April 2005

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. said it was awarded a one-year contract by the Georgia Technology Authority to provide wireless voice and data services to state and local government agencies. The …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Flash memory technology vendor Silicon Storage Technology Inc. announced it purchased privately held Actrans Systems Inc. for around $20 million in stock and cash. Actrans designs flash memory and …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-Nortel reported that Haiti Telecommunications International S.A., a wireless voice and Internet service provider in Haiti, is expanding and enhancing its CDMA network with Nortel infrastructure equipment. The network …

Wireless e-mail company Seven Networks Inc. today announced it acquired Helsinki, Finland-based rival vendor Smartner. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “It’s much more of a global marketplace,” explained …

WASHINGTON-The voluntary negotiation period for fixed-microwave licensees to leave the PCS band ended April 4-10 years after it began. When the Federal Communications Commission allowed PCS service as a competitor …

WASHINGTON-VoIP providers claim customers are informed that when they dial 911 using a Voice over Internet Protocol service, it is different than calling 911 from traditional landline or wireless phones. …

Gaming is the fastest-growing category of mobile data services, with more than 6 million wireless users downloading a game in February, according to a new report from Seattle-based consumer usage …

PARIS-French wireless operator Orange S.A. said it will launch EDGE services geared toward business customers beginning April 18 with plans for a consumer launch scheduled for this summer. The carrier …

PARIS-Medialive SA snared $4.2 million in Series A funding from Nextel Communications Inc. and Sophia Euro Lab, the French content protection provider announced Friday. Medialive partners with broadband and wireless …

In the April 4 story about complaints from wireless users (on page 11), the score from U.S. Cellular Corp. was not mentioned. Among nationwide carriers, Verizon Wireless scored best with …

TURKEY Turkish carrier AVEA Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. selected Nokia to supply a commercial Push to Talk over Cellular solution. The deal also includes Nokia’s Presence solution. The vendor will provide …

HERNDON, Va.-The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions sent representatives from its member companies to meet with the European Telecommunication Standards Institute TISPAN Committee last week in Herndon, Va., to discuss …

Wireless appears to be busting at the seams. Carriers have been signing on record numbers of subscribers, handset makers have enjoyed double-digit growth and the industry’s general malaise seems to …

Regional wireless operator Centennial Communications Corp. said it lost 500 domestic wireless customers during its third fiscal quarter of 2005 ending Feb. 28-compared with a gain of 700 subscribers the …

With the overwhelming array of wireless content and applications on the market, even the nation’s biggest carriers are struggling with what to offer and how to present it to the …

WASHINGTON-The International Association of Fire Fighters, the union representing more than 85 percent of firefighters and emergency medics in United States and Canada, today formalized plans to solicit funding for …

It undoubtedly will take years to sort out why some first-responder communications worked and why some did not after terrorists navigated jet planes into the World Trade Center on Sept. …

SpectraSite Inc. filed a statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 250,000 shares of its common stock to adjust to a market price obligation. This will fulfill a …

VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian wireless carrier, demonstrated High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology from Nortel Networks Ltd. At a retail store in Vienna, the HSDPA technology supported applications …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Mobility Electronics Inc. announced it scored a $10 million investment from Motorola Inc. and RadioShack Corp. to expand its itip power products for low-power mobile electronic devices. Mobility Electronics …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-IEEE said it has approved work to begin on an amendment to the 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks. The project involves a WLAN standard amendment for WLAN …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks and Benson Online said they’ve teamed to establish the first personal wireless broadband network in Africa. The new network was deployed in Tanzania, growing to 2,000 subscriber …

“We have run out of people (in the United States) who can pass a credit check and want a wireless phone,” said Roger Entner, vice president of North American wireless …

The nation’s big five operators are not about to slow down. Following a record-setting year in which the wireless industry added more than 22 million customers and surpassed 60-percent penetration, …

Verizon Wireless confirmed it will sell PalmOne Inc.’s Treo 650. Many in the industry had expected such a move, although neither Verizon nor PalmOne had officially announced the device for …