2005

WASHINGTON-At least two national mobile-phone carriers are unilaterally selling huge amounts of subscriber location data to third parties for city and state traffic management. The practice has the potential to …

Wireless Facilities Inc. announced a contract win to provide network design and deployment services for Madison, Wis.’s proposed municipal Wi-Fi network. The company said it plans to work with communication …

WASHINGTON-After an unsuccessful effort to push up by two years the hard date to transfer spectrum from broadcasters, the Senate Commerce Committee voted to complete the digital TV transition on …

TORONTO-NTP Inc. said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied Research In Motion Ltd.’s motion to stay or suspend the patent case between the two companies …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation to create a national emergency alert system designed to take advantage of wireless, Internet and other advanced technologies. “I’m pleased that my colleagues …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. completed its $427 million acquisition of affiliate IWO Holdings Inc. The deal includes the assumption of approximately $208 million in debt. IWO Holdings’ shareholders received $42.50 …

BY KATE RYAN Madison Dearborn Partners L.L.C. is betting $300 million that people who pay their cell-phone bills in advance will pay dividends for the private-equity firm. The Chicago firm, …

FORT WORTH, Texas-RadioShack Corp., which sells wireless products and services from Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Tracfone Wireless Inc., reported a 15-percent increase in wireless sales during the third …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. announced a contract win to provide network design and deployment services for Madison, Wis.’s proposed municipal Wi-Fi network. The company said it plans to work with …

AUSTIN, Texas-Tower company Kampen and Greenwell Inc. announced a deal with Kum & Go L.C. to license space on the chain’s 425 or so Western and Midwestern convenience stores for …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-New product launches and portfolio updates helped the worldwide phone market surpass 200 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2005, according to a report from IDC. The …

LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile hopes to bring a little hell to your handset with a mobile version of Doom. The game-maker launched the much-awaited Doom RPG, a role-playing wireless title based …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson described its third-quarter results as solid. The company reported a net profit of $672.8 million, a 22-percent increase from results a year ago when the company reported …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. posted a disappointing 20,887 internally driven net customer additions during the third quarter, less than half the 58,254 customers the carrier added in 2004 and below …

LOS ANGELES-The rush to provide TV services to mobile phones heated up Thursday as two established French wireless companies each joined the playground in separate announcements. In-Fusio, a entertainment publisher, …

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. introduced a new antenna product line designed for use with new broadband technologies such as WiMAX and other OFDM-based systems. The Andrew Multi-Port Array antennas are …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless named John Hinshaw vice president and chief information officer. Hinshaw has been an executive at Verizon Wireless since it launched five years ago, most recently as vice …

NEW YORK-MTV Networks International and Motorola Inc. launched a series of eight comedy shorts created exclusively for mobile phones. “Head and Body,” which depicts a character with a detached head, …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee is expected to consider legislation Thursday afternoon that will earmark $1 billion for public-safety interoperability and $250 million for implementing the enhanced 911 bill that passed …

BRACKNELL, United Kingdom-Macromedia Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Mobile Innovation, a user interface designer for mobile devices. The value of the deal was not disclosed. Macromedia sells a …

TORONTO-Motorola Inc. nixed a smooth transition for its former president and chief operating officer, Mike Zafirovski, to take the top seat at Nortel Networks Ltd. Motorola filed a lawsuit asserting …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Telus Corp. reported that George Cope, president and chief executive officer of Telus Mobility, has left the company to become chief operating officer of rival Bell Canada. Cope …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it has received notification from Sprint Nextel Corp. that the carrier is terminating the master services agreement between Metro One …

DOUGLAS, Isle of Man-O2, Manx Telecom and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that Europe’s Isle of Man will have a commercial HSDPA network by Nov. 1, providing mobile high-speed data services …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. posted a strong third quarter despite disappointing revenues from its mobile content business. The Internet security company reported quarterly income of $44.6 million, or 17 cents …