Monthly Archives: August, 2005

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...

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...

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...

Centennial increases fiscal-year domestic customer additions

Regional wireless operator Centennial Communications Corp. said it added 8,500 domestic wireless customers during its fourth fiscal quarter ended May 31, which was a...

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...

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...

Boost offers community-based services

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile users can exchange e-mails, instant messages, pictures and profiles with like-minded subscribers under a new localized community application.The mobile virtual network...

Fixed-mobile group contracts with IDC for market assessment

LONDON-The Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance has contracted with IDC to assess the challenges and opportunities presented by global convergence during the next five years.The project...

Andrew provides location technology to Nokia carrier customers

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. signed an agreement to provide its location technology to Nokia Corp.'s GSM network base station subsystem customers and to license...

Acta appoints Palmieri to lead mobile entertainment practice

LONDON-Acta Wireless Ltd., an investment and advisory firm to wireless companies, appointed Paul Palmieri as a venture partner and leader of its mobile entertainment...

InCode acquires Northstream

SAN DIEGO-InCode, a wireless technology and business consulting firm, said it has acquired Stockholm, Sweden-based Northstream, which provides advisory services to wireless companies.Northstream co-founders...

Alamosa posts 75% jump in revenues, narrows loss

LUBBOCK, Texas-Bolstered by its recent acquisition of fellow affiliate AirGate PCS Inc., Sprint Corp.'s largest wireless affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. posted a 75-percent increase...

PixToPix interoperability site shuts down

PixToPix Inc., an Internet-based picture-messaging service, announced it is shutting down its free interoperability service. The service allowed users to send camera-phone pictures to...

Martin names Franca OET chief, still no wireless chief

WASHINGTON-Within hours of telling reporters that he expected to fill "current open positions" during the month of August, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin named Bruce...

Verizon Wireless, Sprint expand music offerings

Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS expanded their mobile music offerings this week with two announcements. Verizon Wireless will team with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties...

Brightpoint enjoys rising profit, revenues

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. released its second-quarter earnings, reporting net income of $4.9 million, or 27 cents per share, which is a 35-percent increase over...

RFID companies join for patent management

CHICAGO-A group of companies with interest in the radio-frequency identification technology arena said they plan to form an intellectual property licensing consortium.The consortium will...

3 million wireless customers recently ported

WASHINGTON-Wireless customers are still complaining with their feet. Three million customers switched mobile-phone providers from December 2004 to the end of April, and the...

SunCom now offering BlackBerry 7100g

WATERLOO, Ontario-SunCom Wireless Inc. introduced Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry 7100g for its customers in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.The BlackBerry 7100g...

Payless applies for FCC license to offer prepaid service

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.-Payless Communication Holdings Inc. said it has filed an application for a 214 license with the Federal Communications Commission. Any company that...

Shentel signs forbearance agreement with Sprint

Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said it has entered into a forbearance agreement with Sprint related to Sprint's...

OnAir developing in-flight GSM mobile-phone solution

GENEVA, Switzerland-In-flight communications company OnAir Inc. said it is working with software developer TriaGnoSys GmbH and server provider Miltope Corp. to build a GSM-only...

Alltel to sell Austrian property

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported that its newly acquired Western Wireless International Austria Corp. subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its...

Motorola to receive federal tax incentive

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. will score $4.4 billion in accumulated earnings in the third and fourth quarters thanks to a federal tax incentive. The company...
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