LG Electronics Co. Ltd. appears to be joining the likes of Enfora L.P., Firefly Mobile Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. in selling mobile phones to children. According to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, LG is prepping the child-friendly VX1000 with Verizon Wireless...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced it has set up a third-generation High Speed Downlink Packet Access testing network for Telkomsel, an Indonesian mobile operator, and plans to test broadband and multimedia services on the network during the next six months. Siemens said the 3G test...
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...
MALE, Maldives-Wataniya Telecom Maldives, a wireless voice and data services provider in Maldives, said it awarded an infrastructure contract to Chinese supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Huawei will supply a unified second-generation/third-generation network that supports the dual access of the GSM and UMTS radio...
NEW YORK-Orsus Xelent Technologies Inc. said it plans to purchase a 10-percent stake in Chang Zhou Moben Communication Co. Ltd., an original equipment manufacturer in China.Chang Zhou Moben has mass produced several brands of phones including Royal Philips Electronics N.V. and Siemens AG models....
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. appears to be joining the likes of Enfora L.P., Firefly Mobile Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. in selling mobile phones to children. According to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, LG is prepping the child-friendly VX1000 with Verizon Wireless...
GENEVA, Switzerland-In-flight communications company OnAir Inc. said it is working with software developer TriaGnoSys GmbH and server provider Miltope Corp. to build a GSM-only mobile-phone offering for use onboard jetliners.OnAir, which is a partnership between airplane manufacturer Airbus S.A.S. and information technology networking company...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. signed an agreement to provide its location technology to Nokia Corp.'s GSM network base station subsystem customers and to license certain Nokia technologies that will be used in the supplied location systems.The agreement allows operators of GSM wireless networks in...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced it has set up a third-generation High Speed Downlink Packet Access testing network for Telkomsel, an Indonesian mobile operator, and plans to test broadband and multimedia services on the network during the next six months.Siemens said the 3G test network...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. staged a minor coup last week as the industry's largest operator signed a 10-year deal to replace smaller, but faster-growing rival Verizon Wireless at RadioShack Corp.'s more than 5,000 retail outlets beginning next year. The deal provides Cingular with access to...
PARIS-Alcatel Alsthom announced it will double its existing GSM mobile network in Kosovo, having been chosen by Vala900, a division of Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo. Alcatel said its solution has the potential to increase Vala900 subscribers to 700,000, more than 30 percent of...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will sell the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. x495 for $50 with a service contract. The phone features an internal antenna, tri-band GSM capabilities and support for downloadable Java games. Separately, Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will sell...
Independent regional operators posted mixed second-quarter results that in most cases included sagging customer growth, but increased revenue per subscriber bolstered by growing wireless data usage. Recently strengthened Alltel Corp., which closed its acquisition of Western Wireless Corp., was a prime example. The industry's...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. closed on its $6.5 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. Alltel reported it would issue 54.3 million shares of common stock and pay $933.4 million in cash to Western Wireless shareholders. Alltel also will assume $2.1 billion in net debt.Alltel...
WASHINGTON-Online wireless retailer and mobile virtual network operator InPhonic Inc. reported a 63-percent jump in revenues during the second quarter from $50.1 million in 2004 to $81.6 million this year. The growth was led by InPhonic's revenues from wireless activations and services, which more...
Educational toy maker LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. and wireless communications company Enfora are selling a mobile phone designed specifically for children. The $100 device is aimed at children ages 6 and up and allows parents to limit the telephone numbers that can dial into the...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will sell the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. x495 for $50 with a service contract. The phone features an internal antenna, tri-band GSM capabilities and support for downloadable Java games.Separately, Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will sell two...
Citing both technology and service-related issues, Rural Cellular Corp. said it lost 9,992 customers during the second quarter, compared with a gain of 8,144 customers during the second quarter of 2004. The carrier attributed the decline to issues encountered during the commercial introduction of...
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...
Ahhh, China. It's sort of like the black sheep of the global wireless family. It plays by its own rules, it doesn't conform and it certainly doesn't make things easy for any government or wireless company hoping to rein it in.But what potential. China...
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...
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...
Third-generation wireless buildouts propelled earnings for L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc. during the quarter ended June 30. Ericsson reported net profits of $744 million during its second quarter, a 16-percent increase in profits from the second quarter of 2004, when the Swedish manufacturer...
The second-quarter earnings race got off to a relatively solid start as Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Nextel Communications Inc. posted financials largely in line with Wall Street expectations. The results-coupled with those from the handset and infrastructure markets-served to underpin predictions of continued growth...
