Yearly Archives: 2009

Is the FCC drawing a new regulatory map?

On the surface, there isn't much to suggest that this newly Democratic-led FCC will make any radical regulatory changes in the wireless industry. There...

Movers and Shakers

Rajeev Suri has been named CEO of Nokia Siemens Networks. He will replace Simon Beresford-Wylie effective November 1. Suri currently runs the Services...

Huawei to double North American staff as it secures contracts with Clearwire, Cox

Fresh off network wins with Clearwire Corp., Cox Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is on its way...

Verizon’s Strigl to retire

Verizon Communications Inc. President and Chief Operations Officer Dennis Strigl announced he will retire at the end of the year, leaving behind a fantastic...

Spotlight on: Goodman Networks: Firm aims to hire several hundred in coming months

Goodman Networks Inc. is a national telecommunications services company founded in 2000 that provides engineering, deployment, integration and maintenance services to wireline and...

Worst of the Week: Why won’t my phone control an angry mob?

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Device news: Nokia unveils netbook pricing, Storm’s price drops and Boost intros slider

Nokia announced pricing for its 3G booklet would run more than $800 if it is sold without carrier subsidies. The world's largest handset manufacturer...

Leap stock rises on buyout rumors

Leap Wireless International Inc. saw its stock rise yesterday as speculation mounted that AT&T Mobility may want to add the flat-rate carrier to its...

CDMA specs will squeeze more capacity out of voice networks

Even as the wireless industry moves ahead to LTE technology, the CDMA Development Group is aligning its efforts to make sure that CDMA technology...

Wireless will be used to make electrical grid smart: Effort starts with smart meters, but moves quickly up the grid

Wireless technology will be used to help utility grids become smarter as the technology can help better manage in the delivery of electricity in...

VeriSign scores banking contract

VeriSign Inc.’s mobile messaging unit said it won a contract to offer text-messaging-based mobile banking services to Wilmington Trust. Customers can access banking information,...

Survey finds hospitality using wireless tech to drive revenues

The hospitality industry is realizing the increasing importance of adding mobility and wireless technologies to its business processes, according to a recent survey commissioned...

American Tower, Crown Castle, Bharti Infratel and Tata-Quippo looking at Aircel’s Towers in India

Aircel Cellular has shortlisted four players — US-based American Tower Corporation (ATC), Crown Castle International, Bharti Infratel and the Tata-Quippo combine — for buying...

AT&T eyes BSNL stake to re-enter India

US telecom giant AT&T is learnt to have approached public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) for investing in the Indian behemoth to re-enter...

AT&T eyes BSNL stake to re-enter India

US telecom giant AT&T is learnt to have approached public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) for investing in the Indian behemoth to re-enter...

Reliance Infratel plans Rs 5,000-crore IPO

It would be the second-largest IPO after the Rs 6,000-crore one by state-run National Hydroelectric Power Corporation. Reliance Infratel, the tower subsidiary of telecom...

EBay Inc. to sell Skype in deal valuing communications business at $2.75 billion

EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Skype communications unit in a deal valuing the business at...

Diamond Announces Agreement with First Telecom Services for Tower Assets

Diamond announces today that First Telecom Services LLC (“First Telecom”), a subsidiary of First Communications, has contributed its wireless tower assets (the “Assets”) to...

PCIA to FCC: Ease regulatory restrictions

PCIA took advantage of the Federal Communications Commission's probe into the competitive state of the wireless industry to point out the heavy financial investment...

Canadian carriers adopt code of conduct: More competition coming to nation

While the Federal Communications Commission probes whether the U.S. wireless industry is competitive, Canadian wireless companies are responding to reports that that market is...

Global Infrastructure Awards

Following is a list of announced global infrastructure awards for the month of August. Ukraine: ZTE has signed an exclusive contract with Icon Private...

T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel partnerships target M2M space

T-Mobile and Sierra Wireless have agreed to partner to help develop the nascent machine-to-machine communications space, the latest in a series of tie-ups between...

Analyst Angle: China Set To Boost Apple’s Global iPhone Sales, But Competition Likely To Be Strong

After months of speculations, Apple iPhone 3G S is about to make its “official” entry in the Chinese market, following China Unicom's announcement of...

Interop wins Cox contract

Cox Communications Inc. selected Interop Technologies to provide its messaging solutions, including its SMS Center 4 Series, Multimedia Messaging Center , WAP Gateway, and...

Clearwire adds 10 markets to lineup

Clearwire Corp. turned on another 10 markets this morning using equipment supplied by Motorola Inc., bringing the total number of markets launched with standardized...
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