2004

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 of the third-largest wireless operator in …

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 as TD-SCDMA. The deal, which will …

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. that U.S. Cellular said will reduce …

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 to view, share, organize and store …

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 three distinct nationwide wireless networks. One …

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 reorganized in early 2003. The company …

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 Europe. Nortel’s product, known as Passport …

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 and handwriting recognition solutions to its …

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 by an unnamed national U.S. wireless …

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 its new wireline and wireless CDMA …

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 vendors. The new lab will enhance …

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 the wireless bellwether is out of …

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 the tremendous challenges of state …

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 CDMA EV-DO deal with Verizon Wireless. …

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 D financing. Redpoint Ventures led the …

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, send messages and conduct multiple conversations …

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 costs and other one-time expenses. “Reporting …

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 political news updates on their mobile …

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 need access to crucial corporate …

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 company’s RCTS-003 Life Support Radio Test …

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 in Australia and Singapore, which include …

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 Nokia’s N-Gage. And to do so …

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 and CDMA operators. The move comes …

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 U.S. wireless network partner Verizon Wireless …

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 video delivery, video telephony, instant multimedia …