Monthly Archives: February, 2005

Lawmakers disagree on setting DTV transition hard date

WASHINGTON-A key Democrat on the House telecommunications subcommittee Thursday put the brakes on setting a hard date for the digital TV transition. "I think...

Lucent shareholders OK reverse stock split

Lucent Technologies Inc. said its shareholders have given the vendor the go-ahead to adopt a reverse stock split with a view to boosting its...

CMO Council forms wireless marketing forum

CANNES, France-An industry group of marketing executives announced an effort to drive consumer uptake of new mobile applications.The Chief Marketing Officer Council announced it...

Cricket to offer UTStarcom camera phone

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Cricket Communications Inc. announced it will sell the CDM-8910 camera phone from UTStarcom Inc. for $200."Given its cool form factor and wide range...

Nextel exceeds quarterly revenue expectations

Nextel Communications Inc., which is in the process of merging with Sprint Corp., posted a 19-percent increase in total revenues during the fourth quarter...

Boingo signs Wi-Fi pact with Connexion for in-flight service

CANNES, France-Boingo Wireless announced a pact to allow its subscribers to access Connexion by Boeing's high-speed mobile Internet service in flight.Under the roaming agreement,...

Motorola clarifies details of iTunes phones

Motorola Inc. corrected press reports on its planned iTunes-capable mobile phone, explaining that the Motorola E1060 handset is in fact not the company's long-anticipated...

Indian wireless market sees strong growth

CANNES, France-The wireless market in India counts 47 million subscribers, according to a report conducted by Ovum and presented by the GSM Association this...

GSMA reveals integrated messaging initiative

CANNES, France-The GSM Association announced an integrated messaging initiative aimed at encouraging richer messaging formats for the mass market that simplify multimedia messaging service...

Pulse~Link introduces UWB platform

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Pulse~Link Inc., which provides ultra-wideband fabless semiconductors, introduced its Continuous Wave UWB architecture and its PLK23300-EVK Evaluation Kit.The company said its platform provides...

3GSM subscriber base grows by 13.5M users

CANNES, France-3 GSM networks added more than 13.5 million net users last year, representing an annual growth rate of more than 500 percent, according...

Intel furthers WiMAX, mobile technologies with partnerships

Intel Corp. announced three agreements to pursue its WiMAX technology and promote its XScale and mobile technologies. The chip bellwether said it has entered...

Padcom gains $10M in new financing

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Public-safety technology company Padcom Inc. secured $10 million in equity financing, which the company said it will use to expand its product portfolio...

Summus storefront offers Sports Illustrated Swimsuit images

RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc., which provides mobile media applications, said it launched a cross-carrier mobile storefront to deliver images from the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit collection...

Singapore carrier launches 3G service

SINGAPORE-MobileOne Ltd. said it launched "affordable" third-generation service Wednesday. The 3G service will offer video calls at 24 cents per minute, but video streaming,...

Sprint PCS to use Harris microwave technology

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sprint PCS said it has chosen Harris Corp. to provide its network with point-to-point microwave technology.The carrier signed a four-year deal...

Comverse announces carrier deals, product upgrades

CANNES, France-Comverse Technology Inc. announced two new operator deals as well as a series of product upgrades in conjunction with the 3GSM trade show.First...

GSM Association focuses on SIP in trials

CANNES, France-The GSM Association said it has brought together network operators and vendors to conduct interoperability trials of equipment and networks for Session Initiation...

APCO tells President Bush to force VoIP to access 911

WASHINGTON-Public-safety advocates Tuesday told President George W. Bush that Voice over Internet Protocol services need to be required to have access to enhanced 911...

T-Mobile USA 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...

Verizon announces NBA All-Star messaging features

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless reported that its customers can participate in this weekend's National Basketball Association All-Star festivities from their wireless handsets. The carrier said...

KDDI offers music-recognition service

TOKYO-MTV Japan and Yamaha said they made available Japan's first music recognition service, MTV Music Finder, to KDDI Corp. subscribers across Japan.In partnership with...

4 carriers offer Yahoo! driving directions service

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo! has quietly rolled out a service that allows users to send driving directions from computers to mobile phones.After accessing directions through the...

IPCC looks at converged standards for wireline, wireless

FREMONT, Calif.-For the sake of wireless and wireline marriages, the International Packet Communications Consortium said it has established a working group to define the...

LogicaCMG, Musiwave offer mobile music platforms

Mobile music continued to dominate news out of the 3GSM World Conference Wednesday with two product launches.LogicaCMG unveiled a platform that allows users to...
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