Monthly Archives: July, 2001

Re-auction winners call for FCC probe of NextWave

WASHINGTON-Three wireless carriers-all of which won licenses in the PCS re-auction-petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to re-evaluate the ownership structure of bankrupt NextWave Telecom...

Nokia keeps No. 1 spot, but falls short in CDMA

While Nokia Corp. is the hands-down leader for mobile handsets shipped in the United States, the handset giant only holds a 7-percent market share...

Study shows high network quality across U.S.

Even with more than 100 million customers across numerous carriers and a handful of technology choices, wireless subscribers in the United States hold and...

Yahoo! enhances phone services

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. released a new phone service the company said will allow users to call a toll-free number to access their e-mail and...

Rumsfeld spectrum decision on hold, congressional 3G hearings scheduled

WASHINGTON-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld last week told lawmakers no decision has been reached on future military spectrum requirements, a response starkly at odds with...

Nokia, Ericsson, Nortel pin hopes on third generation

Three wireless equipment giants cast a long shadow on the months ahead as they recorded net losses in their second-quarter reports and expressed doubts...

OmniSky receives location-related patents

SAN FRANCISCO-OmniSky Corp. said it received two key provisional patents covering technology related to location-based services, an area many see as a major future...

Falling market forces chip makers to form friendships

As a counterfoil to a slackening economy, chip makers are striking up alliances, shrinking their product sizes and paring down prices to differentiate themselves...

Opinion: Moving beyond NextWave

FCC Chairman Michael Powell needs to direct his staff to get over it and get on with it. "It" is the agency's loss in...

MSS players get access to 2 GHz

The mobile satellite industry finally had something to smile about last week when the International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission granted eight MSS...

OkamLogic bets on voice for future

Amid mounting layoffs and company bankruptcies across the entire telecommunications sector, a little start-up out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is making its debut, hoping...

Ford to offer Cellport product in 2002 vehicles

Cellport Systems and Ford Motor Co. have teamed to offer the Cellport 3000 with Voice Command hands-free docking station and adapter in select 2002-model...

Comverse stock falls on profit warning

NEW YORK-Shares in Comverse Technology Inc. were down almost 35 percent, falling $13.27 per share to $25.75, after the company last week warned of...

EC raids nine carriers in UK and Germany

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission made surprise raids on nine mobile operators in the United Kingdom and Germany last week to investigate alleged price fixing,...

Opinion: Gee-Whiz auctions

Congress seems to be catching up with industry regarding how spectrum auctions have been manipulated to solve federal budget shortfalls. The House has signaled...

PacketVideo aims to attract app developers

SAN DIEGO-Now that wireless multimedia company PacketVideo Corp. has set up deals with many of the world's major chipset makers, mobile-phone manufacturers and carriers-and...

Sony phone recall may hurt image

As Sony Corp. choreographs its dance steps for the awaited 3G stage, cell phones continue to inflict muscle spasms.The Japanese electronics giant dampened market...

AT&T Wireless goes it alone

While the event was not celebrated with fireworks across the country, AT&T Wireless finally was able to celebrate its independence last week as it...

ICO strategy hopes to hit the ground running: MSS carrier plans to offer terrestrial service

For several years, it seems there has been little good news to report about the mobile satellite industry. It is one that has been...

Yankee Group predicts Asian market to surpass Europe

BOSTON-The Yankee Group said subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region will hit 575 million by 2005, surpassing Europe as the world's leading mobile communications market....

Nokia wins contract in Germany

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it signed a deal to deliver a complete third-generation network with German operator Viag Interkom, owned by British Telecommunications plc,...

TeleCorp PCS to use Invertix software

ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless affiliate TeleCorp PCS said it plans to use Invertix Corp.'s technology in the carrier's voicemail password reset and over-the-air activations.The Software...

ViAir app to be integrated into Telus Mobility

SEATTLE-Applications management and platform provider ViAir Inc. said Canadian wireless carrier Telus Mobility will integrate ViAir's WirelessInbox messaging application with its mobility office inbox...

Circata partners with Saudi Telecom Co. unit

MINNEAPOLIS-Circata, a Minneapolis wireless infrastructure enabler, and the Trading and Development Partnership Co., a partner of the Saudi Telecom Co., will sell and distribute...

Casio invests $5M in iAnywhere: Investment represents 1% stake

NEW YORK-Casio Inc., Dover, N.J., the American subsidiary of Tokyo-based Casio Computer Co. Ltd., has made a $5 million investment in iAnywhere Solutions Inc.,...
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