Monthly Archives: August, 2005

Nextel argues lower value for Partners affiliate

Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. continue to wage a number of side battles in Sprint's attempt to acquire Nextel. Most of the conflicts...

Bush administration officials considered for FCC open seats

WASHINGTON-It appears the White House may be looking inside its own walls to fill the vacancy created when former FCC Chairman Michael Powell left...

Novatel new No. 1 in U.S. PC card market

Novatel Wireless Inc. strengthened its position as the No. 1 supplier of PC cards in the United States in the second quarter, finally beating...

Cingular opens garden gate with Bango pact

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued to dismantle its garden walls, announcing its first deal with a WAP-based, off-deck content aggregator. The No. 1 U.S. carrier...

U.S. watches Cingular HSDPA launch: As UMTS handsets become prevalent, some carriers proceed with software upgrade

When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launches high-speed data packet access-based service en masse in the United States later this year, the protocol is expected to...

Telecom reform deja vu

Hearing comments on Sen. John Ensign's telecom reform bill is like dejà vu all over again, to borrow a phrase from John Fogerty. Ensign's...

Siemens’ profit drops in part due to handset unit sale

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG posted a drop in its quarterly profit, partially due to the offloading of its mobile-phone business to Taiwanese company BenQ. Siemens'...

Brady Bunch plans give operators lower ARPU, lower churn

Family plans may be family-friendly, but for wireless operators they are quickly becoming a trickier balancing act than where to seat squabbling relatives at...

Nader group: Industry using kids to get to parents’ $$

Carriers and content providers increasingly are targeting younger users in a scramble to push revenue-generating content and applications into one of the few remaining...

More companies buy back shares as market improves

As the U.S. economy slowly emerges from its prolonged winter, many companies in the wireless sector are wondering what to do with the extra...

FCC wants to fine InPhonic for not paying into USF, other fees

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed fining InPhonic Inc. more than $819,000 for not registering as a telecommunications carrier and thus not making necessary...

SpectraSite, American Tower report losses ahead of merger

NEW YORK-Two of the nation's largest tower operators posted second-quarter losses despite increasing revenues as they continued to move toward a pending merger. SpectraSite...

Business Briefs

America Online Inc. is testing a suite of mobile search services that would allow users with Web-enabled phones to search the Internet for information,...

Cingular, Verizon plan system upgrades

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless each announced investments in network upgrades in several states. Cingular specifically said it plans to spend an...

BCGI puts $41M in escrow for Freedom case, posts loss

BEDFORD, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. said it placed $41 million into escrow to be used as bond if a $128 million judgment against it...

U.S. Cellular turns on service in St. Louis

U.S. Cellular Corp. launched wireless service in St. Louis, which becomes the carrier's second-largest market behind Chicago. The carrier noted that it has deployed...

Alaska Communications adds record number of quarterly subscribers

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. said it added a company-record 6,782 customers during the second quarter, a 119-percent improvement compared with the 3,092...

Analysts differ on wisdom of possible Verizon matches

The frenzy of consolidation sweeping the wireless industry may not be over as an industry research firm recommended that some nationwide operators could see...

The Black Sheep

Ahhh, China. It's sort of like the black sheep of the global wireless family. It plays by its own rules, it doesn't conform and...

Qualcomm enters i-mode with Access deal

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it will partner with Access Co. Ltd. to make the Japanese mobile content delivery firm's i-mode Global Profile offering available...

Verizon inches closer to Cingular: Posts most Q2 subscriber adds in nation

The second quarter is shaping up as a one-horse affair as Verizon Wireless appears set to take substantial market share away from its competitors...

Biggest handset makers take more market share

NEWTON CENTRE, Mass.-The big appear to keep getting bigger as Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. accounted for half of the 188 million phones sold...
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