Monthly Archives: August, 2005

Paging company to resell Sprint service

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging company USA Mobility Inc. announced it will resell Sprint Corp. wireless service and phones to business customers. USA Mobility currently counts around...

3G subscribers to number 300M by 2010, says report

HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Third-generation subscribers are expected to grow from 30 million in 2004 to more than 300 million by 2010, according to a new...

Western Wireless subsidiary announces buyback

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Western Wireless L.L.C. will buy back nearly $600 million in stock following its acquisition by Alltel Corp., the company said Friday.The carrier...

Qualcomm licenses Effnet technology for future 3G chips

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it licensed IP Header Compression from Stockholm, Sweden-based Effnet AB. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Qualcomm plans to...

Sprint closes US Unwired buy

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. closed its tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of wireless network affiliate US Unwired Inc. at the tender...

TIA establishes division for funding communications research

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association's board of directors established a division to focus on increasing federal funding for communications technology research."The board unanimously agreed...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

Following is information on wireless companies that had ratings changes and other news from investment banking and financial services firms this week.Moody's Investors Service...

Sprint closes on $35B Nextel buy

Sprint Corp. closed on its $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. in a deal that will strengthen its position as the industry's third-largest...

Sona Mobile to offer Star Trek phone

NEW YORK-Star Trek fans will soon be able to access themed content through a branded phone modeled on the communicators used in the 1960s...

Verizon Wireless glitch with online billing system resolved

Verizon Wireless suffered a glitch in its online bill-paying service that allowed some subscribers to see details on other subscribers. Verizon spokesman Tom Pica...

Survey finds early termination fees keep consumers from switching wireless carriers

Early termination fees continue to impact customer loyalty as a recent consumer survey by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group found that 47 percent...

Leap Wireless reports fewer customer adds on churn increase

Leap Wireless International Inc. reported 3,000 net customer additions during the second quarter, which was one-third of the 9,000 customers the carrier added during...

Jamdat shares drop on disappointing 3Q outlook

Shares of Jamdat Mobile Inc. plunged in after-hours trading Thursday after the wireless game maker offered a disappointing outlook for the coming quarter.Jamdat reported...

Wireless industry asks Supreme Court to review RF-health headset case

WASHINGTON-As expected, the wireless industry late Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn an appeals-court ruling that allowed state courts to...

Pegasus buys stake in Chinese manufacturing facility

FREMONT, Calif.-Pegasus Wireless Corp., a wireless solutions provider, announced it is set to acquire a controlling interest in a Chinese electronics manufacturing facility and...

Guard-band licensees ask FCC to change 700 MHz band plan

WASHINGTON-Using FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's goal of universal broadband access as a jumping-off point, a group of 700 MHz Guard Band licensees last week...

Verizon Wireless to hire 300 for new Md. call center

LAUREL, Md.-Verizon Wireless said it will hire more than 300 customer service representatives to help staff a new $22 million Maryland call center about...

Singapore’s M1 offers short voice messaging

SINGAPORE-Wireless carrier MobileOne Ltd. plans to launch a new short voice messaging service concept to its customers in Singapore.BubbleTALK, which is a product of...

IWO Holdings reports subscriber loss

ALBANY, N.Y.-Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate IWO Holdings Inc., which emerged from bankruptcy protection in early June, said it lost 5,485 customers during the second...

Nortel to upgrade Angolan network to EV-DO

LUANDA, Angola-Movicel, an African CDMA provider, has selected Nortel to upgrade its wireless broadband network to CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology in Angola.Movicel has 350,000...

Alltel lowers wireless long-distance prices

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. introduced a new long-distance plan for its wireless customers that makes it cheaper to call outside the United States. Under...

Worldwide mobile penetration to hit 38% by 2010

BOSTON-New research shows the worldwide wireless market growing by leaps and bounds, with total revenues topping $570 billion this year. According to numbers from...

Lawmakers urge FCC to allow state regulation of early-termination fees

WASHINGTON-A group of 14 Democratic House members led by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject a wireless-industry petition that...

724 shares dip on worries over Sprint PCS contract

TORONTO-Shares of software developer 724 Solutions Inc. tumbled Wednesday after the company hinted it could lose a key contract with Sprint PCS.In a press...

T-Mobile USA beats expectations for customers adds, profit climbs: Prepaid mix jumps to 30% of net additions

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted 972,000 net customer additions for the second quarter, which fell short of the nearly 1.1 million customers the carrier added...
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