Yearly Archives: 2004

Wireless the new sin tax

Municipalities and states, hungry to find ways to fix their own budget woes, are targeting the wireless industry. As reported last week in RCR...

Nextel, T-Mobile USA contract for battery maintenance

NEWTON, Mass.-Nextel Communications Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. have entered multi-million dollar contracts to use BatteryCorp's patent-pending OMS solution for battery preventative maintenance.The OMS...

ZigBee to be key player in home automation market

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Short-range wireless technology ZigBee will be a key player in the home automation market, according to market research firm West Technology Research...

Qualcomm to recommend IBM's Linux servers for BREW

SAN DIEGO-BREW pioneer Qualcomm Inc. said it will recommend that its carrier customers use IBM Corp.'s Linux servers to run its application download system....

Mobile Entertainment Forum adds new members

LONDON-EMI Music, Downplay, In-Fusio, Omni Entertainment, MmO2, Qualcomm Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. are among the newest members of the Mobile Entertainment Forum, the...

Abernathy calls for light VoIP regulation

WASHINGTON-The experience of the wireless industry as it grew from an elite service to mass-market acceptance shows both the benefits and challenges of a...

Wavecom to cut 300 jobs

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA said it plans to lay off about 300 workers as part of a restructuring effort.The company that makes modules said it...

ECom acquires 4G developer Freedom 4 Wireless

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.-ECom eCom.com Inc. announced its subsidiary MyZipSoft Inc. has acquired Freedom 4 Wireless from American Capital Holdings Inc. In accordance with...

Microsoft reports rising mobile revenues

REDMOND, Wash.-Software giant Microsoft Corp. reported revenues of $10.15 billion for its second quarter, up 19 percent over the same quarter in the previous...

Motorola to close phone design plant

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-In a move that will cost 240 jobs, Motorola Inc. said it plans to shut down a Florida plant for cell-phone design.The...

Alltel 4Q revenues up 6% from 2002, job cuts announced

Alltel Corp. posted $1.2 billion in wireless revenues for the fourth quarter of 2003, which was a 6-percent improvement compared with the $1.1 billion...

Faulty Kyocera smart-phone batteries recalled

Reports of exploding mobile-phone batteries finally hit a high note with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing a voluntary recall of 140,000 of...

Stet Hellas to begin UMTS service next week

ATHENS, Greece-Greek mobile operator Stet Hellas Telecommunications reported it will launch commercial third-generation services next Tuesday. Two Nokia UMTS handsets-the 6650 and 7600-along with...

UTStarcom sees 100% increase in 4Q earnings

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said its fourth-quarter earnings soared 100 percent over a year ago with a net income of $66.4 million, or 52 cents...

Senate spending bill forbids some offshore outsourcing

WASHINGTON-The $328 billion omnibus spending bill passed by the Senate Thursday includes a provision forbidding offshore outsourcing by government contractors in certain cases, a...

Senate passes FCC budget

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Senate Thursday finally passed an $820 billion omnibus spending bill that included funding for the Federal Communications Commission for fiscal-year 2004, which...

Cingular sees increasing revenues, churn

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which is reported to have made a $30 billion offer to acquire AT&T Wireless Services Inc., said it added 642,000 subscribers...

Nokia reports solid earnings, positive outlook

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.'s stock jumped slightly following its solid fourth-quarter earnings report and positive outlook for the coming months. Indeed, the company managed to...

CPUC again delays bill-of-rights vote

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission dropped from today's meeting agenda a proposed bill of rights for telecom consumers, the sixth time since September a...

Openwave enjoys increasing quarterly revenue

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet technology vendor Openwave Systems Inc. reported increasing revenues and a decreasing net loss and said it will continue its positive...

Verizon adds Audiovox picture messaging phone

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will add a new picture messaging phone, the CDM-8900 from Audiovox Communications Corp., to its line-up.Verizon said the phone...

Siemens sees profit on strong networks, handset sales

MUNICH, Germany-German vendor Siemens AG said it surpassed market expectation with a group net profit of $992.3 million, or $1 per share, in contrast...

BBC to arm journalists with mobile video phones

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Camera phones took a further step forward in the world stage with British news firm BBC announcing plans to arm a "significant"...

Alamosa to make first dividend payment Feb. 2

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it would make its first dividend payment on its 7.5-percent series B convertible preferred stock Feb....

House committee approves database protection legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The House Judiciary Committee has approved database protection legislation, a bill designed to improve the market climate for collection of information and harmonize...
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