2004

Sprint PCS and Sybase Inc. said Tuesday they will expand their relationship to develop and market corporate wireless data applications. Under terms of the agreement, the carrier will use software …

Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it purchased a $3 million stake in Linux developer MontaVista Software Inc., based in Sunnyvale, Calif. DoCoMo recently standardized on two operating system platforms …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. said it completed the sale of its Daytona Beach, Fla., 20-megahertz C block license to MetroPCS California/Florida Inc. U.S. Cellular said it scored $8.5 million in cash …

BOONTON, N.J.-Pervasive networking is poised to take the concept of cellular mobility to the next level, according to a new report by Insight Research Corp. Although carriers do not currently …

SAN DIEGO-REMEC Inc. said it has agreed to sell its defense and space subsidiary to Chelton Microwave for about $260 million in cash. The subsidiary, known as REMEC Defense & …

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EDINBURG, Va.-Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. and its wireless subsidiary, Shenandoah Personal Communications Company, a PCS Affiliate of Sprint, signed its 100,000th wireless customer, capping two years of greater than 20-percent annual …

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International said it extended the range of devices on which it supports BlackBerry services in Europe through the introduction of BlackBerry Connect and BlackBerry Built-In. Support for BlackBerry …

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Corr Wireless, a cellular provider in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, selected Infonxx to provide directory assistance services to its customers. “One of the main reasons for us to choose …

SOROCABA, Brazil-Andrew Corp. said it has increased capacity tenfold and tripled its work force in its expanded manufacturing facility in Sorocaba, Brazil. The company manufactures its Decibel base station antenna …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse introduced its Comverse MMS Exchange, a central hub that allows multiple network operators to interconnect their multimedia messaging services. Operators currently must implement separate routing connections and interconnectivity …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. unveiled an application that allows users to download movie quotes and soundtracks to their handsets. Subscribers of the company’s Cricket service with Cricket Clicks-enabled phones …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said its year-old partnership with NASCAR has yielded a 400-percent increase in Nextel’s customer base within the NASCAR industry and added that NASCAR customers bring in …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless have come together to bring wireless PC card modems on SingTel Mobile’s UMTS network in Singapore. The PC cards will allow the …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Although semiconductor revenue will rise 23 percent to $218 billion for 2004, the second half witnessed a significant downturn, according to a report by Gartner Inc. “The sudden downturn …

MOSCOW-I-mode mobile Internet service is coming to Russia and Eastern Europe under an agreement between Japanese i-mode creator NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Russia’s largest wireless carrier Mobile TeleSystems. The carriers …

Sprint PCS launched two new content services Monday, continuing its lead in the advanced content arena. The carrier announced a radio-like service that will deliver short video clips and six …

Acquisition news continues its frantic pace with InPhonic Inc. and SmartServ Online Inc. both announcing purchases. First, Internet phone retailer InPhonic said it bought privately held A1 Wireless USA Inc., …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s journey to fourth-generation technologies earned a boost as the carrier achieved a 1 gigabits per second data rate in downlink high-speed packet transmission. DoCoMo used OFDM radio …

WASHINGTON-A key lawmaker Thursday called universal service “the 800-pound gorilla” and said that last week’s action by the Federal Communications Commission to raise the universal-service contribution factor above 10 percent …

Verizon Wireless said it has extended coverage of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Broad- bandAccess network to nearly all of Los Angeles county, as well as into portions of Riverside and …

LONDON-The GSM Association announced plans to upgrade a database used by GSM operators that can identify stolen mobile phones. The database ensures that stolen phones cannot be resold. The association …

After several months of either denying or keeping mum over a pending realignment, Motorola Inc. finally let its new structure out of the bag. In the fashion of other big …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish company Atenit said it will deploy a UMTS TDD network using technology developed by U.S.-based IP Wireless. Atenit, a wireless broadband carrier, will deploy the network over a …

Many in the industry peg iDEN handset vendor Motorola Inc. as a major winner following the merger between Sprint and Nextel Communications Inc. Motorola’s position is enviable as the company …