Monthly Archives: December, 2003

A tech-savvy holiday

It may not be the toys for the little tykes marked "some assembly required" that are the cause of beneath-the-Christmas-tree consternation this year. Many...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Stringent zoning sparks tower insurance biz

Increasingly stringent zoning rules may be costing tower companies, but they also are bringing new business to other industries not necessarily yet associated with...

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...

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...

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...

DoD begins Iraq mobile-license investigation

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense last week said it has begun investigating allegations of wrongdoing in connection with the award of three mobile-phone licenses in...

Wireless Rx benefit

"The Internet is a great tool for communication and commerce. It's changing our lives-largely for the better. But as consumers, we should have the...

800 MHz fight ain’t over till it’s over

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz fight is heating up again as both sides argue that public-safety communications must be the overarching concern in any negotiation.The city...

Boost founder exits venture citing differences with Nextel

Nextel Communications Inc.'s youth-oriented Boost Mobile L.L.C. subsidiary lost its top executive last week as Peter Adderton, former chief executive officer and founder, said...

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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