Monthly Archives: October, 2006

Qualcomm, Broadcom joust over court events

SAN DIEGO—A squabble over documents in the heated legal battle between chipmakers Qualcomm Inc. and Broadcom Corp. serves to highlight the contentious nature of...

Wireless spending on the rise, as are customer expectations

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—Customer spending on wireless services continues to increase, according to the latest survey by J.D. Power and Associates—and consumers’ expectations of their...

Motorola’s star handsets to hit Sprint Nextel

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it will soon begin selling three of Motorola Inc.’s popular slim phones, a move those in the industry...

Vesta buys Chinese top-up company

PORTLAND, Ore.—Digital commerce software developer Vesta Corp. acquired Beijing-based mobile top-up company Unimobile in an effort to tap the Chinese prepaid wireless market. Terms...

Wireless wins some, loses some as Congress adjourns

WASHINGTON—As Congress broke for midterm elections, the wireless industry won a few battles, but for the most part failed to get legislation it supported...

Skyworks ditches baseband business, 425 employees to lose jobs

WOBURN, Mass.—Wireless semiconductor manufacturer Skyworks Solutions Inc. said it is ceasing its baseband operations and will lay off 425 employees. Skyworks’ baseband business developed...

Motient names management team

WASHINGTON—Motient Corp. named a new management team, continuing moves to separate two affiliated mobile satellite service companies into two independent publicly traded entities and...

Cingular completes AT&T Wireless integration

CHICAGO—About two years after its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it has finished the work of integrating AWS’ GSM...

Judge rules Broadcom can keep making 3G chipsets

SAN DIEGO—A U.S. District Court judge ruled yesterday that Broadcom Corp. can develop and sell third-generation chipsets. Rival Qualcomm Inc. had pushed for a...

Disney still keen on MVNO, spending $30M to shut down Mobile ESPN

BURBANK, Calif.—It will cost The Walt Disney Co. about $30 million to shut down its Mobile ESPN MVNO, but the company remains positive on...

Leap launches in K.C.

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The company said customers in the Kansas City...

Alltel gets FCC approval for Midwest buy

WASHINGTON—Alltel Corp. received approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its $1 billion purchase of Midwest Wireless Holdings L.L.C. As part of the deal,...

Nokia’s new Wibree takes a stab at Bluetooth

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. introduced a new short-range radio technology called Wibree that the company said transfers data at speeds of 10 megabits per second...

BelAir boosted by $21.4M financing round

KANATA, Ontario—Wireless broadband service provider BelAir Networks hopes to build on its municipal Wi-Fi business after scoring $21.4 million in a Series D financing...

Sony Ericsson planning branded store in London

LONDON—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. is the latest handset manufacturer to move onto the retail playground, announcing plans to build a branded store in...

.mobi opens for public

DUBLIN, Ireland-Those waiting anxiously for a .mobi domain needn't wait any longer. The company behind the controversial, mobile-exclusive top-level domain opened registration, allowing the...

Digital Orchid picks up Blue Tech

SAN DIEGO-Digital Orchid is looking to expand its portfolio and global footprint with the acquisition of mobile game publisher Blue Tech. Blue Tech is...

UTStarcom to get CDMA phones from South Korean vendor

SEOUL-South Korea's Pantech & Curitel Communications Inc. will provide its portfolio of CDMA-based handsets to UTStarcom Inc. for sale in North America under a...

AWS results could impact DE suit

WASHINGTON-Designated entities accounted for a historically low percentage of the government's multibillion-dollar take in the recently completed advanced wireless services auction, even though they...

New MVNO to focus on Chinese-Americans

NEW YORK-A new mobile virtual network operator targeting Chinese-Americans officially launched, offering cheap international calls to Asia and a Razr phone with menus in...

Q&A with Mike Foley from the Bluetooth SIG

Michael Foley, executive director of the Bluetooth SIG, answered a few questions for RCR Wireless News via e-mail regarding the factory raid in China....

Actors guild

The great Washington wireless mystery continues.Last week, the Federal Communications Commission officially launched its Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. Kenneth Moran was named...

B&B buys Advanced Embedded Systems

OTTAWA, Ill.-B&B Electronics, which provides automation and communications products, said it acquired Advanced Embedded Systems, a Phoenix-based company that develops industrial-focused wireless products. AES...

Intel to use Nokia HSDPA module

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has developed an HSDPA connectivity module for notebook computers. The module will be included with Intel Corp.'s next-generation Centrino...

Xero Mobile sold to Advanced Mobile

Xero Mobile Inc. found a buyer, inking a deal to sell "substantially all of its assets and liabilities" to little-known Advanced Mobile Communications Inc.The...
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