Monthly Archives: January, 2005

Dobson grows in Michigan with RFB buy

OKLAHOMA CITY-Rural carrier Dobson Communications Corp. announced it purchased the wireless assets of Michigan carrier RFB Cellular Inc. out of bankruptcy for $29.3 million....

Motorola scores Canadian broadband wireless contract

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Canadian broadband wireless service provider Barrett Xplore selected Motorola Inc. to deploy a wireless broadband network in cities throughout Canada. The contract's initial...

Siemens signs $32M contract with U-Fone

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a $32 million contract to expand the GSM network for Pakistan Telecom Mobile Ltd., otherwise called U-Fone....

Tele2 gains two new European licenses

NEW YORK-Swedish-based telecom carrier Tele2 gained two new licenses in Europe, one through a government award and the other through an acquisition. In Croatia,...

People

The Open Mobile Terminal Platform group's board of directors appointed Mats Nilsson as its new managing director effective Jan. 1. Nilsson is OMTP's first...

Symbol chooses alternate financing

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Mobile enterprise software developer Symbol Technologies Inc. announced Wednesday that it has opted not to pursue its proposed offering of common stock. Instead,...

Short codes added to ‘for sale’ signs

ORLANDO, Fla.-A real estate company launched a service last week that allows prospective buyers to access information about homes on the market via text...

Convergence-back with a vengeance

More than 1.5 billion people subscribe to wireless services. The vast majority of those wireless users see their mobile phone as a device that...

Industry eyes OFDM even as it deploys 3G services

Even as it begins serious deployments of third-generation technologies, the wireless industry is hedging its bets on next-generation technology. Since W-CDMA and CDMA2000 someday...

Sprint PCS expands Sybase partnership to more industries

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS and Sybase Inc. said they will expand their relationship to develop and market corporate wireless data applications. Under terms of...

Infoxx to supply directory help to Corr Wireless

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Corr Wireless, a cellular provider in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, selected Infonxx to provide directory assistance services to its customers. "One of the...

Comverse offers MMS exchange

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse introduced its Comverse MMS Exchange, a central hub that allows multiple network operators to interconnect their multimedia messaging services. Operators currently must...

Telekom Austria gets call option to acquire Bulgarian operator

VIENNA, Austria-Telekom Austria said it acquired a call option to purchase Bulgarian wireless carrier Mobiltel AD. The option gives the Austrian carrier the right...

Zingy signs mobile music deals sans record label

Mobile media company Zingy is expected to announce deals this week to bring exclusive mobile content from hip-hop artist Kanye West and late pop...

Time Warner to test wireless bundle via Sprint network

Time Warner Cable is in discussions with Sprint PCS to test a wireless offering that would be bundled with the media giant's TV, landline...

New year brings effective dates for outage, telemarketing rules

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission declared the outage reporting requirements and the changes to the telemarketing rules to be in effect Dec. 30. Under rules...

Business Briefs

In a move that drove up its shares 6 cents following the announcement, Global Signal Inc. said it plans to sell 2.9 million common...

Calendar

January 6-9 Consumer Electronics Association. Las Vegas. www.cesweb.org Excellence in Information & Communications TechnologiesJanuary 15 Frost & Sullivan. Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort, Scottsdale, Ariz....

Ringing in holiday sales

While the numbers aren't available yet for the all-important fourth quarter wireless sales, I'm predicting stellar results.Why? Because I just spent the holidays with...

The sound of silence

And once again the wireless industry (and the world) prepares to face the implications of the further permeation of wireless technology into our lives...

DoCoMo invests in Chinese software firms

TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it invested in two Chinese wireless software companies in an effort to tap into the massive potential...

Products

PalmOnePalmOne Inc. announced its VersaMail 2.7 wireless e-mail software is available for Treo 600 smart phones. Treo 600 users will now have access to...

Telstra to launch fixed SMS service early this year

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra Corp. said it plans to launch a fixed short message service early this year. Telstra has a branded SMS-capable phone on sale...

GigaBeam Virtual Fiber deployed in Trump NYC hotel

Buoyed by its high speed, GigaBeam Corp.'s Virtual Fiber solution offers an alternative to fiber for last mile, local loop, central office bypass, local...
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