Monthly Archives: May, 2001

Carriers weather economic downturn during 1Q

Wireless operators continued to post stronger-than-expected first-quarter results, showing wireless carriers are weathering fairly well the general economic downturn.The largest carrier reporting results last...

Beyond COWs to NOWs

As wireless carriers spend billions of dollars to purchase spectrum and build out vast wireless networks, several smaller companies are offering similar services but...

It `Slices,’ it dices, it’s data: Leap debuts video clips to Chattanooga customers

For the introduction of its initial wireless data offering, Leap Wireless International Inc. went back to its roots. The flat-rate, all-you-can-talk carrier will launch...

Mobilian solution claims reduced Bluetooth, WiFi interference

One of the big stumbling blocks remaining for widespread Bluetooth adoption continues to be interference issues in the 2.4 GHz unlicensed spectrum band, which...

Ericsson adds Aspiro portfolio to WISE Internet portal

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericcson has signed an agreement to market and sell Aspiro's portfolio of WAP, SMS and GPRS applications and concepts for entertainment and messaging...

Sprint PCS offers Wireless Web for Business starter kits

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS introduced its Wireless Web for Business starter kits for its customers, including Internet-ready phones, service plans, corporate data access software,...

Leap nets $97.9M in stock offering

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. completed its underwritten public offering of 3 million shares of its common stock at $33.50 per share, netting approximately...

Nortel, Game Park ink gaming pact

SEOUL, South Korea-Nortel Networks and Game Park Inc. signed a co-marketing agreement to deliver dedicated wireless handheld gaming solutions designed to create profitability for...

OmniSky service available for Compaq iPAQ

SAN FRANCISCO-OmniSky Corp.'s wireless service is commercially available for the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC via the Sierra Wireless AirCard 300 wireless modem.OmniSky's solution includes...

N.Y. phone bans spread

NEW YORK-The Legislature of Nassau County, N.Y., which borders New York City to the east, gave unanimous approval to a bill prohibiting handheld wireless...

Philips expects Bluetooth, cellular to combine for strong location-based app

While some analysts and technology experts sing the dirge of EDGE before it is even born and wonder if Bluetooth will ever chew, a...

False choice

By nature, political debate in the nation's capital is one-dimensional. The predominantly two-party system forces consideration of issues into the narrow confines of Republican...

Sonera sells VoiceStream stake

HELSINKI, Finland-European wireless operator Sonera Corp. sold 17.4 percent of its interest in VoiceStream Wireless Corp. to Germany's Deutsche Telekom for approximately $319 million.Sonera...

DoCoMo earnings strong

TOKYO-Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo reported strong earnings for its fiscal year ended March 31. Net profit jumped 45 percent to $3 billion, compared...

Legislation to create privacy commission advances in House

WASHINGTON-Legislation that would create a commission to study whether broad privacy protection legislation is necessary in light of various federal, state and local laws...

FCC to overhaul universal-service program

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said it was overhauling its universal-service program by proposing new rules to determine how much telecommunications carriers pay...

Weiner to ask GAO to study consumer cell-phone complaints

WASHINGTON-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) is set to ask the General Accounting Office to investigate mobile-phone service problems and consumer complaints across the country, a...

Aether tweaks business plan

Aether Systems Inc. announced solid first-quarter earnings last week along with a slightly revised business plan, but the results were not enough to please...

Verizon, WorldCom raise debt

NEW YORK-Good news for carrier access to capital arrived from the debt markets May 9 as WorldCom Inc. broke a record for debt deal...

Rome was not built in a day

The wireless industry has already admitted-repeatedly-that it jumped the gun a bit on the whole wireless Internet thing, acknowledged that its fruition still is...

MDS hopes to share 12-GHz band

The growth potential of the wireless high-speed data market is inspiring companies to modify technology and previously unused spectrum to enable delivery of these...

Russian carrier replaces Siemens with Nokia in regional project

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-The St. Petersburg-based Telecominvest holding said it decided to work with Finnish supplier Nokia Corp. instead of Germany's Siemens AG to create...

U.S.-Latin America roaming could be big business

If the economy is going south for both vendors and operators in the United States, part of the solution may lie in going south,...

Shosteck Group report questions WAP

WHEATON, Md.-Not even the faster speeds and packet-based design of GPRS networks can save the WAP standard, which is of such poor quality that...

SetNet announces Belgian contract

CORAL GABLES, Fla.-SetNet Corp., which provides messaging software and systems for telecommunications companies, announced its VoxMail text-to-speech application will be used by a Belgian...
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