Yearly Archives: 2003

Qualcomm chipset validated by 13 W-CDMA vendors

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its W-CDMA chipset known as MSM6200 has been tested and validated by 13 worldwide infrastructure vendors."Qualcomm's chipset solution is the...

Alamosa finalizes exchange offer

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported that the exchange offer of its public debt that was first announced Sept. 12 expired Nov....

TWR releases dual lighting for towers

HOUSTON-TWR Lighting Inc. recently introduced its L864/865 dual lighting system for tower structures and touted it as a potential source of cost savings for...

Optimus to launch WAP 2.0 with LogicaCMG technology

LONDON-LogicaCMG said Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has deployed its Wireless Service Broker product, which will enable Optimus to deliver mobile Internet services based on...

Agere releases EDGE chipset

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. said it has unveiled what it describes as the smallest and fastest EDGE chipset solution for enhanced mobile handsets and...

FCC rules wireline must port to wireless

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Monday said wireline carriers must port customers' telephone numbers to wireless carriers even if the wireless carrier does not have...

Dell offers GPRS card via AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile USA

ROUND ROCK, Texas-Dell Inc. this week released its Dell TrueMobile 5100 Tri-Band GPRS PC Card with a choice of wireless access service plans from...

UbiquiTel reaches agreement with Sprint PCS

UbiquiTel Inc. said it has reached a three-year agreement with network partner Sprint PCS covering a number of inter-carrier issues, including roaming, reseller and...

AT&T Wireless posts additional 3Q revenue

REDMOND, Wash.-Following a Financial Accounting Standards Board directive Oct. 8 on how companies report their interests in certain partnerships, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. posted...

White House opposes Northpoint provision giving it free spectrum

WASHINGTON-The White House opposes a spending measure provision enabling Northpoint Technology Ltd. to acquire wireless licenses free rather than competing for licenses at a...

MMS spec to allow GSM, CDMA interoperability

The Open Mobile Alliance industry standards group announced a major new specifications release aimed at breaking down the barriers between GSM and CDMA carriers....

The next big whatever

Just what are Craig McCaw and Nextel Communications Inc. up to, separately or together? Is there a grand plan waiting to be hatched or...

Best practices works when it’s enforced

To the Editor,I read your opinion piece, and agree that the parties to the Consensus Plan seem like they cannot get on the same...

EDGE operators demo data roaming

BANGKOK, Thailand-The world's first roaming demonstration of multimedia data services was conducted on a live EDGE network in Asia last week, the Global Mobile...

Magnolia aims to leverage SK Telecom MoU to other carriers

Because operators prefer to manage capacity rather than allow it to dictate their businesses, the nation's expanding subscriber base continues to pose problems.The traditional...

House seeks to strengthen OPIC

WASHINGTON-The ransacking of a U.S.-owned mobile-phone company in Cote d'Ivoire, the recent jailing of a billionaire oil tycoon in Russia and geopolitical instability associated...

Nextel, Qualcomm continue cooperation on PTT solution

Although Nextel Communications Inc. has announced no clear commitment on its next-generation protocol, Qualcomm Inc.'s trial of its push-to-talk solution, known as QChat, has...

Cost to build out rural U.S. is enormous

An Oct. 31 article in RCR Wireless quoted Sen. Ted Stevens from Alaska as saying, "We should let cell-phone companies get additional price support...

Major phone makers see 3Q market-share gains

A new study shows the mobile-phone industry grew 21.2 percent year-over-year in the third quarter, with most of the world's major phone makers seeing...

Airspan to acquire Nortel’s Proximity fixed wireless business

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc., provider of broadband fixed wireless DSL networks, announced it plans to acquire Nortel Networks' fixed wireless access business for...

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House OKs bill that gives E911 grants to states

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives last week passed the E911 Implementation Act of 2003 by voice vote. "While most state governments tax cell-phone users for...

World Briefs

LondonFollowing its launch of an MVNO service in the United Kingdom promoted through a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, British Telecommunications Inc. launched a new service,...

Gallagher’s NTIA nomination moves forward

WASHINGTON-Michael Gallagher, President Bush's nominee to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, told Senate lawmakers that engineering and trust among agencies are key...

Christensen departs Microsoft to start own company

The head of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile devices division, Juha Christensen, will leave the software giant to start his own company, which will focus on...
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