around the world. The 5.9 million subscriber...

Unique, advanced phones hit the market

Industry witnessed the release of three unique, advanced handsets from the likes of Verizon Wireless, NTT DoCoMo Inc. and startup Mobiado, a division of...

Alcatel completes Spatial Wireless buy

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it has completed the acquisition of Spatial Wireless, which makes software-based switching solutions. Alcatel first announced the $250 million buy in...

Freescale allies for ZigBee

LINDON, Utah-Freescale Semiconductor Inc. said it has partnered with MaxStream Inc. to roll out ZigBee wireless products. ZigBee is a short-range technology that enables...

iPCS boosts quarterly customer adds

Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc., which recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, said it added 7,500 customers between July 2 and Sept. 30...

Shazam offers music recognition service in London

LONDON-Shazam Entertainment announced a partnership with The Link that calls for Shazam's mobile music recognition service to be made available at 300 of The...

Leap adds downloadable ringtone service

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. added 9 Squared Inc.'s RealTone JukeBox music downloads to its BREW-based Cricket Clicks offering. The carrier said the application...

InCode partners with European fraud management firm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telecom revenue assurance and fraud management company Visual Wireless and inCode, a wireless technology and business consulting firm, have signed a strategic partnership...

InfoSpace buys third gaming company this year: @Road acquires Vidus

Wireless Internet company InfoSpace Inc. continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of German wireless gaming company Elkware GmbH for $26 million in cash....

Motorola secures Nextel relationship with contract extension

Motorola Inc.'s relationship with Nextel Communications Inc. marches on in spite of the carrier's anticipated merger with Sprint PCS.The vendor announced it has signed...

MmO2 completes HSDPA trials with Nortel

LONDON-U.K.-based wireless carrier MmO2 has successfully completed a series of live wireless calls using High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology with wireless supplier Nortel...

Cellular One of Ariz. selects Ceragon for backhaul

TEL AVIV, Israel-Broadband wireless systems provider Ceragon Networks Ltd. said it has received an order to supply $1.3 million worth of its FibeAir products...

4RF introduces 2 GHz system

WELLINGTON, New Zealand-4RF Communications, a digital UHF and microwave radio product developer, introduced its new 2 GHz version of its Aprisa XE digital microwave...
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