2004

CALGARY, Alberta-Wi-Lan Inc. said it has acquired 17 U.S. patents and patent applications in its plans to produce what it calls the first WiMAX certified system. The company did not …

WASHINGTON-Government regulators have reportedly approved a settlement with NextWave Telecom Inc. regarding the company’s $4.3 billion debt it owes the Federal Communications Commission for wireless licenses it acquired during auctions …

NEW YORK-Test equipment company Agilent Technologies Inc. received good news from Standard & Poor’s as the ratings agency upgraded its outlook from negative to positive. S&P cited the company’s improved …

AUSTIN-The Wi-Fi Alliance announced it has adopted a color-coded Wi-Fi Certified logo and a product Interoperability Certificate for its Wi-Fi Certified branding program, designed to help consumers in wireless local …

BEIJING-Motorola Inc. said12 customers in 18 countries have selected its Push-to-Talk over Cellular solutions for both CDMA2000 1x and GSM/GPRS networks. The company named Malaysia’s Maxis Communications and Guam’s Guamcell …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense denied adopting a policy against camera phones, saying imaging devices are already covered by guidelines for wireless communications by the military and the Geneva Convention’s treatment …

WASHINGTON-A bill banning 16- and 17-year-olds from using mobile phones while driving passed the California Senate Tuesday. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Debra Bowen (D), was approved by a 24-to-11 …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported a 10-percent increase in revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, but a net loss of $16.3 billion. The global carrier added 13.7 million new …

SK USA Inc., a division of South Korea’s technology conglomerate SK Group, announced the introduction of a new company that will focus specifically on the wireless content and entertainment marketplace. …

DETROIT-Telematics company Aeris.net announced it will offer a digital machine-to-machine communications service using wireless modules from Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. The service will run on Aeris.net’s CDMA Digital MicroBurst service …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-A non-stop talking contest initiated in Albuquerque, N.M., by Leap Wireless International Inc.’s Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary was still going strong after 72 hours as two contestants continued in …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Rating Services assigned its ‘B+’ bank loan rating and a ‘3’ recovery rating to Nextel Partners Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary Nextel Partners Operating Corp. $800 million …

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Wireless Inc., which operates retail wireless locations that sell wireless services and operate Wi-Fi hot spots, said it will begin offering bundled Wi-Fi Internet service combined with Voice-over-Internet …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile USA Inc. reported plans to end their network-sharing arrangement, which currently provides Cingular access to T-Mobile USA’s network in New York City in exchange for …

Wi-Fi service provider Wayport this week unveiled Wi-Fi World, a new pricing model for its Wi-Fi-enabled McDonald’s restaurants in which service will be provided for a fixed monthly fee per …

BERLIN-Siemens announced it will discontinue its line of fashion-focused mobile phones sold under its Xelibri brand. Launched early last year, the line-up of phones included devices made to look like …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), provider of radio frequency integrated circuits, has completed its acquisition of Bluetooth solution provider Silicon Wave Inc. RFMD expects the acquisition to expand its …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. (CPS) said it has raised $9 million from existing investors to drive adoption of its Matrix location technology. The technology provides accuracy within 100 meters …

WALLINGFORD, Conn.-SmartLink Radio Networks Inc. announced the opening of a new office in Billerica, Mass., to house its eastern regional sales, corporate marketing, business development and engineering development divisions. The …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. announced its operating subsidiaries have refinanced their previous credit facility with a new $1.1 billion senior secured credit facility. The new credit facility consists of a $400 …

Tim Berners-Lee, widely credited with creating the World Wide Web, published a paper criticizing the wireless industry’s attempts to create “.mobi,” a mobile-specific Internet domain name. The Technical Advisory Group …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. This announcement comes against the background of an industry search for …

Software infrastructure company VeriSign Inc. announced a $273 million acquisition of German wireless content company Jamba!, a move VeriSign said would add wireless content distribution, billing and transaction technologies to …

NEW YORK-Carrier consolidation and increasing common standards are forcing wireless equipment makers to cut prices, according to a new report from Heavy Reading, a market research division of Light Reading …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced two contracts this week, one worth $1.5 billion and the other valued at $120 million. The company signed a 10-year $1.5 billion contract with MTN Group …