2003

MILAN, Italy-Italy’s largest mobile operator Telecom Italia Mobile said that although it has not commercially launched its third-generation network, it has launched services that will become available on UMTS, including …

PLAINVIEW, N.Y.-Aeroflex Inc. has launched the Aeroflex 3000 series PXI-based modular test suite for wireless carriers. The new test suite includes a 3 GHz RF synthesizer, a 2.5 GHz digital …

Customer retention is a top priority for wireless carriers, according to J.D. Power and Associates’ new 2003 U.S. Wireless Regional CSI Study. Slowing penetration and upcoming wireless local number portability …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will offer a BREW application that will allow users to wirelessly link to their desktop calendar applications. The iDatebook application, from Xpherix Corp., allows users …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it plans to hire 150 new staff for its Salo mobile plant in Finland in a move that bucks industry’s tide of layoffs and export of …

NEW YORK-More than a year after its delisting, Marconi plc is returning to the Nasdaq Thursday to satisfy the yearnings of its influential U.S. shareholders. The company, which has restructured, …

Nokia Corp. appears to have updated its 3650 smart phone with two new models recently approved by the Federal Communications Commission. Nokia declined to comment on the devices. The FCC …

AUSTIN, Texas-Wireless Valley Communications Inc. has been awarded a patent for a network design and deployment tool. The patent covers instant error-checking capabilities for engineers to create and compare network …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Irish mobile operator MmO2 began a new service called FoneBlog that allows customers to create and run personal Web sites from their mobile phones. The service, from NewBay Software, …

WASHINGTON-Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. is asking its judge to allow it to conduct a $39 million trial of wireless broadband technology in Las Vegas using spectrum to be obtained from …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has won a five-year, $117 million contract to supply Singapore carrier StarHub with equipment for a W-CDMA network. According to the deal, Nokia will provide …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Price points below $100 have made global positioning system receivers affordable to the masses, according to research from ABI. In fact, demand for GPS applications will help grow …

Dobson Communications Corp. said AT&T Wireless Services Inc. sold all of its shares-more than 4.5 million-in Dobson, and as a result, AT&T Wireless has ceased to be a party to …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration voiced support for making additional spectrum available for unlicensed wireless devices and ensuring that commercial use of frequencies do not disrupt Pentagon radar. “Today, we continue the …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry and others have blasted Bush administration efforts to globally promote concepts in a November 2002 report by the Federal Communications Commission’s Spectrum Policy Task Force, a criticism …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. said it will restate some financial statements from 2001, 2002 and 2003 to reflect this year’s sale of towers to AAT Communications Corp. and other …

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association applauded Senate Finance Committee passage of legislation that includes a tax break designed to foster broadband investment. “TIA supports the use of fiscal incentives as a …

BOSTON-New research shows the market for multimedia messaging services in the United States will grow from just $8 million last year to $900 million by 2007, and the number of …

NEW YORK-Telecommunications site consulting and management company HighPointe Group L.L.C. has acquired the assets of Site Spectrum Management Corp. from a subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp., increasing the number …

MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. today released three new personal digital assistants, and though none includes support for wide area wireless networks, the devices nonetheless acknowledge the growing influence and importance of …

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-A Russian operator has begun a trial of CDMA2000 1X technology at 450 MHz using equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd. The trial is being conducted in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s …

The battle of standards over base stations has heated up with the Common Public Radio Interface initiative announcing the launching of its specification. CPRI, which is led by L.M. Ericsson, …

LONDON-In the second such European alliance aiming to gain power in numbers, nine second- and third-tier mobile operators joined forces in a new mobile alliance to provide seamless, enhanced voice …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera AB said it will invest in EDGE technology to improve the speed of its Finnish mobile network. The company said it EDGE technology will be available this fall. …

WASHINGTON-The Nebraska Public Service Commission said it will ask the state legislature next year for authority to regulate wireless service and billing. “As the wireless industry grows and users become …