LONDON-U.K.-based wireless carrier MmO2 has successfully completed a series of live wireless calls using High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology with wireless supplier Nortel Networks Ltd. MmO2 said it plans to deploy Nortel's HSDPA solution across portions of its pan-European wireless network.Nortel said MmO2...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand-4RF Communications, a digital UHF and microwave radio product developer, introduced its new 2 GHz version of its Aprisa XE digital microwave radio transmission system. The system provides transmissions of 100 kilometers or more on a single link, said the company."We've identified...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. added 9 Squared Inc.'s RealTone JukeBox music downloads to its BREW-based Cricket Clicks offering. The carrier said the application allows customers to download real music ringtones to their handsets. The downloads are available in three credit packages beginning at...
Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc., which recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, said it added 7,500 customers between July 2 and Sept. 30 of this year, ending the reporting period with 240,500 total subscribers. The carrier noted it lost 3,800 subscribers during the...
Third-generation wireless carrier Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. said it has nearly 6 million subscribers of its 3G services around the world. The 5.9 million subscriber figure is up 81 percent from Hutchison's 3.2 million subscribers as of Aug. 19. These figures include Hutchison's operations, which...
MONTREAL-Canadian telecommunications provider BCE Inc. said it plans to begin technical trials of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology on its wireless network with plans to launch commercial services in major Canadian urban centers beginning late next year. The company, which controls Canada's second-largest wireless operator...
SEATTLE-Let the music play, says the deal between software music company Melodeo and Warner Music Group.Both companies came together to ink a global agreement that will allow consumers to download to their mobile phones entire tracks from WMG's music catalog.Select U.S. mobile carriers will...
ATLANTA-Highlighting its growing presence in the enterprise market, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has closed deals with more than 135 business and government customers in the first 45 days since its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. was approved Oct. 26. The carrier noted...
LITTLETON, Colo.-Wireless carriers posted 54.8 days of inventory valued at $1.7 billion during the third quarter of this year, which was a week more than reported during the second quarter of this year and the most held during a quarter during the past two...
WASHINGTON-Four national mobile-phone carriers have petitioned state and local officials in Maryland for refunds of taxes imposed on them.. The requests were delivered to the City of Baltimore and Montgomery County by T-Mobile USA Inc., Sprint PCS, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless.Since July...
Following months of speculation that increased in intensity during the past several days, Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. reported a deal this morning to combine their operations into what the two telecom providers call a $35 billion "merger of equals." The newly formed...
SEOUL, South Korea-Indian wireless carrier Airtel has reached 1 million subscribers for its ringback tone service just five months after its July service launch, said WiderThan, which provides the service. Airtel, which is the brand name for the service owned by Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd.,...
PLEASANTON, Calif.-AdventNet Inc. said Kodiak Networks has incorporated its AdventNet Web NMS platform into the company's Real-Time Exchange system. The Kodiak RTX system allows wireless carriers to offer advanced voice services such as push-to-talk, said AdventNet. Web NMS provides core network and systems management...
MUNICH-Siemens AG said it has agreed to supply EDGE technology to Oskar Mobil of Czech Republic, making it the vendor's fifth EDGE contract in Central Europe and 15th in the world. The value of the contract was not disclosed.The carrier said it is ready...
FORT WORTH, Texas-RadioShack Corp. reported a deal with online wireless distributor and activation provider InPhonic Inc. that will enable RadioShack to begin offering wireless phones and service plans through its Web site.The deal calls for InPhonic, which said it distributes phones and services plans...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. became the second national mobile-phone carrier to back off from opposing a government plan to reconfigure frequency assignments of Nextel Communications Inc. and others to eliminate interference to police, fire and medics operating radio systems at 800 MHz. Cingular on Dec....
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Huawei, the CDMA Development Group and the International 450 Association said they have successfully demonstrated a 450 MHz CDMA2000 1x EV-DO end-to-end solution.It took place during the 4th Meeting of the permanent Consultative Committee 11 of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission.The three parties...
Verizon Communications Inc. may be getting into the wireless consolidation game with published reports indicating that the telecommunications provider, which controls 55 percent of No. 2 wireless operator Verizon Wireless, is set to make a bid for Sprint Corp., which controls the nation's third-largest...
LONDON-Dutch wireless carrier KPN will add a new NEC i-mode handset to its portfolio, according to NEC UK Ltd. NEC said it launched the tri-band N401i handset, which incorporates video and camera features and an MP3 player, for the European i-mode market. KPN will...
Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc., which announced last week a definitive agreement to be acquired by fellow affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc., reported financial results for the carrier's fourth fiscal quarter and year ended Sept. 30. The carrier said it added 9,296 subscribers during...
Cingular Wireless added another Motorola Inc. phone to its line-up of exclusive devices with the release of the Windows-powered MPx220 for $300 with a two-year service contract.The quadband, clamshell-style phone features Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system as well as Bluetooth, an integrated 1.2-megapixel...
Yahoo! Inc. launched a package of Internet-based wireless applications for Nextel Communications Inc. subscribers, the companies announced Tuesday.With the new offering, Nextel customers can log onto Yahoo! from their handsets and access downloadable games, e-mail accounts, instant messaging, and news and sports updates. The...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd., PalmSource Inc., SavaJe Technologies and China MobileSoft Ltd. all made waves on the operating-system front last week, announcements that further fractured an already complicated market. Indeed, as the mobile-phone industry continues to skyrocket, software vendors from all sectors are looking...
LONDON-In another legal triumph, a High Court has given Motorola Inc. the authority to seize assets belonging to Turkey's Uzan family. The decision confirms an earlier ruling in a U.S. District Court last year, which described the Uzans' action as a "massive fraud." The...
