Yearly Archives: 2003

Qpass, InphoMatch announce premium SMS platform

SEATTLE-Qpass Inc. and InphoMatch Inc. announced a platform for mobile operators and content partners that will allow premium short messaging service events to be...

Intel forms alliance for next-gen products

Intel Corp. has joined with other players to extend the scope of an alliance to accommodate wireless communications for next-generation applications.The group, known as...

U.S. Cellular selects Starent gateway

TEWSKBURY, Mass.-U.S. Cellular said it has selected Starent Networks Corp. to provide key infrastructure for its core data network, using the Starent ST16 Intelligent...

MetroPCS to offer stored value card

DALLAS-Wireless carrier MetroPCS Inc. reported a partnership with One Global Finance Inc. to offer its MetroPCS Wired Plastic MasterCard fully integrated stored value card,...

Nortel to expand Israeli 1x network

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nortel Networks has signed a three-year, $30 million contract to expand carrier Pelephone's CDMA2000 1x network.The carrier targets 1.9 million subscribers."This expansion...

Nigerian carrier signs Nortel for expansion

LAGOS, Nigeria-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a contract with wireless local loop provider Multi-Links Telecom Ltd. to expand its next-generation fixed wireless...

Sierra to sell smart phone using Microsoft OS

Longtime wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless announced a significant new business direction with the unveiling of its Voq phone-a device that marks the arrival...

Esat BT wins UMTS deal in Ireland with 3

DUBLIN, Ireland-Esat BT said it signed a $166.4 million deal with 3 Ireland to build and operate its third-generation radio access network. Esat BT...

Siemens creates U.S.-based broadband R&D unit

DALLAS-Siemens AG said it has created a new global research and development unit called Siemens Subscriber Networks, with headquarters in Dallas.The centers will be...

Kyocera to make PTT phones, stops selling some handsets as one explodes

Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it will temporarily halt shipments of several handset models following reports that a Kyocera phone apparently exploded just days after...

Sun answers complaints with server, test suite

Sun Microsystems Inc. is working to address many of the complaints and concerns leveled at the company's wireless Java technology with a series of...

Goodbye Columbus

Was Northrop Grumman Corp. on to something? Put another way, do Federal Communications Commission rules governing 700 MHz public-safety communications effectively lock out state-of-the-art...

Verizon, Audiovox continue settlement talks with O’Day

WASHINGTON-Settlement talks continue in a blind woman's complaint that Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. violated the disability provision of the 1996 telecom act,...

GSM wins in Iraq

WASHINGTON-After weeks of speculation, it appears that GSM technology has won out over CDMA systems in Iraq. The Coalition of Provisional Authority and the...

Unwired Australia to deploy wireless broadband in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia-Unwired Australia Pty. Ltd. announced it plans to deploy a metro-area non-line-of-sight, wide-area wireless broadband network in Sydney, Australia. The network deployment, which...

Verizon, Disney expand content agreement

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Verizon Wireless continues to expand its Get It Now data offerings, adding new content from Walt Disney and MapQuest.First, Walt Disney's wireless...

Secondary markets ruling could advance mobile backhaul efforts

A much-awaited ruling from the Federal Communications Commission, hailed as one of the most important spectrum-reform decisions during the past decade, could impact the...

FCC approves Global Crossing transfer

WASHINGTON D.C.-Global Crossing received Federal Communications Commission approval to transfer its assets and operations to New GX, a company formed under the laws of...

Sprint launches PCS Data Link to replace CDPD network

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. launched its PCS Data Link high-speed wireless connectivity solution, which the company said was designed to provide mobile employees with...

FCC should clarify strongest-signal rules

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Oct. 3 asked the Federal Communications Commission to confirm that its 911 strongest-signal rules require an analog phone to connect...

Industry urges court to throw out headset case

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, pointing to legal, legislative and regulatory precedent, told a federal appeals court that U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake was correct to...

Sprint tinkers with price plans

Less than a week into what is traditionally the busiest quarter of the year, Sprint PCS rolled out a handful of modest rate plan...

Verizon scores high on DO speed, price

Independent testing of Verizon Wireless' recently launched BroadbandAccess 1x EV-DO network found that while the service fell short of the multi-megabit speeds often used...

Wireless use continues to grow at steady pace

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-The percentage of consumers using mobile-phone service has markedly increased during 2003, according to research from Solomon Wolff Associates. According to the...

Rural carriers forced to port to others

WASHINGTON-Rural wireless carriers cannot refuse to port a telephone number to another wireless carrier that does not have an interconnection agreement with them, the...
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