2004

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

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 solution provides Web-based management for …

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 Solutions L.L.C. (WTRS). Annual shipments of …

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. Qualcomm said its BREW service runs …

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 group announced. The organization said the …

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 light regulatory touch, acknowledged FCC Commissioner …

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 will lay off the workers …

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 the acquisition, shareholders of eCom will …

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 year. The company’s net income clocked …

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 company said the closing will …

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 the company reported for the fourth …

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 Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s 7135 smart-phone batteries. …

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 the Motorola A835 and the Siemens …

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 per share. A year ago, the …

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 move that could hurt wireless and …

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 started Oct. 1. The bill must …

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 during the fourth quarter of last …

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 score sales at the top end …

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 vote on the controversial measure has …

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 trend in the coming months. The …

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 will sell for $100 with …

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 to a year ago when it …

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” number of its journalists with video-capable …

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. 2 to stockholders of record Jan. …

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 U.S. policy with the international community. …