2004

SEATTLE-National independent broadband company Speakeasy will use a new infusion of investment capital from Intel Corp. to expand its WiMax network capabilities, the company announced Wednesday. A new 802.16 technology, …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. reported the completion of its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which the carrier said would help support …

BEIJING-Alcatel Corp said it has won a major contract with China Netcom and launched a center for Next Generation Network in China. The wireless vendor described the contract as the …

Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won a contract extension with T-Mobile USA to provide GSM, GPRS, EDGE and packet core wireless data network upgrades and related professional services. The …

Sprint Corp. announced a multiyear agreement with the country’s eighth-largest cable operator Mediacom Communications Corp., enabling Mediacom to provide telephony services in nearly all of its markets currently covering 2.7 …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration said it will continue to pressure South Korea to further liberalize the standard for 2.3 GHz portable Internet. Late last month, the South Korean government agreed to …

SAO PAULO-Brasilcel, the company jointly owned by Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom, has launched a plan to buy additional stakes in the other Brazilian subsidiaries partially owned by the two …

AUSTIN, Texas-Freescale Semiconductor Inc. said it has signed deals to supply chips to Siemens AG and Ningbo Bird Co Ltd., showing it can fend for itself after cutting the cord …

BASINGTOKE, England-T-Mobile International launched Motorola Inc.’s music-focused E398 handset to T-Mobile’s customers across Europe. The phone includes a color screen, a VGA-quality digital camera with flash, an integrated MP3 player, …

LONDON-Israeli wireless carrier Partner Communications Co. Ltd. will offer its customers the Merlin U530 PC modem card though a deal with Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless. Partner expects to …

WASHINGTON-The International Association of Firefighters has called for a moratorium on new cell towers on fire stations until health effects can be studied, according to a Vermont-based advocacy group. The …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and AT&T Corp. reported an agreement resolving issues related to the use of the AT&T brand in connection with Cingular’s pending acquisition of …

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Eastman Kodak will acquire the imaging business of National Semiconductor Corp., which develops and manufactures metal oxide semiconductor image sensor devices. The acquisition aims to boost Kodak’s development of …

WASHINGTON-The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials has released a set of best practices on how to deal with calls from telematics service providers. “Telematics is a great new technology and …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said it expects to complete the previously announced sale of its U.K. subsidiary Aug. 31. Crown said in June it would sell the division to U.K. …

CHICAGO-M7 Networks and U.S. Cellular will partner to boost the carrier’s wireless data services, the companies announced Tuesday. M7 Networks’ SMS Hub Service will help deliver U.S. Cellular’s easyedge service, …

CHICAGO-Nokia announced it has teamed with Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB for an encryption solution designed to protect mobile data for enterprise users. The Pointsec for Symbian OS solution, which will …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it would offer $200 million of its Class A common stock to help fund general corporate purposes, working capital requirements, capital expenditures and for potential …

ARM Holdings plc said it has agreed to acquire system-on-chip company Artisan Components Inc. for about $913 million based on Artisan’s stock value of $33.89 as of Aug. 20. The …

The premium for using wireless voice services instead of wireline services is expected to drop from 100 percent or double the price last year to 42 percent by 2007, driving …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has agreed to acquire P-Cube for $200 million in stock and cash to enable service providers to further control and manage such advanced …

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. selected Azaire Networks as its core system provider for the carrier’s Wi-Fi service locations throughout Canada. Azaire will provide Rogers Wireless with secure …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported that it will provide its Wi-Fi-based HotSpot service to Red Roof Inns’ 359 hotels across the country and expanding the service’s total reach to more …

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia-NuevaTel PCS de Bolivia S.A., a Western Wireless subsidiary, launched a new GSM network in Santa Cruz using an infrastructure solution from Nortel Networks Ltd. The new network …

WASHINGTON-A federal judge has ruled that a congressman who gave a tape of an illegally scanned cellular phone call to reporters lost his First Amendment right to free speech and …