Monthly Archives: February, 2005

Siemens invests in U.K. M2M supplier

MUNICH, Germany-Wireless investment group Siemens Mobile Acceleration said it completed its first investment in the United Kingdom with 3DiS, which specializes in machine-to-machine communications...

Wispry scores $6M in first-round financing

IRVINE, Calif.-Startup Wispry Inc., which develops low-cost, high-performance tunable radio frequency components and modules, announced it scored $6.5 million in its first round of...

Nextel Partners posts year-over-year gains

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported $372.4 million in revenues during the fourth quarter of last year, which was in line with estimates and a...

4 carriers sue Baltimore seeking wireless tax refund

WASHINGTON-Four national mobile-phone carriers have filed suit in Maryland Tax Court against the City of Baltimore seeking more than a $2 million refund of...

Nokia reiterates focus on China, promises increased presence: Regains top spot in China’s handset market

In conjunction with its 20th anniversary in the country, Nokia Corp. reiterated its focus on China-the world's No. 1 wireless market-and promised to increase...

Sprint overhauls stores to improve wireless shopping experience

As part of a movement designed to improve the shopping experience, Sprint Corp. said it is overhauling many of its company-owned retail outlets. The...

Motorola provides trial UMTS network on Portuguese island

LISBON, Portugal-Motorola Inc. said it is providing a trial UMTS network for TMN on the island of Madeira.The vendor will provide the equipment and...

Sequans gains $9M in financing

PARIS-Semiconductor company Sequans Communications said it has secured and closed about $9 million in its Series B financing round from major Venture capital firms.Add...

Chinese company takes surprise stake in wireless firm

SHANGHAI, China-Internet game operator Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. caught the attention of the Chinese wireless market Tuesday after announcing it had taken a 19.5-percent...

Nortel provides communications for Navy’s tsunami efforts

WASHINGTON-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it is providing the U.S. Navy with a mobile communications system for humanitarian relief efforts in areas of Indonesia affected...

Ericsson awarded ratings rebound, cuts 460 jobs

LONDON-L.M. Ericsson enjoyed a ratings rebound that it attributes to its three years of restructuring after the telecom meltdown.Fitch Ratings awarded the vendor an...

SBC files with FCC for AT&T Corp. merger

SBC Communications Inc. said it made a joint filing with the Federal Communications Commission as part of its pending $16 billion acquisition of AT&T...

T-Mobile investigates Paris Hilton’s information leak

T-Mobile USA Inc. is investigating what appear to be pictures, phone numbers and other information taken from socialite Paris Hilton's phone and posted...

Top U.S. carriers battle on price: Verizon releases updated rates to counter Cingular

The battle for wireless supremacy heated up this week as current No. 2 operator Verizon Wireless unveiled a slew of rate plan and service...

Zuckerman joins CTIA government affairs team

WASHINGTON-CTIA said Tuesday that Laura Zuckerman, communications director and legislative assistant for Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), will join as a director of government affairs...

Nextel to invest in Fla. network enhancements

MAITLAND, Fla.-Nextel Communications Inc., which is in the process of merging with Sprint Corp., said it plans to invest $384 million in its Florida...

New MVNO targets Hispanic market: Service to rely on Sprint, Wal-Mart

Movida Communications Inc. reported an agreement with Sprint Corp. and Wal-Mart to provide nationwide prepaid wireless voice and data services to the U.S. Hispanic...

Cingular offers EDGE WAN connectivity for enterprises

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its EDGE-based wireless wide area network connectivity service, which the carrier said is the first commercially available solution using a...

LG readies second sliding phone for Sprint

News on the phone front continues in anticipation of the upcoming CTIA trade show, with Motorola Inc., LG Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co....

DoCoMo to end prepaid service, begin m-commerce pilot

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, Inc. said it will stop accepting new prepaid customer at the end of March, citing the use of prepaid phones for fraudulent...

Cingular looks to boost ‘American Idol’ success

ATLANTA-This year's "American Idol" text-message voting will likely surpass last year's groundbreaking campaign, as Cingular Wireless' 49 million subscribers can take part in the...

Sprint enhances picture-messaging service

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS Picture Mail subscribers can manage photos taken from both digital cameras and cell phones with an enhancement to the carrier's...

T-Mobile hacker pleads guilty

The hacker accused of breaking into T-Mobile USA Inc.'s computer systems and accessing customer information has pleaded guilty. Nicholas Lee Jacobsen, 22, pled guilty...

Customers seeking Motorola products give handset maker U.S. market edge over Nokia

Nokia Corp.'s longtime stranglehold on the U.S. mobile-phone market appears to be broken-at least for now-by a major surge in sales from Motorola Inc....

Auction 58 closes quietly with lower-than-expected bids

Less than three weeks after it began, the Federal Communications Commission's Auction 58 of 242 spectrum licenses in the 1.9 GHz band came to...
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