Monthly Archives: November, 2005

Bango preaches off-deck content gospel

Like European missionaries of centuries past, Bango came to U.S. shores last week preaching the gospel. The Cambridge, U.K.-based company held events in Southern...

Taiwanese carrier to offer converged services through Azaire

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Taiwanese carrier Chunghwa Mobile Business Group said it will deploy Azaire Networks Inc.'s Internet Protocol Converged Network Platform. The product will allow...

House OKs Dec. 31, 2008, DTV transition date

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives late Thursday passed its version of budget reconciliation, which sets the hard date for the transition to digital TV at...

Dobson to use Actix’s services

RESTON, Va.-Dobson Cellular Systems said it will use Actix's CellOpt AFP for automatic frequency planning on its GSM/GPRS and TDMA networks.The product also allows...

XM radio available on select handsets

WASHINGTON-XM Satellite Radio last week quietly launched an application to bring its radio service to Windows-powered mobile phones. The largest U.S. satellite radio provider...

Andrew resumes production in China plant

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it has resumed production and shipping of base station subsystem products after a labor dispute halted manufacturing for about...

Sprint Nextel to acquire largest CDMA affiliate

RESTON, Va.-After months of negotiations, Sprint Nextel Corp. reached an agreement to acquire its largest CDMA affiliate, Alamosa Holding Inc., for $4.3 billion, including...

Andrew adding to its satellite group

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it plans to acquire German broadband satellite network electronics manufacturer Skyware Radio Systems GmbH. Andrew said that under terms...

Consumers Union irate over T-Mobile comparison

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc., with challenges aplenty as the smallest national cell-phone carrier, has unwittingly angered the nation's top consumer group and publisher of an...

Abernathy to leave FCC Dec. 9

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy said she plans to leave the Federal Communications Commission Dec. 9, even though the White House has yet to name...

Lobbying ratchets up for 2 GHz MSS spectrum

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers and others are urging the government to launch a rulemaking to decide what to do with discarded mobile satellite services frequencies rather...

T-Mobile Int’l, Siemens ink music-download deal

Siemens AG said its Music2You music download technology is set to launch through T-Mobile International. The two companies signed a framework agreement, making Music2You...

Alltel expands into Midwest for $1 billion

Alltel Corp. continued its rural expansion by gobbling up privately held Midwest Wireless for $1.075 billion in cash. The acquisition comes just months after...

T-Mobile International signs music-download deal with Siemens

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said its Music2You music download technology is set to launch through T-Mobile International. The two companies recently signed a framework agreement,...

Wireless harmed in draft USF bill

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry would take a hit if a universal-service reform bill becomes law, although the bill's sponsor said the broadband standard was specifically...

Abernathy to leave FCC Dec. 9

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy said Thursday she will leave the Federal Communications Commission Dec. 9, even though the White House has yet to name...

Alltel rolls up Midwest Wireless

Alltel Corp. continued its rural expansion by gobbling up privately held Midwest Wireless for $1.075 billion in cash. The acquisition comes just months after...

Mobile search vendor UpSnap goes public

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-UpSnap Inc. generated a significant round of funding by going public earlier this week, the company said Thursday. According to documents filed with...

ShortTV intros cell phone video greetings

NEW YORK-Entertainment company ShortTV announced a new Web site that will allow mobile phone users to send video greetings to each other. "These short...

Shoppers prefer Wal-Mart, RadioShack over carrier stores

PORT WASHINGTON, New York-Big-box retailers deliver a better shopping experience for mobile phone users than wireless operators do through their own branded outlets, according...

Qualcomm announces new platforms for EV-DO and HSDPA

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. launched two next-generation wireless platforms-DO Multi-carrier Multi-link eXtensions and HSDPA Multi-carrier Multi-link eXtensions. The company said the DMMX and HMMX platforms...

T-Mobile International looking to bolster U.S. operations through acquisitions, spectrum purchases

NEW YORK-T-Mobile USA Inc.'s parent company T-Mobile International said it planned to bolster its U.S. operations through the acquisition of smaller U.S. operators and...

Alltel launches mobile TV, introduces CDMA Razr

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will offer MobiTV Inc.'s video service running on the Motorola Inc. Razr V3c beginning next week.The CDMA2000 1x...

Broadcasters fight back against TV White Space proposal

WASHINGTON-The television industry fought back Tuesday against a proposal to use vacant TV channels for unlicensed uses following the transition to digital TV. "The...

Verizon Wireless proposes earlier 700 MHz auction; cash for public safety

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless wants 700 MHz spectrum and it thinks it has a plan that will enable it to bid on the spectrum sooner and...
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