Monthly Archives: April, 2006

Flextronics parts out software development unit

SINGAPORE—Flextronics International Ltd. said it was selling off its software development and solutions business to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for approximately $900 million....

IPass to roam on The Cloud

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-IPass Inc. said it signed a roaming agreement with European Wi-Fi operator The Cloud. The agreement gives iPass customers access to more...

3 Scandinavia climbs on HSDPA bandwagon

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson says it won a contract to boost mobile operator 3 Scandinavia's wireless broadband offering by upgrading its W-CDMA network with HSDPA...

Business LBS expected to nearly double by 2010

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Wireless location services for businesses could top 1 million subscribers by 2010, according to new figures from In-Stat. The technology market research firm...

MetroFi snags deal to deliver Wi-Fi service to Portland

Portland, Ore., city officials announced that MetroFi beat out Earthlink Inc. and VeriLAN to supply Wi-Fi networking across the city's 135-square miles. City officials...

Mino Wireless attracts $1.5M in funding

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—A privately held California company, Mino Wireless, said it has garnered $1.5 million in first-round venture-capital funding to launch low-cost international wireless calling...

Celtel to buy stake in Nigerian carrier

KUWAIT—Telecom company Mobile Telecommunications Co. said that its African subsidiary, Celtel, has signed a conditional deal to buy 65 percent of Nigeria’s Vmobile for...

Junxion gains ground with carrier approvals

SEATTLE—Junxion Inc.’s cellular/wireless local area network box recently received carrier approval from both Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp. The device combines a...

Shentel ponders sale amid end of Sprint Nextel pact

Regional operator Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. is considering the sale of its wireless operations, the company said on Friday-one day before the forbearance agreement the...

Sony Ericsson unfazed by market share figures

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. announced first-quarter results that were down significantly from the previous quarter, but more than triple its earnings from the...

CDMA details evolution path

In the wake of several announcements regarding HSDPA contracts and gear testing, the CDMA Development Group reminded the wireless industry that CDMA technology's evolution...

Andrew picks up U.K.-based Precision Antennas

WESTCHESTER, Ill.-Andrew Corp. says it scooped up Precision Antennas Ltd., paying about $26 million for the subsidiary of U.K.-based aerospace and defense contractor Cobham...

Customer loyalties

Where do your loyalties lie? As wired and wireless telecom, Internet, cable and satellite companies begin to bundle services to compete for larger chunks...

Sprint Nextel launches GPS-based locator service

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that it will help parents locate their children through a downloadable Family Locator service that utilizes Global Positioning...

Vodafone’s next steps invite stock rise, speculation

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc's stock jumped as much as 3 percent in early trading April 11, amid fresh rumors that the European telco giant may...

Carrier Briefs

Verizon Wireless said it purchased Mid-Missouri Cellular, a small TDMA/CDMA operator in central Missouri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal...

Verizon to sell Caribbean, Latin American assets

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to sell its Caribbean and Latin American telecom operations to America Movil and a company jointly owned by America...

Xero Mobile banks on ads, free phones, college students to fuel lofty MVNO plans

Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Xero Mobile plans to use 2 million free handsets and discounted talk time to jump into the wireless marketplace-the...

Blind-bidding proposal comes down to wire

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission voted to restrict bidder information during the advanced wireless services auction set to begin June 29, but agreed to revert...

LG’s ‘mass premium’ phones bring success

The signature letters in LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s name, back at the dawn of time when the company formed in 1958, stood for Lucky...

Nokia’s challenge: Grasping consumers’ desires

Mobile-phone behemoth Nokia Corp., with the credibility that comes from commanding one-third of the global market share and the kick provided by its recent,...

Florida company sues FCC to allow it to sell jammers

WASHINGTON-A Florida company that makes and sells radio-frequency jammers for the federal government and overseas markets has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications...

FCC denies petition to study tower’s impact on birds

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission denied a 2002 request from the American Bird Conservancy and the Forest Conservation Council to study whether wireless towers contribute...

Elliott to head Global Signal

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. announced it has hired Jerry Elliott as its new president and chief executive officer, succeeding Wesley Edens, who will serve...

Rice to lead APCO

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International appointed George S. Rice Jr. its new executive director. Rice joins APCO International from the...
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