Yearly Archives: 2006

Powerwave modifies details of Filtronic purchase

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Powerwave Technologies Inc. reworked its $336 million acquisition agreement with Filtronic plc, paring the deal down to $185 million in cash along...

Hedgehogging

We didn't spend too much time hedge-hogging last week, what with the upcoming I.T. Show and the Show Daily preparations. But there were still...

Rhino to supply music for HBO Mobile

BURBANK, Calif.—Warner Music Group Corp. subsidiary Rhino Entertainment said it will provide music-based content for HBO Mobile. Rhino, which develops and promotes content from...

NYT goes mobile

NEW YORK—The New York Times finally went wireless with a mobile site delivering news, sports, business information and other content to users with Web-enabled...

T-Mobile inching closer to 3G network: AWS bidding slows, but end not yet in sight

Bidding slowed last week in the advanced wireless services spectrum auction, but the competition could be far from wrapping up as companies could bid...

CellCity to offer WooWorld content

SINGAPORE—Mobile storefront operator CellCity Pte Ltd. said it has inked a deal to offer content from Asian aggregator WooWorld Pte Ltd. CellCity offers a...

Harris and Stratex team for microwave communications, deal to close in January

MELBOURNE, Fla.—Harris Corp. said it signed a definitive agreement to combine its Microwave Communications Division with Stratex Networks Inc. The new company will be...

Lucent to resell Westell gateway as part of IMS

AURORA, Ill.—Lucent Technologies Inc. and Westell Technologies Inc. signed a global reseller agreement that calls for Lucent to resell Westell's TriLink IP Multimedia Subsystem...

Promptu garners $11.6M in VC funds

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Voice-recognition software developer Promptu said it closed an $11.6 million round of funding. Steelpoint Capital Partners led the round, and other current...

Small carriers ask FCC to intervene in interconnect deals (or lack of them)

WASHINGTON—A new federal pre-emption battle has broken out at the Federal Communications Commission between two small wireless companies and Qwest Corp. The small carriers...

4G and other myths

No wonder China is postponing its decision on third-generation wireless licenses. They're almost obsolete, if you believe the rhetoric thrown about these days.OK, slight...

Illinois gov asks feds to set requirements for erasing data on used phones

WASHINGTON—The federal government should lean on the wireless industry to make sure hackers can't access personal information on used smart phones and personal digital...

Sprint Nextel wins $679M gov’t contract

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. said it won a government contract worth an estimated $679 million to continue providing telecommunications services for federal agencies. The...

Nokia expands Yahoo search pact

Nokia Corp. announced plans to build on its relationship with Yahoo Inc., embedding the Internet giant's mobile search application on its NSeries multimedia handsets...

Google introduces mobile ads service

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google Inc. has joined the mobile marketing playground with a wireless version of its AdWords service. The Internet giant quietly launched the...

Bundling brings opportunities for more revenue leakage

Telecom operators around the world lose about 12 percent of their revenue on average to factors ranging from internal and external fraud to bundling...

Palm promises pending products will boost sales

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Palm Inc. said it expects revenues to fall short of its previous guidance for the first quarter of next year due to slower...

15,000+ expected to converge at I.T. show

More than 15,000 people are expected to converge on Los Angeles as CTIA kicks off its Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show next week. ...

Optimi nabs optimization contracts

ATLANTA—Optimi snagged a few "multi-million dollar, multi-year" contracts to supply tier 1 North American operators with its wireless network planning and optimization solutions, which...

Verizon joins opponents of IPR proposal for broadcasters

WASHINGTON—Verizon Communications Inc. is one of three dozen technology companies that have joined forces to oppose a plan to give broadcasters new intellectual property...

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. Click here for wireless...

NYT goes mobile

NEW YORK—The New York Times finally went wireless with a mobile site delivering news, sports, business information and other content to users with Web-enabled...

AUCTION NEWS: Skirmishes continue in Louisiana, Iowa and Hawaii

WASHINGTON—Spectrum in Louisiana, Iowa and Hawaii is still attracting competition from bidders large and small in the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction. Click here...

Report: 1 percent of users will pay for mobile video

NEW YORK—Consumers may be interested in watching video on their cellular phones, but few are willing to pay for it. So says JupiterResearch in...

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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