Monthly Archives: October, 2003

TIM launches TV service in advance of UMTS

MILAN, Italy-Italy's largest mobile operator Telecom Italia Mobile said that although it has not commercially launched its third-generation network, it has launched services that...

SBA to restate some financials for past 3 years

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. said it will restate some financial statements from 2001, 2002 and 2003 to reflect this year's sale of towers...

Wireless Valley receives patent for network design tool

AUSTIN, Texas-Wireless Valley Communications Inc. has been awarded a patent for a network design and deployment tool. The patent covers instant error-checking capabilities for...

AT&T Wireless fully exits Dobson

Dobson Communications Corp. said AT&T Wireless Services Inc. sold all of its shares-more than 4.5 million-in Dobson, and as a result, AT&T Wireless has...

Industry blasts Bush efforts to promote FCC’s spectrum report

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry and others have blasted Bush administration efforts to globally promote concepts in a November 2002 report by the Federal Communications Commission's...

Bush administration supports spectrum for unlicensed devices

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration voiced support for making additional spectrum available for unlicensed wireless devices and ensuring that commercial use of frequencies do not disrupt...

U.S. MMS market to balloon to $900M by 2007

BOSTON-New research shows the market for multimedia messaging services in the United States will grow from just $8 million last year to $900 million...

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...

MmO2 Ireland offers mblogging service

DUBLIN, Ireland-Irish mobile operator MmO2 began a new service called FoneBlog that allows customers to create and run personal Web sites from their mobile...

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...

Powell: FCC ready to enforce LNP Nov. 24

WASHINGTON-Nov. 24 is the day for wireless local number portability, and carriers need to be technically capable of porting numbers on that day, or...

Dutch study finds ill effects from 3G use

WASHINGTON-The Dutch government said new research found headaches and other health effects in individuals exposed to radiation from GSM base stations of third-generation mobile-phone...

Bush administration opposes new E911 grants

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

Russian operator begins CDMA 450 MHz trial

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

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 Site Spectrum Management Corp. from a subsidiary of Crown...

DoCoMo reaches 1 million FOMA milestone

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. finally hit the 1 million mark for the number of users of its FOMA third-generation W-CDMA service, two years after launching...

PictureIQ becomes first casualty of picture messaging

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...

Merrill Lynch increases year-end wireless subscriber forecasts

Merrill Lynch increased its forecast for the number of U.S. wireless subscribers it expects to sign up for service by the end of the...

Lucent, Motorola make financial announcements

NEW YORK-In two separate moves in the market, Lucent Technologies Inc. announced plans to sell, while Motorola Inc. bought.Lucent said it filed to sell...

Sendo, Microsoft case to be heard in Texas court

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile phone startup Sendo said its case against Microsoft Corp. will go ahead in a Texas courtroom instead of moving to Washington....

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...

TeliaSonera to implement EDGE in Finland: Subscriber base drops on MNP implementation

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...

Neb. PUC to ask for wireless regulation authority

WASHINGTON-The Nebraska Public Service Commission said it will ask the state legislature next year for authority to regulate wireless service and billing."As the wireless...

Former Sprint execs named to Japan Telecom board

TOKYO-Two former Sprint Corp. executives have been named to the board of Japan Telecom Co. William Esrey, former Sprint chief executive officer, has been...

Palm adds 3 new PDAs

MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. today released three new personal digital assistants, and though none includes support for wide area wireless networks, the devices nonetheless acknowledge...
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