Monthly Archives: April, 2005

Buffalo partners with Airgo on MIMO technology

AUSTIN, Texas-Buffalo Technology, which provides networking, storage and memory solutions, said it has partnered with Airgo Networks as part of an expansion of the...

Operators spend big to get message across

We've all seen the ads: "Raising the Bar." "Can you hear me now?" "Nextel. Done." "Get More." Then again, with the wireless industry spending...

Rural Cellular says no quarterly dividend

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp.'s board of directors elected not to declare a quarterly dividend on its 11.375-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock and its 12.25-percent...

CDG signs cooperation with 450 MHz association

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-The CDMA Development Group said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the International 450 Association, formerly the NMT Association,...

Leap, Verizon to buy spectrum from bankrupt carrier

NEW YORK-RFB Cellular, which filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2003, reported that a pair of its subsidiaries had initiated auction processes to...

Jamdat buys Blue Lava Wireless, gains exclusive ‘Tetris’ rights: Increases quarterly revenue expectations

LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced a $137-million deal to buy Hawaii-based studio Blue Lava Wireless, granting the California publisher highly prized rights to produce...

Fast Fact

Americans use an average of six wireless products powered by rechargeable batteries in their daily lives, according to a new study by NOP World....

You can take it with you

It occurs to me that technological advances must be understood and appreciated not only for their self-contained breakthroughs, but also for how they impact-indeed,...

U.S. Cellular should be proud

Dear Editor: I was happy to see the clarification at the bottom of page 25 of the April 11 issue of RCR Wireless News...

Crown Castle to use Microsoft technology for wireless television service

HOUSTON-Crown Castle Mobile Media will use technology from Microsoft Corp. to deliver and manage content for its live mobile TV service, the companies announced...

Linux platform targets mid-tier phone OEMs

MontaVista Software Inc. today released a version of its Linux platform built specifically for mobile phones. The new offering is also designed for the...

Panasonic shutters U.S. cell-phone operations

SECAUCUS, N.J.-Panasonic Corp. of North America, the North American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., announced it shut down its U.S. mobile-phone operations....

SIPquest receives $6M in new funding

OTTAWA, Ontario-SIPquest, which develops Session Initiation Protocol-based Internet Protocol software applications and technology, said it secured $6 million of venture funding. Current investors Covington...

Ericsson denies employees are guilty of tax evasion

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it believes none of its current employees are guilty of wrongdoing in response to charges of tax evasion leveled against the...

Sprint ups Wi-Fi locations with 5 new roaming pacts

Sprint Corp. signed Wi-Fi roaming agreements with four broadband Internet service providers and a virtual network enabler that the carrier said will increase the...

Industry fights to keep health suit in federal court, IEEE queries firefighter study

WASHINGTON-The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the mobile-phone industry's motion to re-hear arguments in five class-action headset lawsuits that a divided...

House committee hopes to keep universal service away from telecom reform

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee is drafting a telecom reform bill to be circulated among lawmakers and the telecom industry in May, but the document...

With 3 of top 6 Q1 financials in, carriers show plenty of growth

Three of the industry's six largest wireless operators posted first-quarter financial results in line with analysts estimates and ahead of 2004 results, demonstrating there...

Prepaid starts to gain respect

Few customer segments have drawn as much consternation from the wireless industry as prepaid subscribers. Non-contract customers have traditionally rewarded operators with lower revenue...

Radio operator teams with HP on music service

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Radio operator Infinity Broadcasting will team with Hewlett-Packard Co. to offer an interactive music broadcast for U.S. wireless users. The service, called...

M&A Briefs

Adobe Systems Inc. said it will acquire Macromedia in an all-stock transaction valued at around $3.4 billion. Macromedia sells a scaled-down version of its...

Nextel ranks 9th on top-performing 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...

US Unwired relistd on Nasdaq

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired began trading on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market under its ticker symbol "UNWR." "Returning to Nasdaq is part of our...

Pictures, price and perception

A JupiterResearch study out last week found that although the ranks of U.S. consumers owning wireless phones with camera capabilities rose to 35 percent...

Lucent to supply EV-DO gear in Mexico

MEXICO CITY-Mexican wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell selected Lucent Technologies Inc. to supply CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network equipment in the cities of Mexico City, Monterrey...
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