2004

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. reported 17,358 net customer additions during the second quarter of 2004 compared with 8,878 new subscribers added during the second quarter of …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. will be required to pay $25.9 million in damages to Symbol Technologies Inc. for infringing on patents, according to the U.S. District Court for the District of …

Two tower companies, SpectraSite Inc. and Crown Castle International Corp., reported improved quarterly financials. SpectraSite reported improved second-quarter financial results and announced the search is on for a new chief …

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-SmartServ Online Inc. is negotiating to acquire New York-based distributor of international prepaid calling cards KPCCD Inc. in a deal the company hopes to close by Aug. 30. …

Citing a pending review of previously filed financial statements, MetroPCS Inc. said it is postponing its initial public offering, which was expected to raise approximately $500 million for the regional …

Qwest Communications International Inc. unveiled nationwide wireless voice services to residential and small-business customers in eight Oregon cities as part of its mobile virtual network operator agreement signed last year …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will provide equipment for the second phase of Internet Protocol backbone expansions for China Mobile Communications Corp. The expansion will include all 31 Chinese provinces …

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-AccuWeather launched a premium short message service allowing mobile users to receive daily forecasts and severe weather alerts on their cell phones. The service-dubbed Messenger and developed by …

SAN FRANCISCO-The European directory-assistance market has a solid future provided mobile-phone subscribers are included, according to a new report by Visiongain Publishing titled “Mobile Directory Services 2004-2009.” “Visiongain believes that …

This week’s flurry of investment activity continued Thursday, as several companies reported successful funding rounds. Some notables among Thursday’s announcements include: Sorrent raised $20 million in Series C financing led …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of 24 GHz licenses started and ended Wednesday after four rounds netting more than $216,000 for seven licenses in the western United States. First Avenue …

Siemens AG and Alcatel Corp reinforced a season of good feeling among wireless vendors as they swung to profitable quarters. “These trends show that improvement in the broader macroeconomic environment …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-TruePosition will provide its Uplink Time Difference of Arrival wireless location system to Viaero Wireless to meet the Phase II requirements of the Federal Communications Commission’s E911 …

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas-Tropos Networks announced its largest deployment to date with the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, under a contract worth approximately $600,000. Tropos will initially deploy equipment across 18.5 …

Former Qwest Wireless Chief Financial Officer Michael Felicissimo was sued this week by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for providing it with materially false and misleading financial statements. According …

It’s already been a hectic week for investment in the wireless arena, with several companies scoring millions of dollars in venture-capital funding. Some of the more significant announcements since Monday: …

Just over a year after launching its Wi-Fi initiative, Sprint Corp. reported that it will enable customers to access both its CDMA2000 1x-based wide area network as well as its …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. late last week expanded its play in the mobile space, with a new service that allows consumers to post photos to their Yahoo Photo online accounts directly …

BELMONT, Calif.-PacketHop Inc. and Xybernaut Corp. said they have partnered to combine wireless broadband communication technologies with wearable mobile computing technology to meet the needs of first responders and homeland …

Continuing what it claims is its 18th consecutive quarter of exceeding analysts’ expectations, Nextel Partners Inc. said it added 92,000 net customers during the second quarter, ending the first half …

Increasing its presence in the wireless high-speed data game, Verizon Wireless launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO BroadbandAccess service in Las Vegas, providing users in the greater metro area with access …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is partnering with NMS Communications to design and build advanced optical voice processors for use in next-generation wireless networks. The companies expect the solution …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Alvarion Communications Ltd. said it has entered an agreement to acquire InterWave for approximately $56 million in an all-cash deal. InterWave makes compact GSM and CDMA network equipment …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has elected a former chief executive officer of Deutsche Telekom to its board of directors with immediate effect. Ron Sommer, 54, who also spent 15 …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will provide in-building solutions for the new National Grand Theater in China under a contract awarded by Beijing Communication Corp., a subsidiary of China Netcom …