Monthly Archives: August, 2005

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...

Ringtone downloads quadrupled, study claims

NEW YORK-The number of U.S. wireless users who have downloaded ringtones has more than quadrupled during the past year, according to a report from...

Lucent subpoenaed in Georgia E-rate probe

WASHINGTON-Lucent Technologies Inc. last week disclosed it has been asked to supply documentation to a federal grand jury in Georgia examining antitrust violations of...

Vodafone Italy demos 1.5 mbps speeds with Nokia HSDPA network

ESPOO, Finland-Vodafone Italy and Nokia Corp. made a end-to-end call at Vodafone Italy's test facilities with High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology using W-CDMA...

Technitrol buys wireless device antenna maker

PHILADELPHIA-Electronic component company Technitrol Inc. announced it will acquire the antenna-making operations of Filtronic plc, which designs and manufactures customized microwave electronic subsystems and...

PacketHop raises $10M in funds

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-PacketHop Inc. said it raised $10 million in its third round of financing.The company said it will use the funds to bring...

Intercasting gains $5.5M in first-round financing

SAN DIEGO-Intercasting Corp., a location-aware media networking operator, said it raised $5.5 million in its first round of financing.The company said it plans to...

Namco offers Pac-Man ringtone app

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless games and content publisher Namco America Inc. announced availability of Pac-Man's Arcade Corner.The interactive ringtone application features Pac-Man as the host...

UbiquiTel subscriber growth fall short, but co. posts profit

Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. posted 14,600 net customer additions during the second quarter, short of the 16,900 subscribers the carrier added during...

Sprint sets date to close Nextel buy

Sprint Corp. said it intends to close on its pending $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. Aug. 12. The deal garnered Federal Communications...

Siemens sets up 3G test network in Indonesia

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced it has set up a third-generation High Speed Downlink Packet Access testing network for Telkomsel, an Indonesian mobile operator, and...

Mobliss powers ‘Rock Star’ SMS voting

SEATTLE-Mobile marketing and media solutions company Mobliss Corp. will provide technology for a short message service voting campaign for CBS' reality series "Rock Star:...

Motorola furthering lead in U.S. market, Piper Jaffray reports

Handset sales continue to show strength as the industry enters the third quarter, according to an investor update from Piper Jaffray, with Motorola Inc....

TV networks announce mobile content partnerships

NEW YORK-TV broadcasting giants ABC and NBC continued to target wireless users with two partnerships unveiled Tuesday.ABC said it will team with mobile content...

LCC expects Q2 loss to total $5M, to restate financials for ’04

LOS ANGELES-LCC International Inc., a wireless and technical data consulting firm, said it will restate financial results for 2004 and the first quarter of...

American Tower closes SpectraSite merger

American Tower Corp. completed its merger with SpectraSite Inc., creating a combined company with more than 21,500 wireless towers, more than 400 broadcast towers...

SMS.ac joins wireless carriers with consumer bill of rights

Controversial messaging company SMS.ac is hoping to scrub its image by issuing consumers' rights guidelines for wireless companies. The text-messaging company issued a six-point...

PalmSource partners with Linux vendor

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Operating system company PalmSource Inc. announced it teamed with Linux vendor MontaVista Software. Under the new partnership, MontaVista will join PalmSource's Palm OS...

Cincinnati Bell reports drop in customers, wireless revenues

Regional telecommunications provider and former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. wireless affiliate Cincinnati Bell Inc. said it lost 10,000 wireless customers during the second quarter,...

Motorola UI follows ‘golden path’

Motorola Inc. is in the process of rolling out a new user interface the company hopes will take it into the multimedia age. "We're...

Brightpoint wins distribution deal with ESPN Mobile

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Mobile virtual network operator ESPN Mobile signed an agreement with Brightpoint North America L.P. for Brightpoint to provide integrated logistics services to ESPN...

RadioShack calls up Cingular

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. staged a minor coup last week as the industry's largest operator signed a 10-year deal to replace smaller, but faster-growing rival...

Tower firms post losses amid higher revenues

As tower companies' second-quarter earnings begin to roll in, three firms posted net losses last week, but industry analysts said the companies are on...

Operators make call-quality gains in J.D. Power study: Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA on top in most regions of country

Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. all gained bragging rights from this year's J.D. Power and Associates Wireless Call Quality Performance...

The more things change …

A few weeks before our wedding nine years ago, my husband and I set out to buy something cool for his groom's gifts.Back in...
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