Monthly Archives: December, 2003

Phone makers gear up for holiday season

As the holiday season approaches, the industry's mobile-phone players are working to gear up for a quarter most predict will be gangbusters.First up is...

Qualcomm approves 7-cent quarterly dividend

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of 7 cents per common share, which will be payable March...

Lucent launches customer management tool

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has unveiled a solution to enable service providers to manage customer data such as subscriber profiles and...

SBC to cut thousands

NEW YORK-SBC Communications Inc. told investors at the Lehman Brothers Fifth Annual Telecom, Trends & Technology Conference that it plans to reduce its workforce...

Spam legislation headed to White House for Bush’s signature

WASHINGTON-Legislation designed to curb unwanted commercial e-mails to mobile-phone subscribers is headed to the White House for President Bush's signature.Congressional approval of the anti-spam...

New Qualcomm BREW partners include AOL

Qualcomm Inc. announced a series of new partners for its BREW application download service, including Internet heavyweight America Online Inc.AOL said it will sell...

Fujitsu develops W-CDMA base station amp

KAWASAKI, Japan-Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd said it has developed an amplifier with the world's highest output for W-CDMA base stations. It is known as a...

Avis, Motorola expand location-based service to new markets

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Avis Rent a Car System Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced the "Avis Assist" navigation service has been expanded, with premieres this week in...

Wisair joins TI in free UWB licensing

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Wisair Inc. said it will offer a royalty-free intellectual property for its ultra-wideband solution if the multi-band OFDM standard wins the battle...

AT&T Wireless says improvements made to porting process

AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which last week received an inquiry request from the Federal Communications Commission regarding consumer complaints related to its local number...

Sprint zooms in on video

Sprint PCS expanded its visual data offering last week with the launch of its Video Mail service, which allows customers to send and receive...

Adelstein: Wireless should be audited on USF use

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers that receive universal-service support should submit to auditing to ensure that the subsidies they receive are being used to upgrade and improve...

Internet control delicate issue for U.S. at WSIS conference

Internet control delicate issue for U.S. at WSIS conferenceWASHINGTON-The Bush administration could be headed for major embarrassment on the world stage this week as...

Wireless wins siting on scenic highways

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau last month set down a marker as to whether towers can be placed along scenic highways and it came...

Parks optimistic on unlicensed broadband wireless

DALLAS-Research firm Parks Associates said unlicensed broadband wireless technologies will bring recurring revenue of approximately $2 billion by 2008, with a compound growth rate...

D.C. set to join New York in restricting talking and driving, ban in place in U.K.

WASHINGTON-The District of Columbia in July is expected to join New York and a handful of other locales that require drivers to use hands-free...

Lucent employees to get bonuses, Russo’s tops $3M

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Patricia Russo received a $3.24 million bonus for fiscal-year 2003, ended Sept. 30, according...

Porting imperfections

Local number portability reality set in last week when early industry initiatives to accomplish the porting process in less than three hours quickly fell...

Seasons Greetings

He is permanently disabled, his medical practice long gone. He is now divorced, but can spend time with his kids. He was crushed in...

XO to expand network reach to 72 markets

RESTON, Va.-Broadband telecommunications services provider XO Communications Inc. announced it plans to expand its network to 12 additional markets by the end of this...

TI teams with STMicroelectronics for 1x chip market

DALLAS-Adding to recent optimism surrounding the uptake of CDMA technology-based products, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics announced they have created an open solution that supports...

McCaw resigns Nextel seat

RESTON, Va.-Wireless industry pioneer Craig McCaw resigned his seat on Nextel Communications Inc.'s board of directors in order to focus on pursuing new opportunities...

AT&T Wireless offers Microsoft service for Motorola phones

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have partnered to offer Windows Mobile Start Service to AT&T Wireless customers with Motorola MPx200 phones. The...

Calif. town to have citywide hot zone

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Citizens of the City of Cerritos, Calif., will ring in the new year in a Wi-Fi city, according to a recent announcement...

Alltel begins picture-messaging service

Alltel Corp. jumped into the multimedia messaging business launching picture-messaging capabilities to its Axcess wireless data offering allowing customers to take, send and receive...
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