--(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 04/21/2008 - Wireless Communications industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN), a leading provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access networks, announced recently that it had received its initial order from Fujitsu, totaling approximately $1.7 million, for Airspan's baseband WiMAX modules that are part of the jointly developed Mobile WiMAX base station MacroMAXe. This initial order follows the announcement at the beginning of February 2008 of a four year cooperation agreement between Fujitsu and Airspan to jointly build and market a leading-class Mobile WiMAX Base Station designed for carriers in the 2.5 and 2.3 GHz bands. This new Base Station combines the advanced technologies of both parties and will significantly cut the time to market and allow both companies to take a leadership position in the dynamic 2.5 and 2.3 GHz frequency bands.
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS), the nation's leading provider of affordable unlimited wireless communications service for one flat rate, recently introduced ChatLINK(TM), a new Push-To-Talk feature that enables customers to quickly link up and chat with their friends and family across different networks at the same time. MetroPCS is the first wireless carrier to offer this type of service between users of different wireless carrier and landline networks. ChatLINK(TM) allows MetroPCS subscribers to create a network of up to 10 individuals and connect with them in walkie-talkie like discussions at the press of a button.
According to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, approximately 130 million cell phones will be retired this year and fewer than 20 percent of those phones will be recycled. Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), the first wireless carrier in the nation to collect and recycle old cell phones, wants to boost that percentage by making it easier than ever for residents and businesses to recycle no-longer-used wireless phones. Through its HopeLine(R) phone recycling program, the company collects old wireless phones and gives them a second life.
Diamond I, Inc. (OTCBB: DMOI) announced recently that its second free online casino, VegasBetLive.com (www.vegasbetlive.com), opened to online players yesterday. VegasBetLive.com is a free Poker site for entertainment only and is legal for users in the United States. VegasBetLive.com features a users blog, where players can share their experiences and discuss the web site happenings. Both sites have also been integrated in a way that permits players to access each site's Poker tables using the same login information. VegasBetLive.com, like its sister site, IslandBlueCasino.net, has been designed to create a revenue stream for DMOI, through the use of click-through advertising programs, including Google Adsense(TM) and Amazon.com.
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