July 2005

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. added new global positioning system applications for business customers using BlackBerry 7520 wireless handheld devices on its network. The applications allow users to locate and dispatch …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-Smartphones Technologies Inc. and Collegiate Images announced mobile content licensing agreements with more than 30 U.S. colleges and universities that allow Smartphones to offer exclusively licensed college sports content. …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. reported revenues of $38.6 million for the second quarter, up 60 percent from revenues of $24.1 million reported during the second quarter of last year. Net …

Nextel Partners Inc. said it has accepted the resignation of Tim Donahue, Nextel Communications Inc. president and chief executive officer, from its board of directors. Donahue was on Nextel Partners’ …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Shares of InfoSpace Inc. plummeted to a 52-week low Wednesday after the content provider and Internet search company slashed its outlook for the second half of the year. InfoSpace …

MOSCOW-InfiNet Wireless, a provider of last-mile connectivity solutions, signed an investment deal with Baring Vostok, Intel Capital, and Boston-based investment fund Russia Now. Funding details were not available. The company’s …

Sprint Corp. reported a disappointing 400,000 net customer additions during the second quarter, a 20-percent drop from the 505,000 customers the carrier added last year and below analysts estimates of …

AUSTIN, Texas-Sprint PCS is targeting teenage users with new video programming from Varsity Media Group. Varsity Mobile, which the carrier has added to its Vision Multimedia Service, offers four on-demand …

U.S. Cellular Corp. said it added 94,000 customers during the second quarter, which was well below the 137,000 subscribers the carrier added during the second quarter of last year and …

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Bitfone Corp., which provides firmware over-the-air update technology for mobile phones, announced two contracts this week. The company said Chinese handset manufacturer TCL Mobile will use Bitfone’s device …

SAN DIEGO-InfoSonics Corp., a wireless handset distributor in the United States and Latin America, said Edge Wireless has approved VK Mobile’s VK530 mobile phone on its network for both prepaid …

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands-Telecommunications company Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. signed an agreement to add Commnet Wireless L.L.C. to its line-up of telecommunications holdings in a cash deal worth $59 million. …

America Online Inc. is testing a suite of mobile search services, the Internet giant said Wednesday. The new offerings allow users with Web-enabled phones to search the Internet for information …

REDDING, Conn.-China’s MobileVision Communications Ltd. said it will launch music video programming provided by Global Music International Inc. on China Unicom’s mobile-phone network starting in August. MobileVision’s streaming media service …

SEATTLE-Planned mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile has tapped thePlatform to aggregate and manage digital and audio content, the companies announced Wednesday. Amp’d Mobile, which is slated to launch this …

SAN FRANCISCO-Via Licensing Corp. added LG Electronics Co. Ltd. as a licensor in its joint patent licensing program, which offers a license for patents that are critical for implementation of …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Monday proposed fining InPhonic Inc. more than $819,000 for not registering as a telecommunications carrier and thus not making necessary payment s for universal service, regulatory …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-UTStarcom Personal Communications said its PC 5740 dual-band CDMA2000 1x EV-DO wireless Type II PCMCIA card is now available on Verizon Wireless’ network. The card allows customers to connect …

PARIS-After weeks of speculation, France Telecom said its Orange SA wireless subsidiary will spend $7.7 billion to buy 80 percent of the third-largest wireless carrier in Spain. The acquisition of …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry will get its long sought-after pre-emption if a bill introduced by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) is enacted into law. “The bill will enact a set of federal …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. named Judith Muhlberg senior vice president of corporate communications for Sprint Nextel Corp. following Sprint’s pending acquisition of Nextel, which is expected …

Verizon Wireless said it added an industry-record 1.9 million subscribers during the second quarter, which was a 25-percent improvement compared with the 1.5 million customers the carrier added during the …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued to dismantle its garden walls Tuesday, announcing its first deal with a WAP-based, off-deck content aggregator. The No. 1 U.S. carrier inked an agreement with Bango, …

FREMONT, Calif.-A new non-profit industry association, The FLO Forum, was announced by its members and headed by Qualcomm Inc. Amoi, BBEF, Harris Corp., Huawei, Korea Telecom, Kyocera, LG Electronics, LG …

WASHINGTON-The Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies (ComCARE) Alliance is asking the Federal Communications Commission to maintain its deadline for location-capable handsets. ComCARE requested that the FCC deny …