Yearly Archives: 2004

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...

TI counts VoIP shipments

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has shipped more than 50 million voice over Internet Protocol ports to more than 200 networking equipment vendors and...

Cerillion Technologies gets billing contract in Latvia

LONDON-Cerillion Technologies signed an agreement to provide Tele2 AB with a unified billing solution for its mobile and fixed operations in Latvia.Cerillion said the...

IDC predicts mobile growth in Saudi Arabia

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-The Saudi Arabian mobile market is set to experience tremendous growth this year, according to a recently published study by IDC. The...

Sonim Technologies ships PTT software solution

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Sonim Technologies Inc. said it has begun shipping its Push to Talk over Cellular standards-based PoC Client software solution. The company noted...

FTS Wireless to expand Wi-Fi operations

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Wireless Inc. announced a new set of strategic initiatives targeted at expanding its Wi-Fi operations.The company will now charge a pay-per-use fee...

Willtek releases product option

INDIANAPOLIS-Willtek Communications has released its WCDMA System Option for the Willtek 4400 Series Mobile Phone Tester. "Our tests with leading manufacturers showed that the...

SFR plans UMTS launch

PARIS-French mobile operator SFR said it plans to launch its third-generation UMTS service to corporate customers in May and to the public in June.The...

Nokia, IDEA Cellular show multimedia over EDGE

NEW DELHI, India-Nokia Corp. and carrier IDEA Cellular Ltd. said they jointly demonstrated live multimedia services over an EDGE network with speeds on an...

Centennial Communications refinances credit facilities, notes

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. completed previously announced refinancing transactions consisting of a new $750 million senior secured credit facility and a private placement of...

Daniels rounds up 2003 M&A activity

DENVER-Financial services firm Daniels & Associates said it led the nation in the number of completed mergers & acquisitions of U.S. telecom companies last...

Verizon Wireless, Samsung offer camera phone

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell a new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. camera phone with a unique rotating screen design for $180 with...

PalmSource launches dual-OS at developer meeting

SAN JOSE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. officially announced its new dual-OS strategy at the company's developer conference, an effort to support both high-end smart phones as...

Vodafone mulls all options

NEW YORK-Vodafone Group plc's plans to bid on AT&T Wireless Services Inc. could be on hold as published reports indicate the worldwide wireless provider...

APCO criticizes NENA SWAT report

WASHINGON-The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International today criticized a key report's finding that federal regulators relax a government mandate governing one form of...

Burns hopes to introduce, pass wireless privacy bill this year

WASHINGTON-Legislation to combat wireless eavesdropping in rural American and to protect the location privacy of all Americans will be introduced this spring, said Sen....

Stratex offers software management system

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Stratex Networks Inc., which provides wireless transmission solutions, introduced its ProVision V element software management system.The ProVision V software suite is designed...

Tele2 AB announces operating revenue increase

NEW YORK-Pan-European telecom company Tele2 AB announced a 20-percent increase in operating revenue to $5.2 billion for 2003. Full-year profit was $334.9 million.Mobile business...

AirGate PCS shareholders to meet

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. reported that independent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. recommended AirGate shareowners vote for each of the...

Vodafone Live! downloads powered by Mobilitec

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Vodafone said it is using Mobilitec Inc.'s Java technology to power the application downloading features of its Live! wireless data service.Mobilitec's mPower...

AT&T Wireless, AOL expand agreement

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced an expanded agreement with instant messaging company America Online Inc. to install AOL's IM software in select AT&T...

Two chip companies merge, others release products

FREMONT, Calif.-Singapore's ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. and ChipPac Inc. have agreed to merge, creating what it calls one of the world's premier test...

BREW: Who

Asia-Pacific Region: Australia's Telstra, China Unicom, Japan's KDDI, South Korea's KTF, Taiwan's Eastern Broadband and Thailand's HutchEurope Region: NoneLatin America/Mexico/ Caribbean: Argentina's Movicom, Brazil's...
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