2004

LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. has cut the price of its shares in its pending initial public offering by 20 percent due to “tough market conditions,” according to international press reports. Virgin …

WILMINTON, Del.-Aura Communications Technology Inc. said it has secured an $11 million round of funding, which consists of both new funds and conversion of all outstanding loans. Creative Technology and …

FRANKFURT, Germany-German chipmaker Infineon AG had a loss of $69 million, or 8 cents per share, owing to the high cost of dealing with price-fixing investigations. The money set aside …

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed that an upcoming government study will say hands-free headsets do not make driver use of cell phones safe and that Transportation Secretary Norman …

SAN DIEGO-Nokia announced its CDMA2000 variable-rate multimode wideband speech codec (VMR-WB), the first wideband speech codec standard developed by 3GPP2/TIA, is ready for large-scale deployment. The codec is fully interoperable …

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. said it will invest $160 million on next-generation upgrades during the next two years to increase network quality and coverage. The company plans to offer new …

Dobson Communications Corp. said it added approximately 7,200 customers during the second quarter of this year, which was a drop from the 19,900 customers the carrier added during the second …

If Nextel Communications Inc. takes spectrum at 1.9 GHz as part of the plan to solve interference at 800 MHz, the carrier finally might be able to extricate itself from …

A perfect storm of challenges in China, combined with chipset shortages in the United States and one less carrier customer all contributed to lower second-quarter revenues for CellStar Corp. Foremost, …

WASHINGTON-Rural local exchange carrier CenturyTel Inc. has agreed to pay the Federal Communications Commission $100,000 and set up procedures and systems to properly route ported wireless numbers, according to an …

DETROIT-Microsoft and Fiat SpA have joined forces to help bring wireless applications to the driver’s seat. The partners hope to create applications that integrate drivers’ personal wireless devices with onboard …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. led the list of consumer complaints made through Consumers Union’s Escape Cell Hell Web site during the second quarter, with 41 complaints just beating out …

DENVER-RCR Wireless News released its annual updated wireless carrier database, offering the latest details on cellular and PCS markets across the United States, along with wireless carrier contact information. The …

Wireless consumers soon will have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced last week. Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able to access updates, photos and …

As a company that tends to generate most excitement regarding its bottom line, Nokia Corp. for the most part has been unruffled in the recent turbulent seas of the wireless …

WASHINGTON-Illinois has joined the list of states that have raided their enhanced 911 funds to balance their budgets, said the National Emergency Number Association. “In attempt to balance the state …

DENVER-RCR Wireless News has hired two new staff members. Colin Gibbs is the newest member of the RCR editorial team. He joins the staff as a reporter covering wireless data …

Wireless retailer FTS Wireless Inc. reported it will begin offering Nextel Communications Inc. subsidiary Boost Mobile L.L.C.’s prepaid wireless services. FTS, which also operates Wi-Fi hot spots, operates six retail …

With a customer base of more than 40 million subscribers and nearly 500,000 new customers added each month, Verizon Wireless has firmly established itself as the leading wireless carrier in …

Continuing the recent flood of camera-phone announcements, Samsung released plans for a 3.2-megapixel digital camera phone, the SPH-S2300, that it said includes features that align its capabilities with those of …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reinforced its CDMA profile and its place in the heart of Verizon Wireless with a whopping $5 billion contract with the biggest wireless carrier in the …

The standards deadlock over ultra-wideband technology between the Multiband OFDM Alliance and the Direct Sequence UWB Forum continued at the IEEE conference last week. This time, however, it had an …

WASHINGTON-While retailers and manufacturers insist they can safeguard consumers’ rights by self policing radio frequency identification systems, some groups see an opening to argue for broad-based privacy legislation applicable to …

The global market for enterprise mobile device platforms is forecast to reach $12.3 billion by 2008, according to a report by Venture Development Corporation, “Enterprise Mobility Solutions: Mobile Devices, WLAN …

With cell phones, pagers and even wireless computers nearly ubiquitous, dozens of agencies are working to open the door for airline passengers to be able to use wireless communications at …