Monthly Archives: September, 2003

Messaging uptake shows potential in Latin America

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Although the Latin American unified messaging market has developed more slowly than expected, potential still exists, especially in enterprise solutions, according to...

CTIA’s consumer code to include coverage maps

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association expects to make news when it unveils its voluntary consumer code of conduct next week, but how consumers...

NextWave gets OK to move forward with license sale

WASHINGTON-Bankruptcy Judge Adlai S. Hardin Jr. has given bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. the green light to proceed with the sale of 34 licenses to...

WorldCom settles differences with Verizon Wireless

WASHINGTON-Long before WorldCom Inc. admitted to billions in accounting fraud, it was trying to become a major wireless carrier by reselling service from Verizon...

Blind woman in settlement talks with carrier, vendor

WASHINGTON-Audiovox Communications Corp. and Verizon Wireless are in settlement talks with a blind woman who earlier this year filed a complaint against the two...

Post-SARS, race resumes to capture Chinese customers

With the SARS epidemic now out of sap, the land of wonton soup and TD-SCDMA technology is regaining its place on the front burner...

T-Mobile couples music, cameras in new promo

T-Mobile USA Inc. this week will continue its innovative marketing campaign with five simultaneous music concerts across the country, all in an effort to...

There is consensus behind Consensus Plan

Dear Editor, In response to Tracy Ford's opinion piece on interference: In regards to the statement referring to the Consensus Plan as being controversial...

T-Mobile USA needs good customer service

Dear Editor,I just read your news story regarding T-Mobile strong-arming dealers selling Cingular service (July 28 issue). I agree commissions are better and service...

Patent office will decide who owns ‘push to talk’

Whether generic or proprietary, the phrase "push to talk" may become the words of war in the wireless industry in the next few years....

Carrier to use Spectel conferencing tools

ANDOVER, Mass.-One of the nation's largest wireless carriers will launch a wireless conferencing service for businesses through a new deal with conferencing infrastructure provider...

BARI Holdings offers competing bid for i3 Mobile

BOCA RATON, Fla.-BARI Holdings Irrevocable Trust said it will attempt to purchase i3 Mobile Inc. as part of its effort to develop and manufacture...

Competition vs. regulation

Sen. Charles Schumer last week blasted the wireless industry in light of the recent power outage that caused havoc throughout the Northeast. "Last week's...

Senators join rural-carrier quest to alter E911 accuracy standard

WASHINGTON-Rural wireless carriers are different; they use different technology, and they should not be held to the same accuracy standards for wireless enhanced 911...

Nokia blitzes emerging markets

HELSINKI, Finland-In a strategic blitz to take advantage of the revenue streams in what industry experts call emerging or new-growth markets, Nokia Corp. has...

Taiwan’s APBW launches CDMA2000

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwanese newcomer Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications Inc. has launched CDMA2000 1x EV-DO services in Taiwan. The company is the first to market...

Nokia, Qualcomm test rival technologies

SAN DIEGO-Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. performed trials on what have been known to some degree as rival technologies for the respective companies, Nokia...

Boingo, Wayport expand hot-spot networks

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-High-speed wireless Internet service provider Boingo Wireless Inc. announced its roaming system will include more than 2,600 hot-spot locations within the next...

WLAN vendor Mobility Networks closes doors

Privately held Mobility Networks, which sold technology to wireless carriers that linked wide area networks with Wi-Fi hot spots, has shut down and ceased...

Mobile gaming space revs up

HELSINKI, Finland-Due to a rash of deals in recent days, wireless users the world over will soon have access to games and content ranging...

Qualcomm announcement signals growing storage need for mobile phones

SAN DIEGO-CDMA giant Qualcomm Inc. announced it will add support for removable miniSD and SD cards in its line of Mobile Station Modem chipsets....

Wireless vendors caught in middle of China trade debate

WASHINGTON-Congress and the Bush administration are on a collision course on China trade policy, a gathering storm with political and economic implications that could...

Clarification

An Aug. 25 news brief on Page 7 regarding a patent lawsuit between Boston Communications Group Inc. and Freedom Wireless Inc. was incorrect. It...

O’Brien compares public-safety interference problems to Pompeii natural disaster

DENVER-Nextel Communications Inc.'s Chairman Morgan O'Brien stressed there may not be time to consider every possible alternative to solving the complicated 800 MHz interference...
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