2003

DENVER-USURF America Inc. announced it will offer high-speed Internet access to Mesa, Ariz.-based Carriage Manor RV Resort’s 900 tenants. USURF will deploy its wireless broadband technology to the first 30 …

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 Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and St. Louis. …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The overall market for GaAs and silicon-based power semiconductors will remain relatively flat during the next five years, hovering around the $2 billion mark, according to market research …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. told the five California Public Utility Commission members that findings leading to a record $12 million fine against the mobile-phone carrier are flawed, claiming on appeal that …

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 26, 2004. “Our business results continue …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless received a pair of 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards from the CDMA Development Group, including industry leadership and service innovation. The CDG awarded the industry leadership to …

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 gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won multiple mobile expansion contracts from China Unicom valued at $40 million. Under the terms of the contracts, Alcatel will provide CDMA network gear to help …

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 a variety of BREW applications, …

REDMOND, Wash.-Former Microsoft Corp. pointman Juha Christensen again popped into the limelight, this time as an appointment to the board of directors for wireless technology company Action Engine Corp. “We …

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 down on the side of the …

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 workers overtime pay, litigation that comes …

FCC asks for details from AT&T Wireless WASHINGTON-Regulators in both Washington and San Francisco last Thursday began looking into problems with local number portability, with the Federal Communications Commission focusing …

Sprint PCS expanded its visual data offering last week with the launch of its Video Mail service, which allows customers to send and receive video clips up to 15 seconds …

Wireless entertainment companies have dreamed up all manner of enticements to encourage mobile-phone users to drop a few dollars on wireless games. There are games for kids, games for hard-core …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synchronization company Pumatech Inc. today released its new Intellisync: goAnywhere software, which the company is selling through its Web site and retail partners for $100 per year. Pumatech …

Sprint PCS’ Video Mail launch is just the latest in a series of wireless video moves in the United States, a market that is still very much in its early …

WASHINGTON-Global giant Vodafone Group plc and U.S. mobile-phone operators are aggressively lobbying policy-makers to stay out of a controversy that already has rocked Europe and now is erupting in other …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-In a candid release, Motorola Inc. blamed a shortage of camera components for its inability to meet sales demands. “The Motorola V300 and V500 began shipping earlier in the …

Internet control delicate issue for U.S. at WSIS conference WASHINGTON-The Bush administration could be headed for major embarrassment on the world stage this week as debate heats about whether the …

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 of about 50 percent. Residential services …

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 networks in rural America, FCC Commissioner …

SANTA ANA, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. and LGP Allgon Holding AB will combine their businesses in a strategic transaction under which Powerwave will acquire all outstanding shares of LGP Allgon’s common …

Pakistan Telecom Mobile, which offers mobile service under the Ufone brand, contracted Siemens to expand its network under a $26 million deal. Siemens will set up a new GSM network …