Yearly Archives: 2004

Verizon Wireless boosts Calif. EV-DO coverage

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...

Business Briefs

Global Signal Inc. said its board of directors has increased its cash dividend for the fourth quarter to 40 cents per share of common...

Unique, advanced phones released to market

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Industry witnessed the release of three unique, advanced handsets from the likes of Verizon Wireless, NTT DoCoMo Inc. and startup Mobiado, a division...

MmO2 completes HSDPA trials

LONDON-U.K.-based wireless carrier MmO2 successfully completed a series of live wireless calls using High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology with wireless supplier Nortel Networks...

USF contribution factor up more than 10 percent

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...

Shazam offers music recognition service in London

LONDON-Shazam Entertainment announced a partnership with The Link that calls for Shazam's mobile music recognition service to be made available at 300 of The...

With two technologies, SpectraSite may benefit from Sprint-Nextel merger

With carriers focusing on network efficiency, tower companies are not expected to yield any immediate benefits from the anticipated merger between Sprint PCS and...

Leap adds downloadable ringtone service

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. added 9 Squared Inc.'s RealTone JukeBox music downloads to its BREW-based Cricket Clicks offering. The carrier said the application...

Person of the Year: Stan Sigman

Editor's Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past...

Report finds growing mobile middleware market

DUBLIN, Calif.-New research has picked iAnywhere Solutions Inc. as the top player in the middleware market, besting 13 competitors. This is the company's third...

AirGate shows better financials

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc., which announced last week a definitive agreement to be acquired by fellow affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc., reported financial...

Motorola trials 4.9 GHz public-safety system

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has successfully completed trials for broadband public-safety solutions in the 4.9 GHz band."The success of the trial, thanks in...

Grief Zone

The four-square mile, fortressed area in Baghdad that's supposed to provide safe haven for important people trying to reinvent this war-torn nation in the...

European regulators to survey carriers on roaming rates

BRUSSELS, Belgium-Following several similar reviews, the European Regulators Group-a body comprised of national telecom regulators in Europe-plan to survey mobile operators in Europe about...

InPhonic, SmartServ announce acquisitions

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...

Nortel releases unaudited 3Q figures

TORONTO-After a cycle of postponements, Nortel Networks Ltd. finally released its third-quarter results statement, although it is still unaudited. For the third quarter, Nortel...

DoCoMo partners with carriers in Australia, Singapore on video calls

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced partners for its third-generation video service called World Call. DoCoMo's FOMA video customers will be able to exchange video-phone calls...

FCC excludes independent wireless carriers from access to UNEs

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission left the few remaining independent wireless carriers twisting in the wind last week when it said that mobile-phone and long-distance...

Russia’s MTS signs i-mode pact

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...

Melodeo signs music deal with Warner Music Group

SEATTLE-Let the music play, says the deal between software music company Melodeo and Warner Music Group. Both companies came together to ink a global...

IP Wireless wins Swedish customer

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,...

Alcatel completes Spatial Wireless buy

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it has completed the acquisition of Spatial Wireless, which makes software-based switching solutions. Alcatel first announced the $250 million buy in...

Tight jeans a handset hazard

MOLNLYCKE, Sweden-According to a recent retailer survey in Sweden, the second-leading cause of broken mobile phones is squeezing them too hard in a pair...

Carriers’ handset inventory levels creep up

LITTLETON, Colo.-Wireless carriers posted 54.8 days of inventory valued at $1.7 billion during the third quarter of this year, which was a week more...

2.5 GHz band gets interesting with Sprint-Nextel combination

The anticipated merger between Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. offers an olive branch in one area and a turf battle in another. The...
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