Monthly Archives: January, 2006

Opera releases Mini browser for cell phones

OSLO, Norway-Opera Software announced the worldwide release of its Web browser for Java-enabled mobile phones. Opera Mini, which can be downloaded free from the...

LG posts 16.2 million in 4Q handset shipments

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. reported 16.2 million mobile phone sales in the fourth quarter, along with an 8.1 percent operating margin in...

Wisair posts $20 million in funding

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wisair announced it secured $20 million in its latest round of funding. The company said it will use the cash to transition...

Lucent results down on Winstar ruling

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Thanks in part to a $278 million bankruptcy lawsuit ruling, Lucent Technologies Inc. posted a first quarter net loss of $104 million,...

Qualcomm signs licensing deal with Vanu

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced a royalty-bearing deal with wireless infrastructure software maker Vanu Inc.Under the agreement, Qualcomm said it licensed to Vanu certain patents...

Verizon smashes 4Q with 2 million net adds, Cingular roars with 1.8 million

ATLANTA-In a record-smashing quarter, Verizon Wireless clocked 2 million net customer additions to pull past Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s blockbuster results of 1.8 million net...

InterDigital howls on LG licensing deal

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Investors sent shares of InterDigital Communications Corp. skyward after the technology firm announced a $285 million deal with South Korean manufacturer...

Beep Science, LG team for DRM interoperability

OSLO, Norway-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. selected products from mobile digital rights management specialist Beep Science AS to ensure its mobile devices are OMA v2...

T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless file suit against online data brokers

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless each separately filed lawsuits against online data brokers they believe are obtaining and selling customer call records....

T-Mobile secures roaming deals to expand range: Towers, auction also part of strategy

With little fanfare, T-Mobile USA Inc. has expanded the reach of its network by more than 50 percent, chiefly through 850 MHz roaming agreements...

Western Wireless subsidiary wants USTR to scrutinize Cote D’Ivoire telecom rules

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless International Corp., citing the still-unresolved dispute over the ransacking of its cell-phone operations in Cote D'Ivoire in 2003, urged Bush administration trade...

No terrorist connections found after feds probe hefty prepaid phone purchases in Texas, Calif.

WASHINGTON-Federal officials last week said foreigners who last month tried to buy a sizeable quantity of prepaid cell phones in Texas do not have...

Iraqi regulator says profits reason carriers want license extensions: Wireless operators cite security risks of working in Iraq

WASHINGTON-Iraq's telecom regulatory chief vowed not to cave to pressure to extend license terms of the country's three national wireless operators, an escalating controversy...

800 MHz rebanding enters dispute resolution stage

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz rebanding process has entered the alternative dispute resolution phase-a hybrid process established by the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that the...

Lawmakers swarm to address cell-phone records theft

WASHINGTON-Amid a swirl of publicity over the apparent widespread theft and sale of cell-phone users' call records, two federal agencies along with both houses...

IEEE ratifies 802.11n standard

HONOLULU-The IEEE 802.11n task group voted 184-0 in favor of a joint proposal for the 802.11n standard for high-speed Wi-Fi. The vote ends months...

SunCom reverses guidance, hires financial adviser

Regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said it expects to report a $14 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2005. The carrier...

Carriers focus on building data networks

When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. managed to squeeze the launch of its 3G network into the last month of 2005, the move catapulted 16 major...

Brightstar opens operations in Hong Kong

MIAMI-Brightstar Corp. continued to strengthen its presence in the Asia-Pacific market with a new subsidiary in Hong Kong. The mobile-phone distributor and supply-chain management...

DVB-H alliance formed

LAS VEGAS-What do Intel Corp., Modeo L.L.C., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. all have in common? They are all eager to...

EarthLink to use Motorola, Tropos for Wi-Fi buildouts

EarthLink Inc. announced a contract with Motorola Inc. and Tropos Networks Inc. as the Internet service provider prepares to launch municipal Wi-Fi networks in...

Shentel posts better customer growth on reduced churn

EDINBURG, Va.-Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. cut its churn rate in the fourth quarter of 2005 and increased its net retail customers by 6,515 subscribers, a...

New MVNO seeks small-business customers

Among the gathering hordes of hungry mobile virtual network operators, nearly all are angling for a bite of the 18-to-34-year-old demographic. But one MVNO...

First fixed WiMAX products certified

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Fixed WiMAX products from Aperto Networks Inc., Redline Communications Inc., Sequans Communications and Wavesat Inc. have been stamped "WiMAX Forum Certified." "The...

Prepaid, wireline biz boost Alltel earnings

Alltel Corp. reported weaker-than-expected total earnings, but still outpaced analysts' predictions by adding 147,000 net new wireless subscribers, most of which were prepaid. Alltel...
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