December 14, 2004 articles

S710a approved by FCC

Dec 14 2004 - 10:01 PM ET | Cingular, Sony Ericsson
The Sony Ericsson S710a was yesterday officially approved by the FCC. The phone is a Cingular exlusive that was slated to ship this month. Features of the S710a include: * 2.3 inch 262K color TFT display * EDGE high-speed data...

Verizon, Vodafone, Sprint, Nextel

Dec 14 2004 - 03:58 PM ET | Nextel, Rumor, Sprint Nextel, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone
With this morning's report that Verizon talked to partner Vodafone about purchasing Sprint (despite Sprint attempting to purchase Nextel), the wireless industry has been abuzz. Several further reports have been filed since the Wall Street Journal's that set the whole...

RIM gets ruling, more legal woes ahead

Dec 14 2004 - 01:19 PM ET | Research In Motion
The NTP Vs. Research In Motion case looks like it will be decided today. According to lawyers, the ruling has been, "Affirmed in part, reversed in part." Stock in Research In Motion [RIMM] has been on a high-volume roller coaster...

Nextel teams with Yahoo! Mobile

Dec 14 2004 - 01:11 PM ET | Nextel
Nextel has inked a deal with Yahoo to provide Yahoo! Mobile service to Nextel's subscribers. Nextel customers will now be able to access the following Yahoo services: * Yahoo! Mail * Yahoo! Messenger * Yahoo! Sports * Yahoo! News *...

Verizon to bid for Sprint, says report

Dec 14 2004 - 12:28 AM ET | Nextel, Rumor, Sprint Nextel, Verizon Wireless
The Sprint / Nextel merger story has just gotten a lot more interesting: The Wall Street Journal is reporting [paid subscription req.] another bombshell in today's issue: Verizon Wireless has gotten the OK from partner (and wireless giant) Vodafone to...