Ericsson sees sales, earnings boost
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Wireless infrastructure leader Ericsson today reported strong revenue and profit numbers driven by worldwide buildouts of network infrastructure, especially in developing countries...
Nextel profit falls as acquisition nears
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Despite continued increased subscriber and revenue growth, Nextel Communications saw its profits shrink 60% in the second quarter due to preparations for its upcoming acquisition by Sprint and tax credits from the previous year...
Motorola gains, Nokia in pain
By: By Kevin Fitchard
The globe's two largest handset makers had second-quarter earnings calls that were vastly different. Nokia painted a dark picture for handset revenues for the remaining quarters of the year, while Motorola was flying high on record handset sales as it continued to close the market share gap between itself and the Finnish cellphone leader...
AT&T underestimates consumer loyalty
By: By Ed Gubbins
AT&T revised its revenue outlook for the year slightly higher this week after better-than-expected results in its shrinking consumer business during the second quarter and a slowing of revenue decline among large corporate customers. In its earnings call Wednesday, the company predicted overall revenue to meet or exceed the high end of its previous expectations, totaling $25 billion or $26 billion for the full year 2005....
Cingular adds 1.1 million subs in Q2
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Cingular grew its customer base another 2% in the second quarter, adding another 1.1 million subscribers, which boosted its commanding lead over No. 2 provider Verizon Wireless but failed to meet the impressive gains the operator achieved soon after acquiring AT&T Wireless last fall...
Sprint, Nextel shareholders OK merger
By: By Kevin Fitchard
At their annual meetings yesterday, Sprint and Nextel Communications shareholders overwhelmingly threw their support behind the two companies pending acquisition...
Wi-Fi use to lure foot traffic
By: By Carol Wilson
Three Iowa cities are using a free Wi-Fi service to help economic development in their downtown areas. ...
Sprint to acquire US Unwired
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Sprint today surmounted an obstacle to its merger with Nextel Communications, announcing it would purchase the Louisiana wireless affiliate seeking to block the $36 billion deal...
PCTel acquires UMTS antenna maker
By: By Kevin Fitchard
PCTel is bolstering its 3G portfolio, today announcing the acquisition of Sigma Wireless Technologies, a Dublin-based maker of antennas for UMTS and public safety networks...
In-Stat: Base station market brightening
By: By Dan O'Shea
In-Stat has released a new report, "Cellular Base Stations 2005: The Future Finally Looks Bright!” suggesting that the market for macro cellular base stations will show some improvement in the next four years after several years of slow-down...
TowerStream expands NYC footprint
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Wireless ISP TowerStream announced this week that it has expanded its New York City network to cover Brooklyn and Queens. ...
Citizens taps Flarion for broadband
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Citizens Wireless will deploy Flarion’s Flash-OFDM technology in three communities in Virginia using 700 MHz spectrum. ...
WCA: Clearwire half-way to 20-city market plan
By: By Dan O'Shea
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Until this week, some people in the telecom industry might have thought that Clearwire, described by a source affiliated with one WCA exhibitor here as "Craig McCaw's Excellent Broadband Wireless Adventure," was falling behind in its commitment to roll out 20 markets by the end of this year. ...
Convergys converts T-Mobile
By: By Tim McElligott
T-Mobile USA signed a licensing contract this week with Convergys to use the vendor's Infinys billing system to support its wholesale partners in the U.S. The Deutsche Telekom AG T-Mobile subsidiaries in Germany and the U.K. also will deploy Convergys to provide settlement and wholesale billing. ...
Sprint Nextel announce brand plan
By: By Dan O'Shea
Sprint and Nextel Communications announced details about the brand strategy they are planning to use when their merger is completed later this year...
T-Mobile Hotspot adds partners, 450,000 users
By: By Dan O'Shea
T-Mobile Hotspot, the public Wi-Fi operator branch of T-Mobile USA, announced several new roaming partners that expand its Wi-Fi coverage both in the U.S. and internationally. ...
TV executive Hood heads new Fox mobile unit
By: By Dan O'Shea
Lucy Hood, the senior vice president of content and marketing at Twentieth Century Fox Television...
Fox Television christens mobile unit
By: By Dan O'Shea
Twentieth Century Fox Television, in a significant but not completely unexpected development, has created a new business unit dedicated to the development of programming content for distribution to mobile devices....
RealNetworks to enter mobile gaming
By: By Kevin Fitchard
RealNetworks is getting into the mobile gaming business, announcing this week that it has bought Mr. Goodliving, a Helsinki-based publisher of casual gaming titles for mobile devices. ...
Ericsson exits CDMA in U.S.
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Faced with lackluster sales, Ericsson is shuttering its CDMA division in the U.S....
Kyocera to outsource U.S. handset production
By: By Jason Ankeny
Japanese electronics manufacturer Kyocera will outsource production and distribution of its U.S.-bound mobile handsets to Singapore manufacturer Flextronics International in a cost-cutting effort that will result in the loss of about 1700 jobs at its San Diego and Tijuana campuses. ...
American Tower, SpectraSite to merge
By: By Dan O'Shea
Cellular tower companies American Tower and SpectraSite have agreed to merge in an $11.3 billion deal that will give the combined entity more than 20,000 towers in the U.S. market...
Ericsson to shut down U.S. CDMA operations
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Ericsson is closing down its CDMA headquarters in the U.S., distributing the operations among its global network infrastructure divisions and eliminating 250 of the division’s 300 employees now working in San Diego...
Sorrent raises $20 million in financing
By: By Jason Ankeny
Mobile entertainment publisher Sorrent today announced a Series D financing round of $20 million, led by venture capital firm Granite Global Ventures. ...
Nextel sees subscriber Boost
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Driven by strong results from its prepaid Boost Mobile unit, Nextel saw an 810,000 net subscriber increase in the first quarter, ending March with more than 17 million customers....
