Monthly Archives: October, 2005

Motorola plans job cuts to improve supply chain

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it would cut 1,900 jobs as part of its ongoing efforts to restructure and improve its supply chain. The company...

PriceGrabber.com launches cell-phone shopping service

LOS ANGELES-PriceGrabber.com, a comparison shopping Web site launched its Cell Phones, Plans & Accessories Channel, in conjunction with InPhonic Inc. PriceGrabber said the new...

Polish carrier awards 3G contracts to Ericsson, Siemens

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Siemens AG have been granted third-generation network contracts from Polish-operator Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa. The value of the contracts was not...

WFI joins Google on San Fran bid, AnchorFree submits proposal

Wireless Facilities Inc. said it's joining forces with Google Inc. to bid on San Francisco's municipal Wi-Fi project. WFI specializes in the design, deployment...

Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA fare best in retail sales satisfaction: Overall consumer dissatisfaction on the rise

Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. provide the highest retail sales satisfaction among the wireless industry's six largest operators, according to the J.D. Power...

Motorola scores iRadio content agreement, pushes back launch date

Motorola Inc. scored its first content agreement for its forthcoming iRadio service, a deal that will make Universal Music Group's extensive music catalog available...

Manassas to deploy first BPL network

WASHINGTON-Communication Technologies Inc. announced it completed a citywide commercial broadband-over-powerline technology deployment in Manassas, Va. The company and City of Manassas officials plan to...

T-Mobile expands Starbucks Wi-Fi deal to Austria

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International AG said it expanded its agreement with Starbucks Corp. to Austria, allowing T-Mobile Austria to provide its HotSpot Wi-Fi service in...

Avaya marks 5th anniversary with FMC deployment

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Avaya Inc. marked its fifth anniversary as an independent company by outlining its goal to become a market leader in enterprise mobility...

BT trials pre-WiMAX using Navini gear

RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks Inc. said it's working with British Telecommunications plc on mobile WiMAX trials for the U.K. market and expects the trials to...

Dobson enters stock exchange agreements

OKLAHOMA CITY-Regional wireless operator Dobson Communications Corp. entered into agreements with certain holders of its 12.25-percent and 13-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock that will...

Cingular shows interest in San Fran, EarthLink wins Philly contract

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest wireless carrier, gave a "suggestion" to San Francisco that the city let Cingular's EDGE network complement its planned...

Sprint Nextel closes Gulf Coast Wireless buy

Sprint Nextel Corp. said it has closed on its $287.5 million acquisition of network affiliate Gulf Coast Wireless Ltd. Partnership that was originally announced...

Alamosa to pay cash dividend

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint Nextel Corp. wireless affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. set a record date of Oct. 17 for the dividend payment on its 7.5-percent series...

Ericsson to deploy W-CDMA network in Fiji

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Group plc has chosen L.M. Ericsson to supply a W-CDMA upgrade and mobile softswitch to expand its network in Fiji in a...

Verizon Wireless to launch TV service on Crown Castle network, says analyst

Verizon Wireless is expected to launch a streaming television service early next year using a network being deployed by tower company Crown Castle International...

Power-One files patent lawsuit against Artesyn

CAMARILLO, Calif.-Power-One Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit last week against Artesyn Technologies Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...

Boost Mobile offers black i835 from Motorola

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile unveiled its latest phone for the youth market, the glossy black i835 from Motorola Inc. The phone features Boost's Walkie-Talkie service...

Casio Hitachi selects InnoPath’s OTA technology for phones

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. announced it will use over-the-air updating technology from InnoPath Software Inc. The technology will allow CHMC...

Crown Castle ponders Australian stake

Tower giant Crown Castle International Corp. said it's considering whether it should hang onto its 77.6-percent ownership in Crown Castle Australia, which is Australia's...

Big promises for mobile music, wireless games

SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile entertainment took center stage for CTIA's Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Day 2 keynote as music, data and gaming executives took their turns...

M/A-Com to build $2B public-safety system for N.Y.

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-Com, a division of Tyco International Ltd., will build a unified public-safety communications system for the State of New York in a $2...

Wireless games get crazy

For all you middle-aged, BlackBerry-toting, neck-tie-wearing executives who were wandering around the CTIA Wireless I.T. show floor last week, let me interrupt your reminiscings...

Brightpoint inks deals with Samsung, Microsoft

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. announced two deals last week. The company's Brightpoint North America L.P. subsidiary entered an agreement with Samsung Telecommunications America L.P. that...

Corrections

In the "Nokia pushes into wireless e-mail" story on page 3 of the Sept. 19 issue of RCR Wireless News, the nature of Seven's...
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