Monthly Archives: June, 2005

Midwest hosts BREW for others

Carrier consolidation among the wireless industry's top players has had a similar effect on smaller operators, which are being forced to cooperate more closely...

T-Mobile USA expects continued growth, 3G rollout next year

Despite increasing competition and spectrum concerns, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it expects to continue posting around 1 million net customer additions per quarter through...

Prepaid market set for growth with MVNOs as main catalyst

BOSTON-The domestic prepaid market is set for explosive growth during the next five years as the industry continues to refine offerings based on so-called...

Ericsson sells stake in digital pen company

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it sold all its shares in Anoto Group AB to Norden Technology AS for an undisclosed amount. Ericsson previously owned...

World Briefs

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

Sprint PCS offers mapping, news service from Handmark

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Software developer and publisher Handmark said its Java-based Express News Maps and More application is available on select Sprint PCS Vision handsets....

T-Mobile selects Gemplus SIM OS

LUXEMBOURG-T-Mobile selected Gemplus International S.A. to provide its GemXplore Generations operating system for T-Mobile's future card and service deployments. The product complies with the...

Western GSM base doubles since last year

BELLEVUE, Wash.-The GSM subscriber base in the Western Hemisphere reached 136.3 million during the first quarter, more than double the 65.9 million GSM subscribers...

Samsung selects TI chips for TV phones

DALLAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is using Texas Instruments' OMAP multimedia processor chip in its mobile TV phones. Samsung is currently selling phones in South...

People

Red Bend SoftwareUdi Dagan joined Red Bend Software as chief financial officer. Dagan joined the company from IBM where he was business consulting services...

Gender, not age, defines interest in wireless data

Users in the youth and young adult segment showed strong interest in using wireless entertainment and multimedia services, according to a new market research...

Inclosia innovates in aesthetics

While the wireless industry concerns itself with new phone features and functions, Tom Tarnowski is more worried about what those phones look and feel...

Signal-enhancing companies make progress with carriers

Electronics manufacturers and distributors say wireless carriers are beginning to cautiously embrace third-party signal amplifiers they once kept at arm's length. Inconsistent service has...

Comverse to license BellSouth patents

ATLANTA-Comverse Technology Inc. has agreed to license two patents for voicemail and call-forwarding technology from BellSouth Intellectual Property Marketing Corporation, BellSouth said late Thursday.The...

Tachyon gains $7M in new funding

VIENNA, Va.-Tachyon Networks Inc., which provides global satellite technology solutions, said it raised an additional $7 million in venture-capital financing to fund expansion of...

Macromedia to distribute Flash-based BREW apps

SAN DIEGO-Macromedia will distribute Flash-based applications for BREW-enabled wireless handsets under an agreement announced Friday at Qualcomm's 2005 BREW Conference. The San Francisco-based developer...

Broadband industry awaits Supreme Court decision in Brand X

WASHINGTON-Sometime this month, the Supreme Court will determine the future of broadband. "The next important piece of the broadband puzzle will be revealed when...

CTIA voices opposition to MSS spectrum requests

WASHINGTON-The cellular industry this week continued to voice opposition to a request that mobile satellite service spectrum surrendered by Boeing Co. and Iridium be...

Ericsson buys wireless content billing supplier

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless technology company Ericsson has acquired Spanish software developer NetSpira Networks S.L. in an effort to bolster its mobile data offering, the company...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following wireless companies received ratings changes or guidance this week from financial services and investment firms. MetroPCS, Nortel, Motorola, Sprint, Alltel, U.S. Cellular...

Intel study: 700 MHz spectrum worth $233B in social benefits

WASHINGTON-Spectrum in the 700 MHz band is worth $20 billion to the federal treasury, but has a social value of at least $233 billion,...

Japanese govt. to allow 3 new wireless carriers

WASHINGTON-The Japanese Embassy today confirmed the government plans to add three competitors to the mobile-phone market, a move that comes after months of prodding...

Verizon plans foray into commercial LBS

SAN DIEGO-Verizon Wireless said it will launch location-based services starting in the third quarter. The carrier joins Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint and other wireless...

FCC approves sale of Urban Comm licenses to Verizon Wireless

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Thursday approved the planned sale of Urban Comm's PCS licenses to Verizon Wireless. Urban Comm plans to sell its...

Dobson denies rumored American Cellular sale

Dobson Communications Corp. denied a Standard & Poor's report that the regional wireless operator was considering a sale of its financially troubled American Cellular...
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