Monthly Archives: November, 2003

Alltel begins prepaid service through Sam’s Club

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. launched its Simple Freedom Professional Series national prepaid wireless service package designed for business customers that will be available at...

Edge Wireless offers Hiptop for initial GPRS launch

BEND, Ore.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. introduced Danger Inc.'s Hiptop device for the carrier's initial GSM/GPRS product launch in the...

Donahue expects to ring in market share following WLNP implementation

Nextel Communications Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Donahue admitted that while the wireless industry will encounter bumps associated with the impending local number portability...

SureWest offers flat-rate pricing in Calif.

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...

Nextel to highlight services in Vegas monorail venue

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. signed an agreement with the Las Vegas Monorail Co. to house a 15,000-square-foot theme venue in the Las Vegas Convention...

PalmSource signs Sprint PCS for development program for carriers

PalmSource Inc. made several announcements at the COMDEX show in Las Vegas this week. The company announced the launch of the Palm Powered MobileWorld...

Vodafone to buy back shares, increase dividend

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it will increase its cash returns to investors by buying back $4.2 billion of its shares and increasing its dividend...

New research: Base station sales up, EV-DO trumps W-CDMA

Research firm Allied Business Intelligence has revised its projections for third-generation base stations sales for 2003, noting that it expects 35,000 unit sales as...

Verizon Wireless class-action could be costly settlement

A California judge cleared the way for what is believed to be a record settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Verizon Wireless in which...

Agere releases EDGE chipset

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. said it has unveiled what it describes as the smallest and fastest EDGE chipset solution for enhanced mobile handsets and...

Nokia to add security features to games after N-Gage is hacked

Less than a month after Nokia Corp. introduced its first foray into the video gaming realm, hackers have managed to break the security settings...

AT&T Wireless, Triton PCS renew brand agreement

BERWYN, Pa.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it has renewed its current agreement with AT&T Wireless and AT&T Corp. to...

AWS, Rogers launch cross-border program

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Canadian operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc., which operates as Rogers AT&T Wireless, launched a cross-border North American Corporate...

Broadcasters claim spectrum earmarked for Pentagon could hurt video links

WASHINGTON-Another unexpected snag has further complicated industry's chances for securing military spectrum for third-generation wireless services, with the powerful broadcast lobby claiming new studies-conducted...

Leap loses couch, keeps focus simple in re-launch

Following more than six months of restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Leap Wireless International Inc. is set to re-launch its Cricket branded service...

Canadian text messaging triples in 18 months

OTTAWA-The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association said Canadians sent more than 32 million person-to-person text messages during the month of September, representing three times as...

Optimus to launch WAP 2.0 with LogicaCMG technology

LONDON-LogicaCMG said Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has deployed its Wireless Service Broker product, which will enable Optimus to deliver mobile Internet services based on...

Loan funds for E911 included in farm bill

WASHINGTON-The chairs of the E911 Congressional Caucus, Sens. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), have amended the agricultural spending bill to include...

UWB standards body at standoff

Failure to arrive at an industry standard has caught ultra-wideband technology players between bowing to standards pressures and customer demand.The Institute of Electrical and...

Software glitch takes down AT&T Wireless GSM activations

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said last week it was making progress on fixing a software glitch that has prevented the carrier from activating new...

FCC warms up to interference-temperature concept

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday took the first step to altering the way spectrum interference is measured by seeking comment on the controversial interference-temperature...

Sprint says PTT service has near-Nextel intra-call latency

After months of speculation, analysts prognostications and Internet rumors, Sprint PCS finally launched its Ready Link push-to-talk solution, bolstering the carriers' service line up...

Verizon handset boosts Microsoft’s wireless ambitions

Microsoft Corp. scored another major distribution deal for its mobile-phone software with Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, announcing the availability of the...

Hutchison to buy KPN stake in 3 U.K.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-KPN Mobile and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. reached an agreement on their disputed U.K. third-generation operator business. KPN Mobile will sell its 15-percent...

Ricochet evaluates options to continue service

DENVER-Ricochet Networks Inc. is "actively evaluating a number of options relative to its business prospects" to continue to service existing customers and to grow...
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