Yearly Archives: 2004

Vodafone could bid $35B for AWS

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reportedly is set to bid as much as $35 billion for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in an attempt to gain control...

Siemens, Huawei form joint venture for TD-SCDMA

BEIJING-Siemens AG and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said they have signed a contract to form a joint venture for the third-generation mobile standard known...

U.S. Cellular repays inter-company note

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. reported the early repayment of a $105 million inter-company note due in 2008 to parent company Telephone and Data Systems Inc....

Verizon to offer Kodak Mobile Service to customers

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Eastman Kodak Co. said the Kodak Mobile Service will be available to Verizon Wireless' Get It Now customers, allowing users...

LitFiber plans nationwide networks with site acquisitions

TOMBALL, Texas-LitFiber announced it has secured approximately 200 radio towers and 200 rooftop sites in the United States and plans to begin building out...

SpectraSite reports revenue, income improvements

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Inc. recently released its fourth-quarter 2003 results, warning they are not necessarily comparable to the previous year's results since the company was...

Nortel deploys multiservice switches for BaykalWestcom

MOSCOW-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has deployed multiservice switches for wireless operator BaykalWestcom's network connecting the cities of Irkutsk, Bratsk and Ust-Ilim in Eastern...

ART, Renesas sign co-marketing agreement

ATLANTA-Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. signed a cooperation and co-marketing agreement with Renesas Technology Corp. that will allow Renesas' SH-Mobile Consortium to offer ART's speech...

FTS Wireless to offer prepaid services

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Wireless Inc. said it has been granted national non-exclusive marketing rights to a new line of prepaid wireless products and services provided...

Alvarion gets LMDS contract with Reliance in India

TEL-AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Ltd. announced Reliance Infocomm Ltd., subsidiary of the Reliance Group, will use Alvarion's WALKair LMDS solution to complement...

Nortel opens interoperability facility

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has set up a core interoperability laboratory and forged testing partnerships with a number of new...

Fitch upgrades Lucent

NEW YORK-Ratings company Fitch has raised its ratings on Lucent Technologies Inc. to B from CCC+ for its unsecured debt, a renewed signal that...

Dems blast Bush on homeland security

WASHINGTON-Democratic senators on Wednesday blasted the Bush administration's homeland security budget calling it "missing in action."This budget is "missing in action. It doesn't recognize...

Novatel up on financial, Verizon news

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Wall Street roared its approval of struggling wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. as the company reported break-even financials and a major...

Camera module company scores $19M in funds

RAMAT GAN, Israel-Startup TransChip Inc., which offers digital camera modules for sale to mobile-phone makers, announced it scored a significant $19 million in Series...

Sprint enhances Yahoo! IM service

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS launched an enhanced version of the currently available Yahoo! Inc. Messenger service that allows users to view who is online,...

Gemplus sees restructuring benefits

LUXEMBOURG-Smart-card company Gemplus International announced its fourth-quarter revenues increased to $297 million and its net loss increased to about $31 million due to restructuring...

Telenor Mobile Interactive, ABC News launch premium text messaging

NEW YORK-Telenor Mobile Interactive and ABC News said they launched a premium text-messaging alert service that will give mobile consumers major breaking news and...

Mediaconcept licensing Bitstream technology

TORINO, Italy-European reseller Mediaconcept will begin licensing software development company Bitstream Inc.'s ThunderHawk mobile browsing technology to European companies for corporate and carrier use."Companies...

Aeroflex reports $5.9M order

WICHITA, Kan.-Aeroflex Inc., which develops and manufactures test solutions, said its division in Wichita, Kan., received an order valued at $5.9 million for the...

SkyNetGlobal, Boingo sign roaming agreement

SYDNEY, Australia-SkyNetGlobal and Boingo Wireless have signed a network roaming agreement to provide Boingo's customers and partners access to SkyNetGlobal's 130 wireless hot spots...

Gametrac to offer Microsoft-based wireless gaming device

LONDON-Startup Gametrac Europe Ltd. is taking direct aim at industry giant Nokia Corp. with plans to sell a wireless video-game device very similar to...

Motorola debuts PTT handsets

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. continued to follow through on promises of new phones with the release of a trio of push-to-talk devices for both GSM...

AWS talk heats up with Vodafone, Verizon possibilities

NEW YORK-With AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s self-imposed Feb. 13 deadline for buyout bids fast approaching, Vodafone Group plc's plans to divest itself from current...

Qualcomm upgrades DO software to support multicasting

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has upgraded its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO software for its CSM5500 cell site modem to support such applications as high-quality...
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