Monthly Archives: May, 2006

Nokia finds willing partner in Digita for DVB-H service in Finland

ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it won a contract to supply its DVB-H mobile TV platform to Finnish radio and TV services distributor Digita Oy....

T-Mobile USA reports strong quarter, but not enough to help foreign parent

BELLEVUE, Wash.—T-Mobile USA Inc. posted a strong 1.04 million net customer additions during the first quarter, which was above analyst expectations as well as...

Executive shuffle continues at embattled UTStarcom

ALAMEDA, Calif.—Handset maker UTStarcom Inc. said its chairman and chief executive officer, Hong Lu, plans to resign from the company at the end of...

Watchdog group piles further complaints on upcoming AWS auction

WASHINGTON—A telecom watchdog group filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission and congressional committees alleging major mobile phone...

It’s official: Research In Motion enters Chinese market

BEIJING—Research In Motion Ltd. and its new partner in China, operator China Mobile Communications Co. Ltd., have cut a deal to offer BlackBerry service...

Clearwire files for $400M IPO

KIRKLAND, Wash.—Craig McCaw’s Clearwire Corp. filed for a $400 million initial public offering, a move that likely will help fund the company’s efforts to...

U.S. Cellular scores 151,000 new customers in Q1

CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. provided preliminary first quarter results, showing a decrease in the number of customers it signed up compared with the same quarter...

Investors unimpressed with Brightpoint’s solid earnings

PLAINFIELD, Ind.—Brightpoint Inc. reported that its net income more than tripled during the first quarter from $2.9 million last year to $8.9 million this...

Alvarion, IBM connect over wireless networks for cities

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Wireless broadband developer Alvarion Ltd. and information-technology vendor IBM Corp. announced plans to jointly develop and deliver Internet Protocol-based wireless networks to...

Microsoft’s Windows CE 6 released in beta form for developers

LAS VEGAS—Microsoft Corp. today released a beta version of its redesigned Windows CE operating system, making it available to application developers worldwide. The OS...

Leap doubles income, outpaces customer growth expectations during Q1

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. said its consolidated net income more than doubled during the first quarter to $17.7 million, up from $7.5 million...

CalAmp acquires Dataradio in wireless data tie-up

OXNARD, Calif.—CalAmp Corp. said it signed a definitive agreement to buy Dataradio Inc. for about $54.6 million in a move it says will expand...

MobiTV sets sights on Wi-Fi with AT&T deal

SAN ANTONIO—Mobile TV vendor MobiTV Inc. continued to expand its business options through an agreement with AT&T Inc. to sell mobile TV services to...

Motorola slashes South Korean company for Razr clone

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.—The old adage has it that everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. The opposite is true of...

Cable companies looking at AWS spectrum; Sprint Nextel, Alltel to abstain

WASHINGTON—The Sprint Nextel Corp.-cable TV joint venture today took the first step toward competing for spectrum at the advanced wireless services auction this summer,...

Novatel Wireless posts net loss, despite strong revenues

SAN DIEGO—Novatel Wireless Inc., maker of wireless PC cards and broadband access solutions, reported a net loss of $1.3 million on revenues of $40.2...

Mobile arises out of E3 gaming conference

SAN FRANCISCO—As gamers and the gaming industry gather this week in Los Angeles for the E3 2006 conference, Telephia offered an upbeat view of...

UbiquiTel’s slowing customer growth offset by strong income in Q1

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—Regional wireless operator and current Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. scored 3,800 new subscribers during the first quarter, customers that brought...

Nortel moves Canadian manufacturing to Flextronics

TORONTO—Nortel Networks Ltd. completed the company’s transfer of its manufacturing operations and related assets to Flextronics International Ltd., a Singapore-based manufacturing services firm. The...

Ney aide’s guilty plea casts shadow on MobileAccess’ House contract

WASHINGTON—A former aide to Rep. Robert Ney (R-Ohio) who worked with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to help MobileAccess Inc. win a contract to improve...

Time-to-market effort by Sandbridge rewarded with VC funds

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Fabless semiconductor company Sandbridge Technologies Inc. scooped up $15.4 million in a Series B round of financing. Samsung Ventures America led the...

Qualcomm floats MediaFlo in Europe with BSkyB teaming

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. may be closer to snaring a European deal for its MediaFlo mobile TV offering through a new agreement with digital TV...

Indian market for new subscribers continues growth streak

ST. LOUIS—The number of mobile subscribers in India is growing by leaps and bounds, according to Datacomm Research Co., as the number of new...

SunCom’s CEO on medical leave after car crash

BERWYN, Pa.—Regional wireless carrier SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said its Chief Financial Officer Eric Haskell will assume the company’s chief executive officer duties while...

Alltel expands roaming horizon with Cingular, Sprint Nextel

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Rural carrier Alltel Corp. beefed up its coverage through a pair of nationwide reciprocal roaming agreements with larger rivals Sprint Nextel Corp....
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