Monthly Archives: December, 2003

BIA reports double-digit revenue growth in wireless over two years

CHANTILLY, Va.-Strategic advisory and research firm BIA Financial Network Inc. reported that wireless service revenue growth has increased 19.2 percent over the last two...

Teracom AB chooses Alvarion for LMDS

TEL-AVIV, Israel-Alvarion Ltd. announced Swedish television and radio broadcaster Teracom AB will use the Siemens/Alvarion WALKair 3000 broadband wireless solution to build out a...

Lucent solution suite improves in-building coverage

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies announced a new suite of professional services for improved voice and data coverage in buildings. The in-building solution supports both...

Residential and business subscribers both key to WiMAX

OSTERY BAY, N.Y.-A new study finds the business market for fixed broadband wireless access will be much bigger than previously thought, with 16 percent...

Roadpost unveils dual-mode satellite and GSM handset

TORONTO-Roadpost Inc., which provides global voice and data communications solutions for business travelers, unveiled the Thuraya handset and service that the company said includes...

AT&T Wireless hit with labor suit

WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging the No. 3 mobile-phone operator broke federal labor laws by denying call-center...

Boingo Wireless, Concourse enter airport Wi-Fi agreement

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc. said it will add all of Concourse Communications Group's Wi-Fi hot-spot locations at major U.S. airports to the Boingo...

India bank offers alerts service from Air2Web

ATLANTA-Federal Bank of India said it signed up more than 70,000 subscribers to its new text-based alerts service, which works over technology from Air2Web....

Segmentation required to meet wireless users’ needs

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-A new survey finds that the needs of wireless users are slowly diverging into various market segments, and that network operators and devices...

First days of LNP yield little excitement

Much like Al Capone's vault, the first few days of local number portability provided more hype than headlines as the feared millions of customers...

Wireless moves to take music beyond ring tones

Although there are numerous complexities in selling music over wireless, mobile-phone maker Siemens announced a new offering designed to give the world's carriers a...

U.S. partially agrees with Europeans over navigational systems

WASHINGTON-The European Commission and the United States said that progress was made in November talks that would allow the European Galileo navigational system to...

Vendors offer LNP products for easy switching

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-As local number portability finally becomes a reality, a variety of players are looking to cash in on the opportunity. VeriSign, Telespree...

Despite corp. savings outsourcing has costs

WASHINGTON-Wireless and high-tech vendors are undergoing a serious re-examination of policies they advocate before Congress, regulatory agencies and the White House in light of...

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....

World Briefs

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...

Vodafone ups Greek stake

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it will acquire from Intracom S.A 51.25 million shares in Vodafone-Panafon Hellenic Telecommunications Co. S.A., representing 9.433 percent of the...

Stealth solutions a pricey fix for aesthetic problem

To the average consumer, wireless communication towers are not pretty. Therein lies the main argument from communities opposed to new local tower builds. But...

Opera browser simplifies wireless Internet

Jon Tetzchner wants to kill WAP. And he's not alone."It makes no sense to have two systems," said Tetzchner, chief executive officer of Internet...

Spectrum auctions may be replaced as industry matures

WASHINGTON-Ten years after Congress authorized auctions to award wireless permits, the market-based licensing scheme continues be a magnet for those needing funding for pet...

Good offers annual per-subscriber pricing model

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Corporate wireless e-mail company Good Technology Inc. announced a new pricing model under which it will charge on an annual basis per subscriber...

Orange enters streaming-video game with PacketVideo deal

LONDON-European carrier Orange plc announced it will offer wireless streaming-video services starting early next year through a new deal with PacketVideo Network Solutions, which...

Berry leaving CTIA

WASHINGTON-Steven Berry, the No. 2 official at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, is leaving the organization to direct lobbying for the cable TV...

High-tech by the numbers

High-tech employment totaled 6 million jobs in 2002, down from 6.5 million in 2001.High-tech manufacturing declined by 233,000 jobs in 2002. High-tech services employment...

AT&T Wireless buys South Texas operations from U.S. Cellular

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to sell its TDMA wireless operations in South Texas to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $95...
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