Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna said he wants legislation to prohibit the marketing of cellphone numbers without consumer consent, responding to privacy concerns raised by a directory business launched by Bellevue, Wash.-based information commerce firm Intelius Inc."I have my staff working on options...
Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna said he wants legislation to prohibit the marketing of mobile phone telephone numbers without consumer consent, responding to privacy concerns raised by the new cellphone directory business launched by Bellevue-based information commerce firm Intelius Inc."I have my staff...
Nortel Networks Ltd. reported $2.56 billion in revenue during the second quarter of 2007, marking a $37 million loss and an 8% decrease from the year-ago period; however the financials still came in ahead of market expectations. A UBS report highlighted Nortel's gross margin...
Aruba Networks Inc. announced a new teaming with infrastructure heavyweight Alcatel-Lucent to target the market for enterprise mobility. The companies said they would jointly sell hardware and software to businesses that would allow workers to access corporate information from a variety of networks."Integrating Aruba's...
T-Mobile USA Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. have agreed to a $150 million multi-year extension of their contract for wireless voice and data services. The contract extension will add capacity to the No. 4 carrier's existing network and address coverage growth in current markets,...
Leap Wireless International Inc. subsidiary Cricket Communications Inc. has selected three infrastructure vendors for equipment, services and software in its planned buildout of third-generation networks in its recently acquired advanced wireless services spectrum. The entire network coverage expansion will include CDMA2000 1x and EV-DO...
Nortel Networks Ltd. has secured a three-year contract with Cricket Communications Inc. valued at $135 million, to supply the carrier with CDMA equipment as it expands its network coverage with CDMA2000 1x and EV-DO Rev. A equipment, the Toronto-based company announced.The flat-rate carrier is...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its issue rating on Qwest Corp.'s senior unsecured debt to BBB- from BB+.--Lehman Bros. raised its price target...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Argentina: L.M. Ericsson said it won a contract to build...
With multiple technologies promising all the bells and whistles required of next-generation networks, infrastructure developers and operators are clamoring for their place as they determine which wireless technology to put their capital heft behind. Not only must these companies choose when to pull the...
Corporate infrastructure provider Avaya Inc. announced an $8.2 billion deal under which it will be bought out by two private-equity firms. The transaction is just the latest in a growing line of private-equity buyouts in the telecom industry.Under the terms of the agreement, Silver...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: Heilongjiang MCC selected Nokia Siemens Networks to expand the...
The enterprise telephony space is ripe for consolidation, a Prudential analyst said in a report last week, and there is plenty of appetite in the industry for a takeover of Avaya Inc. Nortel Networks Ltd., Cisco Systems Inc. and a private-equity firm are all...
The enterprise telephony space is ripe for consolidation, a Prudential analyst said in a new report, and there is plenty of appetite in the industry for a takeover of Avaya Inc.Nortel Networks Ltd., Cisco Systems Inc. and a private equity firm are all reported...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--India: Idea Cellular Ltd. chose Nokia Siemens Networks to provide...
Nortel Networks Ltd. introduced "Hyperconnectivity," a global ad campaign that the company hopes will redefine its role in an increasingly connected network environment.The campaign, developed by McCann Worldgroup San Francisco, is Nortel's first new advertising since Lauren Flaherty took over as the company's CMO...
Nortel Networks and Toshiba Corp. have teamed up to jointly develop mobile WiMAX base stations for the Japanese and global markets.The base stations will build on Nortel's broadband wireless technology and Toshiba's amplifier and miniaturization technology. The agreement calls for Toshiba to build the...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX --Netherlands: Alcatel-Lucent said it completed a Universal WiMAX trial...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Leap Wireless International to $94 from $73 due to increased subscriber growth and ARPU expansion. Credit Suisse...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Credit Suisse First Boston upgraded Qwest Communications International to neutral from underperform and raised its price target to $9 from $7.50 after the carrier...
After a flurry of discouraging news in recent months, Nortel Networks Ltd. released brighter financial results for the first quarter and better expectations for the remainder of the year. First-quarter revenues reached $2.48 billion, which represents a 4% increase from the same period last...
After a flurry of discouraging news in recent months, Nortel Networks Ltd. released brighter financial expectations for the first quarter and remainder of the year. The company also announced it appointed David Drinkwater to serve as CFO on an interim basis following Peter Currie's...
Internet service provider Moline Dispatch Publishing Co. said it plans to launch a WiMAX network covering western Illinois and eastern Iowa using equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd.The service, to be offered through MDPC's Quad-Cities Online subsidiary, will use 2.5 GHz spectrum available through a...
The new joint venture known as Nokia Siemens Networks officially began operations April 1, but it didn't want to fool anyone: growth in the networks sector will be "very slight" this year, the company said.The new company announced it will begin life as a...
