2005

What constitutes a wireless carrier? Years ago, I used to have an annual fight with an MCI spokesman because RCR Wireless News listed MCI as the nation’s largest reseller in …

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association tapped VeriSign Inc. to power its text messaging service. The industry association, which represents 10 carriers, will use Metcalf Inter-Carrier Messaging, a joint offering from …

OTTOWA-In its quarterly filing with U.S. regulators, Nortel Networks Corp. revealed it received a subpoena on Aug. 23 from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas requiring …

WASHINGTON-The Senate late Thursday agreed to set the date to complete the digital TV transition at April 7, 2009, after a failed attempt to move the date to April 2008. …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. announced net sales of $635.3 million and a net loss of $402.7 million, or $3.40 per share, in its third quarter. Those figures include a charge of …

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-xG Technology announced the successful demonstration of its radio-frequency modulation and encoding platform, xMAX, by broadcasting a data stream equal to full-motion MPEG-2 video with stereo sound at …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. outlined its mid- and long-term goals at its analyst day event this week, promising to become one of the world’s top-three electronics companies by …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carriers Standard & Poor’s Rating Services placed its ratings on …

WASHINGTON-Top Bush administration trade negotiator Rob Portman said the United States negotiated an agreement with the European Union, Japan, Korea and Taiwan in applying zero tariffs on multi-chip integrated circuits, …

NETANYA, Israel-Mobile users who have trouble accessing data services are far more likely to give up than to seek help from their operator or mobile content provider, according to research …

Reston, Va.-Mobile Satellite Ventures continues to push its terrestrial-satellite wireless offering, announcing a Capitol Hill demonstration of its technology as well as plans to focus on patent licensing and enforcement …

TOKYO-NEC Corp. said its High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology is ready for commercial use worldwide after the company tested the technology on Vodafone K.K.’s network in Japan over the …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. posted increasing revenues and a net income of $6.5 million, news that comes on the company’s announcement that it reached an …

LOS ANGELES-Sennari Entertainment inked a deal with Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products to create prize-based games based on the Star Trek franchise. The publisher of wireless loyalty applications said it …

MIAMI LAKES, Fla.-Calypso Wireless Inc. announced two purchase orders for its C1259i Dual Mode ASNAP Wi-Fi/GSM/GPRS Voice over IP phone. The first order is a $2.02 million purchase order from …

MCLEAN, Va-Trust Digital snared $9 million in its Series B funding round, the developer of mobile enterprise security software announced today. Bell Canada Enterprises affiliate BCE Capital led the round. …

FREMONT, Calif.-The FLO Forum, a four-month-old association formed to advance mobile TV technology, said nine new companies have joined its ranks. The new members are South Korea’s EBS, KT Freetel, …

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. and Nortel Networks Ltd. said they completed a transaction that forms a joint venture between the two companies. The LG-Nortel Co. Ltd. joint venture …

TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies said it signed a multiyear contract renewal with T-Mobile USA Inc. to provide clearing and settlement services for wireless voice roaming. Syniverse said it will provide the …

ATLANTA-Two months after it began selling the phone, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has cut the price of Motorola Inc.’s iTunes-capable Rokr by $100. The carrier is now selling the device for …

CHICAGO-More than half of the world’s mobile phone users with multimedia handsets use their phones to access the Internet or check e-mail at least once a month, according to a …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp., the nation’s largest tower company, posted an operating profit of $176.7 million in its rental and management segment, up 49 percent from a year ago. The company …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. got a jump on the holiday shopping season by rolling out a promotional rate plan that includes 1,500 anytime calling minutes for $40 per month. Customers …

NEW YORK-Mobile ESPN L.L.C.’s unveiled rate plans for the trial launch of its mobile virtual network operator service that rolled out this week in a handful of markets. The postpaid …

WASHINGTON-Recognizing that sometimes it is the local wireline arrier that is the impediment to new communications technologies gaining access to enhanced 911 services, the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday passed legislation …