Yearly Archives: 2005

RadioShack to offer Jamdat content in stores

Entertainment publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it will sell content through RadioShack Corp. outlets in what may be the first major agreement between a...

CTIA wants sitings rules thrown out

WASHINGTON-As expected, CTIA has told a federal appeals court it wants it to throw out the nationwide programmatic agreement recently entered into by the...

Tracfone reports declining ARPU, 4.4M customers

MEXICO CITY-Prepaid wireless reseller Tracfone Wireless Inc., which is owned by America Movil S.A. de C.V., said it added 551,000 subscribers during the fourth...

Virtual disco to boogie onto 3G phones in April

HONG KONG-Artificial Life Inc. said it plans to release a virtual disco for third-generation phones in April.The product will appear as a three-dimensional animated...

InPhonic signs deals for phone shopping

WASHINGTON-Online wireless retailer InPhonic Inc. said it has signed agreements to provide its online wireless store and comparison shopping services to CNET and eCost.For...

Yahoo! adds PC component to mobile search features

Yahoo! added a feature to its mobile search service that allows users to send business listings from desktop computers to mobile phones.The new offering...

Nokia to cut 350 U.S. jobs

FORTH WORTH, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it will cut about 350 employees in its Texas-based Alliance facility as part of its efforts to optimize efficiencies...

Abidia offers wireless Overstock.com service

SALT LAKE CITY-Wireless users with Palm-powered devices can check Overstock.com Auctions with a new product from mobile software developer Abidia. O-Anywhere allows users to...

Microsoft narrows loss in wireless business

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. reported a 7-percent jump in overall revenues to $10.8 billion and an increase in operating income to $4.7 billion in the...

Cell-phone users to vote for favorite Super Bowl ads

DULLES, Va.-Football fans can vote for their favorite commercials with their mobile phones with a service announced this week by American Online Inc.Users can...

Currie returns to CFO post at Nortel

OTTAWA-The second time may be the charm for Peter Currie as he returns as chief financial officer next month to Nortel Networks Ltd.He will...

Update: Calif. lawmaker upset with bill-of-rights suspension: Considers legislation to make bill of rights a law

WASHINGTON-A California lawmaker said she may seek to write into law a bill of rights for telecom consumers, following yesterday's Public Utilities Commission vote...

DoCoMo’s profit rises on AWS stake sale

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported an 11-percent decrease in operating income in its quarterly results released Friday, although its net profit more than doubled thanks...

Siemens to reduce wireline staff by 1,000

MUNICH-Siemens said it will cut more than 1,000 jobs in its wireline business, moves the company said would help it focus on its core...

Alpha Wireless acquires Wi-Fi security software

HENDERSON, Nev.-Alpha Wireless Broadband Inc. said its Seamless Peer 2 Peer subsidiary has acquired the Phenom software program. The Phenom software provides secure communication...

Verizon Wireless adds 1.7M customers, boosts profit

Verizon Wireless posted 1.7 million net customer additions during the fourth quarter of last year, which the carrier said was its highest quarterly increase...

Sierra’s financial troubles signal upside for Novatel

Wall Street stomped Sierra Wireless Inc. after the company said it expects to post a drop in first-quarter revenues and a huge loss, sending...

Mobile gaming to be $1.5B market by 2008

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Mobile gaming is poised to become the most lucrative data application category, overtaking ring tones this year and rising to nearly $1.5 billion...

BellSouth to sell bundled services in Cingular stores

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. parent company BellSouth Corp. said it will sell its portfolio of residential communications and entertainment services at Cingular stores in the...

MetroPCS leads Auction 58 bidding: Verizon buys second regional carrier this week

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission garnered more than $1.3 billion in bids following six rounds of bidding for 242 wireless spectrum licenses that it is...

Nokia enjoys record phone shipments amid profit decrease

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp.'s fourth-quarter results showed a 13-percent drop in net profit, but the company is stressing the positive in its mobile-phone shipments and infrastructure...

Infrastructure revenues to increase through 2007, study says

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Research Group Dell'Oro Group said infrastructure market revenues increased to $36.1 billion in 2004, amounting to a 26-percent leap over the prior...

Siemens posts rising overall profit, loses in wireless division

MUNICH-Siemens AG recorded a net income of $1.3 billion in its first quarter, up 38 percent from the same period a year ago. The...

Telenor to combine mobile, fixed in restructure

FORNEBU, Norway-Norwegian carrier Telenor said it will restructure its organization and management. The restructuring will concentrate Telenor's mobile and fixed activities in the Nordic...

Andrew increases sales 15%

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it had a robust first quarter with a 15-percent sales increase. It had $474.1 million in sales compared with...
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