Monthly Archives: February, 2001

AirMedia’s hub provides wireless content

NEW YORK-AirMedia has embarked on a common carrier strategy for Internet content provision with the late January introduction of its new "Wireless Hub.""This will...

Bill would set service standards: Industry opposes Weiner measure

WASHINGTON-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) this week plans to re-introduce legislation that sets mobile-phone service standards and directs the Federal Communications Commission to monitor complaints...

Carriers keep on rolling

Several large wireless operators showed proof of continuing strength in the wireless industry, amid rumblings of a general slowdown in the economy. AT&T Wireless...

Nokia shifts production to Mexico, Korea

For phone maker Nokia Corp., 800 jobs will bite the dust as some of its production gravity moves out of the United States.In the...

Nokia posts profits, issues warning

The fat cat of vendors, Nokia Corp., ate humble pie last week despite dishing out a juicy fourth-quarter report.The report, which beat estimates in...

CenturyTel stock takes hit after earnings drop

CenturyTel Inc.'s stock dropped more than 13 percent last Wednesday, following the company's release of less-than-stellar fourth-quarter operating results and warnings of first-quarter and...

Only two companies seek French UMTS licenses

PARIS-The French government's award of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses was thrown into disarray, with only two companies submitting applications for four licenses.Incumbent...

Rapid growth ahead for Japanese wireless Internet

TOKYO-The value of wireless Internet transactions in Japan will grow from $336 million in 2000 to more than $5 billion in 2005, according to...

Bell Canada extends relationship with Amdocs

MONTREAL-Bell Canada and Amdocs, a telecommunications customer care and billing company, announced they will extend their relationship to offer Bell's customers a single bill,...

NTT DoCoMo to add Internet services to PHS system

TOKYO-Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it was adding Internet services to its second-tier personal handyphone system, in an attempt to cut into...

Floor manufacturer gets into RF business

NEW YORK-Armstrong World Industries Inc., Lancaster, Pa., has produced conventional looking, pop-out ceiling tiles that hide radio-frequency antennas in their upward facing sides."Providing in-building...

Psion, Motorola part ways

Motorola Inc.'s recent financial problems reverberated through the wireless industry and across the Atlantic, sending shares of Europe's biggest personal digital assistant maker plummeting...

Brazil suspends wireless auction

SAO PAULO, Brazil(AP)-Brazil's telecommunications regulator Anatel said Friday it had suspended next week's planned auction for the first three of nine new licenses due...

Nextel shareholders react to auction delay

News of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to delay the auction of 700 MHz spectrum from March to September, caused a slight panic for...

Whitlock, Voice Technologies partner on speech apps

RICHMOND, Va.-Web strategy and development company Whitlock ebs announced a strategic partnership with Voice Technologies Inc., a company focused on voice/speech technologies.The companies said...

Wireless service affected by blackouts: California carriers concerned

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers should be exempt from the actual or threatened rolling blackouts that have plagued California in recent weeks in the same way wireline...
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