Monthly Archives: August, 2005

ADC product approved for rural carrier purchase

MINNEAPOLIS-The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Services unit has given product acceptance to ADC's Digivance Long-Range Coverage Solution, according to the company.The approval...

Melodeo offers free podcast download service

SEATTLE-Mobile music software developer Melodeo Inc. Friday unveiled a service that downloads podcasts directly to mobile phones.The company announced Mobilcast, free software that will...

Md. gets $4.4M loan for wireless broadband network

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration Thursday announced approval of a $4.4 million loan to construct a wireless broadband network on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Bay Broadband Communications...

Study says mobile gaming up 70% annually

NEW YORK-The number of households engaged in mobile gaming increased more than 70 percent during the past year, according to a study released Friday...

Tele2 ends wireless service in Finland

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Tele2 AB has given up on the Finnish market, where it has operated a mobile virtual network operator service since 2003, due to...

Sony Ericsson to sell first Walkman phone in U.S. via Web site

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. is gearing up to sell its first Walkman phone in the United States. However, the company is planning to...

Merrill Lynch expects solid 3Q wireless growth

Financial investment firm Merrill Lynch said it expects wireless carriers to post solid revenue growth and sequential margin gains for the third quarter, though...

Lauer to pull down close to $1M in new job

Newly formed Sprint Nextel Corp. released base salary and incentive targets for several of its executives in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Sprint...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

Following is a list of wireless companies that had ratings or financial news this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

Content firm For-side.com considers IPO for U.S. subsidiaries

TOKYO-Japanese mobile content conglomerate For-side.com Co. Ltd. may take its U.S. subsidiaries public during the next few months, according to company documents.In a company...

Lack of handsets limits W-CDMA infrastructure growth

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The Dell'Oro Group reports that the mobility infrastructure market grew 13 percent in the second quarter compared with the same period in...

Symbian boosts revenues, shipments

LONDON-Symbian Ltd. reported $48 million in revenues in its second quarter, up from the $24.6 million it posted in the same quarter last year....

CoConnect buys wireless entertainment consultancy

SALT LAKE CITY-Internet Protocol technology provider CoConnect Inc. will part with more than $200,000 in stock to acquire filmmaker and digital entertainment consultant firm...

Cingular to release early version of Foo Fighters ringtone

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers can access the ringtone from a new Foo Fighters single before the song hits radio airwaves, the carrier said Thursday.Cingular...

TTPCom licenses platform to Motorola

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-TTP Communications plc said it signed an agreement to license its AJAR cellular applications platform to Motorola Inc.The AJAR platform combines an...

Percentage of U.S. mobile gamers on the rise, says report

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-Mobile gaming will prove to be more than just a fad, according to a new report by The NPD Group.The report, "Mobile...

InPhonic authorizes $30M stock repurchase

WASHINGTON-InPhonic Inc.'s board of directors authorized a stock repurchase of up to $30 million of common stock during the next year. The company said...

Wireless carriers see minimal damage from computer worm

The nation's wireless carriers said they were largely unaffected by the computer worm that made the rounds this week. Carrier representatives generally reported that...

Verizon Wireless conducts EV-DO Rev. A trials with Lucent gear

Verizon Wireless successfully conducted over-the-air calls using CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology from Lucent Technologies Inc., and Lucent said its Rev. A infrastructure...

Wireless vendors to enjoy sales jump in near term, says research firm

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Boosted by continued deployments of third-generation networks, wireless network infrastructure providers are expected to see sales jump more than 66 percent during...

Google buys wireless software developer

Internet search giant Google Inc. is continuing its stealth move into wireless with the acquisition of software developer Android Inc., the company confirmed this...

NENA requests routing administrator for E-911

WASHINGTON-The National Emergency Number Association recently asked the Federal Communications Commission to establish an interim, then permanent, Routing Number Administrator, a move that would...

Siemens, NEC to supply W-CDMA gear to 3 Ireland

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG and NEC Corp. said they are working with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.'s 3 Ireland to deploy its W-CDMA third-generation network.The companies will...

BenQ posts profit on declining sales

TAOYUAN, Taiwan-Manufacturing giant BenQ Corp. posted $24 million in net income during the first six months of this year. The company's sales dropped, however,...

San Fran looks at Wi-Fi service as Intel pilots initiative to help cities

A day after San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced a citywide initiative to close the gap between San Francisco's wireless broadband haves and have-nots...
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