Yearly Archives: 2006

Cincinnati Bell to buy Cingular’s stake in JV for $83 million

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell is buying out Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s stake in a joint venture between the two companies. According to Securities and Exchange Commission filings...

Singing gospel of full-track downloads

LAS VEGAS-The much-hyped "year of mobile music" started off with a bang here at last week's 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show. But whether wireless...

Maxis, JVC partner to buy Indian carrier

KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia-Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and its Indian Joint Venture Company, JVC, plan to acquire Indian mobile carrier Aircel Ltd. The two...

VimpelCom gets majority stake in Tajikistan operator

MOSCOW-Vimpel Communications, which provides cellular service in Russia, Kazakstan and the Ukraine, has acquired a 60-percent stake in Tacom, a wireless carrier in Tajikistan....

Financial Briefs

Qualcomm Inc. announced it has acquired Berkana Wireless Inc., a wireless chip designer, for $56 million in cash. Silicon Valley-based Berkana provides metal oxide...

Computer makers, carriers embrace embedded chips

Just when you thought your new Wi-Fi-enabled laptop was nifty, along comes a bevy of new laptops embedded with PC cards and chips that...

Sanyo, Soma team on last-mile access

OSAKA, Japan-Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. said it entered the wireless broadband arena through a partnership with last-mile wireless broadband technology provider Soma Networks Inc....

Garcia to head up Sprint Nextel venture with cable companies

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-John Garcia, senior vice president of strategic partners for Sprint Consumer Solutions, will head up the joint venture between Sprint Nextel Corp....

Setting priorities

A new year is a perfect time to set priorities-and clean off the pile of papers oozing beyond the allotted boundaries on one's desk....

Users love wireless, hate shopping experience

Tier 1 operators are beginning to use retail outlets to build long-term customer relationships and generate revenues from lucrative data applications. But when it...

Centennial reaps revenues from GSM roaming traffic

Centennial Communications Corp.'s earnings tumbled in its second quarter, despite an increase in revenue and healthy growth in its U.S. wireless operations. The carrier...

Motorola to partner with Kodak on camera phones

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. announced an extensive agreement with camera company Eastman Kodak Co. that calls for the two players to collaborate on mobile imaging...

CES offers front-row seat to battle of the phones

As in past years, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was ground zero for a series of entertaining handset battles, with vendors firing...

Ringtones: The list

SAN FRANCISCO—Moderati released its list of 2005’s top ringtones, with notes on some regional flavor. Hip-hop dominated the list in ’05, with 60 percent...

Digicel ramps up Caribbean services, plans WiMAX expansion

KINGSTON, JAMAICA-After filling up 2005 with various acquisitions and an initial launch of WiMAX services, Caribbean carrier Digicel Group plc announced plans to expand...

STM releases WiMAX chip, Wavesat aligns with SK Telecom

GENEVA-Chip supplier STMicroelectronics said it's jumping into the WiMAX market with a new offering for WiMAX base stations. The company said it plans to...

SBA signs up $160 million credit facility

BOCA RATON, Fla.-The nation's fifth largest tower company, SBA Communications Corp., said it obtained a $160 million credit facility. GE Capital Markets Inc. led...

MTV reconnects with Virgin on select content

NEW YORK-MTV Networks isn't putting all its eggs in the basket of a single mobile virtual network operator. The Viacom Inc. subsidiary said it...

Mobile Media Co. buys wireless game-maker Overloaded

OSLO, Norway-The Mobile Media Co. said it has acquired Dutch game-maker Overloaded Pocket Media from Endemol N.V. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Overloaded...

Cingular completes integration of network in Georgia

ATLANTA, Ga.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it completed network integration work in Georgia, as well as integration efforts in parts of Alabama and Florida, and...

TI sells Sensors & Controls business for $3 billion

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. announced it plans to sell its Sensors & Controls business to affiliates of Bain Capital L.L.C., a private equity investment firm,...

Ceregon to supply radios to Nokia

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband systems provider Ceragon Networks Ltd. said it signed an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Nokia Corp. Under the agreement, Ceragon...

Rogers posts slower growth but improved churn during 4Q

TORONTO-In preliminary results Canadian wireless operator Rogers Communications Inc. reported it added substantially fewer new subscribers to its wireless business in the fourth quarter...

Vodafone teams up with Sony for mobile music downloads

LONDON-Vodafone Group Plc is partnering with Sony Corp. on an interactive streaming radio service for mobile phones and PCs. The companies unveiled Vodafone Radio...

DoCoMo pushes past 20M 3G subscribers

TOKYO-Four years after NTT DoCoMo Inc. launched its 3G network-the world's first major W-CDMA network launch-the carrier has sailed past the 20-million-subscriber mark. DoCoMo...
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