Monthly Archives: July, 2005

iPCS files lawsuit against Sprint

The line of Sprint Corp. wireless affiliates seeking injunctive relief expanded on Friday as iPCS Inc. filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent Sprint from...

Dating game targets female wireless gamers

NEW YORK-Mobile-phone games developer Gameloft launched an interactive dating game called Love Triangle: Dating Challenge.The game puts users in the role of clever but...

Qualcomm adds enhanced navigation to chipsets

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it integrated enhanced navigation technology into its line of chipsets for CDMA and W-CDMA phones. The company said the new...

Cingular readies LG phone with MP3 player

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. appears to be prepping a new phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. that features an MP3 player, according to documents filed...

VoIP hits 911 roadblock-incumbent LECs

Even as Voice over Internet Protocol providers race to meet the Federal Communications Commission's deadline to offer enhanced 911 service, many of them are...

Vodafone U.K. deploys 724 system

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions said Vodafone Group plc has deployed its X-treme Mobility Gateway in the United Kingdom for the carrier's Vodafone live! entertainment...

Leap picks Mobile Streams for Cricket Clicks content

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. has tapped Mobile Streams to provide content to its Cricket Clicks customers, the operator said Monday.Mobile Streams, a 6-year-old...

Canadian town studies wireless technologies with Nortel

CHAPLEAU, Ontario-A study launched in Chapleau, Ontario, aims to discover the impact of advanced technologies on rural and dispersed communities.The research project is a...

Virgin Mobile USA deploys Telcordia’s content billing system

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telcordia announced Virgin Mobile USA has deployed its newly added real-time charging and rating functionality for carriers. The system allows carriers to set...

XM Satellite Radio spends $200M on 2.3 GHz licenses

XM Satellite Radio will spend nearly $200 million on wireless spectrum licenses in 15 of the top 20 U.S. markets, the company announced last...

The Chertoff factor

Even with strong public statements on U.S. broadband deployment (and the role of wireless technology in meeting the 2007 universally affordable target date), neither...

Andrew, EMS settle patent dispute

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it settled a patent dispute with EMS Technologies Inc. concerning its remote electrical tilt antenna technology. The company has...

Rhetoric in enterprise space points to increased interest

The wireless enterprise market-long a scene of sedate players and leisurely sales cycles-has cracked open with finger pointing, name calling, innuendo and otherwise rabid...

MetroPCS hires Lucent for network expansion

DALLAS-MetroPCS Communications Inc. said it awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a three-year contract for third-generation CDMA2000 equipment, valued at up to $500 million. MetroPCS said...

Sprint discontinues Free & Clear plans to focus on ‘flexible’

Citing increasing demand for its overage-protecting Fair & Flexible rate plans, Sprint Corp. said it will no longer offer its traditional Free & Clear...

UbiquiTel rolls out EV-DO in 2 cities

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it has launched CDMA2000 1x EV-DO services in its Boise, Idaho, and Reno, Nev., markets as...

Navteq buys PMI for $28.5M

CHICAGO-Navteq, which provides digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based services, said it has acquired PMI, a South Korean digital map company. The...

Qmobile gains $5M in new funding

RESTON, Va.-Qmobile Inc. snared $5 million in a Series B round of financing, the content provider and mobile marketing company said Monday.The Grosvenor Funds...

Declining profits despite higher sales at Samsung, Sony Ericsson

Second-quarter earnings dropped despite increases in the number of handsets sold, two of the largest phone-makers reported Friday. Samsung Electronics Co., the No. 3...

WiMAX certification moves forward

WiMAX technology plugged along toward its goal of a standard protocol, announcing demonstrations in Canada and the start of the certification process in Spain....

PC cards hit stride as network speeds rise

As third-generation technology and wireless broadband hit the U.S. marketplace, PC card vendors finally may hit their stride. Verizon Wireless is in the process...

RCR hires reporter Morse

GOLDEN, Colo.-RCR Wireless News is pleased to announce it has hired Joni Morse as a reporter covering the wireless infrastructure beat, including the tower...

700 MHz spectrum could be freed up in ’09

WASHINGTON-Now that TV broadcasters have accepted a hard date for the transition to digital TV, lobbying for parts of the spectrum probably will ratchet...

Alltel sets July 21 for Western Wireless shareholders to vote on merger

WASHINGTON- Alltel Corp. set a July 21 deadline for Western Wireless Corp. shareholders to vote in favor of Alltel's pending acquisition of Western Wireless...

Hop-On hires financial advisors

IRVINE, Calif.-Hop-On Inc. said it hired New York City-based financial consultants Ronny Yakov and Jay Gartlan to assist it in preparing for the growth...
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