April 2005

LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. said it has signed two new contracts for its wireless E911 solutions with rural wireless carriers. The agreements are with SureWest Wireless and Immix Wireless. The carriers …

MEXICO CITY, Mexico-America Movil S.A. de C.V. said it won a license to provide mobile service in Peru. The company offered $21.1 million in a public auction for the spectrum.

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has appointed Gary Kunis as its chief technology officer. He will replace Brian McFadden, who will become the chief research officer effective April 4. Kunis …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it has set April 18 for the payment of its dividends for its 7.5 percent series B convertible preferred stock. The company said that it …

LAS VEGAS-Gemplus International S.A. said six wireless carriers have selected its SIM cards and over-the-air provisioning services for their GSM launches. The carriers include Plateau Wireless, Douglas Communications, Endless Telecom, …

WILMINGTON, Del.-M-Wise Inc. said it has enhanced its content management and delivery platform with the Audio and Video Album. The Audio and Video Album allows users to send audio and …

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Inc. said it has 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. …

AUSTIN, Texas-Axalto, which provides microprocessor smart cards, said its microelectronics module fabrication operation at its Advanced Card Center production facility in Texas has achieved full qualification for the company’s quality …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-The Pacific Newspaper Group Inc. is using wireless marketing in an effort to drum up readership and revenues for The Province Newspaper. The media group is publishing a …

Following is a roundup of wireless companies that were either upgraded or downgraded by financial firms this week. Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating on Alamosa Holdings from neutral to …

Operating system vendor PalmSource Inc. reported slowing revenues and a net loss, but investors raised the company’s stock by almost 5 percent after the news to around $9.48 per share. …

Qwest’s bidding war with Verizon over MCI continues, with MCI agreeing to review a bid from Qwest of almost $9 billion. MCI Inc.’s move comes just days after it agreed …

Prepaid mobile virtual network operator TracFone Wireless said it replaced a batch of its Nokia Corp. 1100 phones with models that included “updated software enhancements.” The carrier did not say …

The backlash against proposed rates to license digital rights management technology continued this week, with a powerful group of wireless carriers threatening to abandon the open-standard system. The GSM Association …

Leap Wireless has delayed the release of its annual report due to accounting changes and announced a bonus plan for employees, according to a pair of Securities and Exchange Commission …

LAS VEGAS-One Voice Technologies Inc. said Rural Cellular Corp. will test its MobileVoice service. The MobileVoice service includes voice dialing, group conference calling, reading and sending e-mails, voice-to-text short message …

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Mobile marketing company American IDC Corp. and advertising firm Smart Entertainment are teaming on a text message-based offering for poker fans. The service allows card aficionados to communicate with …