Monthly Archives: July, 2001

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...

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...

Stick Networks to deliver device for media-rich content

With less than two years in the game, software platform provider Stick Networks has already made a name for itself with its flagship Personal...

Gov’t should have role in technology development: Content developers lament lack of perspective

NEW YORK-The free spirits from the domain of Internet content development lamented their "don't tread on me" approach to government, whose intervention is seen...

KDDI recalls phones

TOKYO-Barely two weeks after it recalled 560,000 Sony mobile phones, Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. announced another recall of 52,100 cell phones because of software...

Dobson’s subscriber base surpasses 1 million

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. added nearly 90,000 postpaid customers during the second quarter, bringing the wireless operator's customer base to just more than 1...

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...

Opinion: Subplot

Close below the surface of the third-generation mobile-phone spectrum debate is a technology war, the kind of feud industry thought was behind it and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Audiovox says it’s No. 1 in CDMA

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. said it was ranked No. 1 in the United States in delivering CDMA handsets for 2000, with a 20.9 percent...

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,...

Timnet.com to use Wysdom platform

BOSTON-Timnet.com, the wireless services provider for Telecom Italia Mobile in South America, will license Wysdom Inc.'s Mobyle Application Platform, which serves as a bridge...

Lucent divides wireless, wireline businesses

Like two pods in a peanut shell, Lucent Technologies Inc. plans to realign its business operations into two main divisions-wireless and wireline.It is part...

No clear answer on analog set-aside rule

WASHINGTON-With apologies to Shakespeare, "To eliminate the analog set-aside rule or not to eliminate the analog rule, that is the question?"The answer, however, is...

FCC puts off 700 MHz auction-again: House Committee passes FCC budget

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission indefinitely postponed the scheduled Sept. 12 auction of licenses in the 700 MHz band, amidst a move in the House...

Cingular to test emergency alert service

WASHINGTON-In a major development that could leverage political pressure to force mobile-phone carriers to make greater public-safety use of their networks, the first-ever demonstration...

Carriers eat up all-you-can-talk local buffets

Many people have claimed the success of the Internet really took off once service providers implemented one-rate plans for unlimited usage. The plans allowed...

Systemonic unveils LAN baseband processor

The European and North American wireless local area network worlds got a little closer last week thanks to Germany-based Systemonic AG, which introduced a...

GAO questions Pentagon report

WASHINGTON-A congressional report due out later this summer is expected to determine that a Pentagon study-which cast doubt on making military spectrum available for...

Lawmakers push bill to fund wireless health research

WASHINGTON-House and Senate lawmakers plan to introduce legislation after the August recess that would provide federal funding for mobile-phone health research and repeal a...

Broadband2Wireless files for bankruptcy

To witness the merciless effects of today's bear market, one should look no further than Broadband2Wireless Inc., an unlicensed wireless broadband provider in the...

NEC may take cost-cutting measures

TOKYO-NEC Corp. said it could cut jobs at a semiconductor plant in Scotland and put off an increase in chip output at a Chinese...
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