2004

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 …

AT&T Wireless Services and Cingular Wireless will offer intercarrier multimedia messaging service (MMS), allowing customers to exchange text, photos, music and video clips between the two carriers from their wireless …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera may finally have found a buyer for Sonera Zed Ltd. The Finnish-Swedish operator announced that it has agreed to sell its wireless data portal to Wisdom Entertainment, a …

TruePosition Inc. announced an agreement to provide its Finder system to Iowa wireless carrier I Wireless. The Finder system will allow the carrier to meet Phase II E911 requirements, said …

With China’s wireless profile on the rise, big vendors are not only raising their stakes in the market, but also bringing local companies into their investments. Joint ventures and other …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Worldwide mobile infrastructure capital expenditures are continuing to decline, according to Pyramid Research, which forecasts 2004 spending will reach $33.5 billion, down from a high of $38.5 billion in …

Wi-Fi access provider iPass Inc. has tightened its grip on the business traveler market with a newly announced partnership with Connexion by Boeing that will give iPass enterprise customers access …

WASHINGTON-A group of nine wireline companies, two with wireless affiliates, are proposing to radically change the way carriers compensate each other to carry traffic on each other’s networks, and most …

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2004 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study provided most carriers with something to brag about, as four of the six nationwide operators posted high scores for at …

LEBANON, N.J.-U.S. Title Search Inc. assists wireless carriers in streamlining title searches required to build or upgrade wireless communications towers. The company uses a proprietary, Web-based order management system, LandIT, …

A recent study by FusionOne showed that 43 percent of mobile users surveyed have lost, damaged or had their phones stolen at one time or another, and 21 percent of …

Motorola Inc. in a conversation with RCR Wireless News quelled rumors that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. was recalling the Motorola V600 camera phone. “The phone is absolutely not being recalled,” said …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is being used to enable contactless payment solutions for consumers in various venues, all in the name of making the buying experience faster and …

Qwest Communications International Inc. confirmed it has received anti-trust approval from the government for the $418 million sale of its wireless assets to Verizon Wireless. The sale, announced in June, …

Rural operators continued to wean themselves from roaming revenues during the second quarter of this year with mixed results as some have been able to make up the revenue shortfall …

Purse strings are loosening for wireless companies as the industry relaxes the tight fists of the past few years. In spite of the risks, venture-capital companies say wireless is a …

Sprint PCS introduced a new multimedia message service that can deliver more than 600 new streaming audio and video clips per day to subscribers carrying the new Samsung MM-A700. MobiTV …

WASHINGTON-A high percentage of the loans approved for the Rural Broadband Loan Program were awarded for wireless services, said Hilda Gay Legg, administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural …

Millicom International Cellular said its Central American wireless operations have launched GSM services in the 800 MHz band under the brand name Tigo. The service will cover 92 percent of …