Monthly Archives: January, 2005

Abidia offers wireless Overstock.com service

SALT LAKE CITY-Wireless users with Palm-powered devices can check Overstock.com Auctions with a new product from mobile software developer Abidia. O-Anywhere allows users to...

DoCoMo’s profit rises on AWS stake sale

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported an 11-percent decrease in operating income in its quarterly results released Friday, although its net profit more than doubled thanks...

Cell-phone users to vote for favorite Super Bowl ads

DULLES, Va.-Football fans can vote for their favorite commercials with their mobile phones with a service announced this week by American Online Inc.Users can...

Update: Calif. lawmaker upset with bill-of-rights suspension: Considers legislation to make bill of rights a law

WASHINGTON-A California lawmaker said she may seek to write into law a bill of rights for telecom consumers, following yesterday's Public Utilities Commission vote...

Currie returns to CFO post at Nortel

OTTAWA-The second time may be the charm for Peter Currie as he returns as chief financial officer next month to Nortel Networks Ltd.He will...

CTIA wants sitings rules thrown out

WASHINGTON-As expected, CTIA has told a federal appeals court it wants it to throw out the nationwide programmatic agreement recently entered into by the...

Nokia to cut 350 U.S. jobs

FORTH WORTH, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it will cut about 350 employees in its Texas-based Alliance facility as part of its efforts to optimize efficiencies...

Tracfone reports declining ARPU, 4.4M customers

MEXICO CITY-Prepaid wireless reseller Tracfone Wireless Inc., which is owned by America Movil S.A. de C.V., said it added 551,000 subscribers during the fourth...

RadioShack to offer Jamdat content in stores

Entertainment publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it will sell content through RadioShack Corp. outlets in what may be the first major agreement between a...

Siemens to reduce wireline staff by 1,000

MUNICH-Siemens said it will cut more than 1,000 jobs in its wireline business, moves the company said would help it focus on its core...

Virtual disco to boogie onto 3G phones in April

HONG KONG-Artificial Life Inc. said it plans to release a virtual disco for third-generation phones in April.The product will appear as a three-dimensional animated...

InPhonic signs deals for phone shopping

WASHINGTON-Online wireless retailer InPhonic Inc. said it has signed agreements to provide its online wireless store and comparison shopping services to CNET and eCost.For...

Microsoft narrows loss in wireless business

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. reported a 7-percent jump in overall revenues to $10.8 billion and an increase in operating income to $4.7 billion in the...

Rural carries ally to improve equipment availability

A handful of CDMA technology-based rural operators formed the Associated Carrier Group L.L.C. alliance, which they said "will collaborate their efforts to efficiently provide...

Siemens posts rising overall profit, loses in wireless division

MUNICH-Siemens AG recorded a net income of $1.3 billion in its first quarter, up 38 percent from the same period a year ago. The...

Alpha Wireless acquires Wi-Fi security software

HENDERSON, Nev.-Alpha Wireless Broadband Inc. said its Seamless Peer 2 Peer subsidiary has acquired the Phenom software program. The Phenom software provides secure communication...

Sierra’s financial troubles signal upside for Novatel

Wall Street stomped Sierra Wireless Inc. after the company said it expects to post a drop in first-quarter revenues and a huge loss, sending...

Calif. suspends bill of rights

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission today suspended the bill of rights for telecom consumers, with new Commissioner Dian Grueneich casting the deciding vote to...

T-Mobile USA reports 1M subscriber adds, lowers churn

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported 1.019 million net customer additions during the fourth quarter of last year, which was just ahead of the 1.015 million...

AirGate receives approval of consents

ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc. announced that the consent solicitation for its 9.375-percent senior subordinated secured notes due 2009 and its first priority senior secured floating...

Wicked Wireless to bring porn star to U.S. cell phones

NEW YORK-Porn star Jenna Jameson is moaning, sighing and offering X-rated pillow talk for wireless users in Latin America. Jameson is teaming with Wicked...

Verizon Wireless adds 1.7M customers, boosts profit

Verizon Wireless posted 1.7 million net customer additions during the fourth quarter of last year, which the carrier said was its highest quarterly increase...

Infrastructure revenues to increase through 2007, study says

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Research Group Dell'Oro Group said infrastructure market revenues increased to $36.1 billion in 2004, amounting to a 26-percent leap over the prior...

Nokia enjoys record phone shipments amid profit decrease

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp.'s fourth-quarter results showed a 13-percent drop in net profit, but the company is stressing the positive in its mobile-phone shipments and infrastructure...

Senate to discuss wireless use for emergency alert system

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing Feb. 2 on a newly introduced tsunami preparedness bill that directs the Commerce Department and the...
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