May 20- U.S. satellite company Dish Network Corp has offered to buy bankrupt broadband company LightSquared Inc's radio frequencies for $2 billion, Bloomberg said, quoting people familiar with the bid. Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen made the offer on May 15 and LightSquared has until May 31 to accept or reject it, the news agency said.
The proposal, which has been pushed for years by wireless equipment maker Qualcomm Inc, seeks to open up more radio airwaves for airborne Internet access. Some satellite companies have opposed Qualcomm's plan as they worry that new broadband services would interfere with their networks.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-- Liberty Media Corp., the holding company controlled by billionaire John Malone, said Wednesday its first-quarter net income soared, helped by contributions from its newly acquired controlling interest in satellite radio company Sirius XM.
BEIJING, April 7- Tencent Holdings is unlikely to charge any fees for the use of its popular mobile chatting application, its president was quoted as saying, after a cabinet minister caused an uproar by saying users might have to pay fees in future. Tencent's Weixin, or WeChat, app is currently free and has attracted more than 300 million users.
VIENNA, May 6- T-Mobile Austria claimed partial victory on Monday in its legal battle against the allocation of radio frequencies resulting from rival Hutchison Whampoa's. The Deutsche Telekom unit said in a blog entry on its website that an administrative court in Vienna had referred the case to the European Court of Justice.
May 1- Sirius XM Radio Inc:. *RBC raises target price to $3.50 from $3; rating sector perform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
April 30- The new CEO of satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio Inc thinks radio is a good business, but for the future he said opportunities may lie with in-car services like automated safety. It signed a deal with Nissan Motor Corp in the fall and is looking for more agreements, CEO Jim Meyer said in an interview. Sirius XM shares rose 4.2 percent to $3.19 on Tuesday.
April 30- The new CEO of satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio Inc thinks radio is a good business, but for the future he said opportunities may lie with in-car services like automated safety. It signed a deal with Nissan Motor Corp. in the fall and is looking for more agreements, CEO Jim Meyer said in an interview.
April 30- Satellite radio provider Sirius XM Radio Inc posted on Tuesday higher results for the first quarter, and appointed Jim Meyer to be its permanent chief executive. Meyer, 58, arrived at Sirius in 2004, the same year as its former CEO Mel Karmazin, and oversaw the relationships with the auto industry, which accounts for the bulk of the company's revenue.
April 30- Satellite radio provider Sirius XM Radio Inc posted on Tuesday higher results for the first quarter, and appointed Jim Meyer to be its permanent chief executive. Meyer, 58, arrived at Sirius in 2004, the same year as its former CEO Mel Karmazin, and oversaw the relationships with the auto industry, which accounts for the bulk of the company's revenue.
April 30- Satellite radio provider Sirius XM Radio Inc posted on Tuesday higher results for the first quarter, and appointed Jim Meyer to be its permanent chief executive. Net income rose to $123.6 million, or 2 cents per share, in the first quarter, compared with $107.7 million, or 2 cents per share, a year earlier.
April 30- Satellite radio provider Sirius XM Radio Inc posted on Tuesday higher results for the first quarter, and appointed Jim Meyer to be its permanent chief executive. Net income rose to $123.6 million, or 2 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, compared with $107.7 million, or 2 cents per share, a year earlier.
April 30- Satellite radio provider Sirius XM Radio Inc posted on Tuesday higher results for the first quarter, and appointed Jim Meyer to be its permanent chief executive. Net income rose to $123.6 million, or 2 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, compared with $107.7 million, or 2 cents per share, a year earlier.
April 29- Next Radio TV SA:. *HSBC cuts target price to 16 euros from 17 euros; rating overweight. Reuters Station users, click. 1580.
FRANKFURT, April 28- Deutsche Bank has "zero tolerance" for customers seeking to evade taxes by holding assets in foreign accounts managed by the lender, Co-Chief Executive Juergen Fitschen told German radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk.
WASHINGTON, April 25- U.S. antitrust regulators are likely to scrutinize new forms of advertising as they mull the planned purchase by television rating giant Nielsen Holdings NV of Arbitron Inc, which dominates radio ratings, legal experts say.
NEW YORK, April 11- A New York state appeals court declined to revive a $330 million lawsuit brought by disc jockey Howard Stern against satellite radio broadcaster Sirius XM Radio Inc for refusing to pay him stock awards he said he was due.
LONDON, April 8- Power networks, pipelines, radio communications and the global positioning system are all entering a period of increased risk of outages from geomagnetic storms as the solar activity cycle peaks in 2013..
WASHINGTON, March 29- U.S. regulators are looking into how radio frequencies emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices affect people amid lingering concerns about the risks of cellphone radiation.
March 15- Radio frequency chip makers are set to gain as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc unveil ever more sophisticated smartphones and tablets to battle for the No. 1 spot in the global mobile devices market.