Yearly Archives: 2006

Bill in Va. legislature would tax all communications at flat rate

WASHINGTON-The Virginia legislature could be on the verge of passing an unprecedented statewide flat tax on wireless and other communications services, a move the...

Wi-Fi deployments stretch across cities, countries, corporations

Wi-Fi news is never in short supply. Last week, EarthLink Inc. announced that it teamed with Google Inc. to submit a proposal for San...

LG joins health litigation to keep cases with Blake

WASHINGTON- Major mobile-phone carriers and manufacturers last week petitioned U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake to reconsider her recent decision to have two health-related lawsuits...

Brightpoint buys Persequor

Handset distributor Brightpoint Holdings B.V. said it acquired all the outstanding shares of Persequor Ltd., which previously supplied management services to Brightpoint Asia Ltd....

Moonlight Mobile connects phones to Amazon products

LONDON-Moonlight Mobile launched an application that allows mobile-phone users to browse Amazon products and information from their handsets. The company said users can check...

Sprint Nextel updates integration progress

Integration is one of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s biggest challenges this year as the company continues to digest its multiple mergers-ranging from the former Nextel...

Wireless reinvigorates old-school game-makers

Some of the biggest names from the early days of video games are looking to cash in on the latest platform in gaming-the mobile...

IT industry weighs in on spectrum policy

The chief executives of nine of the nation's high-profile, high-tech firms are calling for a complete review of national spectrum policy in order to...

Texas Instruments drills in on WiMAX

Eager to capture a piece of an estimated $2 billion equipment market, Texas Instruments Inc. is plunging into the WiMAX infrastructure business. The company...

Go2 reveals 24M search user sessions in year

IRVINE, Calif.-Mobile search provider go2 said it delivered more than 24 million unique user sessions in 2005, marking a 51-percent increase from its 2004...

Cingular offers integrated phone product

ATLANTA, Ga.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. introduced a product the company said integrates mobile and office communications. Cingular's OfficeReach, a voice-based virtual private network, offers such...

Sprint’s customer adds get ‘Boost’

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Boost Mobile and wholesale channels did much of the carrier's heavy lifting in the fourth quarter, helping propel the carrier to...

Nortel continues supply chain revamp with new GE exec

TORONTO—Nortel Network Ltd. nabbed another General Electric Co. Ltd. executive, naming Joseph Flanagan its new vice president of Order Management.Nortel said Flanagan will report...

Vodafone to file $48B charge linked to previous acquisitions

LONDON—Vodafone Group plc said it expects to file a $48 billion charge to its assets related to the value of goodwill, or the difference...

Fox Mobile launches content aggregating site Mobizzo

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Fox Mobile Entertainment is joining the ranks of wireless aggregators, unveiling a Web site hawking music, games and images for mobile phones.The News...

ITT settles with Samsung, Sprint Nextel

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—ITT Industries Inc. said it settled a patent-infringement claim involving Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., related Samsung companies and Sprint Nextel Corp.ITT said...

Brightpoint acquires Persequor

PLAINFIELD, Ind.—Handset distributor Brightpoint Holdings B.V. said it acquired all the outstanding shares of Persequor Ltd., which previously supplied management services to Brightpoint Asia...

Ericsson lights fire under Samsung over patents

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—In a lawsuit filed Monday in four countries, L.M. Ericsson is alleging that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is infringing on its patents by...

IT industry weights in on spectrum policy

The chief executives of nine of the nation’s high-profile, high-tech firms are calling for a complete review of national spectrum policy in order to...

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...

Syniverse warns of business slowdown

TAMPA—Syniverse Holdings Inc. capped its first year as a publicly traded company with improved net income despite a decline in revenues for the fourth...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. CarriersR.W. Baird lowered its estimates...

Sprint Nextel users to share pictures, video via online groups

ORLANDO, Fla.—This spring, Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin offering its PCS users the ability to share pictures and videos recorded by their cellular phones...

RIM dodges BlackBerry injunction during hearing

WASHINGTON—Research In Motion Ltd. dodged a bullet as a U.S. District Court judge stopped short of ordering an immediate shutdown in service to U.S....

Wall Street cool to American Tower’s 4Q losses

BOSTON—Citing accounting changes and an increase in outstanding shares, American Tower Corp. posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $87.3 million on revenues of $307.6...
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