2003

Countering claims that the technology has yet to gain a foothold, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported shipments of the short-range wireless technology exceeded 1 million units per week worldwide …

With hundreds of wireless operators spread throughout the country, T-Mobile USA Inc.’s position as the sixth-largest carrier would seem to be one of the more enviable. The carrier has posted …

ESSEX, Conn.-Interest in mobile marketing continues to grow, with new entrant Mynamics announcing its official launch. The new company is based in London and counts offices in Connecticut and Sydney, …

Becky Welke had a problem. As general manager of the Plaza Hotel & Suites in Eau Claire, Wis., Welke wanted to offer her guests high-speed access to the Internet, but …

OTTAWA-In tune with its “Business Without Borders” vision, Nortel Networks Ltd. said it plans to trial its public wireless local area networks architecture with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and …

Record companies Def Jam Recordings and Elektra Records will team with two wireless companies to develop wireless marketing campaigns to promote various musicians. The first campaigns will center on recording …

WASHINGTON-Some wireless carriers are hoping the fat lady has yet to sing. Lobbyists staged a last-ditch effort to delay the Nov. 24 wireless local number portability mandate until after the …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless last month said that if the Federal Communications Commission agrees to the Consensus Plan to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, Nextel Communications Inc. …

Interest in mobile marketing continues to grow, with new entrant Mynamics announcing its official launch. The new company is based in London and counts offices in Connecticut and Sydney, Australia. …

SAN FRANCISCO-Record companies Def Jam Recordings and Elektra Records announced they will team with two wireless companies to develop wireless marketing campaigns to promote various musicians. The first campaigns will …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. said it reached an agreement with its senior credit lenders modifying certain provisions of its $170 million senior credit facility that the …

Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted a disappointing 3,567 net customer additions during the third quarter of this year, which was well below the 33,000 the carrier added during the third …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Motorola Inc. said it has won a contract to supply base stations and transmission equipment for Brazilian carrier Vivo’s CDMA2000 1x network in the northern and western parts …

Western Wireless Corp. said it has asked the Federal Communications Commission to discontinue using the Rate-of-Return regulatory system for setting rural telephone companies’ universal service support and access charges, arguing …

TORONTO-Enterprise telematics company AirIQ Inc. announced it plans to expand its business into the consumer market with both white-label offerings and its own MobileIQ brand. “Our vision was to create …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry and other business sectors face stiffer penalties for antitrust violations under a new bill sponsored by Sens. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) and Herb Kohl (D-Wis.). “Recently, we’ve been …

LONDON-Vodafone Italy has begun a new voice conference service that allow participants to join, leave, re-join, and involve friends and colleagues through technology from Telsis. The technology allows spontaneous conferencing …

WASHINGTON-A powerful lawmaker called for wireless carriers to get universal-service subsidies for deploying towers in rural America. “We should let cell-phone companies get additional price support to expand cell-phone towers …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens Mobile Acceleration said it invested in Singapore-based software company PurpleACE. The proceeds of the financing will be used to commercialize PurpleACE’s flagship product MobileBAG. The product allows subscribers …

LONDON-Radio Frequency Investigation Ltd. said it has accredited Panasonic’s first Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone, the X70. RFI approved the phone through testing and regulatory compliance services. The phone includes a full-color …

RALEIGH, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Corp. said it has launched a combined GPRS and Wi-Fi PC card known as GC79, which enables notebooks users to access both 802.11b and GPRS networks in …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tecnomen said it will deliver a voicemail and unified messaging system to MTC-Vodafone’s new GSM network in Bahrain through a contract with Siemens AG. The value of the deal …

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Inc. reported that its wireless division, which is an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner, posted a 6-percent year-over-year drop in revenues from $68.9 million during the third …

DALLAS-In what both companies see as a signal of future collaboration, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. are working together to deliver optimized end-to-end wireless solutions for 2.5- and …

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-South Korean wireless carrier SK Telecom announced it will offer over-the-air software upgrades to its customers through a new deal with OTA technology company Bitfone Corp. SK Telecom …