Yearly Archives: 2005

SunCom expands dealings with Qpass

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said it broadened a two-year licensing agreement with Seattle-based Qpass. The two companies agreed to add Qpass' Content Delivery...

Verizon Wireless launches network in Arkansas, expands coverage in Manhattan

NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless launched wireless service in Little Rock, Ark., and expanded its coverage in Manhattan.The carrier's first three wireless stores in Little Rock...

Verizon testing Nortel’s IMS solution

TORONTO-Verizon Communications Inc. said it is testing Nortel Networks Ltd.'s Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems solution. Nortel said the carrier is looking for IMS-compliant solutions...

MTV invests $50 million in Amp’d

LOS ANGELES-MTV Networks will invest $50 million in Amp'd Mobile Inc. and will work with the mobile virtual network operator to offer both repurposed...

AirTight secures $12 million in second-round funding

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-AirTight Networks, a security provider for Wi-Fi networks, said it closed on a second round of financing worth $12 million. The round...

Cingular part of NFC trial in Atlanta

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....

Danger pushes new features to T-Mobile Sidekick users

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Device vendor Danger Inc. announced it is conducting an over-the-air updating campaign for all T-Mobile Sidekick II users in the United States...

Sununu says FCC is discriminating against VoIP

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should not discriminate against Voice over Internet Protocol providers when there are more than 100 counties that do not even...

Vonage’s $80 Wi-Fi phone hits retail arena

HOLMDEL, N.J.-Voice over Internet Protocol company Vonage Holdings Corp. released a Wi-Fi telephone it will sell for around $80 with a service plan. The...

Vodafone to acquire Telsim for $4.55 billion

LONDON-Vodafone won an auction to purchase Turkey's second largest wireless operator Telsim for $4.55 billion. "With a larger population than every European country except...

Jeep launches mobile TV channel

By Alice Z. CuneoSAN FRANCISCO-In an effort to harness mobile phone TV as a major branded entertainment medium, Jeep is launching its own mobile...

SpectraLink buys Kirk as part of international expansion

BOULDER, Colo.-SpectraLink Corp., which provides workplace wireless telephone services, said it plans to acquire Kirk Telecom, a Denmark-based company that provides on-site wireless communications...

Thumbplay stirs up funding

NEW YORK-Direct-to-consumer wireless content provider Thumbplay Inc. said it raised $7.5 million in second-round funding to go along with an undisclosed amount of first...

Emblaze buys stake in handset distributor GTD

RA'ANANA, Israel-Emblaze Ltd. announced it acquired a stake in European handset distribution company Global Telecoms Distribution plc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Emblaze,...

Ericsson backs employees in tax evasion case

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson is defending the actions of its employees after the Swedish National Economic Crimes Bureau expanded on the tax evasion charges it...

T-Mobile pulls job postings containing anti-union language

BELLEVUE, Wash-T-Mobile USA Inc. has pulled job postings with anti-union language from its Web site, after protests from Switzerland-based international union group UNI. T-Mobile...

Thomson enters mobile TV space with $155M Thales buy

PARIS-French media services company Thomson reported plans to acquire Thales' Broadcast & Multimedia business unit in a move Thomson said will put it in...

Amp’d signs content deal with CBS, UPN

NEW YORK-Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. announced it will offer TV clips from CBS and UPN, news that comes on the...

Dijji new moniker for Dwango

Dwango Wireless is hoping a change in name helps bring about a change in fortune. After losing $15 million so far this year, the...

Siemens absent from Cingular’s initial UMTS/HSDPA launch

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

This text message will self destruct in 40 seconds

LONDON-Staellium U.K. Ltd. launched a text messaging product sure to please all those amateur spies out there. The company's StealthText service allows users to...

Cingular goes high-speed with BroadbandConnect

Promises fulfilled was the message from Cingular Wireless L.L.C. as the industry's largest operator announced the launch of its UMTS/HSDPA network-dubbed BroadbandConnect-in 16 U.S....

Public-safety card gives MSS industry more spectrum

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last week granted idle 2 GHz mobile satellite service spectrum to ICO Satellite Services and TMI Communications and Co.,...

CIBC raises handset forecasts, predicts success for Nokia, Motorola and Qualcomm

NEW YORK-Investment banking firm CIBC World Markets raised its 2006 handset sales forecast to almost 1 billion phones, supporting claims that the worldwide mobile-phone...

D.C. Circuit could slow tower sitings

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry could get an answer from an appeals court on whether the Federal Communications Commission can regulate tower sitings with an eye...
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