Monthly Archives: April, 2006

FunMail to offer MLB content

PLEASANTON, Calif.—FunMail Inc. is teaming with Major League Baseball Advanced Media to deliver images, voice tones and other content from all 30 of its...

Sprint Nextel, ABC Owned TV Stations Group reach agreement on 1.9 GHz relocation

WASHINGTON—Sprint Nextel Corp. and ABC Owned TV Stations Group said late Thursday that they have come to an agreement on templates for frequency relocation...

Ericsson falls short of expectations

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said its first-quarter earnings fell just below expectations for the first time in more than two years as the company absorbed...

Phone sales dog RadioShack

NEW YORK—Slow mobile-phone sales continue to plague RadioShack Corp. as the company reported an 85-percent plunge in first-quarter profits. The consumer electronics retailer said...

Alltel promotes My Circle program

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. has launched a new service offering that allows customers to select up to 10 phone numbers—wireless, landline, home or office—that...

ATX warns FCC that number-based USF financing will not survive court challenge

WASHINGTON—A telematics provider warned the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s numbers-based approach to finance the universal-service fund would not survive...

Sprint Nextel to acquire Ubiquitel for $1.3B

RESTON, Va.—With the acquisition of CDMA affiliate Ubiquitel Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. is another step closer to wrapping up the acquisition of all of...

Mobile Streams picks up Cyoshi

LONDON—U.K.-based content provider Mobile Streams is hoping to expand its business across the English Channel with the $3.7 million acquisition of Cyoshi Mobile GmbH....

Qualcomm gains FCC approval to continue with MediaFlo plans

WASHINGTON—Qualcomm Inc. gained approval Wednesday for an agreement it reached with TV stations serving Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary, Ind. that will allow the company...

SunCom launches Blackberry 8700g

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said it has begun offering Research In Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry 8700g Wireless Handheld device at all of its retail...

Qualcomm’s profits up 11 percent

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. reported late yesterday that it earned $593 million in the company’s second fiscal quarter, an increase of 11 percent over the...

Nokia posts solid profit gain in first quarter, despite drag by network and enterprise divisions

ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. reported today that its net profit in the first quarter rose 21 percent to $1.3 billion over the year-ago quarter—exceeding analysts’...

Study finds cell phone use distracting while driving

WASHINGTON—A new government study examining actual driver habits when behind the wheel found cell phone use the most common distraction for operators of motor...

Freescale posts solid quarter

AUSTIN, Texas—Freescale Semiconductor Inc. says strong sales of its wireless products as well as its networking and computing gear helped the company to more...

Sprint Nextel adds to TV lineup

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to expand its mobile video offerings, adding three channels to its Sprint TV service. The carrier added "Comedy...

Indian operator deploys Kodiak’s RTX platform

PUNE, India—Indian GSM operator Idea Cellular Ltd. deployed Kodiak Networks’ Real-Time Exchange System in the Maharashtra and Goa circle, according to the companies. The...

Big 3 handset vendors captured 60 percent of revenues in 2005

FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. last year captured more than 60 percent of the $117 billion in worldwide...

InPhonic signs online deal with Amazon.com

WASHINGTON—Online wireless retailer InPhonic Inc. inked a "multi-year" deal to sell its products and services on Amazon.com. The announcement marks the first third-party wireless...

FCC proposes fining Dobson $750,000 for failing to deploy enhanced 911

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission late Tuesday proposed fining rural wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. $750,000 for not providing enhanced 911 services in a timely...

Pricing, interoperability barriers to MMS growth

DALLAS—Wireless carriers will likely miss out on a key data-revenue opportunity at this summer’s World Cup tournament in Germany, according to SmartTrust. The mobile...

Consumer wireless satisfaction improving according to J.D. Power survey

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—Wireless customers are more satisfied with their cellular service this year than last, according to the latest subscriber survey by J.D. Power...

Motorola earnings drop, despite hot handset sales

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. reported robust sales of its wireless handsets in the first quarter and a nearly 5-percent gain in global market share over...

Cingular posts strong customer growth, ARPU still struggling

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. kicked off 2006 with strong first quarter results, including driving its churn rate down to a company record low of 1.9...

MetroPCS launches roaming option

DALLAS, Texas—Regional service provider MetroPCS Communications Inc. announced that it has started offering a roaming service to its customers that allows them to use...

Strong wireless demand propels TI’s strong quarterly growth

DALLAS—Texas Instruments Inc. late yesterday reported first-quarter net income of $585 million, a 42-percent increase from the $411 million profit in the year-ago quarter,...
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