Motorola Inc. emerged the clear winner of the second-quarter handset battle. The company's strike at Nokia Corp.'s dominance in the low-end phone market scored a direct hit, while it also managed to gain on Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in the high-end market. "It's kind...
TAMPA, Fla.-Nearly a dozen major players from the wireless and technology industries unveiled a joint venture that will offer a registry service for the ".mobi" Internet domain. The suffix was approved early this month by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a multi-million dollar contract with Malaysian mobile operator Celcom to expand Celcom's GSM network and upgrade it with a mobile next-generation network solution, which will increase the company's ability to provide its 5.79 million subscribers with new multimedia services at optimized...
L.M. Ericsson announced its second-quarter earnings Thursday, reporting net profits of $744 million during the quarter, a 16-percent increase in profits from the second quarter of 2004 when Ericsson reported net profits of $641 million. The Swedish vendor said its North America sales are...
Motorola Inc. posted a second quarter ahead of most expectations, but investors appear to have expected such results as the company's stock remained relatively unchanged after the news. Motorola's stock was trading at around $19.86 per share Wednesday.Motorola recorded companywide revenues of $8.8 billion,...
LONDON-The Global Mobile Suppliers Association reported that W-CDMA services are now being offered by 74 operators in 34 countries with an additional six networks currently in pre-commercial stages. The GSA added that the 74 currently live networks are an increase of 14 networks compared...
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...
IRVINE, Calif.-Hop-On Inc. said it hired New York City-based financial consultants Ronny Yakov and Jay Gartlan to assist it in preparing for the growth expected to follow the company's recent moves in the Wi-Fi handset and feature-enhanced GSM and CDMA cellular handset arenas."We are...
Regional wireless operator Dobson Communications Corp. said it expects to report a net loss of 1,100 total customers for the second quarter of this year, including a loss of 9,000 postpaid subscribers. The expected loss is a significant drop compared with the 7,200 net...
MUNICH, Germany-Infineon Technologies AG announced sample availability of its first reference design for low-cost handsets.The company said costs for GSM handsets with short message service functionality could be cut in half, to below $20, using its new ULC reference platform that is based on...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Both LG Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced plans to build dual-mode devices that will be able to roam from GSM and GPRS networks to unlicensed networks like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The companies said they will use Unlicensed Mobile Access...
WARREN, N.J.-Anadigics Inc. said it is shipping production volumes of GSM/GPRS and W-CDMA power amplifiers to UTStarcom Inc. for its GW200 handset. UTStarcom unveiled its GW200 dual-mode handset at Supercomm this year. The handset provides support for W-CDMA, GSM and GPRS and features MP3...
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department said Alltel Corp. must divest wireless assets in Arkansas, Kansas and Nebraska in order to win government approval of its proposed $6 billion purchase of Western Wireless Corp. Justice last week simultaneously filed a civil suit in federal court here to...
MIAMI-Prepaid wireless provider TracFone Wireless Inc. launched its NET10 service offering providing a flat-rate 10-cent-per-minute calling rate for all calls. The service is available with select Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. GSM handsets with airtime card expiration dates available in $30, $60, $180 and...
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department today said Alltel Corp. must divest wireless assets in Arkansas, Kansas and Nebraska in order to win government approval of its proposed $6 billion purchase of Western Wireless Corp.Justice today simultaneously filed a civil suit in federal court here to block...
ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. is teaming with Abertis Telecom and Telefonica Moviles Espana on a live mobile TV service in Spain, the companies said this week.The project, which is backed by regional and local TV channels, will begin broadcasting to 500 mobile users in Madrid...
MIAMI-Prepaid wireless provider TracFone Wireless Inc. launched its NET10 service offering providing a flat-rate 10-cent per minute calling rate for all calls.The service is available with select Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. GSM handsets with airtime card expiration dates available in $30, $60, $180...
LONDON-The GSM Association has invited mobile-phone vendors to join in a strategic partnership to supply ultra-low-cost handset to unconnected citizens in developing markets."Effective communication is one of the key catalysts for economic growth. The GSMA is bringing together operators and vendors to address the...
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported that its customer relationship management and billing managed services agreement with Amdocs Software Systems Ltd. initiated in early 2004 was mutually terminated late last week.Rural Cellular said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that the termination was based...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Chinese equipment manufacturer Eastcom said it plans to include Cambridge Positioning Systems' Matrix location technology in some handset models. The Matrix technology uses existing GSM infrastructure to transfer location information to the network using GPRS or SMS, said the company."Eastcom is delighted...
MOSCOW, Russia-Mobile TeleSystems, the largest mobile-phone operator in Russia, acquired a 51-percent stake in Barash Communications Technologies Inc., a U.S. company that is the leading wireless carrier in the central Asian country of Turkmenistan. MTS bought the controlling stake in BCTI, incorporated in the...
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology is 10 years old this year, a milestone the company is using to highlight Java's widespread influence throughout the electronics and computer industries. When Sun introduced the technology, the company promoted Java as the "write once, run anywhere" platform...
While the wireless industry haggles over the price of anti-piracy software supported by the Open Mobile Alliance, Microsoft Corp. is quietly gaining traction in the mobile world with its proprietary digital rights management technology. The standoff continues between industry groups such as the GSM...
COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore Wireless Systems, a supplier of next-generation wireless systems, launched FlightCore, an in-flight, all-Internet Protocol GSM/CDMA wireless communications system for aircraft. Tecore said the FlightCore system is currently being trialed with a leading airline carrier. Removing the ban on cell-phone use while in...
