Yearly Archives: 2003

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...

Tower sector needs one show

Before it becomes a rehash of PCIA vs. CTIA, PCIA and Shorecliff Communications need to merge their tower shows into one event. It's the...

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...

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...

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...

Everypath scores $14.3M in funding

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Everypath Inc. scored a significant $14.3 million in new venture funding, with Trident Capital leading the round.Everypath offers technology...

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...

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...

DoCoMo leads OTA pack: Service to launch next week

NTT DoCoMo Inc. joins several other major wireless players in introducing an over-the-air updating service that will allow the carrier to remotely send software...

FCC gives Tier III carriers time to justify E911 waivers

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said late Friday it is giving rural wireless carriers a chance to make their case why they can't abide by...

Banc of America sells Dobson shares

OKLAHOMA CITY-Bank of America Corp. subsidiary Banc of America Strategic Solutions Inc. has agreed to sell approximately 28.6 million shares of Dobson Communications Corp.'s...

Handset vendors ramp up holiday offerings

The world's handset makers are ramping up their holiday season devices, with Motorola Inc., Siemens and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. joining the fray.Motorola and...

Handspring reports declining revenue, increasing Treo shipments

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Handspring Inc. reported declining revenues and a growing net loss, but said shipments of its new Treo 600 were beginning to ramp...

Nokia, Pannon GSM demo W-CDMA call in Hungary

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Hungarian operator Pannon GSM said they demonstrated the first public W-CDMA third-generation call in Hungary. A Pannon GSM executive using...

Openwave announces 1:3 reverse stock split

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced its board of directors has approved a one-for-three reverse split of its common stock.The reverse stock split will...

TTPCom achieves 216 kbps download using EDGE equipment

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Using Its EDGE module, TTPCom, said it has achieved a 216 kilobits per second download on L.M. Ericsson's infrastructure."There has been some...

US Airways to allow cell-phone use sooner after landing

ARLINGTON, Va.-US Airways has expanded its onboard wireless phone use policy to allow customers to use their phones sooner after landing.Passengers now can use...

American Tower’s Taiclet named CEO

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. announced Jim Taiclet, formerly president and chief operating officer, will take over the roll of chief executive officer, replacing Steve Dodge...

T-Mobile, Gemplus release results from advanced SMS service

LUXEMBOURG-T-Mobile Netherlands and Gemplus announced results from their deployment of a short message service-based information-on-demand service for T-Mobile's Dutch customers. After five months of...

Crown Castle completes credit amendment

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. announced it has completed an amended $1.6 billion credit facility and made certain changes to its capital structure. "This leverage-neutral...

Cingular launches MMS

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its Multimedia Messaging service, allowing customers to attach photos, text, graphics, music, video and voice to traditional text messages, and...

Copps worries wireless will be left out of Internet

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Michael Copps issued a clarion call against the deregulatory stance taken by the Federal Communications Commission chaired by Michael Powell."I don't think...

Lithuanian operator orders Ericsson EDGE gear

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson signed a sole supplier contract with Lithuanian operator Bit GSM for an EDGE network. The value of the contract was not disclosed.Ericsson...

Powell gives no hints on solving 800 MHz band interference

WASHINGTON-If attendees at the Private Wireless Summit, sponsored by the Industrial Telecommunications Association, thought FCC Chairman Michael Powell would tip his hand as to...

AT&T Wireless dumps mLife for updated ‘reach out’ campaign

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a new brand advertising campaign, which the company said would invoke the carrier's former corporate parent AT&T Corp.'s heritage...
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