Monthly Archives: December, 2003

Critics complain new RIM devices are proprietary

Although Research In Motion Ltd. promotes its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device as an open and extensible platform for developers, those competing against RIM in...

Verizon Wireless, Vodafone to launch transatlantic text messaging

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and minority interest parent company Vodafone Group plc said they plan to launch transatlantic text messaging capabilities between Verizon Wireless' CDMA...

Jamdat updates bowling game with multiplayer, audio features

LOS ANGELES-Wireless gaming company Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced a sequel to its popular Jamdat Bowling application, a game that will feature enhanced audio and...

Western Wireless files $54M suit against Cote d’Ivoire gov’t

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless International Corp. and Modern Africa Growth & Investment Co., U.S.-based majority owners of a mobile firm in Cote d'Ivoire, have filed a...

Business Briefs

Wireless local area network aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. reported a roaming agreement with WorldCom Inc., providing the telecommunications provider's MCI customers with remote access...

Wireless content deals play on music, TV

NEW YORK-Music and TV fans will soon have new outlets for their tastes through a series of new announcements in the wireless space.First, Crisp...

AOL, DoCoMo dissolve joint venture

TOKYO-Struggling Internet company America Online Inc. and Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced they dissolved their widely touted joint venture, once heralded...

Global retreats

The past few years have forced mobile carriers to change tactics on many fronts. During the telecom boom, having a global presence seemed essential....

Wireless carriers increase handset inventory efficiency

Despite an increase in the total amount of inventory, U.S. wireless carriers reduced their days of sales in inventory 13 percent from 48.6 days...

Nextel Partners refinances credit facility

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported that its Nextel Partners Operating Corp. subsidiary refinanced its $475 million senior secured credit facility in an attempt to...

Apple adds wireless capabilities to QuickTime, signs KDDI

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Apple Computer Corp. said the newest version of its QuickTime video player technology supports wireless video standards, including those from the 3GPP and...

GoAmerica finds new funds, refocuses on Wynd subsidiary

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Struggling wireless enterprise company GoAmerica Inc. said it will give up trying to sell its Go.Web business and assets and instead will retreat...

AT&T to swap EDGE card for rival card and contract

REDMOND, Wash.-Through the end of January, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer business customers a free Sony Ericsson GC-82 EDGE wireless modem...

Audiovox settles with blind user, Verizon still negotiating

WASHINGTON-Audiovox Corp. and Dr. Bonnie O'Day have reached a settlement and are asking the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss a complaint filed by Dr....

FCC moves forward on SDRs

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed allowing the development and use of software-defined radios, also known as cognitive radios. "While the amount of available spectrum...

Iraqi mobile-phone probe takes next step

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense inspector general has referred "to appropriate investigative authorities outside the Defense Department" the results of its preliminary inquiry into the...

US Unwired sheds assets with tower sale to AAT

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. reported an agreement to sell up to 97 communications towers to AAT Communications Corp. at an...

Wi-Fi roaming takes giant step forward

The segregated world of wireless local area networks took a giant step toward integration as the nation's largest Wi-Fi hot spot provider T-Mobile USA...

AirGate posts smaller loss

Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. said it lost 4,697 net subscribers during its fourth quarter ending Sept. 30, compared with a net gain...

Forums update UMTS numbers

Harnessing a protocol synergy, the UMTS Forum and 3G Americas are trumpeting the achievement of their brand of technology as the wireless industry migrates...

DoCoMo invests $350M in FOMA handset development

TOKYO-In an attempt to further spur handset development for its next-generation FOMA network, Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will invest approximately...

Amdocs to acquire XACCT

ST. LOUIS-Billing and customer retention management provider Amdocs Ltd. said it has reached an agreement to acquire privately held mediation software provider XACCT Technologies...

MIC to overlay L.A. TDMA networks with GSM technology

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular said it plans to overlay its TDMA networks in Guatemala (Comcel) and Paraguay (Telecel) with GSM 800 MHz networks. The...

Customer unhappy with T-Mobile

Dear Editor,Last month I got a new cell phone from T-Mobile. At the time of purchase, I was with my boyfriend helping him pick...

New DoCoMo phones offer industry’s most advanced technology

TOKYO-Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. introduced its new 900i series of third-generation FOMA mobile phones, devices that feature perhaps the most advanced...
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