Yearly Archives: 2003

Nokia announces dual-stack IP CDMA handset

BANGKOK, Thailand-Continuing its push to expand its CDMA business, Nokia Corp. said it will sell a dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 CDMA handset starting next year. The...

Verizon Wireless offers traveler info. in San Francisco

OAKLAND, Calif.-Verizon Wireless activated its 511 traveler information service in the San Francisco Bay Area providing customers with current information on traffic conditions, routes,...

Boost Mobile adds Sam Goody to retail line-up

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile L.L.C. said it will begin offering its prepaid service, which uses Nextel Communications Inc.'s iDEN network, in 30 Sam Goody retail...

Progress Telecom to merge with EPIK Communications

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Progress Telecom and EPIK Communications announced they will merge to form a new Progress Telecom focused on delivering wholesale broadband solutions.The merged...

DSP shipments enjoy strong growth

TEMPE, Ariz.-The market for digital signal processors is enjoying a continuing boost, according to a bulletin from electronics market research firm Forward Concepts. Citing...

FCC to require intermodal porting

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is likely to require wireline carriers to port customers' telephone numbers to wireless carriers even if the wireless carrier does...

Motorola data leads to questions about Nextel’s 800 MHz relocation figure

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Wednesday used a Nov. 3 filing from Motorola Inc. to question whether the $850 million Nextel Communications Inc....

Ecutel acquires Inciscent

HERNDON, Va.-Mobile virtual private network software provider Ecutel Systems Inc. announced it purchased Inciscent Inc., which sells enterprise management software. Terms of the deal...

3eTI offers FIPS 140-2-validated WLAN products

ROCKVILLE, Md.-3e Technologies International (3eTI), which provides solutions for secure wireless networking, said its 3e-521NP, 3e-530NP and 3e-522FIPS are the first 802.11 wireless access...

Alamosa extends note expiration

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported an extension on the expiration date of its previously announced offer for its public indebtedness and...

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...

Sierra Wireless files with SEC to sell shares

WASHINGTON-Sierra Wireless Inc. said it has filed a shelf registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for 3,842,222 common shares, adding that holders...

MetroPCS to offer $40 unlimited long distance

DALLAS-Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc., which offers fixed rate unlimited local calling plans in a handful of large markets, introduced an unlimited long distance and...

WatchMark to merge with Comnitel

BELLEVUE, Wash.-WatchMark Corp., which provides wireless performance management software, and Comnitel Technologies, provider of wireless service management software, announced they will merge. The combined...

ITA elects Smith board chairman

WASHINGTON D.C.-The Industrial Telecommunications Association has elected F.H. "Rick" Smith of ChevronTexaco Inc. to serve as chair of the board. "I am thankful for...

Nextel ups escrow amount to $100M for 800 MHz plan

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. Monday told the Federal Communications Commission it would deposit $100 million in an escrow account and secure irrevocable lines of credit...

Sprint PCS readies for PTT launch with FCC approval of Sanyo phone

Sprint PCS is apparently getting closer to launching its planned push-to-talk service, as a newly approved mobile phone from Sprint handset provider Sanyo features...

U.S. Cellular implements Portal billing platform

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. announced U.S. Cellular has implemented its product-based billing platform for U.S. Cellular's wireless data services."Portal's billing solution will enable us...

University students embrace mobile marketing service

ATLANTA-MoBull Messenger, a wireless coupon and information service used by students and staff at the University of South Florida, has grown more than 700...

Gallagher’s NTIA nomination moves forward

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

Centennial prices public offering of common stock

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. priced a previously announced public offering of 10 million shares of its common stock, including 7 million shares offered directly...

Taiwanese operator selects Amdocs billing system

ST. LOUIS-Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications has chosen Amdocs' Enabler product for convergent voice, data, content and commerce billing. The billing solution will allow FET...

Carrier branding brings strong data sales

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-New research shows that wireless carriers that launch their own branded portals and handsets enjoy much better data sales than carriers that...

Verizon Wireless to expand M2M services through Aeris.net

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless said it will expand its machine-to-machine services through a new deal with Aeris.net. Under the agreement, Verizon will offer Aeris.net's...

CPUC commissioners close to bill-of-rights agreement

WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Commissioner member Geoffrey Brown today said he and Commissioner Carl Wood are close to an agreement on a bill of rights...
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