Monthly Archives: October, 2003

FCC partners with NIMA on tower database

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency plan to create a tower location database though a memorandum of understanding that...

Both sides scramble in LNP delay debate

WASHINGTON-It ain't over 'til it's over, and state regulators are not giving up until they are sure the wireless industry cannot succeed in delaying...

No decision yet on U.S. leader for WSIS

WASHINGTON-The State Department's top telecom official Wednesday said decisions have yet to be made on who will lead the U.S. delegation and represent the...

Operators urge Calif. to resolve 909 number shortage

WASHINGTON-Five national mobile-phone carriers want California state regulators to adopt a plan to resolve the critical shortage of telephone numbers in the state's 909...

Japanese operators see revenue boosts from 3G services

TOKYO-Japanese operators NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. posted first-half results, with both operators achieving strong results boosted by third-generation services.NTT DoCoMo posted an...

Nextel Partners registers offering

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a public offering of 33 million shares of Class...

CPUC commissioner to offer alternative bill of rights

WASHINGTON-An aide to California Public Utilities Commissioner Susan Kennedy said the regulator will offer an alternative bill of rights for telecom consumers that likely...

TIA voices support for rural Internet act

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association voiced support Wednesday for new legislation to foster funding of high-speed Internet access for distance learning, telemedicine and other programs...

Appeals court rejects industry’s request on MSS licensing

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court has rejected a mobile-phone industry request to consolidate challenges to Federal Communications Commission decisions regarding awarding licenses to mobile satellite...

CTIA offers consumer tips on LNP

WASHINGTON-With just over three weeks before the scheduled implementation of wireless local number portability, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association released a number of...

Alcatel, Ericsson enjoy improved financial results

The optimistic beat goes on for wireless infrastructure vendors as Alcatel Corp. and L.M. Ericsson both reported profits and significant drops in losses for...

Microsoft, Vodafone further detail Web services initiative

Following on promises to release additional information on their plan, Microsoft Corp. and Vodafone Group plc offered further insight into their Web services plan....

Western Wireless to offer $228M in stock

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. priced a public offering of 12 million shares of common stock that the carrier expects will generate $228 million. The...

Crown Castle revenue, net loss up

Crown Castle International Corp. reported a slight year-over-year increase in total revenues during the third quarter from $227.4 million last year to $235.6 million...

Zyray extends Infineon partnership to include GSM/GPRS/W-CDMA

SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless said it has extended its partnership with Infineon Technologies to jointly sell and market dual-mode GSM/GPRS and W-CDMA handset solutions.The product...

Lucent to supply enterprise UMTS network in Spain

SEVILLE, Spain-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has signed a contract to supply a UMTS network for the Spanish Andalusian Regional Government in a major...

AirMagnet releases security-based WLAN product

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-AirMagnet Inc. unveiled a wireless local area network product for security and performance management in laptops and handheld devices. The product is known...

Openwave reports rising revenue, decreasing net loss

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet software provider Openwave Systems Inc. reported a solid quarter, showing increasing revenues and a decreasing net loss, with an outlook...

Nokia to deliver EDGE network in the Middle East

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp, through its local reseller, will supply a GSM/EDGE W-CDMA network for MTC-Vodafone in Bahrain. In addition, MTC Vodafone recently conducted the...

McDonald’s launches Wi-Fi trial in Idaho

BOSIE, Idaho-Public broadband service provider Wayport Inc. launched Wi-Fi service in a dozen McDonald's restaurants in the Boise, Idaho, area, providing customers with high-speed...

Orange reports strong 3Q results

PARIS-European operator Orange plc reported strong third-quarter results, with revenues up 8.1 percent to $5.5 billion compared with the second quarter and a 2.9-percent...

Vodafone Sweden to send text messages to landlines as voicemail

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Group plc reported that its Swedish mobile customers will be able to send text messages to landline telephones, and the messages will...

Lucent introduces new CDMA base station

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has introduced what it described as a new compact, cost-effective CDMA base station known as the Flexent...

SurfControl program to test mobile Web filtering technology

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-SurfControl announced Project Nomad, a pilot program that will allow SurfControl's enterprise customers to field test the company's new Follow Me Filtering...

Nortel to trial WLAN system with MIT, BT

OTTAWA-In tune with its "Business Without Borders" vision, Nortel Networks Ltd. said it plans to trial its public wireless local area networks architecture with...
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