Yearly Archives: 2005

3 Italy to sell NMS ring-back service

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications today said Italy's leading UMTS mobile operator, 3 Italy, has launched its ring-back service built on NMS' MyCaller and deployed as...

Alvarion scores African contract

MOUNTAINVIEW, Calif.-Alvarion Ltd. is supplying its BreezeMAX 3500 system to France Telecom affiliate Ikatel, which offers broadband data service in Mali.The deployment includes hundreds...

Indian operators take advantage of CDG handset program

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced that Indian CDMA operators Reliance Infocomm and Tata Teleservices Ltd. are set to offer data-enabled CDMA2000 phones...

Cingular, Orange target multinationals with consolidated service

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Orange SA said they plan to offer consolidated mobile services to multinational companies in the United States and Europe.Under the...

WVP gains $10 million in financing

NEW YORK-Wireless Venture Partners Inc., a national wireless retailer based in Las Vegas, said it has closed $10 million in series A financing. The...

Linksys ships MIMO routers

IRVINE, Calif.-Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems Inc., announced it began shipping next generation Multiple Input, Multiple Output wireless G broadband routers and PC...

Wireless replacement to continue, Gartner predicts

STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless handsets will continue to replace traditional telephones and 30 percent of U.S. homes will use only cellular or Internet telephony by 2010,...

Operators still prime place to buy games

SEATTLE-Mobile gamers continue to rely on carrier decks for their wireless entertainment even as off-deck businesses continue to gain traction, according to the latest...

Brightpoint to distribute for Amp’d

LOS ANGELES-Brightpoint Inc. announced an agreement with yet another mobile virtual network operator, inking a deal to distribute products for Amp'd Mobile.The Indiana-based distributor...

Advertisers find new product venue with mobile gaming

The hottest trend in video games has nothing to do with 3-D graphics, big-brand tie-ins or real-time multiplayer. It's advertising. And it's coming to...

FLO Forum ratifies air-interface spec

FREMONT, Calif.-A wireless industry group known as the FLO Forum said the "forward link-only" air-interface specification, which proscribes protocols used over the airwaves between...

Jamster launches rebranding campaign

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Jamster is hoping to scrub its image with a worldwide rebranding effort. The content provider launched a marketing campaign touting a new...

RIM lowers expectations on product delays

WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry investors were forced to tighten their seatbelts again as the company lowered its subscriber forecasts due to product delays. The news sent...

Boost Mobile offers digital picture service

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile said it is offering a photo-sharing service known as Boost Snaps for a monthly fee of $3 plus printing charges. "What...

Qualcomm announces new platforms for EV-DO, 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...

With Alamosa, Sprint Nextel picks up largest cargo yet

The Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate acquisition train continued to roll as the carrier picked up its largest cargo yet-CDMA affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. for...

Crain Communications to launch ‘FinancialWeek’ for decision-level CFOs

New York-Crain Communications Inc., which publishes RCR Wireless News, plans to launch "FinancialWeek," a high-frequency newspaper to satisfy the growing information needs of corporate...

Motorola expands influence in India

NEW DELHI, India-Motorola Inc. expanded its operations in India, and plans to begin assembling phones in the country. Previously, Motorola shipped phones into India....

Telstra plans network upgrades, job cuts

SYDNEY-Australia's Telstra Corp. launched its network transformation strategy, announcing new contracts with Alcatel Alsthom, Cisco Systems Inc. and L.M. Ericsson. Telstra said its five-year...

Orange France to offer EDGE BlackBerry

PARIS-Orange France and Research In Motion Ltd. today announced the launch in France of the BlackBerry on the mobile-phone operator's EDGE network.The companies said...

Telus combines wireless, wireline businesses

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Telus Corp. said it merged its wireless and wireline business groups into a single operating structure."The merger of Telus Mobility and...

NENA releases 911 router guide

WASHINGTON-The National Emergency Number Association released its "911 System Reference Guide" to help carriers-primarily Voice over Internet Protocol providers-and public-safety answering points plan and...

Syniverse wins Vodafone GSM clearinghouse contract

TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies Inc. said it has won the contract to provide GSM clearinghouse services for Vodafone Group plc."We have spent several years working...

Cambridge Broadband to supply Polish operator

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Polish operator NASK commercially launched fixed wireless access service in Warsaw using equipment from Cambridge Broadband.Cambridge provided VectaStar equipment in the licensed 3.6...

4G Technologies to distribute NMS solution in Africa

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications, a mobile applications and infrastructure solution developer, announced an agreement with African distributor 4G Technologies to distribute NMS' AccessGate radio access...
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