Monthly Archives: April, 2005

Strong mobile content sales fuel VeriSign profit jump

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign's new mobile content operations helped fuel a five-fold increase in its first-quarter profits, the Internet and telecommunications networks company said late...

Qualcomm boosts quarterly profit: Expects slower fiscal 2005 sales

Qualcomm Inc. reported revenues of $1.37 billion for its fiscal second quarter, which is up 12 percent from revenues of $1.2 billion during the...

U.S. wireless spending per household decreases

JENKINTOWN, Pa.-Wireless spending across all U.S. households during the fourth quarter declined for the first time in almost three years, according to TNS Telecoms'...

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

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...

Sprint ups Wi-Fi locations with 5 new roaming agreements

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...

Switchboard offers mobile search, mapping

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Switchboard, an online yellow pages Web site, launched send-to-mobile capabilities as well as enhanced mapping and listings features.The send-to-mobile capability allows users to...

Ericsson denies employees 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...

EDOM signs Asian distribution agreement with Magnolia

TAIPEI, Taiwan-EDOM Technology and Magnolia Broadband Inc. signed a distribution agreement that allows EDOM to sell, distribute and support Magnolia's DiversityPlus handset chipsets to...

Leap, Verizon to buy spectrum from bankrupt carrier

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

Multiplayer gaming service available from Motorola

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Motorola launched a real-time multiplayer gaming service allowing users to interact with each other on the Internet and mobile devices.The service, which is...

Forum finds most SDR opportunity in commercial cellular market

DENVER-A new report from the SDR Forum said the international commercial cellular industry represents the most significant opportunity for the deployment of software-defined radio...

ZTE scores 450 MHz EV-DO deal in Vietnam

HONG KONG-ZTE Corp. said it will install Vietnam's first third-generation network in Ho Chi Minh City under a contract with Vietnam Power Telecom. The...

WWiSE adds new members

DALLAS-The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency consortium, which has developed a complete proposal for the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N, said it added several new...

ThumbPlay seeks content for U.S. mobile portal

NEW YORK-Wireless entertainment publisher ThumbPlay Inc. issued a casting call for content providers looking to tap the U.S. market.The company said it is seeking...

Intel reports sold quarter on strong cell-phone chip sales

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Chipmaker Intel Corp. announced a solid first quarter with a jump in net income of 25 percent. The news sent the company's...

Quigley named president of Alcatel

PARIS-Alcatel's board of directors approved a proposal by the company's chairman and chief executive officer, Serge Tchuruk, to appoint Mike Quigley president and chief...

Verizon launches ‘Incredibles’ game on VCast

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Verizon Wireless, together with Disney Mobile and Pixar Animation Studios, launched The Incredibles 3D mobile game on Verizon's VCAST wireless broadband multimedia...

Cingular Wireless adds 1.4M new subscribers, reduces churn

Building on its industry-leading customer growth during the fourth quarter of last year, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. posted 1.4 million net customer additions during the...

Motorola cancels Wi-Fi-enabled smart phone

Motorola Inc. canceled plans to sell its advanced MPx Windows Mobile smart phone. A company spokeswoman said the move was part of the company's...

Global carriers suffer declining wireless profits

BOSTON-New research shows wireless operators across the globe are suffering declines in profits, with global margins falling below 40 percent for the first time...

Kayak buys gaming company Chasma

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Mobile game publisher Kayak Interactive continued to add to its portfolio of titles Wednesday, acquiring New Hampshire-based developer Chasma Interactive Publishing. Terms...

Dutch carrier adopts Sierra Wireless EDGE card

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless said its AirCard 775 wireless wide area network card is now available to Telfort customers in the Netherlands. The card...

Appeals court rejects motion to rehear wireless health arguments: Decision on Supreme Court review pending

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

Hispanic MVNO speeds up market rollout

Movida Communications Inc. reported that due to the strong response in Phoenix and San Diego to its Movida prepaid wireless service targeting the Hispanics...

Motorola gets five-year Verizon FTTP contract

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. has awarded a five-year contract to Motorola Inc. to supply equipment for the carrier's next-generation fiber-to-the-premises networks.Verizon's FTTP services will...
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