Monthly Archives: June, 2003

MasterCard to offer wireless transfers

FRANKFURT, Germany-Under a new service launched in Europe by credit card giant MasterCard, mobile-phone users will be able to transfer money to other users...

Namibia to allow mobile competition

LONDON-Namibia is set to open its mobile market by issuing a tender for a second GSM operator.According to a statement issued by the Namibian...

IPWireless demos solution for UMTS spectrum

LONDON-IPWireless has completed interoperability and co-existence testing between UMTS TDD (TD-CDMA) and UMTS FDD (W-CDMA) networks at Nortel Networks' wireless headquarters in Chateaufort, France.IPWireless...

Corrections and clarifications

In the "InPhonic's purchase of Avesair `logical extension' " story on page 5 of the May 26 issue, the number of companies InPhonic has...

U.K. proposal bans talking and driving

WASHINGTON-Drivers in the United Kingdom caught talking on handheld mobile phones could face fines up to $1,700 under a new government proposal announced today...

Telecom/IT ranks second in lobbying expenditures, BellSouth top spender

WASHINGTON-Despite poor market conditions, telecom and high-tech industries continue to spend money on lobbying at record levels.PoliticalMoneyLine, a Web-based service that tracks political money,...

FAA studying airline use of wireless devices

WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration is working with a technical advisory group to study interference issues and commercial implications associated with the use of new...

Commercial location services complement EU’s E112 compliance

For some time now, the U.S. government has legislated that state emergency service authorities and cellular operators comply with an enhanced911 initiative that would...

Camera culture

Philippe Kahn foresees a global society transformed by mobile phones with integrated digital cameras.As industry analysts predict the vast majority all mobile phones will...

Fresh from ViAir buy, Visto adds $50M in VC funds

In one fell funding swoop, the corporate wireless e-mail market has a new major contender.Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. announced it raised an astonishing...

News Briefs

The number of global wireless users will increase 49 percent during the next four years to total 1.72 billion by 2007, according to the...

Summer movies, wireless tie-ins continue

REDMOND, Wash.-The summer movie season continues to tie into wireless, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. scoring an exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures for its...

Silva wrong on Blake’s reasons for dismissing health suits

Dear Editor,Jeff Silva wonders why all mobile-phone health suits have headed south (Opinion, RCR Wireless News, June 9). Perhaps, he suggests, the judge who...

Web sites preview Sprint, Verizon walkie-talkie plans Carriers remain quiet

Nextel Communications Inc. reported it has seen a positive response to its Nationwide Direct Connect service, which the carrier launched in early June, noting...

17 companies work on open standards for home networking

The quest for wireless open standards will advance to the home networking arena as 17 major companies, both wired and wireless, have formed an...

Sprint PCS rings in expanded music deals

Sprint PCS reported an expanded agreement with Warner Music Group Inc. and a deal with Sony Music Entertainment that Sprint PCS said will allow...

Orthogon receives funding, releases product

WALTHAM, Mass.-Orthogon Systems, which provides non-line-of-sight wireless technology for broadband networks, has secured $7 million in venture capital, bringing its total funds raised to...

American Airlines relaxes cell-phone policies

FORT WORTH, Texas-American Airlines announced it will relax the long-held rules regarding mobile phones on its aircraft, allowing passengers to use their wireless devices...

Ericsson outsources unit to IBM

NEW YORK-L.M. Ericsson said it plans to outsource its information systems unit to IBM Corp., transferring 1,000 employees to the software giant. Ericsson sees...

Nokia to target enterprise market with Fujitsu partnership

Nokia Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. said they will work together to develop and provide end-to-end mobile solutions for enterprises with initial rollouts in the...

Suns adds Pixo to tent of wireless offerings

Sun Microsystems Inc. acquired wireless Java downloading company Pixo Inc. for an undisclosed sum, a move the company said will give it yet another...

RIM earnings beat expectations, ratings upgrades follow news

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd.'s earnings report beat expectations for its revenues and sales, causing several research firms to upgrade the company's stock, but...

Amendment may hurt spectrum relocation bill: CTIA still has high hopes legislation will be adopted

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee may have killed the wireless industry's hopes of gaining much-desired frequencies in the 1700 MHz band when it amended a...

Sony Ericsson retreats from N. American CDMA space

What began as a rumor turned into an unpleasant reality last week for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., as the handset maker announced it...

Dell users to receive free T-Mobile Wi-Fi minutes

ROUND ROCK, Texas-Dell Computer Corp. signed a deal with T-Mobile USA Inc. providing Dell notebook computer customers with 2,000 free minutes of access to...
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