2006

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 and vendor. The value of the …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—U.K. carrier O2 plc and Openwave Systems Inc. announced an initiative that calls for the companies to build a simplified mobile messaging service based on Openwave’s core messaging …

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG announced plans to cut about 1,000 jobs in Germany from its largest division, Communications. The wireless and wireline telecommunications equipment unit has struggled to rake in profits …

BEDFORD, Mass.—Boston Communications Group Inc. was hit hard by the ongoing defections of Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Alltel Corp. from its real-time billing platform, and said it would …

PARIS—Alcatel Inc. reported strong growth in its fixed-line business during the first quarter, but intense competition in mobile network equipment sales hurt the company’s operating margin, which rose to 6.5 …

LOS ANGELES—Xero Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that plans to offer ad-supported prepaid service targeted at college students, said it selected Xius’ VOISE service delivery platform to power the …

IRVINE, Calif.—Mobile information service provider AskMeNow announced plans to acquire Israel-based IntelliGate Ltd., a specialist in information retrieval and natural language search technology. AskMeNow, a subsidiary of Ocean West Holding …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Shares of InfoSpace Inc. dipped after the company reported first-quarter revenue of $90 million, up 4 percent from the year-ago period. The mobile communications company and content provider topped …

WASHINGTON—The House Commerce Committee late Wednesday voted to streamline the process that the Federal Communications Commission uses to approve multi-mode devices. “All we are trying to do is kick in …

WASHINGTON—The U.S. mobile phone industry opposes a newly unveiled plan to reserve a large block of auction-bound spectrum for a national broadband public safety network, an initiative championed by former …

NEW YORK—Wireless content vendor Zingy lost its second chief executive officer in six months as Andy Volanakis stepped down over differences with Japanese parent company For-Side.com. A former general manager …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Mobile publisher mDisney is getting into the multiplayer gaming space. The content provider—formerly Disney Mobile Studios—said it will offer Pirates of the Caribbean Multiplayer, a “real-time” offering for …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—The Walt Disney Internet Group is teaming up with United Kingdom mobile network operator O2 plc to offer a Disney Mobile-branded mobile-phone service later this year in the …

HOUSTON—The nation’s second largest tower company appears to be closing in on its losses, as Crown Castle International Corp. reported first-quarter net losses of just $6.7 million, a sharp decline …

WASHINGTON—An intra-party dispute broke out late Wednesday regarding the issue of network-neutrality when Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas) tried to require the Federal Communications Commission to study how content providers and …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has signed a new royalty-bearing patent license agreement giving Soma Networks Inc. license to develop, manufacture and sell subscriber units, modem cards and infrastructure equipment …

HELSINKI, Finland—Publisher Rovio Mobile is looking to add another dimension with the acquisition of 3-D technology developer Pixelgene Ltd. Rovio, which was founded two years ago, specializes in dark action …

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.—Rural Cellular Corp. unveiled preliminary first-quarter figures reflecting a large increase in roaming revenue, but the company said it lost about 7,800 subscribers including wholesaler customers during the first …

BOSTON—American Tower Corp. narrowed its financial losses, reporting first-quarter net losses of $2.6 million from revenue of $320.4 million compared to the year-ago loss of $31.6 million based on revenue …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission backed away from making major reforms to a controversial auction program offering bidding discounts to small businesses, rejecting a revenue-only threshold for partnership eligibility in favor …

WASHINGTON—Small and regional wireless carriers petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a special inquiry designed to collect and inspect a representative sample of wireless roaming agreements on a confidential …

READING, United Kingdom—The worldwide smart mobile device market is in flux, according to a new study from market research firm Canalys. The firm defines smart mobile devices as handhelds, wireless …

PORTLAND, Ore.—Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Siemens A.G. are just a few of the heavy-hitters aiming to certify interoperability requirements through a new trade group, …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. said it topped half-a-million subscribers during the first quarter, adding 13,000 net customers to its network. The company, which is one of the …

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a mixed first quarter, with gross additions up compared to the same period last year and wireless revenues up; however, merger-and-integration costs pulled down the …