Monthly Archives: May, 2005

InterDigital offers financial guidance, says Samsung hearing delayed

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it expects revenue from current licensees and General Dynamics during the second quarter to be between $37.2...

SI Swimsuit screensavers popular with Sprint subscribers

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said its Sprint PCS Vision customers have purchased more than 500,000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit screensavers, which are provided by Summus...

Global Towers to buy sites from Jesta

Global Towers Partners said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 51 towers from Jesta Towers, a regional developer and wireless facilities owner...

5M Bluetooth units shipping each week

BELLEVUE, Wash.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported that more than 5 million Bluetooth units are being shipped per week. The Bluetooth SIG noted that...

Nextel Partners to save $14M with new loan

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc., via its wholly owned subsidiary Nextel Partners Operating Corp., said it expects to save $14 million in annualized interest expenses...

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...

JDS Uniphase buys Acterna for $760M

SAN JOSE, Calif.-In the third acquisition of a test and measurement company this week, JDS Uniphase Corp. announced it purchased network testing and measurement...

Verizon expands ringbacks to New England

WOBURN, Mass.-Verizon Wireless continued to expand its ringback service, making the application available to users in New England. With the new service, subscribers in...

PalmOne pays $30M for original brand

Treo maker PalmOne Inc. will return to its original brand with the $30 million purchase of full rights to the Palm logo. The announcement...

House DTV bill would make spectrum available by 2009

WASHINGTON-The transition to digital TV will be completed Jan. 1, 2009, according to a draft bill released by the House Commerce Committee Republicans. "The...

Vodafone down on cautious outlook

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc's stock price took a beating Tuesday on the London Stock Exchange after the global wireless carrier offered a cautious outlook. Vodafone's...

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...

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....

Technological evolution, timing key pieces to regulatory reform

WASHINGTON-A new study says the substance and timing of regulatory reform can determine the fate of entire industries and whether competition and consumer choice...

Midwest Wireless launches integrated wireless, VoIP service

MANKATO, Minn.-Regional wireless operator Midwest Wireless launched its integrated oneWave telecommunications service combining features and functions of the carrier's wireless phone service with a...

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...

CDMA subscribers reach 257M

COSTA MESA, Calif.-More than 16.4 million new users signed up to CDMA networks during the first quarter, according to the CDMA Development Group.The total...

Antitrust law’s future in doubt, debate

WASHINGTON-While government approval of the proposed $35 billion Sprint Corp.-Nextel Communications Inc. deal and other pending telecom mega-mergers do not appear in doubt, there...

Games, games, games

LOS ANGELES-With mobile gaming looking to explode from niche to mass market, game-makers are targeting consumers with everything from casual poker games to arcade...

Dual-mode phones to reach 100M by 2010

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Industry should ship more than 100 million dual-mode mobile phones by 2010, according to new numbers from research and consulting firm ABI...

News Briefs

Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said its shareholders approved the sale of its indirect interest in ClearWave N.V. to Vodafone International Holdings B.V. for $3.5...

Sprint PCS restructures game deck

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS has restructured categories on its games deck in an effort to make it easier for customers to find and buy...

InPhonic to manage Sprint’s e-commerce biz

Online wireless retailer and mobile virtual network operator InPhonic Inc. scored a major coup last week, signing a deal with Sprint Corp. to manage...

Survey finds business users satisfied with wireless, less loyal

Wireless carriers have gained a level of satisfaction among business users equal to wireline offerings, but are still struggling to gain truly loyal subscribers,...

MMS interoperability moves forward

Struggling to shore up decreasing revenues from voice usage, U.S. carriers agreed last October to a set of messaging guidelines they said would allow...
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