Monthly Archives: September, 2003

Ericsson creates new business groups

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has tweaked its organization by creating a new business unit known as Access, which focuses on radio products. It is divorced...

Leap announces new ad agency for Cricket

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary named Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners as the agency of record to handle its advertising...

Motorola reported to be in Microsoft, Orange deal for new phone

Motorola Inc. will introduce a mobile phone running Microsoft Corp.'s Smartphone operating system this month, and European operator Orange will sell the device, according...

Senate committee requests LNP rules be finalized

WASHINGTON-The Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday sent to the Senate floor a bill that directs the Federal Communications Commission to release the implementation guidelines for...

Sharp develops high-speed memory for mobile devices

TOKYO-Sharp Electronics has developed a 128-megabyte flash memory, which offers a maximum access time of 60 nanoseconds, which the company calls the industry's fastest.It...

J-Phone to rebrand to Vodafone K.K.

TOKYO-Japanese mobile operator J-Phone Co. Ltd. announced that its board of directors proposed a resolution to change its name to Vodafone K.K., which will...

Gateway launches Wi-Fi products

POWAY, Calif.-Gateway Inc. said it has launched 802.11b and g products, which include a broadband router and cards. The router ensures connection with a...

U.K. to see first PTT offering in October

LONDON-A U.K. supplier plans to offer push-to-talk services in the United Kingdom through an alliance with Wizcom Ltd., which owns retail outlet chain Phones4U....

T-Mobile adds to concert series

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Following the five simultaneous concerts T-Mobile USA Inc. hosted across the country Sept. 4, the carrier announced it will hold another All Access...

Sprint PCS reports network outage in San Francisco

Sprint PCS reported that an undetermined number of its wireless customers in area codes beginning with 41 and 42 were affected for about six...

Digital Bridges releases ‘The Weakest Link’ through Sky Active

LONDON-Wireless content company Digital Bridges announced the release of a wireless game based on "The Weakest Link" TV show, which will be available through...

FCC funding bill could end auctions

WASHINGTON-An amendment to the bill that would fund the Federal Communications Commission for Fiscal Year 2004 was passed late Thursday by the Senate Appropriations...

Nextel, Verizon Wireless enter PTT ad battle

The battle over business customers continues to heat up as Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless launched new advertising campaigns targeting potential deficiencies in...

T-Mobile says network fix under way

BERLIN-Germany's largest wireless operator, T-Mobile International AG, which is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG and parent company to U.S.-based T-Mobile USA Inc., said...

T-Mobile reports network problem in Frankfurt

BERLIN-German wireless provider T-Mobile International AG reported its Frankfurt area network suffered a severe disruption today following the failure of a routing computer.A company...

Cellular infrastructure spending to trump WiMAX

NEW YORK-Spending on cellular infrastructure will trump WiMAX either of the 802.16 or 802.20 variety, according to a report by Allied Business Intelligence."Though WiMAX...

Motorola deploys GSM circuit core in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria-Motorola Inc. said it has launched its first GSM circuit core solution as part of its $50 million end-to-end system the company is...

Celcom deploys Tecnomen MMSC

HELSINKI, Finland-Celcom, a mobile operator in Malaysia, has launched the Tecnomen Multimedia Messaging Service Centers. The center enables Celcom to take full advantage of...

Southern LINC says it has met E911 Phase II deadline

ATLANTA-Regional iDEN provider Southern LINC reported it had met the Federal Communications Commission's Sept. 1 deadline to set up E911 Phase II implementation for...

FTC says identity theft is worse than feared

WASHINGTON-Identity theft is increasing and is much more of a problem than the government expected, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC estimated...

Calif. could rule on Cingular probe next week

WASHINGTON-California regulators could issue a proposed decision as early as next week on their year-long investigation of Cingular Wireless L.L.C., according to a source...

IDC predicts phone sales will top 500M devices next year

Following months of raised forecasts and hopeful outlooks, research firm IDC presented perhaps the most optimistic wireless industry outlook to date, predicting that sales...

Hiptop to include J2ME

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said it will include Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java 2 Micro Edition application download technology in its Hiptop wireless device platform,...

Palm to continue to use Novarra Web browser

MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. asserted that it will continue to use Novarra Inc.'s Web browser in its future wireless personal digital assistants. Novarra's Web Pro...

Crown Castle to change credit facility, capital structure

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said it intends to amend certain provisions of its restricted group operating company's $1.2 billion credit facility and make certain...
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