Yearly Archives: 2003

Porting imperfections

Local number portability reality set in last week when early industry initiatives to accomplish the porting process in less than three hours quickly fell...

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...

Lucent employees to get bonuses, Russo’s tops $3M

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Patricia Russo received a $3.24 million bonus for fiscal-year 2003, ended Sept. 30, according...

AT&T Wireless offers Microsoft service for Motorola phones

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have partnered to offer Windows Mobile Start Service to AT&T Wireless customers with Motorola MPx200 phones. The...

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...

D.C. set to join New York in restricting talking and driving, ban in place in U.K.

WASHINGTON-The District of Columbia in July is expected to join New York and a handful of other locales that require drivers to use hands-free...

McCaw resigns Nextel seat

RESTON, Va.-Wireless industry pioneer Craig McCaw resigned his seat on Nextel Communications Inc.'s board of directors in order to focus on pursuing new opportunities...

Wireless group offers code of conduct for mobile spam

The Mobile Marketing Association trade group announced its new code of conduct for wireless advertising campaigns, a move that comes shortly after the launch...

TI teams with STMicroelectronics for 1x chip market

DALLAS-Adding to recent optimism surrounding the uptake of CDMA technology-based products, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics announced they have created an open solution that supports...

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...

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...

Qualcomm ups financial guidance for fiscal 1Q

SAN DIEGO-Providing an upbeat glimpse of what the year-end will bring, Qualcomm Inc. has amended its financial guidance for the first fiscal quarter ending...

XO to expand network reach to 72 markets

RESTON, Va.-Broadband telecommunications services provider XO Communications Inc. announced it plans to expand its network to 12 additional markets by the end of this...

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...

Seasons Greetings

He is permanently disabled, his medical practice long gone. He is now divorced, but can spend time with his kids. He was crushed in...

Fixed wireless provider NextWeb acquires Calif. company

FREMONT, Calif.-NextWeb has acquired managed telecom services provider Libritas Inc.'s managed service platform technology and customer base. The fixed wireless Internet service provider said...

Wireless adult content to be big business

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-New research shows the market for wireless gambling and adult content will be significant, but warns that wireless carriers will need to...

Alamosa hit with another class-action suit

The law firm of Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow L.L.P. said it has been retained to file a class action lawsuit in the U.S....

Regulators enter LNP game: FCC asks for details from AT&T wireless

WASHINGTON-Regulators in both Washington and San Francisco Thursday began looking into problems with local number portability, with the Federal Communications Commission focusing on AT&T...

Intel revises outlook downward on wireless difficulties

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Investors decried Intel Corp.'s revised fourth-quarter outlook, sending the company's stock down almost 3 percent in trading to $32.64 per share.Intel said...

Alltel begins picture-messaging service

Alltel Corp. jumped into the multimedia messaging business launching picture-messaging capabilities to its Axcess wireless data offering allowing customers to take, send and receive...

KDDI beats rivals in November customer adds

TOKYO-KDDI Corp. signed up more subscribers than its Japanese rivals during November, according to statistics from the Telecommunications Carriers Association in Japan. KDDI added...

Western Wireless begins 1x service in select markets

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. launched its OpenDoor wireless Internet access service for its Cellular One customers using the carrier's CDMA2000 1x network in select...

XO to expand network reach to 72 markets

RESTON, Va.-Broadband telecommunications services provider XO Communications Inc. announced it plans to expand its network to 12 additional markets by the end of this...

Half of U.S. consumers interested in home wireless networks

Nearly half of U.S. online consumers are interested in installing wireless networks in their homes, and 11 percent, or 7 million, already have, according...
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