Red Bend SoftwareUdi Dagan joined Red Bend Software as chief financial officer. Dagan joined the company from IBM where he was business consulting services country manager in Israel. Before that he was CFO of IBM Israel, vice president of operations for IBM Global Services...
In the backdrop of everything innovative and exciting going on at the BREW conference in San Diego last week, there was one overriding idea that kept popping up in the newsroom: simple.As industry pursues its continuing mission of driving mobile data uptake in all...
WASHINGTON-The Japanese Embassy today confirmed the government plans to add three competitors to the mobile-phone market, a move that comes after months of prodding by the U.S. trade representative and an aborted lawsuit against the telecom ministry by hard-charging wireless newcomer Softbank Corp. The...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Vodafone International Holdings B.V. has completed the acquisition of two mobile holdings from Telesystem International Wireless first announced earlier this year.Vodafone purchased about 79 percent of the share capital of MobiFon S.A. in Romania to...
CANADACanada's Minister of Industry, David Emerson, announced a full review of Industry Canada's spectrum policy framework. The initiative aims to bring Canadian policy and regulatory regimes overseeing telecom and radio communications systems up to date to accommodate demand for wireless service.UNITED KINGDOMAir2Web acquired Consult...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it completed a trial of High-Speed Downlink Packet Access technology with Israeli wireless carrier Partner Communications Company Ltd. over its live cellular network in Tel Aviv. Partner is joining a limited number of cellular carriers around the world...
LONDON-Following what it termed extensive customer research and feedback, Vodafone Group plc launched its Vodafone Simply service, which the carrier said provides customers with basic voice and text messaging services along with a simplified pricing scheme. Vodafone said the service would use a pair...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc's stock price took a beating Tuesday on the London Stock Exchange after the global wireless carrier offered a cautious outlook. Vodafone's stock price slid about 4.3 percent despite plans for an $8.2 billion share buyback and a dividend increase of 100...
Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said its shareholders approved the sale of its indirect interest in ClearWave N.V. to Vodafone International Holdings B.V. for $3.5 billion and the assumption of about $950 million in net debt. A total of 143.7 million votes were cast at...
Following what it termed extensive customer research and feedback, Vodafone Group plc launched its Vodafone Simply service, which the carrier said provides customers with basic voice and text messaging services along with a simplified pricing scheme.Vodafone said the service would use a pair of...
MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said its shareholders approved the sale of its indirect interest in ClearWave N.V. to Vodafone International Holdings B.V. for $3.5 billion and the assumption of about $950 million in net debt.A total of 143.7 million votes were cast at the...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc enhanced its mobile roaming rates, offering its customers "simplicity and better value for roaming services." Vodafone and other European operators have been criticized by consumers and regulators for charging expensive, complex international roaming rates.Vodafone said its new Vodafone Passport service offers...
Following is a roundup of wireless companies that received ratings changes from financial services companies this week.JP Morgan lowered its rating on SpectraLink from neutral to underweight. The firm cited weak first-quarter results and second-quarter guidance along with three other factors for the downgrade....
TOKYO-Vodafone K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, lost nearly 40,000 subscribers during April, according to data released by Japan's Telecommunications Carriers Association. The loss is the carrier's fourth straight month of subscriber losses.Rivals NTT DoCoMo Inc. gained 250,000 subscribers during the month,...
The GSM Association again blasted proposed rates for licensing anti-piracy technology, calling the revised rates "unreasonable and unworkable." The trade association of more than 600 wireless operators rejected the latest royalties proposal from licensing clearinghouse MPEG LA for digital rights management software. MPEG LA's...
ESPOO, Finland-Vodafone Hungary has selected Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG to supply its W-CDMA network.Nokia said it will supply a complete W-CDMA core network, providing its 3GPP Release 4 based MSC Server System, including the Nokia MSC Server and Nokia Multimedia Gateway, and Nokia...
The GSM Association once again blasted proposed rates for licensing anti-piracy technology, calling recently revised rates "unreasonable and unworkable." The trade association of more than 600 wireless operators rejected the latest royalties proposal from licensing clearinghouse MPEG LA for digital rights management (DRM) software....
In a record year for financial restatements, the wireless industry managed to stay relatively unsoiled. While other telecommunications, financial and manufacturing companies in 2004 faced various bookkeeping snafus, few wireless players were forced to dust off their financials. Nonetheless, there were a few accountants...
TOKYO-Japan's mobile-phone carriers said interim findings from research they sponsored found radio-frequency radiation from base stations does not affect human cells, according to an NTT DoCoMo Inc. press release. The research, funded by DoCoMo, KDDI Corp., Vodafone K.K. and Tu-Ka Cellular Tokyo Inc., was...
TOKYO-Vodafone K.K. said it applied for a license from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to operate W-CDMA experimental radio stations in the 1.7 GHz band.Vodafone K.K. currently offers third-generation services in the 2 GHz frequency band. The company said it is the...
DALLAS-Dobson Communications Corp. will use over-the-air technology from SmartTrust to meet the rapid growth of its GSM services, the carrier announced Wednesday. Dobson, which operates under the Cellular One and Dobson Cellular Systems brands, will use the platform both for new subscriber activations and...
LONDON-Mobile media company FoneStarz announced a deal with Perfect 10 magazine to bring adult wallpapers and videos to mobile devices. FoneStarz, which handles content services on 15 networks across four continents, said it will manage and distribute the content using more than 18 content...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless broadband access solutions provider Novatel Wireless Inc. reported revenues of $32.3 million for the first quarter, a 113-percent jump from the $15.1 million the company reported for the first quarter of 2004.Net income, including a noncash provision for income taxes of $1.4...
Japan's mobile-phone carriers said interim findings from research they sponsored found radio-frequency radiation from base stations does not affect human cells, according to an NTT DoCoMo Inc. press release. The research, funded by DoCoMo, KDDI Corp., Vodafone K.K. and Tu-Ka Cellular Tokyo Inc., was...
