Monthly Archives: April, 2005

Padcom offers roaming service for Nextel users

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Wireless software developer Padcom Inc. said it will team with Nextel Communications Inc. to market a roaming product between the iDEN infrastructure and...

CEA offers guide for wireless retail sales employees

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Consumer Electronics Association, which represents more than 2,000 corporate members, said it has created the Wireless Product Specialist Study Guide designed to...

Qualcomm samples W-CDMA chipset

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it will begin sampling its MSM6225 chipset for W-CDMA devices. The company described the chipset as its "value platform" offering...

More people own phones, more people unhappy with service: Cingular, Verizon, Sprint own 7 of 10 customers

The number of households that use mobile phones is increasing, but levels of customer satisfaction are on the decline, according to new research from...

GSS to launch emergency alert system

DIAMONDHEAD, Miss.-Global Security Systems announced plans to launch its GSSNet homeland security and emergency alert system next week at the National Association of Broadcasters...

CellStar to support PhoneCo’s MVNO service

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it signed an agreement with PhoneCo, a local and long-distance telecom company, to provide logistical support for the company's new...

Report says Sprint’s metrics likely can’t be maintained

DALLAS-Sprint Corp.'s strong growth across many of its operational and financial metrics during the past several years could be difficult for the carrier to...

Nextel ranks 9th on top-performing companies list

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. has been named to the BusinessWeek 50, which lists the top-performing companies of the Standard & Poor's 500, the carrier...

Virgin Mobile U.K. offers images of strip-club models

TROWBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Virgin Mobile U.K. will offer adult images of models from the London strip club Stringfellows, the carrier said Thursday.The offering will include...

Camera-phone sales surge in 2004

BOSTON-New research shows the handset industry shipped a total of 257 million camera phones worldwide last year, comprising 38 percent of the total handset...

ATIS panel considers need for RFID guidelines

WASHINGTON-The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions said an internal panel is actively reviewing potential applications of radio frequency identification technology in the telecom supply...

Tele2 to launch French MVNO service using Orange network

PARIS-European telecom carriers Orange plc and Tele2 announced an agreement that will see Tele2 launch a mobile virtual network operator agreement in France using...

T-Mobile USA touts new prepaid service in ad campaign

T-Mobile USA Inc. said it plans to launch a new advertising campaign highlighting the carrier's prepaid service offering T-Mobile To Go. The carrier noted...

Groups challenge FCC’s truth-in-billing decision in appeals courts

WASHINGTON-Challenges to a Federal Communications Commission decision extending truth-in-billing to mobile phone carriers-without banning line-item regulatory recovery fees-are now pending in two federal appeals...

Mitsubishi quits European cell-phone market

TOKYO-Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced it will quit the European mobile-phone market due to pressures from heavyweights like Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics...

Dobson to report 1Q subscriber loss on churn increase

Dobson Communications Corp. said it expects to report a loss of 18,800 subscribers for the first quarter of this year, which would be less...

MPEG LA cuts proposed DRM licensing fees by one-third

A group of technology firms looking to license anti-piracy software said Wednesday it has lowered its proposed royalty fees in response to protests from...

True Position offers rural carriers outsourced location solutions

BERWYN, Pa.-Location services company True Position released a new service it said will allow rural wireless carriers to outsource wireless location applications. TruePosition will...

PCIA says $750M spent on microwave relocation

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-PCIA said more than $750 million was spent relocating about 3,600 microwave links under its Microwave Clearinghouse program.The clearinghouse, a collaborative venture created...

Vodafone aims to speed time to market with gaming programs

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc began two initiatives to improve speed to market and lower costs for its key content provider partners. The Global Games Marketing...

Nokia expands packet core network in Indonesia

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. has signed an agreement with leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel to expand its packet core network in Indonesia. The value of the...

Sanswire showcases prototype of wireless communications airship

SAN BERNADINO, Calif.-Wisconsin communications company Sanswire Networks L.L.C. showcased a prototype of its "Stratellite," an unmanned airship designed to send broadband and mobile-phone signals...

Iusacell becomes nationwide carrier with additional spectrum

MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell S.A. said it will have nationwide coverage following a new spectrum allocation from the country's telecom regulator. Iusacell said it has...

NextWave completes spectrum sale to Verizon, emerges from bankruptcy

Verizon Wireless completed its $3 billion acquisition of NextWave Telecom Inc.'s 28 spectrum licenses covering approximately 73 million potential customers in 23 markets. NextWave...

Leap requests waiver from creditors due to ongoing accounting review

NEW YORK-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that its Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary filed a request on April...
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