Monthly Archives: January, 2001

Motorola teams with PacketVideo

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. signed a multimillion dollar deal with PacketVideo Corp. to deliver full-motion video and audio content to mobile devices.The content will include...

Bell Mobility expands CDMA service

NEW YORK-Bell Mobility, Toronto, plans a series of initiatives this year to expand its data and Internet services and move toward third-generation wireless, Pierre...

Green light faint on GPRS

Like the harmony of opposites, caution and adventure characterize the journey to the wide-scale rollout of GPRS. Vendors are playing starry-eyed idealists while operators...

Dobson gross adds ahead of estimates

OKLAHOMA CITY-Wireless operator Dobson Communications Corp. added 109,800 gross subscribers during the fourth quarter, well ahead of projected additions of 95,000 to 105,000 customers....

Motient, Bell Mobility partner on e-mail

RESTON, Va.-U.S. network operator Motient Corp. and Canadian operator Bell Mobility announced a partnership to allow wireless e-mail users to seamlessly send and receive...

Motorola, Sprint PCS sign infrastructure agreement

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Sprint PCS have agreed to a commercial network infrastructure agreement, providing CDMA equipment via Interoperability Specifications and third-generation cdma2000...

Cellport introduces hands-free system

BOULDER, Colo.-Cellport Systems introduced its Cellport 3000 Universal Hands-Free System for mobile phones in vehicles, which the company said will accommodate different manufacturers and...

Unplugged Games provides games to Verizon

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Unplugged Games Inc., a developer of multiplayer games for wireless devices, will provide Verizon Wireless games for its Mobile Web customers.Verizon Wireless customers...

Siemens inks Cingular deal

FRANKFURT, Germany-Siemens AG expanded its presence into the crowded U.S. wireless handset market, signing a marketing deal with mobile-phone operator Cingular Wireless that allows...

Appeals court hears small business view in 800 MHz case

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court last week heard arguments on whether the Federal Communications Commission violated the law and hurt small businesses in crafting rules...

Cingular employees agree to CWA contract

WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America signed a contract with employees of the newly formed Cingular Wireless Inc. in Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Maryland."The...

FCC begins preparing for WRC 2003

WASHINGTON-Even as industry and government officials struggle to figure out how to implement the recommendations of the World Radiocommunication Conference held last June in...

Cingular Interactive new name

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. changed its name to Cingular Interactive L.P. and will become a business unit of wireless operator Cingular Wireless."As a...

Juno, Sprint PCS in strategic alliance

NEW YORK-Juno Online Services Inc. and Sprint PCS announced a strategic alliance to feature Juno Mobile service on the Sprint PCS Wireless Web.Juno Mobile...

Mobilcom drops German 3G lawsuit

FRANKFURT, Germany-German telecom company Mobilcom dropped its legal challenge against the German telecom regulator regarding its third-generation license auction last year.The company dropped the...

AOL provides wireless e-mail alerts

DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. users can now be alerted about the arrival of a specified e-mail message to their AOL account via text-enabled digital...

Exercise prudence in reporting health litigation

To the Editor: On the front page of your Christmas day issue was an article headlined "Judge largely dismisses RF health lawsuit." The lawsuit asks...

Sprint counts 1 million wireless Web customers

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-More than 1 million wireless Internet customers have signed up for Sprint PCS' Wireless Web offering since it was launched in September...

TD Waterhouse unveils quote service for PocketNet

NEW YORK-Online financial firm TD Waterhouse Group Inc. unveiled its TD Waterhouse Quotes & News wireless market information system for AT&T Wireless Service Inc.'s...

Leap adds 127,500 subscribers

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. added 127,500 users to its Cricket wireless service during the fourth quarter, bringing its total customer base to more...

Triton churn drops in 4Q

BERWYN, Pa.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. added 84,811 net customers during the fourth quarter of 2000 and more than doubled...

DoCoMo plans share issue to fund AT&T Wireless investment

TOKYO-Japanese wireless phone operator NTT DoCoMo plans to borrow $10.3 billion from five banks to pay for its 16-percent investment in U.S. operator AT&T...

Alamosa PCS exceeds expectations

LUBBOCK, Texas-Wireless operator Alamosa PCS Holdings Inc., a Sprint PCS affiliate, reported a greater-than-expected year-end subscriber base of 166,127 customers on combined net additions...

FCC OKs Project 25 for public-safety interoperability at 700 MHz

WASHINGTON-Public-safety officials eagerly applauded action last week to designate Project 25 Phase I as the interoperability standard for use in the 700 MHz band."The...

Broadband merger canceled: Adaptive Broadband, Western Multiplex blame stock market

The sagging stock market is partly to blame for another telecommunications snafu as Western Multiplex Corp. and wireless broadband equipment manufacturer Adaptive Broadband Corp....
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