Tarpon Towers completes tower acquisitions – Now owns 75 towersFrom: Tarpon TowersBRADENTON, FL- December 1, 2009 – Tarpon Towers, an acquirer and developer of wireless communications sites, today announced it had completed a 37 tower acquisition and now owns over 75 towers. With the...
Cox Communications & TIO Networks: TIO Networks will provide real-time bill payment services to Cox Communications' customers, allowing them to pay their bills at TIO retail centers and self-service kiosks.Qualcomm & Red Bend Software: Qualcomm has chosen Red Bend's vDirect Mobile for the next...
Sprint Nextel Receives All Regulatory Approvals for iPCS, Inc. AcquisitionFrom: SprintSprint Nextel today announced that it has received all regulatory approvals needed to complete the acquisition of iPCS. On Nov. 24 the Federal Communications Commission approved the transfer of the spectrum license held...
For the first time in the last 3 weeks, losers outpaced gainers in the RCR Wireless Index over the last week by a roughly 4 to 3 margin. Notable gainers for the week were Leap Wireless, Fibertower and Powertech. Notable losers were...
Millennial Media Raises $16m In Growth Equity Financing To Extend Its Leadership Position In Mobile AdvertisingFrom: Millennial MediaMillennial Media announced the company has closed on a $16M Series C round of growth funding, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with existing investors Bessemer...
A member of the Association of American Universities, the National Association of State Universities and the Big Ten athletic conference, and the nation's first land-grant college, Michigan State University (MSU) has been transforming lives through innovative teaching, research, and outreach for more than 150...
Clearwire gets more funding from Sprint, other investorsFrom: RCR Wireless NewsClearwire Corp. confirmed it would gain another $1.564 billion in funding from its existing partners to help it continue to build its nationwide WiMAX network. Sprint Nextel Corp., which owns 51% of Clearwire and...
The first predictions for 2010 are officially here with inCode Telecom's Top 10 list. This year's list involves a couple of blessing-curse combination predictions, as well as consolidation speculation and regulatory prognosticating, said inCode's Rob Chimsky, VP and CTO of the company. Chimsky said...
As nationwide unemployment inched up to 10.2% in October, employment in the telecommunications sector remained flat from month to month, while employment in the computer and electronic products sector was down about 6,300 jobs from September to October.The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported...
Intel May Take Part in Wimax Spectrum Bid in IndiaFrom: GoingWimax.comAccording to the Indian Business Standard newspaper, Intel wants to team up with a local operator in India for the upcoming WiMax spectrum auction there. They are willing to support their partner's roll-out plans...
Often overlooked when discussing North American telecom markets, Canada is more than a smaller clone of its southern neighbor. Challenged by a land mass greater than the U.S., but with one-eighth the population, Canada’s wireless operators have still managed to cover more than 99%...
Nokia Siemens Networks & Accenture: Under a three-year service contract, Nokia Siemens Network has agreed to outsource IT application management services to Accenture.Wavefront & AIMIA: Canadian wireless commercialization company Wavefront has partnered with the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA). The goal is to...
Cellular South Announces Plans To Acquire Alabama's Corr WirelessFrom: RCR Wireless NewsCarrier consolidation is not limited to just the big four, as Cellular South announced plans to acquire Alabama-based Corr Wireless. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Cellular South said the deal will...
Maywood School District 89 provides K-8 education for approximately 5,500 students in suburban Chicago. The District's facilities include ten schools and three administrative buildings located in Maywood, Melrose Park, and Broadview, Illinois. Like school districts across the nation, Maywood School District 89 has increased...
The emergence of the Internet of Things and communication using wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) equipment (M2ME) promises to drastically increase the number of devices operating on any given wireless network. Because of fundamental deployment characteristics – such as highly distributed unmanned devices on decentralized networks...
Background:Industrial Buckets is a heavy equipment dealer, specializing in restoring used construction equipment. They serve the North and Central America regions with a product line that runs the gamut from heavy equipment such as backhoe, cranes and forklifts, to a variety of attachments such...
Compass Medical PC is a large physician and multi specialist RSO in Massachusetts. In an effort to expand exam rooms and increase provider access for their patients, Compass Medical moved its business office and call center to a new building 250 yards away on...
ZyDoc announced the release of its new file transfer software at the Center of Excellence in Wireless & Information Technology (CEWIT) International Conference today on "Wireless and IT Driving Healthcare, Energy and Infrastructure Transformation." ZyDoc's file transfer software has been used for over ten...
OKI Networks has begun testing a pit communication system for the driver and pit crew of the Formula NIPPON racing team sponsored by NTT DOCOMO, Inc.(hereafter DOCOMO), DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING (hereafter, DANDELION), using OKI Networks' "IP CONVERGENCE Server SS9100 TypeM," (hereafter, SS9100) an...
Located midway between Denver and Colorado Springs, Castle Rock, Colorado is home to more than 46,000 people. The town encompasses 33 square miles and sits at the base of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of 6,202 feet. Recently, the Town was recognized as...
Alcatel-Lucent signs European Union's Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment
From: WebWire
Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has signed the European Union's Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment. By signing the Code of Conduct, Alcatel-Lucent commits to make all reasonable efforts...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is relying on Sprint (NYSE:S) to provide 2,000 Nextel handsets in support of FEMA's nationwide vehicle tracking system. As part of an agreement signed earlier this year, Sprint is...
Zultys Inc. recently announced a major new Unified Communications solution that seamlessly connects your office to your mobile device. Connecting with a broad array of providers, whether in the office or not, is essential to time critical operations like the delivery of Healthcare....
Initially founded as a land-grant college in 1862, Mississippi State University (MSU) currently serves 17,000 students on its campus in Starkville, Mississippi. Campus facilities include not only a liberal arts undergraduate college and graduate school, but also schools of forest resources, architecture, and accountancy....
