2004

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported a strategic alliance with Raytheon JPS Communications to allow push-to-talk interoperability between Nextel’s iDEN-based service and land mobile radio systems using Raytheon’s ACU-1000 technology. The …

ESPOO, Finland-T-Mobile International said it will offer Nokia’s Push to Talk over Cellular network solution in Germany in the fourth quarter of this year. The carrier said it plans to …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc., Intel Corp., and IBM Corp. said they have come together to develop a new security specification for such advanced online mobile commerce services as electronic tickets and …

BEIJING-ZTE Corp. said it has released what it claims is the world’s smallest third-generation handset. The phone, the ZTE F808, weighs 104 grams and measures 88.5 by 44.6 by 22.5 …

Amdocs and Nextel Communications Inc. have extended their managed services agreement, initially signed in 2000, by more than two years, to the end of 2011. Nextel and Amdocs said they …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Cricket Communications Inc. has selected Comverse’s Multimedia Messaging Service Center system for multimedia content delivery. Comverse said Cricket will be able to support high-volume personal and applications-based multimedia messaging …

MUNICH, Germany-Indonesia’s largest wireless carrier Telkomsel and Siemens have signed a $381 million framework agreement to expand Telkomsel’s GSM network. Under the terms of the contract, Siemens will supply new …

SAN FRANCISCO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it is offering advanced firmware over-the-air update capabilities via its BREW solution. The new capabilities allow wireless operators and handset manufacturers to remotely reflash a BREW-enabled …

Crown Castle International Corp. posted solid third-quarter earnings results this week. Site rental revenues reached $134 million, up 11.6 percent from a year ago. U.S. site rental revenue alone made …

SAN FRANCISCO-Billboard magazine and Consect, a mobile market analysis firm, announced the Billboard Hot Ringtones chart, an aggregated chart of U.S. polyphonic ring-tone sales, which will premiere in the Nov. …

ESPOO, Finland-Brazilian mobile operator TNL PCS (Oi Celular) has selected Nokia to expand its GSM/EDGE network in an $115 million deal. Nokia will expand and upgrade Oi’s core network by …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. announced financial results for the third quarter that were fairly flat compared with last quarter. Revenue was $31.5 million, up slightly from the second quarter’s $31.4 million, …

Nextel Partners Inc.’s third-quarter financial results reflect improvements across the board. The carrier reported revenues of $337.2 million, up 29 percent from a year ago, and earnings before interest, taxes, …

WASHINGTON-The fanfare surrounding final government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. proved to be short-lived, with Moody’s Investors Service downgrading long-term debt ratings …

NEW YORK-Fashion magazine Vogue and Samsung Telecommunications America announced a long-term partnership designed to promote technology as an essential component to style. The partnership includes a co-marketing program, including a …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Cellular Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dobson Communications Corp. announced the pricing of a private placement of $825 million of senior secured notes. The notes consist …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-iPass Inc. said it has agreed to buy Mobile Automation for $20 million in an all-cash deal. Mobile Automation helps to protect mobile devices like computers and personal …

Nortel Networks Ltd. shares dropped on the news the company will not release its quarterly and yearly results as it promised. The company said it has put off the release …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Yahoo! have teamed up to offer a solution suite featuring e-mail, mapping, news and weather-information applications to Verizon subscribers through the Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0 …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced it achieved profitability and increased license revenues in its first-quarter fiscal-year 2005 results, released this week. Openwave reported revenues of $83.6 million, up 9 …

The nation’s wireless carriers have agreed to provide consumers with multimedia messaging service interoperability, a move that industry watcher say will give a much-needed boost to MMS use in the …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-Velocita Wireless said Research In Motion’s Blackberry 5790 handheld will operate on its Mobitex network. The device will provide e-mail, an organizer, Web browsing, corporate data access capabilities as …

MOSCOW-Lucent said its CDMA 450 MHz equipment has been deployed in Russia by Sky Link, a telecommunications holding company established to develop a nationwide CDMA 450 MHz network in Russia. …

SAN FRANCISCO-The number of wireless subscribers grew by an estimated 14.5 percent during the past 12 months, while the average price of local monthly service continued to hold steady, according …

SAN FRANCISCO-Audiovox Communications Corp. released its CDM-8930 1.3-megapixel camera phone at this week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show in San Francisco. The handset, featuring a swivel clamshell body, has …