Yearly Archives: 2003

USURF to offer high-speed Internet to Ariz. RV resort

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...

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...

Chip market to remain flat through 2008

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...

Cingular argues that $12M CPUC fine is flawed

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...

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...

Verizon Wireless takes CDG awards

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...

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...

Alcatel wins CDMA, GSM contracts from China Unicom

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...

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...

Christensen named to Action Engine board

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...

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...

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...

Regulators get into LNP game

FCC asks for details from AT&T WirelessWASHINGTON-Regulators in both Washington and San Francisco last Thursday began looking into problems with local number portability, with...

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...

Atlas uses prizes to entice wireless gamers

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...

Pumatech releases new software

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...

Yes Virginia, people will watch video on handsets

Sprint PCS' Video Mail launch is just the latest in a series of wireless video moves in the United States, a market that is...

Wireless industry seeks hands-off approach to int’l termination fees

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...

Motorola blames slow camera-phone sales on component shortage

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...

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...

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...

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...

Powerwave to buy LGP Allgon

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...

Business Briefs

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