Monthly Archives: October, 2003

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

World Briefs

A Russian operator has begun a trial of CDMA2000 1X technology at 450 MHz using equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd. The trial is being...

Court awards Motorola $4.6M in Telsim suit

After years of legal and public relations duels, Motorola may be edging closer to a payday. If, that is, it can locate the borrowers.A...

U.S. EV-DO launches to trigger activity worldwide

By rolling out services in two U.S. markets, Verizon Wireless has triggered momentum for CDMA2000 1X EV-DO technology, barely two years since the first...

Powell not leaving FCC, will ‘roll up’ 800 MHz

WASHINGTON-Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is not resigning.To emphasize this point, which has been widely quoted amid ever-growing speculation that he...

CPUC just a piece of consumer rights issue

WASHINGTON-Even before the California Public Utilities Commission votes on a landmark bill of rights for telecom consumers, other states are signaling they too are...

Future offers good news, bad news for tower companies

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Wireless carriers are going to have to fortify their networks to become increasingly reliable as more people cut the cord. Does that sound...

TIA praises Senate committee passage of tax-break legislation

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association applauded Senate Finance Committee passage of legislation that includes a tax break designed to foster broadband investment. "TIA supports the...

Alliance brings together Europe’s small operators

LONDON-In the second such European alliance aiming to gain power in numbers, nine second- and third-tier mobile operators joined forces in a new mobile...

Celeritek to exit wireless amp biz

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Celeritek Inc. said it is pulling out of the wireless amplifier business to focus its semiconductors on defense and other communications markets....

Kyocera Wireless drops Kurv plans, now faces lawsuit

Kyocera Wireless Corp. appears to have abandoned plans to build its much-hyped Kurv phone, a move that prompted the company's Kurv technology partner, Wildseed...

Nokia to supply $117M W-CDMA network in Singapore

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has won a five-year, $117 million contract to supply Singapore carrier StarHub with equipment for a W-CDMA network.According to...

NextWave asks to test wireless broadband service in Las Vegas

WASHINGTON-Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. is asking its judge to allow it to conduct a $39 million trial of wireless broadband technology in Las Vegas...

Telecom vendors suffer continued declines

With the onset of standardization and modular technologies, the market shares of the big infrastructure players have continued to see constant declines, according to...

House Commerce Committee passes E911 bill despite concerns

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week said it opposed new grant money for the deployment of wireless enhanced 911."The administration believes Congress should consider more...

Do-not-call listlessness

As if the Iraq quagmire (mobile-phone licensing mystery aside) and the jobless recovery have not done enough to take the wind out of the...

My personal Cell Hell

I am the kind of customer every wireless carrier seeks. Earlier this year, I cut the cord, and I like to talk A LOT....

Carriers prepare for customer service demands LNP will bring

Wireless local number portability will almost certainly provoke a plethora of questions and concerns from confused consumers, even if it does not trigger a...

Vanu, Mid-Tex deploy all-software base station system

In what they describe as the world's first all-software base station system, two companies believe they are breaking new ground in second-generation access network...

Activision, Airborne enter partnership

MINNEAPOLIS-Activision Inc. will sell wireless versions of three of its popular desktop computer games through a new deal with wireless content company Airborne Entertainment....

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