Yearly Archives: 2004

SpectraSite reports positive 1Q results

SpectraSite Inc. kicked off wireless tower company first-quarter earning releases this week on a positive note.The company said revenues for the first quarter were...

Western Wireless expands 1x footprint

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. expanded its CDMA2000 1x network to provide its OpenDoor wireless Internet service and Hello2Pix picture messaging service to its Cellular...

RF Micro Devices buys Bluetooth player Silicon Wave

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc., provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), will acquire Silicon Wave Inc., supplier of integrated circuits for wireless personal area...

Brazil's Vivo selects Comverse's MMSC

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse said it will supply a multimedia messaging service center for Brazil's largest wireless carrier Vivo."Vivo already offers the FotoTorpedo to its customers,...

China blinks on WAPI, 3G standard

WASHINGTON-China scrapped plans to implement its controversial Wi-Fi encryption standard and agreed not to mandate a home-grown third-generation mobile-phone technology, concessions made to Bush...

Survey highlights phone recycling to mark Earth Day

More than 70 percent of respondents to a recent survey by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) said they were unaware that cell phones...

Nokia gets I Wireless GSM contract

URBANDALE, Iowa-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $15 million deal to supply GSM equipment for carrier I Wireless, formerly known as Iowa Wireless...

Qualcomm enjoys profit rise on 3G uptake

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. soared to high profits in its second-quarter results, emphasizing the prosperity of its CDMA offerings and its place in the industry's...

IDT to deploy Wi-Fi service using VoIP platform

NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. said it will deploy commercial Wi-Fi phone service in the United States using its own network and infrastructure and Net2Phone's voice-over-Internet...

Alltel grows revenue, but income drops

Alltel Corp. posted 157,741 net customer additions during the first three months of this year, which was slightly below the 159,251 subscribers the carrier...

Growth expected for dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi devices

OYSTER BAY, New York-Dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi mobile phones will enjoy support among business users and could grow to as much as 7 percent of the...

Moody's notes positive outlook for Western Wireless

NEW YORK-Moody's Investor Services assigned its B2 rating to Western Wireless Corp.'s $1.5 billion senior secured credit facility and confirmed its B2 senior implied...

Cingular expands EDGE service to South Florida

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has deployed EDGE technology in its South Florida market providing customers with wireless data speeds up to 170 kilobits...

RadioShack, HSN to sell Sprint wireless services

RadioShack Corp. will begin offering Sprint Corp.'s small business wireless pricing programs and services at its retail locations across the country as an expansion...

Small wireline companies urge Senate to pass Internet tax moratorium

WASHINGTON-More than 100 small and medium-sized telephone companies Tuesday urged the Senate to pass the Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act."Currently billions of dollars of investment...

Toshiba, Cometa enter hot-spot cooperation

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. and Cometa Networks, Inc. entered an alliance where Cometa Networks will incorporate some or all of the Toshiba...

Motorola shares rise 20% on strong 1Q results

Motorola Inc. announced its first-quarter results to market enthusiasm, generating its best stock momentum in three years.Its shares rose $3.11 to $19.33, representing a...

Sybase adds Dejima assets to wireless enterprise subsidiary

Enterprise software company Sybase Inc. continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of the assets of privately held wireless technology company Dejima. Sybase said...

Korean carriers to support WIPI platform

SEOUL, South Korea-Although the Korean government has yet to make a decision regarding whether to mandate a wireless Internet platform for the country's three...

Navteq files for $500M IPO

CHICAGO-Navigation information technology company Navteq Corp. filed for a $500 million initial public offering. The company sells digital map information for automotive navigation systems,...

30% of consumer telecom spending goes to wireless

JENKINTOWN, Pa.-Wireless services garnered 30 percent of total consumer spending during the fourth quarter of last year, which was a 3-percent increase from the...

Nokia signs two contract expansions

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced two new contract wins for GSM technology.Nokia will extend its contract to Russia's VimpelCom for GSM/GPRS equipment under a $60...

Tellabs hits profit in first quarter

CHICAGO-Tellabs Inc. posted its first quarterly profit in two years, raising its shares by 10 percent.The equipment supplier had a net profit of $13...

eFund launches wireless marketing company, Mobilopia

SEATTLE-Venture capital firm eFund L.L.C. announced the launch of its new Mobilopia wireless marketing company, which is the result of a merger among Mynamics...

FCC, NextWave both claim victory in settlement

WASHINGTON-It took more than a year and it wasn't pretty, but the Federal Communications Commission and bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. Tuesday signed an agreement...
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