Yearly Archives: 2003

GoAmerica receives approval for continued Nasdaq listing

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. said it recently received a temporary exception notice to the $1 minimum closing bid price per share requirement for continued listing...

Alcatel wins $50M in GSM contracts in China

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won multiple GSM expansion contracts from China Mobile valued at more than $50 million.Under the agreements, Alcatel will expand the...

Enterprises to adopt wide range of wireless products

NEW YORK-Within the next four years, more than 50 percent of enterprises with at least 1,000 employees will be using at least five wireless...

Bluetooth shipments hit milestone

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...

Alternate 800 MHz plan gaining steam

WASHINGTON-A plan is beginning to gel at the Federal Communications Commission to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band and give...

T-Mobile offers free weekends

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. launched an extended "free weekend" minute offering rate plan that included 600 anytime calling minutes and unlimited weekend calling minutes...

Nortel overstated losses

In an announcement with possible implications for laid-off employees, plant closings and investors, Nortel Networks Ltd. said it is undertaking a comprehensive review of...

Ascendent mobility software in use by OMD

LAS VEGAS-Ascendent Telecommunications announced that its AscendentCS mobility and continuity application has been installed inside media specialist OMD's New York office.Ascendent's solution allows mobile...

Appeals court affirms mobile-health ruling

WASHINGTON-The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday unanimously affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an $800 million brain-cancer lawsuit against Motorola Inc. and...

RCR welcomes letters to the editor

RCR welcomes letters to the editor responding to articles in the newspaper. Letters must be signed. RCR reserves the right to edit letters for...

Enterprise gains apps, alliances

As the guinea pig of technologies, enterprise has enjoyed some play in the wireless industry of late. Whether in terms of alliances or new...

Asia-Pacific region leads in hot spots

Asia-Pacific is expected to account for more than half of the more than 45,000 commercial hot-spot locations in the world by the end of...

Mobliss reports new mobile marketing campaigns

SEATTLE-Mobile application company Mobliss announced two new marketing campaigns around its mobile services. Fox Broadcasting Co. will offer premium SMS and downloadable services called...

As CTIA goes GOP, others stay loyal Dems

WASHINGTON-While the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association was laboring to find a new leader whose conservative politics would align with the GOP-led Congress and...

Wireless Retail readies for WLNP, along with carriers

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-While government and carriers continue to hammer out the technical and political details of wireless local number portability, wireless retailer Wireless Retail Inc.,...

Bundling=spending?

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Telecommunications customers subscribing to package plans tend to spend more money on communications services than those who purchase only single services, according...

Gaming takes spotlight at Wireless I.T.

LAS VEGAS-Gaming highlighted a rash of announcements made at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless I.T and Entertainment show in Las Vegas, providing...

InPhonic upgrades BREW e-mail applications

LAS VEGAS-InPhonic Inc. released the latest version of its eMail InMotion application for Qualcomm's BREW platform at last week's CTIA Wireless I.T. show in...

Churn could reach long-distance churn rates with WLNP

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Wireless carriers might see churn the likes of that once experienced by long-distance service providers when wireless local number portability is implemented,...

TellShare releases mobile camera blogging service

Wireless solutions provider TellShare launched mLogs, a free audio/video/photo blogging service that allows users to put images from their camera-enabled cell phones directly onto...

Industry’s filter problem

So much progress the past two decades, not to mention all the glitzy wireless stuff that debuted in Las Vegas last week. Yet the...

Carriers hooked on speed

Wireless data service speeds-which for years have been cast aside as less important than the applications running over the networks-were again the topic of...

Time marches on

To the Editor:On Oct. 13, l983, the first commercial cellular phone call was made. On Oct. 13, 2003, Tom Wheeler's Retirement Roast was held...

TI reports strong quarterly income

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments Inc. said it enjoyed a net income of $447 million, or 25 cents a share, for the third quarter. This contrasts...

As phones get personal, security beefs up

DENVER-Mobile phones are used for talking, texting, gaming, photographing and documenting. They link to the public Internet and private, corporate Intranets. They store important...
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