May 2005

Less than a month ago, I wrote a column about how the recent lull in wireless activity (mergers, etc.) was just the calm before the storm. Boom! Did you hear …

KYOTO, Japan-Kyocera Wireless Corp. will outsource the manufacture and delivery of its mobile phones to contract manufacturing giant Flextronics International Ltd. Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Kyocera …

WASHINGTON-A large coalition of government, public interest and telecom industry groups sent a letter to Capitol Hill urging the Senate Commerce Committee to pass a bill that would permanently exempt …

While many in the wireless industry today target early adopters with high-tech gadgets and 3G services, Telular Corp. is taking a decidedly retro approach. The Vernon Hills, Ill.-based company is …

AMSTERDAM-Dutch electronics manufacturer Royal Philips Electronics has reorganized its semiconductor business into four units to cut costs and better address specific markets, the company said late Tuesday. Philips said it …

T-Mobile USA Inc. again topped a J.D. Power and Associates ranking, this time garnering the highest overall customer satisfaction among wireless voice and data service for business customers as part …

The GSM Association again blasted proposed rates for licensing anti-piracy technology, calling the revised rates “unreasonable and unworkable.” The trade association of more than 600 wireless operators rejected the latest …

Broadband service provider Speakeasy launched what it called “WiMAX-class” fixed wireless broadband covering parts of downtown Seattle. The service, which Speakeasy said will expand later this year to cover all …

Following news that it was not selected as a preferred supplier for British Telecom’s huge 21st Century Network project, U.K. equipment vendor Marconi Corp. said it will lay off workers, …

Infrastructure giant L.M. Ericsson announced it will put the brakes on its CDMA business, a move that coincides with the shuttering of its CDMA headquarters in San Diego. Ericsson said …

DENVER-About 80 percent of telecom consumers purchase three or four different services, including landline, cable, wireless and Internet services, but less than one-third purchase those services from a single provider, …

Motorola Inc. appears to be in the midst of reordering its phone design and manufacturing strategy, moves that could yield either boon or doom for those along its supply chain. …

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group said it will begin working with ultra-wideband developers, combining the strengths of both personal wireless area network technologies. The Bluetooth SIG said the partnership will …

Much is made these days about America’s fall from grace in broadband deployment, having supposedly dropped from fourth to 13th place on the Bit Parade. Worse yet, note the hand-wringers, …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-PCIA and tower company AAT Communications Corp., together with three state wireless associations, have launched a Web site aimed at helping other states form wireless associations. The site, www.swaprogram.net, …

MONTREAL-Blue Tree Wireless Data Inc. said Sprint has certified its new CDMA 1xRTT GPS Series and IP Series products for use on its network. The certified products include the company’s …

LAS VEGAS-The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory released a white paper outlining the technical results it found in a multivendor test it conducted mixing data, video and Voice over …

Following is a list of debt and credit upgrades and downgrades for wireless companies by financial and investment firms this week: Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook on Sanmina-SCI Corp. …

Regional wireless provider SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc., which formerly changed its name from Triton PCS Holdings Inc. earlier this month, said it added 9,382 subscribers during the first quarter of …

Shares of Jamdat Mobile Inc. soared Friday after the mobile content provider reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and offered bullish projections for the rest of the year. Jamdat, which develops and …

Hop-on.com Inc. reported plans to launch a prepaid mobile virtual network operator service using its low-cost handsets and airtime purchased from an unnamed “major” wireless operator. According to the company’s …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. posted a slight rise in revenues but reversed its profits from a year ago with a $900,000 loss in its first quarter. The company’s …

NEW YORK-Mobile handset design company China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. scored around $141 million in its initial public offering Thursday, coming in at the high range of its expectations. …

WASHINGTON-John Bohn has been sworn in as the newest member of the California Public Utilities Commission, likely giving GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger the majority he needs to revamp or repeal …

Microsoft Corp. is expected to unveil its new Windows Mobile 2005 operating system, codenamed Magneto, in conjunction with its developer’s conference next week in Las Vegas. According to several sources …