Monthly Archives: October, 2005

Sweden’s 3G carriers must use UMTS for rollout, agency says

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Post-och telestyrelsen, the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency, said that in order to ensure that there are no adverse effects for Swedish...

Aruba scores $25 million, releases Mobile Edge

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Aruba Networks secured $25 million in its series D funding, bringing the total equity investment in the company to $84 million. The company...

Ericsson to buy Marconi’s telecom equipment biz: Purchase will allow Ericsson to converge wireless, wireline networks

L.M. Ericsson announced plans to acquire 75 percent of Marconi Corp.'s telecommunication business for $2.24 billion in a move that sets up Ericsson to...

Lucent revenues on slow ascent

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reported net income of $374 million, or 8 cents per share, in its fourth quarter, up slightly from the...

RIM stung again by court ruling in NTP case

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. suffered yet another setback as the Supreme Court declined to halt NTP Inc.'s case against the company. Although...

TCL to use TI chip for low-cost phones

BEIJING-Chinese manufacturer TCL Communication Technology said it will use chips from Texas Instruments Inc. in its line of low-cost handsets. TCT will use TI's...

Nortel wins Sprint Nextel broadband access contract

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. won a two-year contract to supply Sprint Nextel Corp. with its next generation broadband access solution. The offering is set to...

FCCEMA

Welcome to the new age of response politics. Not necessarily responsive politics, but response politics. It permeates everything from government procurement guidelines to telecom...

Emergence of interstitial ads on the wireless Web a thorny issue

Surfing the wireless Web can be downright painful. More than two-thirds of all U.S. adults access the Internet from personal computers, according to a...

Orange Slovakia under full control of France Telecom

PARIS-France Telecom announced an agreement with all the minority shareholders in Orange Slovakia to acquire their shares for a total $628 million, giving France...

Verizon Wireless posts strong 3Q results: Continues to lead industry in growth

Verizon Wireless continued to dominate its competitors during the third quarter by adding more than 1.9 million net customers. The strong growth was a...

Mobile ESPN, Best Buy ink launch deal

BRISTOL, Conn.-Mobile ESPN L.L.C. reported a deal with electronics retailer Best Buy to support the launch of the Mobile ESPN mobile virtual network operator...

Dwango cuts ties with Japanese counterpart

SEATTLE-Dwango North America Corp. will no longer have to pay royalty or licensing fees to Japanese mobile content supplier Dwango Co. Ltd., the companies...

Palm opens new development center

DUBLIN, Ireland-Palm Inc. opened a research and development center that will develop wireless applications for mobile operators in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.The...

Motorola scores agreement in Telsim case

SCHAUMBURG-Motorola Inc. said it received a $500 million cash payment as part of an agreement to settle its financial and legal claims against Turkish...

Nelte launches UMTS TDD network

VILNIUS, Lithuania-Lithuanian operator Nelte launched a broadband access network based on third-generation UMTS TDD technology. Deployments have already begun in Vilnius and are scheduled...

Firms rally against Qualcomm’s licensing game

BRUSSELS, Belgium-Wireless heavyweights L.M. Ericsson, NEC Corp., Nokia Corp., Texas Instruments Inc. and Panasonic Mobile Communications joined chipmaker Broadcom Corp. in filing formal complaints...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersRobert W. Baird adjusted estimates...

Transition Administrator issues cost guidance for 800 MHz plans

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz Transition Administrator released information Wednesday on how Sprint Nextel Corp. should reimburse labor and other costs as part of the Federal...

NTIA launches spectrum management advisory committee

WASHINGTON-National Telecommunications and Information head Michael Gallagher announced the creation of the spectrum management advisory committee. The committee plans to advise the Commerce Department...

Comcast heads investment in mesh-networker BelAir

KANATA, Ontario-BelAir Networks completed its Series C financing, which brings its total funding to $44 million.Comcast Interactive Capital and McLean Watson Capital led the...

Sierra gains new CEO, posts revenues above guidance

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. reported $27.5 million in revenues and a net loss of $3.1 million for the third quarter. The company also...

Vodafone grabs 10% stake in India’s Bharti Tele-Ventures

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced an agreement to acquire 10 percent of India's leading mobile operator, Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd., for about $1.4 billion in cash."This...

Guidepoint gives drivers wireless control over their cars

PONTIAC, Mich.-Telematics supplier Guidepoint launched a service that allows drivers to track and control their vehicles with their cell phone, BlackBerry or other Web-enabled...

Microsoft’s mobile efforts crawl from red toward black

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp.'s mobile business neared profitability, and strong demand for the company's PC and corporate server software helped it beat profit estimates during...
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