Yearly Archives: 2003

E911 bill offers carrots, sticks

WASHINGTON-Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), co-chairs of the E911 Congressional Caucus, introduced a bill that will provide state grants to...

UbiquiTel subsidiary sells towers

SAN RAMON, Calif.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. announced its Calif.-based subsidiary VIA Wireless L.L.C. sold 100 wireless communications towers to GoldenState Towers L.L.C. for...

Infonxx wins Sprint PCS business

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said it will begin offering enhanced directory assistance services from Infonxx in a move that could save the carrier millions...

D.C. Briefs

The House of Representatives overwhelming passed spectrum relocation legislation, a major boost for industry efforts to secure military frequencies for third-generation wireless systems. "This...

Sun gains Sun One Studio converts

The 2003 JavaOne Developer Conference witnessed a collision of giants as Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. pushed their platforms, highlighting a division within...

Movil Access to acquire Grupo Iusacell

Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Americas BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, plan to sell their 74-percent stake in Mexico's third-largest...

Sony Ericsson “dummy” phones stolen from JFK airport

NEW YORK-Sony Ericcson said that 25,000 of its mobile phones were stolen from the John F. Kennedy Airport Thursday night."What the thieves did not...

NTT DoCoMo plans FOMA expansion

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to expand the service area for its FOMA service to an additional 43 towns and villages in the...

Movil Access to acquire Grupo Iusacell

MEXICO CITY-Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Americas BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, plan to sell their approximately 74 percent stake in...

Cingular Wireless to pay fine for missed E-911 deadline

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has reportedly agreed to pay a $675,000 fine to the Federal Communications Commission for failing to meet deadlines for installing E-911...

Wal-Mart to implement RFID program

CHICAGO-Wal-Mart Stores announced plans to implement a radio-frequency identification (RFID) compliance program that brings wireless inventory tracking to the retail industry. Wal-Mart said it...

LGC Wireless solution deployed by Texas insurance company

SAN JOSE, Calif.-LGC Wireless announced the deployment of its InterReach Unison Accel in-building wireless network solution in a major international insurance company's three-story building...

Nokia ships 6650 in Europe, Asia

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia has begun shipping the Nokia 6650-according to Nokia, the world's first dual-mode GSM/WCDMA mobile phone-to operators and retailers in Europe and Asia,...

XO continues efforts to acquire Global Crossing

RESTON, Va.-Broadband service provider XO Communications Inc. continues to pursue its previously announced plans to acquire bankrupt telecommunications company Global Crossing.XO said it is...

Senate confirms Hewitt Pate to be assistant attorney general for antitrust

WASHINGTON-The Senate confirmed Hewitt Pate on Friday to be the assistant attorney general for antitrust by a vote of 71-0.Pate was formerly the deputy...

UbiquiTel subsidiary sells towers

SAN RAMON, Calif.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. announced its Calif.-based subsidiary VIA Wireless L.L.C. sold 100 wireless communications towers to GoldenState Towers L.L.C. for...

Motorola to get piece of WorldCom’s Iraq contract

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. is getting a slice of the $34 million contract held by WorldCom Inc. to provide mobile phone service to U.S. civilian and...

PeopleSoft enhances CRM, targets telecom operators

PeopleSoft has enhanced its PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management Solution for Communications with a new Customer Profitability Management solution. The enhanced solution offers PeopleSoft's telecommunications...

Fujitsu, Advanced Media developing speech recognition products for Japan

TOKYO-Fujitsu Limited said it will collaborate with Advanced Media Inc. to develop chips that use distributed speech recognition software for the Japanese language in...

Enterprise wireless ROI based on employee productivity boost

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Corporations are cautious about the return on investment that potential wireless business applications represent, according to new research from Analysys. Analysys, however, suggests...

Lucent signs services contracts with China Unicom, Netcom

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has signed contracts with China's Unicom Horizon and China Netcom to provide network services like technical support, management consulting,...

Econ One study finds small drop in service costs

Wireless service costs dropped 9 cents in the nation's top 25 markets last month compared with April, according to a report from economic research...

U.K. court dismisses Uzan appeals

Motorola Inc. said the Court of Appeals of England and Wales dismissed a number of appeals brought by Cem Uzan and Aysegul Akay, members...

IDT forms spectrum-leasing unit

IDT Corp. has formed a spectrum-leasing unit within IDT Solutions to focus on leasing spectrum to telecommunication and wireless service providers. The move follows...

Defense supports spectrum review, but stresses military needs

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense today said it supports the spectrum review announced last week by the Bush administration, but stressed that military wireless requirements...
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