Monthly Archives: June, 2006

Sprint Nextel clear final hurdle in Nextel Partners acquisition

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. has been given the green light from federal regulators for its acquisition of Nextel Partners Inc., with the purchase expected...

New Nokia CEO nixes Sanyo JV

In a move that said much about Nokia Corp.'s new leadership as well as the fragmented global market for CDMA handsets, the global leader...

Southern texting conspiracy might explain Idol results

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-Text-savvy Southerners may help explain why all five "American Idol" winners hail from south of the Mason Dixon line, according to figures...

Highland files new lawsuit against Motient

WASHINGTON-Motient Corp.'s largest shareholder filed a new lawsuit against the wireless company, alleging in a Texas court that a recent transaction involving mobile satellite...

Second quarter to see clear line between winners, losers

Ah, the second quarter-no big holidays and the momentum from fourth quarter sales is but a distant memory. Still, it hasn't been an idle...

Leap, ANB bolster Midwest footprint with Cincinnati launch

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. and bidding partner Alaska Native Broadband 1 License L.L.C. continued their post-Auction 58 expansion by launching Leap's Cricket service...

Motorola’s Wi-Fi plans inject doubt into Tropos deal

In the municipal Wi-Fi arena, few companies have had such a mutually beneficial relationship as Motorola Inc. and Tropos Networks Inc. Yet that relationship...

Privacy bill found, moves closer to vote

WASHINGTON-A bill outlawing deceptive tactics by data brokers to acquire and sell cell phone records may soon get a vote on the House floor,...

Good adds Lotus Domino support

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Good Technology Inc. unveiled the IBM Lotus Domino version of its e-mail service, making good on a year-old vow to support the...

Vendor consolidation trend continues as Telmar buys Somera

DALLAS—Somera Communications Inc. and Telmar Network Technology announced they have agreed to merge, saying they have reached a deal to pay Somera shareholders $4.60...

Lack of partners could doom mobile TV networks

Qualcomm Inc., Crown Castle International Corp. and Aloha Partners LP are each spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build dedicated networks for multimedia...

Wireless engineering firm WPCS pays $3.2M to acquire SECS

EXTON, Pa—Wireless infrastructure engineering services firm WPCS International Inc. announced it will spend $3.2 million to acquire Southeastern Communication Service Inc. of Sarasota, Fla....

Declining ASPs make emerging markets a gamble

The good news is that about 80 percent of the world's population is covered by wireless networks, and only about one-quarter of those actually...

Revenues remain in steady orbit for mobile satellite industry

The satellite industry as a whole is rebounding, driven by new technologies and applications in the mobile satellite services space, plus consumer applications such...

SEC probes Xero Mobile

LOS ANGELES—Mobile virtual network operator Xero Mobile has yet to launch, but the company already is facing an investigation of its business by the...

FCC raises USF wireless safe harbor; Congress considers reforms

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week raised the safe harbor percentage that the wireless industry can use to pay into the universal-service fund, but...

Cingular scores victory in advertising battle with Sprint Nextel

In an ongoing advertising battle between Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp., Cingular seems to have won the latest round-but did not emerge...

“Free” key to driving wireless Web traffic

Companies looking to monetize surfers on the wireless Web should consider giving stuff away. That was the consensus of the three speakers featured last...

Nokia, Siemens team up for infrastructure battle

As the idea of a combined Alcatel Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. settles in, Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG skated into the wireless infrastructure...

Naztech accuses Wireless Xcessories of copying its products

VALENCIA, Calif.—Attorneys for Naztech Wireless Technologies have served a cease-and-desist notice to Wireless Xcessories Group Inc., alleging that products on the latter’s Web site...

LG boasts of high demand for Chocolate

LONDON-It appears users in the United Kingdom like Chocolate as much as their South Korean counterparts. LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it sold more...

Hemphill named as Promotions Manager for RCR

Golden, Colo.-Christina Hemphill has been hired as Promotions Manager for RCR Wireless News. Hemphill will be coordinating all trade show activities for the publication...

Advanced networks call for advanced backhaul capabilities

As consumers and businesses start to take wireless carriers up on their offers of data services, and the carriers themselves put up ever-faster networks...

Stage set for lawsuit against FCC’s AWS auction rulings

WASHINGTON—The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled oral argument for next week on a challenge of controversial changes to small business bidding rules,...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...
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