Monthly Archives: October, 2003

Cricket launches new consumer Web site

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary launched its MyCricket.com enhanced customer-focused Web site, which the carrier said would allow for online...

TIA to ask Senate to strip Northpoint amendment from spectrum-relocation bill

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association is preparing to send a letter, perhaps by the end of this week, to the Senate leadership asking it to...

WCA urges FCC to settle strongest-signal controversy

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Oct. 3 asked the Federal Communications Commission to confirm that its 911 strongest-signal rules require an analog phone to connect...

KDDI plans to release 2-megapixel camera phone

TOKYO-Japanese mobile operator KDDI Corp. plans to release what is likely the world's first camera phone that features a camera resolution of 2 megapixels.Casio...

FCC fights to get Do-Not-Call Registry

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the Direct Marketing Association, which represents 70 percent of telemarketers, found themselves in a tug-of-war Oct. 3 over the...

Ericsson signs $10M contract in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed an agreement to be the sole supplier of GSM equipment for Thai mobile carrier AIS in the...

WLAN financing deals continue

News on the Wi-Fi vendor front continues to move along, with several new funding announcements and additional consolidation.First, hot-spot aggregator Boingo Wireless announced it...

Verizon expands data content with Disney, MapQuest deals

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Verizon Wireless continues to expand its Get It Now data offerings, adding new content from Walt Disney and MapQuest.First, Walt Disney's wireless...

Motorola adds new GSM base stations to portfolio

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has rolled out three new GSM base stations to complement its existing portfolio of infrastructure offerings.The new products...

FCC says rural carriers must port to other wireless carriers

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that rural wireless carriers cannot refuse to port a telephone number to another wireless carrier that does not...

D.C. Circuit to determine whether wireless carriers are common carriers

WASHINGTON-Are wireless carriers common carriers, and if they are, can they negotiate with their customers? This was the question before a federal appeals court...

TIW increases stake in Czech operator

MONTREAL-Canadian company Telesystem International Wireless and ClearWave said they will acquire a 3.62-percent stake in Czech mobile operator Cesky Mobil from Ceska Konsolidacni Agentura,...

KDDI ups profit estimates

TOKYO-Japanese operator KDDI Corp. raised its profit estimate for the year by 34 percent due to strong sales of its CDMA2000 1X service. The...

ClearSky unveils camera, post-card app

ORLANDO, Fla.-Wireless content company ClearSky Mobile Media Inc. unveiled its new Snap-n-Print application, which the company said allows camera-phone users to take pictures with...

Nokia offers figures from MMS trial

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported the results of a multimedia messaging trial it conducted with five wireless operators in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, figures the...

DoCoMo agrees to mobile merger in Taiwan

TOKYO-Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. looks to have stepped in to revive a merger between two Taiwanese mobile operators that was speculated to have...

Sprint to provide wireless communications to airports

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas-Sprint Corp. has been selected by Navigance Technologies Group to provide wireless communication and video security monitoring capabilities to enhance security needs...

Carrier Briefs

Western Wireless Corp. announced the registration statement for the resale of its outstanding 4.625-percent convertible subordinated notes due 2023 and the shares of Class...

Game enthusiasts prepare to meet Nokia’s N-Gage

Roy Miniel is a video gamer. He knows his way around a joystick and is on a first-name basis with Lara. Lara Croft, that...

Dutch study finds link between base station RF and health effects

WASHINGTON-The Dutch government said a new study finds that radiation from GSM base stations of third-generation mobile-phone systems could be a potential health problem.The...

HighPointe acquires rooftop sites from Crown Castle

NEW YORK-Telecommunications site consulting and management company HighPointe Group L.L.C. has acquired the assets of Crown Castle International Corp.'s Site Spectrum Management Corp. rooftop...

Study says customer retention is critical for operators

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Customer retention is a top priority for wireless carriers, according to J.D. Power and Associates' new 2003 U.S. Wireless Regional CSI Study.Slowing...

OTA technology makes headway in wireless

Sometime in the future, wireless users may never again have to mail in their phones to get a software glitch repaired. If such a...

TeliaSonera to implement EDGE in Finland

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera AB said it will invest in EDGE technology to improve the speed of its Finnish mobile network. The company said it EDGE...

PictureIQ becomes first casualty of picture messaging

SEATTLE-It appears PictureIQ Corp. is shutting down its operations, making the company perhaps the first casualty of the picture messaging market.A message on the...
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