Monthly Archives: May, 2005

Lucent settles with Lightbridge for $1.4M

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc. will pay Lightbridge Inc. $1.4 million to settle a lawsuit between the two companies. The settlement arises out of a...

WiMAX market offers chipmaker opportunities

LONDON-The market for WiMAX subscriber terminals and base stations could exceed 20 million per year by 2009, representing a significant opportunity for chipmakers, according...

Motorola sells stake in Honduran wireless carrier

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. sold its entire equity stake in Honduran wireless carrier Celtel. Millicom International Cellular said it acquired part of the stake from...

Wack leaves NextWave

WASHINGTON-NextWave Wireless L.L.C., which recently emerged from an eight-year bankruptcy saga, said Thursday Michael Wack, senior vice president and deputy general counsel, was leaving...

Canadian cellular carriers launch inter-carrier Wi-Fi service

OTTAWA-Canada's nationwide cellular carriers Bell Mobility, Fido, Rogers Wireless and Telus Mobility launched inter-carrier Wi-Fi service, along with plans to develop more than 500...

GSM network begins prepaid service in Iran

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its managed wireless network in Iran, the Rafsanjan Industrial Complex, has launched GSM services in greater Tehran.Millicom entered...

Nokia branches out with first non-phone, Linux-based device

Nokia Corp. introduced a new Internet-browsing device that represents a new market for the world's largest handset vendor as well as an entirely...

T-Mobile adds second EDGE phone to line-up

T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to be fleshing out its EDGE offerings with the release of its second EDGE-capable phone, the Motorola Inc. V330. The...

Alereon, Intel demo USB prototype

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Alereon and Intel Corp. demonstrated an integrated prototype running at 480 megabits per second for the wireless USB market at the Wireless...

Cellular/Wi-Fi group reaches goal, folds into 3GPP

The Unlicensed Mobile Access group is shuttering its doors after getting its specifications included in the Third Generation Partnership Project's Release 6. "It has...

Verizon Wireless expands phone portfolio

Verizon Wireless is bolstering its phone line-up with high-end devices from the likes of PalmOne Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. First up, Verizon...

Nevada bill would allow wireless gambling in casinos

Visitors to Las Vegas and other Nevada casinos could gamble with wireless devices under legislation being proposed by Nevada lawmakers. A bill is being...

MetroPCS extends cash tender offer

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. said it has extended the expiration date for its previously announced cash tender offer and consent solicitation relating to its 10.75-percent senior...

Taiwan Mobile begins initial W-CDMA service

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan Mobile has launched third-generation service using a W-CDMA network supplied by Nokia Corp., according to the Finnish vendor. The initial service is...

Verizon offers new in-flight calling option

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless launched a new in-flight calling option for customers that allows for 10-cent per-minute calling when they sign up for the Airfone...

Valista teams with IBM on content management product

SEATTLE-Irish m-commerce provider Valista will team with IBM to offer content management and transaction services to wireless carriers.Valista said the partnership will integrate its...

Cingular Wireless updates GoPhone prepaid plans to compete with rivals

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. restructured its prepaid offering with a pair of services using the GoPhone brand name it acquired when it purchased AT&T Wireless...

Volantis teams with Bango on mobile content portals

LONDON-Content provider Volantis has teamed with Bango to develop mobile portals offering mobile content directly to consumers.The companies unveiled a portal for Channel 4,...

End2End enters North America

AALBORG, Denmark-End2End, which provides business-to-business managed service solutions, said it has rolled out a local service delivery infrastructure in the United States as part...

Verizon, Sprint cater to Hispanic market

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Carriers continued to court the Hispanic market with two new content offerings announced Wednesday.Verizon Wireless launched a new version of its "Get it...

Superconductor Technologies scores EV-DO product orders

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. said it has recorded $4 million in orders this year for its SuperPlex and AmpLink products, which are part...

Motorola to vote in favor of Sprint Nextel merger

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. said it plans to vote its roughly 6-percent stake in Nextel Communications Inc. in favor of Nextel's pending acquisition by Sprint Corp....

Alcatel to update GSM/GPRS network in Paraguay

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it was awarded a new GSM/GPRS mobile network expansion by Hola Paraguay, a 1900 MHz wireless carrier in Paraguay. With this...

Update: Calif. Senate passes bill-of-rights legislation

WASHINGTON-The California Senate approved legislation creating a bill of rights for telecom consumers, a measure modeled after one-year-old state guidelines that are now in...

Nokia takes NBA content to China

BEIJING-Nokia and the National Basketball Association announced an agreement that expands their U.S. relationship into China. Nokia will become the official mobile phone of...
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