Monthly Archives: November, 2003

DoCoMo to offer 3G card for PDA users

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a new flash card to enable personal digital assistant users to use its FOMA third-generation services....

Verizon to charge 40-cent monthly LNP fee

Verizon Wireless is reportedly set to charge customers an additional 40 cents per month beginning in March to cover ongoing local number portability costs,...

Andrew to supply Samsung with 3G amps

ORLANDO PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it will supply Samsung Electronics Co.'s third-generation base stations with multi-carrier power amplifier units.Both companies say they are jointly...

Linux mobile platform announced

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-MontaVista's Linux consumer electronic edition will support Renesas Technology Corp.'s multimedia application processor for mobile phones, according to both Renesas and MontaVista Software...

Cingular names de la Vega COO

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. named Ralph de la Vega, current BellSouth Corp. president of Latin America operations, its chief operating officer effective Jan. 1, 2004,...

Qualcomm licenses chip technology from France Telecom

SAN DIEGO-France Telecom said it has granted Qualcomm Inc. a worldwide license to its Turbo Code patents for both CDMA2000 and W-CDMA chipsets.The Turbo...

FCC denies Western Wireless LNP waiver request

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. is not substantially different from other Tier II carriers, so it should not be exempted from the wireless local number portability...

U.S. partially agrees with Europeans over navigational systems

WASHINGTON-The European Commission and the United States said that progress was made in talks last week (month for the paper) that will allow the...

Gallagher approved as NTIA head

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee last week approved the nomination of Michael Gallagher to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The nomination now goes...

SureWest to offer Calif. flat-rate pricing

ROSEVILLE, Calif.-Rural telecommunications service provider SureWest Communications introduced flat-rate unlimited wireless local calling plans. The plans, which require two-year contracts, cost $30 per month...

Crown Castle to pay dividend

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said it will pay the quarterly dividend on its 12.75-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock Dec. 15, to holders of record...

PalmSource begins development program for carriers

LAS VEGAS-PalmSource Inc. announced the launch of the Palm Powered MobileWorld program for mobile operators, infrastructure providers and software developers focused on the smart-phone...

AT&T Wireless rings in LNP with new plans

On the first day of wireless local number portability, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced a pair of rate plan enhancements that the carrier said...

Legislation would prevent mobile-directory listings without consent

WASHINGTON-Reps. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Pitt (R-Pa.) introduced legislation to prevent the listing of mobile-phone numbers in a national wireless directory without prior...

Cingular tells FCC it’s ready for LNP

SAN ANTONIO-In a letter to Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. parent company SBC Communications Inc. said it is ready to...

FTC fines RF blockers

WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission said two New York firms that claimed their devices blocked harmful radiation from cell phones and other electronic gadgets agreed...

Boost founder leaves claiming broken promises

Citing disagreements over strategy, direction and claims that Nextel Communications Inc. failed to keep a promise made to him, Peter Adderton, Boost Mobile L.L.C....

AT&T Wireless says it’s fastest in nation

With much fanfare at this year's Comdex electronics show in Las Vegas and multi-page advertisements in nationwide newspapers, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its...

Spam bill includes opt-in provision for mobile phones

WASHINGTON-Congress this week is expected to pass landmark anti-spam legislation, following overwhelming approval late Friday of a House bill with a provision seeking to...

Crossing their fingers on LNP

WASHINGTON-Today the Federal Communications Commission is going forward with wireless local number portability by faith and fiat: they mandated it and now they hope...

Sprint PCS to offer text-messaging without WAP

Sprint PCS said it will launch a new text-messaging service in the coming weeks, a move that will allow users to fire off text...

Location-based services not yet on map

It's an application that drove an entire segment of the wireless industry. Now, it's a joke.Imagine: You're walking down the street with your trusty...

Sprint PTT service falls short of Nextel’s, but tops Verizon’s

Sprint PCS' recently launched Ready Link walkie-talkie service drew mixed performance reviews last week from industry analysts who noted that while the service was...

Military SDR implements OFDM on two platforms

IRVINE, Calif.-Military Communications Technologies Inc. said its affiliate, Military SDR Technologies, has implemented its OFDM waveform on two of its platforms known as SpectruCell...

Cesky Telecom finds funds for AT&T Wireless, Verizon stake purchase

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom said it closed with five banks a $1 million syndicated credit facility, which it will use to purchase the 49-percent...
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