Yearly Archives: 2005

Amended health lawsuit bypasses cancer question

WASHINGTON-The activities of cellular trade group CTIA under former president Thomas Wheeler are highlighted in a re-filed class-action lawsuit alleging wireless carriers, vendors and...

Hindu Santa? Gay Elf? Must be ‘Chrismahanukwanzakah’

Amid holiday howls over the use of "Merry Christmas" instead of more all-inclusive seasonal greetings, Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. is blithely tripping its own...

Wireless wins one: Appeals court overturns Minnesota consumer-protection law

WASHINGTON-The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gutted Minnesota's wireless consumer-protection law, defeating Attorney General Mike Hatch (D) and handing the mobile-phone industry a...

Letters to Santa

Some text messages to Santa were sent to my phone by mistake. Someone somewhere is going to get into big trouble. Anyway, here's a...

Siemens absent from Cingular UMTS network rollout?

Siemens AG's equipment is not part of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s initial 16-city UMTS/HSDPA rollout, according to UBS Investment Research. The situation stands as a...

Nextel Partners expands use of Par3

SEATTLE-Nextel Partners Inc. is expanding its use of Seattle-based Par3 Communications' customer care platform for automating collections, welcoming and interacting with new customer, and...

Private wireless petitions FCC on role of homeland-security bureau

WASHINGTON-The private-wireless industry told FCC Chairman Kevin Martin that it supports the creation of a new homeland-security bureau within the Federal Communications Commission. However,...

Cingular part of NFC trial in Atlanta, Ga.

ATLANTA, Georgia-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is among a half-dozen technology and financial companies teaming on a contactless payment and content trial at Atlanta's Philips Arena....

NRIC VII explores partnerships between public safety and commercial groups

WASHINGTON-Public-safety network operators should consider partnerships with commercial wireless businesses, said Timothy Donahue, executive chairman of Sprint Nextel Corp. and NRIC VII chairman. Acting...

House passes budget agreement, DTV hard date set for Feb. 17, 2009

WASHINGTON-House and Senate negotiators have settled on Feb. 17, 2009, as the deadline for completing the transition to digital TV service. The House of...

RCR Wireless News’ Person of the Year: Ed Zander

Editor's Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past...

RadioShack likely to fall short of earnings goals due to slow phone sales

FORT WORTH, Texas-Disappointing wireless sales likely will prevent RadioShack Corp. from meeting its full-year earnings forecast, the retailer said. Calling its wireless sales "weaker...

RockitTalk takes dealers on wild ride

Cellular phone dealers and customers around the country have found themselves burned by the quick take-off and crash of a self-proclaimed mobile virtual network...

I-Play to release new Boulder Dash game

LONDON-Mobile game-maker I-play said it plans to publish a second wireless version of the PC classic Boulder Dash. I-Play unveiled an exclusive global deal...

Sprint Nextel juggle credit facilities

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it entered into a new 5-year, $6 billion revolving credit facility and a new 364-day $3.2 billion term loan....

Airvana pursues inflight wireless broadband market

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-CDMA-based network infrastructure provider Airvana Inc. said it plans to begin providing inflight wireless broadband equipment to industry operators including Verizon Airfone Inc....

Amp’d soft-launches wireless service

LOS ANGELES-Mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. made its long-awaited and much-hyped soft launch through its Web site, offering a range of postpaid...

RFMD expands in China

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. said it plans to expand its Chinese assembly operations to increase internal assembly capacity by about 50 percent. The...

Sluggish wireless injures RadioShack

FORT WORTH, Texas-Disappointing wireless sales likely will prevent RadioShack Corp. from meeting its full-year earnings forecast, the retailer said. Calling its wireless sales "weaker...

Google’s Gmail goes mobile

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. quietly took its e-mail service wireless, allowing users to access their Gmail accounts from Web-enabled handsets. The service, which is...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersStandard & Poor's Ratings Services...

WiMAX carrier NextPhase takes aim at SoCal

ANAHEIM, Calif.-NextPhase Wireless Inc. said it expanded its pre-WiMAX network into California's Riverside and San Bernardino counties.The company, which designs and operates its own...

Study shows benefits of Wi-Fi

A new study commissioned by the Wi-Fi Alliance not surprisingly found that Wi-Fi users do in fact enjoy the convenience of Wi-Fi technology. Survey.com...

Razr, Sidekick top holiday wish lists, Compete finds

BOSTON-Motorola Inc.'s Razr phone and Danger Inc.'s Sidekick II will find their way into more Christmas stockings this year than other devices.The Razr and...

Public safety should partner with commercial wireless, argues Sprint Nextel’s Donahue

WASHINGTON-Public safety should consider partnerships with commercial wireless, said Timothy Donahue, executive chairman of Sprint Nextel Corp. and NRIC VII chairman. Acting as chairman...
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