2004

HELSINKI, Finland-As expected, Nokia Corp. released a redesigned version of its N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device. The company upgraded several features that came under heavy criticism when the first version of the …

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. said it expects to report 7,909 net customer additions during its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, compared with 5,755 net additions last year, …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint will provide wireless voice and data devices and solutions to the telecommunications services division of the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) under a new two-year contract. …

TORONTO-Wireless merger-and-acquisition activity continues with Wireless Age Communications Inc. and Wireless Frontier Internet Inc. both announcing purchases. Wireless Age said it signed a letter of intent to acquire Westcan Wireless, …

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. said it has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. for misusing its dominance in the CDMA market to snuff out the competition. “Maxim’s claim states that …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-In spite of a substantial surge in its first-quarter profits, Intel Corp. did not live up to Wall Street expectations, and company shares fell 23 cents to $27.44 …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its ‘CCC’ rating to Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc.’s Escrow Co.’s $180 million senior unsecured notes offering due 2012 and assigned its ‘CCC+’ …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set a May 3 deadline for challenges to Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion bid for AT&T Wireless Services Inc., a deal the two mobile-phone carriers want …

ATLANTA-Longtime BlackBerry supporter Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell the BlackBerry 6280 and BlackBerry 7280 wireless handhelds through its more than 6,000 company-owned retail stores, a move the carrier …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Wireless systems providers YDI Wireless Inc. and Terabeam Corp. announced plans to merge. Under the signed agreement, Terabeam will become a wholly owned subsidiary of YDI, focused on …

WASHINGTON-In a move expected to make spectrum available to commercial operators sooner, the FCC’s Media Bureau is proposing to move the digital TV transition date back to 2009. The proposal …

Verizon Communications Inc. said it will start offering new digital subscriber line customers a full rebate on the $100 price of new wireless routers, allowing users to hook up multiple …

ORLANDO PARK, Ill.-First Cellular of Southern Illinois said it has selected Andrew Corp.’s caller location system known as Geometrix to provide public-safety agencies with accurate information on cellular calls to …

GALWAY, Ireland-Rating, charging and revenue settlement software provider AM-BEO Ltd. announced the availability of its new nRate rating solution, designed to price existing and advanced communication and content services. nRate …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. named David Christopher vice president of product management for voice products, devices and affiliate services, where he will be responsible for developing and managing the carrier’s portfolio …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. said it expects to beat its previous guidance for the first quarter of this year with revenues of approximately between $14.8 million and $15.1 million. The …

LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. reported contracts to provide Emergency 911 Phase I and Phase II services to eight rural Texas wireless operators serving more than 100,000 subscribers. The carriers include Cellular …

ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc. reported that vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary Barbara Blackford is leaving the company to become general counsel for Superior Essex Inc. AirGate said it has …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Research In Motion Ltd. renewed its license for Intellisync Corp.’s synchronization software, which RIM uses exclusively in the desktop computer component of its BlackBerry wireless e-mail product. Intellisync’s …

HERZELIA, Israel-Quanta Computer said it has selected the EDGE technology of Comsys Communication and Signal Processing Ltd. as an add-on to its GSM/GPRS products. Quanta said EDGE uses the same …

WASHINGTON-The group seeking improvements to California emergency services with funds from a new 3-percent tax on cell-phone bills said it collected enough signatures to place the initiative on this November’s …

Following several years of setbacks and controversies, disposable phone company Hop-on said it is on track, scoring sales and proclaiming optimism for the rest of the year. “2004 is off …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-North American operators can enjoy a GSM and CDMA solution based on Telemetrix Inc.’s hosted switching and intelligent network elements and InterWave Communication’s base station controller and voice …

NEW YORK-Tele2 said it launched a GSM network in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk. The Swedish-based operator now offers GSM services in 10 out of the 11 Russian regions where …

Mobile asset tracking and wireless data company @Road Inc. announced it will acquire rival wireless enterprise vendor MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. in a deal worth $86 million. The agreement …