Monthly Archives: July, 2005

Nextel adds new GPS apps for BlackBerry users

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...

Smartphones to license collegiate content

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...

Novatel 2Q revenues up 60% from last year

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...

Donahue resigns from Nextel Partners’ board

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

InfoSpace shares plummet on revised outlook: Quarterly mobile revenues rise 85%

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...

InfiNet announces financing, agreement with Intel

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...

Sprint customer adds disappoint, profit surges

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...

Sprint PCS adds teen programming to Vision

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...

U.S. Cellular misses subscriber forecasts, plans St. Louis launch

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...

Bitfone reports new OTA contracts

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...

InfoSonics reports distribution deal with Edge Wireless

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...

Atlantic Tele-Network buys Commnet for $59M

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...

AOL tests mobile search services

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...

China Unicom to launch music services

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...

Amp’d selects thePlatform to manage content

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...

LG joins 802.11 licensing group

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...

FCC fines InPhonic for not registering as carrier, paying fees

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...

UTStarcom card available for Verizon customers

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...

France Telecom buys 80% of Spanish wireless carrier

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...

Broadband bill introduced in Senate

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...

Sprint, Nextel name communications head for merged entity

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...

Verizon Wireless enjoys customer increase, churn decrease

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...

Cingular, Bango deal further opens garden gate

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...

FLO Forum aims for standardization, adoption

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,...

ComCARE urges FCC to reject E-911 handset waiver request

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...
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