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Short codes add one to boost numbers

Wireless industry trade association CTIA is hoping to spur direct-to-consumer revenues by expanding the industry's short-code program. The industry group, along with short-code administrator NeuStar Inc., announced open registration for six-digit short codes. Wireless subscribers can access content or services by sending a key...

Canadians increasing reliance on wireless

OTTAWA—Two-thirds of Canadian households either own a wireless phone or have access to one, according to a new study from Decima Research commissioned by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. The province of Alberta boasts the highest household wireless penetration rate at 79 percent, while...

Symbian posts increased OS sales

LONDON—Symbian Ltd., the privately held software firm that offers operating systems for mobile handsets, offered first quarter results showing increasing revenues and unit shipments. The company said 11.7 million devices running its software were shipped in the first quarter, up 73 percent from the...

Game publishers scream for attention in crowded quarters

LOS ANGELES-Like fans at a rock concert shouting to be heard above the din, game publishers are trying just about anything to rise above overcrowded carrier decks and present their wares-and their names-to consumers. Multi-layered decks have long been a problem for mobile content...

Global wireless growth slows

NEW YORK—Global growth of total active wireless subscribers slowed to 17 percent in 2005 from 35 percent in 2004, according to Fitch Ratings’ "Global Wireless Review." The firm said it expects the trend of slowing subscriber growth to continue until wireless data applications provide...

Carriers increasing focus on lucrative SMB customers

NEW YORK—Service providers are scrambling to take advantage of the lucrative small and medium-sized business segment in the United States, which is on track to spend more than $18 billion on wireless services this year, according to a new study from AMI-Partners. The nation’s...

Novatel Wireless posts net loss, despite strong revenues

SAN DIEGO—Novatel Wireless Inc., maker of wireless PC cards and broadband access solutions, reported a net loss of $1.3 million on revenues of $40.2 million in the first quarter. That contrasts with net income of $2.7 million and revenue of $32.3 million in the...

CalAmp acquires Dataradio in wireless data tie-up

OXNARD, Calif.—CalAmp Corp. said it signed a definitive agreement to buy Dataradio Inc. for about $54.6 million in a move it says will expand its wireless data communications business for public-safety and machine-to-machine applications. CalAmp provides wireless equipment, engineering services and software for critical...

Indian market for new subscribers continues growth streak

ST. LOUIS—The number of mobile subscribers in India is growing by leaps and bounds, according to Datacomm Research Co., as the number of new subscribers per month in India has tripled over the past year. According to Datacomm, the boom in India is directly...

Regional carriers post mixed 1Q

Wireless drove revenue growth at Alltel Corp. and aided Qwest Communications International Inc. with success in bundling services in the first quarter of 2006, but regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. had a rough quarter and was roundly punished for it by Wall...

Battle continues for control of Motient

WASHINGTON-Motient Corp. last week said company Chairman Steven Singer and four other directors would not seek re-election at the wireless company's annual meeting, a development that comes at a time when Highland Capital Management L.P.-the largest single investor in Motient-is lodging a proxy fight...

Motient overhauls board ahead of annual meeting

WASHINGTON—Motient Corp. said Chairman Steven Singer and four other directors will not seek re-election at the wireless company’s annual meeting, a development that comes at a time when Highland Capital Management L.P.—the company’s largest single investor—is lodging a proxy fight to completely revamp the...

Qwest results up on service bundles with wireless

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. said its focus on service bundles is paying off, with the plans helping to raise the company’s average revenue per user and driving growth in the telecom company’s wireless segment. Qwest’s overall operating revenue was essentially flat at $3.47 million—but...

Motient faces internal, external woes as it tries to reinvent itself

WASHINGTON-Motient Corp. may be the wireless industry's premier high-wire act. The Lincolnshire, Ill., company is attempting a great leap forward from a business model based on unprofitable land-based wireless data operations to one premised on high-risk-but potentially lucrative-mobile satellite communications that would work with...

U.S. Cellular challenging Alltel’s acquisition of Midwest Wireless

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department asked the Federal Communications Commission for sensitive numbering information-including local number portability data-from Alltel Corp. and Midwest Wireless Holdings L.L.C. in connection with Alltel's proposed $1 billion acquisition of Midwest that is being opposed by U.S. Cellular Corp. While the FCC...

CDMA details evolution path

In the wake of several announcements regarding HSDPA contracts and gear testing, the CDMA Development Group reminded the wireless industry that CDMA technology's evolution path is marching along swiftly and expects to announce further advancements by the end of this year. The CDG said...

3G base stations on the rise as EV-DO pushes evolution

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—Though overall base station deployments are on the decline, ABI Research forecasts that the prospects for W-CDMA and CDMA2000 1x EV-DO base stations are trending upward worldwide. Lance Wilson, director of Mobile Wireless Research at ABI, explains that the improved deployment forecasts...

3G hype will give way to faster speeds in ’07

LAS VEGAS-The wireless industry has seen some major changes in the past few months, from Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s launch of the world's first HSDPA high-speed mobile data network to Sprint Nextel Corp.'s announcement to form a joint venture with several cable companies to the...

Arcadian launches wireless data network for utility monitoring

NEW YORK—Arcadian Networks Inc. announced an ambitious plan to offer a broadband wireless data network in the 700 MHz range that will allow oil, gas and other utilities companies to monitor and manage their equipment. Arcadian’s service is available in 23 states comprising more...

Consumers generally satisfied with their wireless carrier

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.—Wireless operators are doing well at retaining customers, and only 7 percent of cellular customers say they plan to switch providers when their contracts are up, according to a survey by consumer and retail information company NPD Group. NPD bases its mobile...

Cingular, Verizon duel over laptop access plans

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless announced developments in their respective offerings of wireless data service via laptop computers. Verizon Wireless unveiled pay-as-you-go pricing option for its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based BroadbandAccess service, available on seven laptops that come with embedded EV-DO technology. For $15...

Thomas the Tank chugging its way to Sprint Nextel phones

NEW YORK-Frazzled, on-the-go parents can now entertain their kids with Thomas & Friends stories on their Sprint Nextel Corp. mobile phones. Vocel and Random House Children's Books teamed up to bring the adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine to mobile phones. Thomas & Friends,...

ZigBee-enabled products to shine in ’06

DENVER-Although monitoring and control-enhancing technology hasn't garnered many headlines in the past, ZigBee-enabled products are likely to burst into prime-time later this year with both consumer and commercial applications, predicted Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance, during last week's IEEE standards meeting in...

European consortium looks for ‘Precious’ with open API

AACHEN, Germany—A consortium of European businesses and colleges unveiled an Application Programming Interface (API) designed to allow users to access content across mobile devices. The $2.1 million project, which was underwritten by the European Commission, seeks to reduce the development time and cost of...