Monthly Archives: April, 2005

SureWest, Immix select Intrado E911 technology

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...

America Movil gains Peruvian mobile license

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...

Nortel appoints former Cisco exec to CTO post

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...

Alamosa to pay stock dividend April 18

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...

Six rural carriers select Gemplus SIMs

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...

M-Wise enhances content platform

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...

SpectraSite to offer stock

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...

Axalto ramps up U.S. smart-card production

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...

Newspaper group tries wireless marketing initiative

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...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

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...

PalmSource reports slowing revenues, posts loss

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...

Qwest tries again with new $9B MCI bid

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...

TracFone Wireless replaces Nokia phones

Prepaid mobile virtual network operator TracFone Wireless said it replaced a batch of its Nokia Corp. 1100 phones with models that included "updated software...

GSMA Association blasts DRM rate proposal

The backlash against proposed rates to license digital rights management technology continued this week, with a powerful group of wireless carriers threatening to abandon...

Leap delays annual report, announces bonus plan

Leap Wireless has delayed the release of its annual report due to accounting changes and announced a bonus plan for employees, according to a...

Rural Cellular to test One Voice messaging technology

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...

Wireless service offers poker celebrities via SMS

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...
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