Monthly Archives: September, 2005

Globalstar to build Alaskan gateway

MILPITAS, Calif.-Globalstar LLC. has signed on with New Horizons Telecom Inc. to construct a new satellite gateway that will enhance satellite voice and data...

NY3G to trial pre-WiMAX system using Adaptix gear

NEW YORK-The New York 3G Partnership, a broadband radio services spectrum licensee in New York City, and wireless broadband software developer Adaptix Inc. are...

Telus tops U.S. wireless carriers in metrics ranking

Canadian operator Telus Mobility regained the top spot in N. Moore Capital Ltd.'s ranking of North America's top wireless operators based on a handful...

Wireless industry to extend billing grace periods to Gulf Coast subscribers

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry appears to have averted a potential public-relations disaster; quickly responding to government leaders who were concerned that Hurricane Katrina evacuees' wireless...

Mforma, Glu Mobile update sports content

SEATTLE-Entertainment publishers Mforma Group Inc. and Glu Mobile are using tomorrow's NFL season opener to tout their latest sports-themed wares.Mforma has teamed with CBS...

Cellcom Israel launches i-mode service

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported that Cellcom Israel Ltd., the country's largest wireless carrier with 2.5 million subscribers, launched i-mode service in Israel on its...

BCGI offers stock purchase to prevent possible takeover

Embattled prepaid wireless service platform provider Boston Communications Group Inc. has granted preferred stock purchase rights for its shareholders in an effort to stave...

Nortel/LG to supply HSDPA gear to Korea’s KTF

SEOUL, Korea-Nortel Networks Ltd. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. have won contracts to provide broadband wireless communications for KTF, Korea's second-largest wireless carrier. Nortel...

Mobile TV providers likely to see delayed ROI, says report

HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Mobile TV subscriptions could reach 65 million worldwide by the end of 2010, according to a new report from Juniper Research.The report...

SkyTel offers teenage driver tracking service

CLINTON, Miss.-SkyTel, a unit of MCI Inc., launched a vehicle-tracking device targeted at parents of teenage drivers.The SkyTel SkyGuard device, which is about the...

Telular gains purchase orders from Latin American carriers

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. said it has received purchase orders totaling $22.9 million from Latin American wireless operators in Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico...

Alvarion ships WiMAX-ready gear with Intel chip

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solutions provider Alvarion Ltd. said it is filling commercial orders and shipping its WiMAX-ready BreezeMAX PRO customer premises equipment, which...

Verizon Wireless, Dobson announce loans

NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless signed a fixed-rate promissory note permitting the carrier to borrow, repay and re-borrow up to $9 billion from parent company Verizon...

FCC OKs TracFone to participate in Lifeline program

WASHINGTON-Meeting the statutory deadline, the Federal Communications Commission said late Tuesday it conditionally granted TracFone Wireless Inc. forbearance from rules requiring carriers participating in...

Cellular South sees 50% jump in traffic following hurricane

JACKSON, Miss.-Regional wireless operator Cellular South, which claims to have been operational in some of the hardest areas of Mississippi hit by Hurricane Katrina...

Zensys adds new backers for mesh networking chip

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J.-Wireless mesh networking chipmaker Zensys A/S continued to gather momentum this week, adding two companies to the list of backers for...

Realeyes3D raises $9.3M in new funding

PARIS-Realeyes3D, which specializes in hand-written messaging and camera-phone applications and services, said it raised $9.3 million in venture capital in an oversubscribed second round...

Cellon to use Trolltech Linux software

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Trolltech said Cellon International AB is using its Qtopia software for Linux-based mobile phones as the application development foundation of Cellon's C8000...

Cingular Wireless sings with exclusive iTunes phone deal

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will be the exclusive U.S. vendor of Motorola Inc.'s new Rokr E1 device, the company's long-awaited iTunes-capable phone. The...

T-Mobile USA again tops customer survey, wireless satisfaction drops 10%

T-Mobile USA Inc. again showed that size is not what's most important to customers as the industry's smallest nationwide operator posted the highest customer...

Ericsson outlines 3G vision, plans $1B Chinese investment

L.M. Ericsson outlined its vision for third-generation evolution, saying that the growing demand for mobile content and the handset's role as a media channel...

Wireless entrepreneur Christensen joins Trolltech board

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Linux software vendor Trolltech announced it appointed wireless entrepreneur Juha Christensen to its board of directors. The move further expands Christensen's touch...

Orion merges with CellPoint, takes CellPoint name

MIAMI-Orion Information Services announced plans to merge with Swedish mobile hardware and software vendor CellPoint Connect AB.Orion, which develops applications for the integration of...

Nextel Partners loses bid to stall Sprint Nextel brand rollout

Nextel Partners Inc. lost its bid to stall Sprint Nextel Corp.'s national brand rollout as a three-member arbitration panel ruled Nextel Partners had not...

Verizon Wireless enters music market with MP3 phones

Verizon Wireless announced it will support phones that include MP3 players. The news comes a day ahead of the likely unveiling of Motorola Inc.'s...
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