Monthly Archives: October, 2003

Airborne Entertainment to distribute Buzztime games

LAS VEGAS-Airborne Entertainment and Buzztime Entertainment announced an exclusive agreement to port the Buzztime trivia game to next-generation real-time downloadable wireless technologies, including BREW...

WLNP research numbers paint bleak picture for carriers

Within a year of the Nov. 24 implementation of wireless local number portability, 30 million consumers will switch providers, according to new research from...

U.S. Wireless Online activates Internet service in 2 states

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-U.S. Wireless Online Inc. said it has activated its non-line-of-sight high-speed wireless Internet access service in New Albany, Ind., and northwestern Jefferson County...

Motorola to supply network in central Iraq

CAIRO, Egypt-Motorola Inc. said it will supply GSM base stations and transmission equipment for Orascom Telecom Iraq Corp.'s new mobile network in Iraq's central...

T-Mobile USA aims to improve in-building coverage

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will begin installing "pico-basestations" on its network in an attempt to improve in-building coverage. The base stations, which...

T-Mobile USA signs SLAs in advance of porting deadline

As the Nov. 24 deadline to implement wireless local number portability closes in, carriers are hashing service level agreements to smooth the porting of...

CTIA unveils phone recycle education program

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association today launched a new campaign to bring awareness to its own phone recycling program and the recycling efforts...

FCC waives 911 rules for OnStar until 2006

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Tuesday said that OnStar Corp.'s ancillary voice calling service is a mobile phone and is subject to the FCC's wireless...

Sprint PCS reports mixed 3Q results

Sprint PCS reported mixed third-quarter results, including disappointing customer growth and churn results, but better-than-expected financial metrics.The carrier reported 184,000 net customer additions during...

Disney expands wireless offerings following strong growth

LAS VEGAS-Following signs of "astronomical" growth in its wireless data offerings in the United States, Walt Disney Co. plans to add a new Internet...

WLAN consortium releases updated smart-card spec

PARIS-The WLAN Smart Card Consortium said it has released an updated smart card specification known as WLAN-SIM V1.0, which will allow hot-spot operators to...

Wireless Facilities to support TruePosition E911 solution

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. and TruePosition Inc. have signed a multi-year agreement under which Wireless Facilities will support the installation and commissioning of TruePosition's...

Motorola unveils feature-rich handheld platform

Motorola Inc. has unveiled an architecture that will enable original equipment manufacturer developers to bring many features into smart handhelds at limited cost, within...

IDT launches low-cost international wireless rates

NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. this week launched IDT Global Access to allow U.S.-based cell-phone users to make international calls with rates it said are up...

AT&T Wireless misses expectations for sub adds, churn

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported 229,000 net subscriber additions during the third quarter of this year, which was well below analysts estimates of more...

Mehlman to leave TA post

WASHINGTON-Bruce Mehlman, the No. 2 official at the Technology Administration, is leaving the Bush administration to become executive director of a major high-tech advocacy...

Appeals court affirms mobile-health decision

WASHINGTON-The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday unanimously affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an $800 million brain-cancer suit against Motorola Inc. and...

Handspring, Palm close to settlement related to acquisition

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Handspring Inc. and Palm Inc. have entered a memorandum of understanding for a settlement with the plaintiffs in two lawsuits related to...

Nellymoser releases new mobile music tools

LAS VEGAS-Nellymoser Inc. announced the availability of MedleyTunes and MedleyTones, mobile music distribution solutions for the new generation of mass-market Java-enabled handsets, at this...

Audiovox to demo camera phone in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS-Audiovox Corp. will demonstrate its new CDM-8900 camera phone at the Wireless I.T. show in Las Vegas. The CDMA2000 1x-capable handset features a...

Premium content market on the rise

SAN FRANCISCO-Interest from U.S. wireless consumers in downloading premium content and using value-added services is on the rise, according to research from business system...

Nextel Partners narrows losses

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported strong third-quarter 2003 financial results, reflecting improved revenues and subscriber additions and narrowed losses.The company said its total revenues...

Aiirnet releases Hot-Spot-In-A-Box for retail

LAS VEGAS-Aiirnet Wireless L.L.C., which provides and deploys high-speed Wi-Fi Internet service, made several announcements at this week's CTIA Wireless I.T. show in Las...

Qualcomm adds new carriers to BREW list

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. added two U.S. carriers to its list of BREW clients, with both Metro PCS and Western Wireless Corp. signing agreements with...

Cingular offers new NCAA Football content

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced several promotions in conjunction with NCAA Football, offering new content for the operator's football fans.NCAA Football Alerts will offer text...
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