Monthly Archives: June, 2001

Verizon tops Gartner customer satisfaction survey

STAMFORD, Conn.-Verizon Wireless users are the most satisfied, according to a recent survey by Gartner Inc.Verizon received the highest marks in service satisfaction, with...

3G in our time

Move over, Neville Chamberlain.Mobile-phone carriers in Great Britain and Germany last week struck a deal out of desperation, an arrangement with obvious policy implications...

Network sharing won’t hurt vendors, Nokia, Ericsson say

NEW YORK-Carrier network sharing, which made headlines this month in Europe with regard to third-generation wireless, is nothing new and will not hurt the...

Study: 3G cash outlay can be recouped in 8 years

As European telecom companies pant under spectrum's debt burden and fret over possible third-generation rewards, a market research firm thinks the future is worthy...

Chinese gov’t OKs Repeater Technologies’ product

HONG KONG-Repeater Technologies Inc. announced at the 3G World Congress in Hong Kong receiving type acceptance for its Over-the-Air 850C Network Repeater from China's...

Airbiquity, AAA test portable location services device

ORLANDO, Fla.-Airbiquity Inc. and motoring and travel services company AAA are field testing a portable location services device that attaches to existing cellular handsets,...

Microcell forms mobile data initiative

MONTREAL-Canadian mobile operator Microcell Telecommunications Inc. launched Project Rainbow, an initiative to bring together companies to develop and market commercial mobile data services. The...

After the frenzy: time now a friend to venture capitalists

NEW YORK-The bad news, according to Jerry Newman, senior managing director of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., "is word of a 50-to-75 percent decline...

Lucent rolls out IP services products

With an eye to rich services, reduced complexity and higher profits for service providers catering to their enterprise customers, Lucent Technologies Inc. has rolled...

Verizon may cut 10,000 jobs

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. said it may cut more than 10,000 jobs, the figure the company projected in February as part of its drive...

Columbitech demos Bluetooth-GSM roaming

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Columbitech said it demonstrated secure network roaming between a public GSM wireless network and a Bluetooth local wireless hotspot with a handheld device.The...

Sonera Zed to offer new ring tones, icons

BOSTON-Mobile services company Sonera Zed U.S. Inc. announced it plans to offer a variety of ring tones and icons in addition to its WAP...

Motorola to trial Emblaze technology

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. said it has agreed to conduct an eight-week trial of Emblaze Systems' technology using a scaled-down version of a cdma2000 1xRTT...

S&P lowers Nortel

BRAMPTON, Ontario-Standard and Poor's has lowered its outlook on Nortel Networks Corp. to "negative" from "stable" as the company warned that the downturn in...

Alliance formed to address environmental impact of telecommunications

NEW YORK-To celebrate World Environment Day, a group of telecommunications carriers, equipment vendors and industry associations formed the Global e-Sustainability Initiative last week, an...

Leap launches in third N.C. market

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket Comfortable Wireless service in Hickory, N.C. The launch is the carrier's third market in North Carolina...

America Movil acquires stake in Brazil’s ATL

MEXICO CITY-U.S.-based Williams Communications said it entered an agreement with America Movil, the wireless arm of Mexican telecom giant TelMex, to sell its 19-percent...

Preaching to the choir

If the debate over third-generation mobile-phone spectrum depended solely on financial lobbying clout, the well-heeled cellular industry would be awash in radio frequencies by...

ScoreBoard tallies network optimization

ScoreBoard likes to keep the networking slate clean of errors.The company, which specializes in network management and optimization for the mobile communications industry, helps...

ITA works to eliminate two-way radios from driver distraction legislation

WASHINGTON-The Industrial Telecommunications Association is urging that business communications that use two-way handheld radios be exempted from legislation meant to curb distracted driving."We do...

Glenayre files counterclaim against RIM

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. slapped back at Research In Motion Ltd., which recently filed a patent lawsuit against the company's unified message distribution service.Glenayre...

Coming soon to a TV near you: paging

Under an agreement announced last week between messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. and entertainment company Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc., TV sets sold next year...

Aeris.net tracks pipeline infrastructure

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aeris.net, a Web-to-wireless telemetry network operator, and American Innovations, a supplier of remote monitoring systems, have teamed up to offer what they...

ISeg monitors user preferences

NEW YORK-ISeg Technologies Inc., McLean, Va., expects to release commercially by mid-June a software package that allows wireless carriers to monitor in real time...

Firehunter monitors network service quality

NEW YORK-To help wireless carriers assess the quality of service as it is delivered to their customers via the Internet, Agilent Technologies Inc., Fort...
- Advertisment -

Most Read