Monthly Archives: June, 2005

Motorola hires Vega to head CDMA handset business

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. hired a new head for its CDMA handset business, a move that could help solidify the company's strong position in the...

Cellular One of Amarillo to use One Voice service

SAN DIEGO-Cellular One of Amarillo signed a multi-year agreement to offer One Voice Technologies Inc.'s MobileVoice service that includes voice-dialing, group conference calling, reading...

Psion Teklogix buys Symagery Microsystems

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Mobile computing company Psion Teklogix Inc. announced it acquired image capture firm Symagery Microsystems Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Psion Teklogix...

New Google search delivers only XHTML results

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. has launched a new search service that delivers results only from Web pages that are customized for the small screens...

Metro One to close some call centers

PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory-assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it closed two call centers in May and expects to close an additional nine call...

Sprint to sell Novatel EV-DO-enabled PC card

Sprint Corp. said it will begin offering Novatel Wireless Inc.'s Merlin S620 PC card that is designed to operate on the carrier's CDMA2000 1x...

Family plans to drive Q2 growth, Merrill Lynch predicts: Raises customer guidance for Verizon, lowers Cingular guidance

Investment banking firm Merrill Lynch said it expects the wireless industry's five nationwide operators to post a 4.5-percent year-over-year improvement in gross subscriber additions...

Nortel TL 9000 certified on UMTS network solutions

PARIS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has completed TL 9000 consolidation registration for its portfolio of hardware, software and services for HSDPA, UMTS and GSM...

Qualcomm, Skyworks settle patent fight

Chipmakers Skyworks Solutions Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. announced they settled their patent battle with a cross-licensing agreement. Qualcomm will have access to the Skyworks...

Verizon to hire 200 Spanish-speaking employees

LAUREL, Md.-Verizon Wireless said it will hold a job fair June 25 in an attempt to add 200 bilingual Spanish-speaking employees to its Washington-Baltimore-Virginia...

3 firms secure VC funding

Three companies announced new funding rounds this week. SiBEAM Inc., which develops gigabit wireless technology, said it secured $15 million in series A funding...

Motorola to launch first iRadio tests in D.C., L.A.

Seventy-five years after it sold the first car radio, Motorola wants to get back into your dashboard. The world's No. 2 handset manufacturer is...

New content company targets U.S., Asian markets

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Intel Capital and Japanese TV production company Yoshimoto Kogyo are among those backing Bellrock Media Inc., a new company that will develop,...

Flextronics gains $550M from network, semiconductor businesses

SINGAPORE—Electronics manufacturing services company Flextronics said it will score more than $550 million in upfront cash payments from the sale of its network and...

Nextel offers location service for fleets

Nextel Communications Inc. announced a new location and routing service targeted at fleet management in conjunction with ALK Technologies and Motorola Inc.ALK's PC*Miler|Mobile service,...

Wavestream files patent lawsuit against CAP Wireless

SAN DIMAS, Calif.-Wavestream Corp. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against CAP Wireless Inc. Wavestream, which makes amplifiers, said CAP Wireless' Spatium series...

Motorola Ventures invests in Anam Mobile

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Motorola Ventures announced an undisclosed strategic investment in Anam Mobile, a messaging infrastructure provider for short message service and multimedia messaging service...

Chase Bank uses RFID in Colorado

DENVER-Chase Bank U.S.A. launched a contactless payment program, sending radio frequency identification-equipped credit cards to more than 500,000 Colorado customers. The program, which the...

Nextel expands S.C. system

COLUMBIA, S.C.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it has added more than 3,800 square miles of coverage to its network in South Carolina. The expanded coverage...

Asian carrier alliance launches services across region

SINGAPORE-An alliance of wireless carriers in Asia, which first formed last year, launched services at the CommunicAsia show this week in Singapore. Bridge Mobile...

La. House sides with industry to kill 2% tax plan

WASHINGTON-The Louisiana State House overwhelmingly defeated a bill that would have imposed a 2-percent local excise tax on mobile-phone service and would have decreased...

Leap revenue up 10 percent, churn up a bit

Leap Wireless International Inc. reported delayed first-quarter results that were in line with recently released guidance. Leap previously stated that the delayed reporting was...

Ericsson, Napster plan music service

Telecommunications technology provider L.M. Ericsson will team with Napster to offer a digital music service to wireless carriers, the companies said Wednesday. The new...

FCC lowers USF contribution factor, begins examination

WASHINGTON-In separate actions Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission lowered the universal-service contribution factor to 10.2 percent and said it would begin examining the USF...

Mobile TV market poised for growth

PHOENIX-The mobile digital TV broadcast market is poised for significant growth during the next five years, according to a new report from market research...
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