SK-Earthlink's plans to launch a mobile virtual network operator service have been pushed back until at least early next year, but despite the delay, the company is not scaling back its roadmap to sign up 3 million customers by 2009. "We are looking at...
The most unlikely of technology mergers has begun as Sprint Corp. announced Friday that it closed its $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. The new Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin trading under the "S" ticker symbol this week. The closing date, which Sprint...
Nortel Networks Ltd. seems to have emerged from under a financial cloud that has haunted it in recent years. The company recorded net earnings of $45 million, or 1 cent per share, during the second quarter. The results are in sharp contrast to the...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it licensed IP Header Compression from Stockholm, Sweden-based Effnet AB. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Qualcomm plans to use the technology in its future CDMA EV-DO and W-CDMA chipsets. Effnet said the technology would pave the way for...
LUANDA, Angola-Movicel, an African CDMA provider, has selected Nortel to upgrade its wireless broadband network to CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology in Angola.Movicel has 350,000 subscribers and expects the upgrade to boost capacity of its MoviNet service and supply nationwide demand for wireless data services...
Handset sales continue to show strength as the industry enters the third quarter, according to an investor update from Piper Jaffray, with Motorola Inc. furthering its lead in the U.S. market.Piper Jaffray said Motorola's Razr phone was the top seller at Cingular Wireless L.L.C....
As profit margins from voice become razor-thin, operators are hoping to push lucrative content and applications to bulk up the bottom line. Ironically, they're looking to voice-driven technologies to help. Consumers' difficulties in accessing content and services from a wireless phone are well documented....
America Online Inc. is testing a suite of mobile search services that would allow users with Web-enabled phones to search the Internet for information, including local business listings, and to compare prices of goods from online retailers. Israeli technology provider InfoGin Ltd. is powering...
The frenzy of consolidation sweeping the wireless industry may not be over as an industry research firm recommended that some nationwide operators could see both long- and short-term benefits by acquiring keenly focused regional players. Citing the possibility of increased penetration into key Hispanic...
When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launches high-speed data packet access-based service en masse in the United States later this year, the protocol is expected to double the carrier's reach, making a significant mark not only in this country, but around the world as well. But...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said its Global Handset Requirements for CDMA team has developed and published common requirements for different classes of CDMA2000 handsets to reduce cost and time to market, as well as to facilitate service provisioning across CDMA2000 networks. "As...
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. used its annual analyst meeting here to paint a portrait of itself as a sleek, lean, high-tech firm with plans to sit alongside such well-known consumer brands as Apple Computer Inc. and Nike Inc. And to verify its progress, Motorola released a...
Novatel Wireless Inc. strengthened its position as the No. 1 supplier of PC cards in the United States in the second quarter, finally beating long-time rival Sierra Wireless Inc. Sierra has dominated the PC card market, but several critical missteps paved the way for...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad-LaqTel, a new operator in Trinidad and Tobago, has signed a $50 million contract with Nortel Networks Ltd. that will see Nortel build a third-generation nationwide wireless network. Nortel will deploy its complete CDMA2000 1x EV-DO wireless solution, including CDMA2000 1x...
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. reported revenues of $38.6 million for the second quarter, up 60 percent from revenues of $24.1 million reported during the second quarter of last year.Net income for the quarter was $2.9 million, or 10 cents per diluted share, compared with...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-UTStarcom Personal Communications said its PC 5740 dual-band CDMA2000 1x EV-DO wireless Type II PCMCIA card is now available on Verizon Wireless' network.The card allows customers to connect to the carrier's broadband access network. It is compatible with Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME,...
SEATTLE-Planned mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile has tapped thePlatform to aggregate and manage digital and audio content, the companies announced Wednesday.Amp'd Mobile, which is slated to launch this fall on Verizon Wireless' EV-DO network, will use thePlatform's Media Publishing System to deliver its...
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. released a new high-end Microsoft Windows mobile device targeted squarely at the BlackBerry and Treo enterprise market at the outset of its analyst conference here, but there was no sign of its long-awaited iTunes phone. Motorola demonstrated a range of new products...
The following information includes details on wireless companies that had ratings changes and information from financial analysts and banking and investment firms this week. Companies mentioned include Qualcomm, Lucent Technologies, Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Dobson Communications, iPCS and others.Goldman Sachs slightly...
DALLAS-MetroPCS Communications Inc. said it awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a three-year contract for third-generation CDMA2000 equipment, valued at up to $500 million. MetroPCS said it plans to deploy Lucent equipment to build out new markets in Dallas, Detroit and Tampa/Sarasota, Fla. MetroPCS paid $230...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it has launched CDMA2000 1x EV-DO services in its Boise, Idaho, and Reno, Nev., markets as part of Sprint's rollout of high-speed wireless data services. "We're thrilled to be the first wireless operator in Boise and...
Bolstered by the launch of higher-speed wireless data networks, wireless operators are beginning to push into the wireline data replacement space with offerings designed to provide primary or backup data solutions to wireline data transmission links. Sprint Corp. is the latest to launch such...
As third-generation technology and wireless broadband hit the U.S. marketplace, PC card vendors finally may hit their stride. Verizon Wireless is in the process of expanding its CDMA EV-DO network throughout its coverage area, while Sprint Corp. launched its own EV-DO service in 17...
Following is a list of wireless companies that were cited in financial reports from investment banking and financial services firms this week.Pacific Growth Equities upgraded its rating on RF Micro Devices from equal weight to overweight on expectations of higher revenues generated by new...
