Monthly Archives: May, 2001

Intelligence comes with convergence of SS7, IP

NEW YORK-The promise of intelligent networks will be realized in their convergence with the world of the Internet, said Paul G. Florack, co-author of...

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...

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...

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...

Siemens cuts jobs

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG has announced layoffs of 2,000 workers as part of its measures to make the company more profitable.The German phone maker and...

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...

Telus develops long-term debt financing plan

BURNABY, British Columbia-Telus Corp. plans to take advantage of debt capital markets in both Canada and the United States as it struggles to develop...

BT to spin off wireless in response to debt

In a dramatic move to bolster its value and trim debt, British Telecom said last week it would spin off its wireless unit, BT...

800.com acquires Roxy.com, Everything Wireless

PORTLAND, Ore.-Consumer electronics retailer 800.com Inc. has acquired the assets of recently merged Roxy.com, an online consumer electronics retailer, and EverythingWireless, a wireless phone...

GSM reaches 500 million

LONDON-Supporters of GSM, including the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) and the GSM Association, celebrated as the technology's subscriber base reached 500 million last...

Telecom New Zealand allies with Hutchison on 3G

WELLINGTON, New Zealand-Hutchison has teamed with Telecom New Zealand to launch third-generation services in the Australian market and in New Zealand. New operating companies...

Subcommittee agrees mobile phones distract, wants more data

WASHINGTON-Wireless phone use while driving is a distraction, but should phone use while driving be banned? Not unless more data proves they are the...

AT&T, Nextel must supply more E911 data

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on Thursday denied a request from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to keep confidential test results showing some enhanced 911...

Airtel selects Siemens for GPRS

MUNICH-Airtel Spain has chosen Siemens AG's Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group as a main supplier for GPRS technology.Siemens IC Mobile will supply and...

Angelos to file another lawsuit, lawmakers get GAO report

WASHINGTON-Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and attorneys in Atlanta were expected to file another lawsuit against the wireless industry either Friday or today in Georgia,...

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...

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,...

Voyant eyes wireless with voice-messaging solution

If teens remain `talkaholics' and have fun doing it, Voyant Technologies wants to provide the fuel.With an instant voice-messaging solution in a next-generation environment,...

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...

Nokia smiles on Symbian

Symbian received an important lift after Nokia Corp. said that half its third-generation mobile phones will use the company's platform by 2004.The move ends...

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...

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...

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...

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...
- Advertisment -

Most Read