Yearly Archives: 2003

Verizon expects 2003 wireless adds to exceed original forecast

Due to increasing demand for wireless service, Verizon Communications Inc. said it expects its wireless division to add more than 4.5 million customers this...

LNP date firm, further FCC guidance to come by Nov. 24

WASHINGTON-The Nov. 24 date is firm for wireless local number portability, and the intent is for wireless-to-wireless porting to go forth on that day,...

Telespree wins Romanian contract

SAN FRANCISCO-U.S. supplier Telespree Communications said it received a contract with Romanian CDMA 450 MHz operator Zapp to deploy Telespree's automated activation and acquisition...

Proxim selects Wavelink as partner for enterprise WLAN line

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Wireless networking equipment provider Proxim Corp. has chosen Wavelink as network management partner for its ORiNOCO line of wireless local area network solutions...

Singapore cellular operator closes paging business

SINGAPORE-MobileOne said it would terminate its six-year-old paging service at the end of the year. Singapore's M1 will offer its 22,000 paging customers the...

Motorola provides wireless sensor networks for ZigBee

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it is offering sensors that interoperate with the ZigBee protocol in environments as diverse as a factory floor to a...

M-commerce steps into stoplight with Nokia, Visa teaming

The mobile commerce industry saw several new announcements and partnerships in conjunction with the Mobile Commerce World Europe 2003 event in London, but the...

TI files lawsuit against Qualcomm

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has filed a lawsuit asking the court to order Qualcomm Inc. to abide by the terms of a cross-licensing...

Alabama forms group to address tower-siting issues

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Statewide organizations are furthering the wireless industry's knowledge of local and state issues affecting it. Most recently, the state of Alabama formed the...

Nokia back on top of U.S. handset market

BOSTON-Nokia Corp. managed to reclaim the No. 1 spot from Motorola Inc. in the U.S. handset market, according to new research from research and...

New cyber security czar, DHS face myriad of wireless issues

WASHINGTON-As the House and Senate this week prepare to vote on a $29.4 billion homeland security spending bill, the wireless industry remains left in...

Samsung shows phone with TV and camera, Motorola debuts V60t

NEW YORK-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. held a product showcase in New York to display its advanced electronics equipment from televisions to camcorders and took...

EV-DO to gain traction faster than W-CDMA

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Despite the dominance of the GSM family of network technologies over the CDMA family of technologies in the wireless market, next-generation CDMA,...

Primus offers Europe low-end phone, promises to enter U.S.

Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. announced an innovative plan to sell low-end mobile phones in Europe, a move that further expands the mobile-phone market to...

Nokia expands portfolio with EDGE handset, CDMA camera phone

HELSINKI, Finland-The world's No. 1 phone maker, Nokia Corp., continued to expand its broad product portfolio with several new handsets, including an EDGE phone...

Nortel, Lucent continue to target China

BEIJING-In a simultaneous score for China's stride to third-generation technology, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a carrier contract and a research and development investment, while...

Numerex sells messaging division to Wireless Services Corp.

ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp. sold its Data1Source messaging service to messaging company Wireless Services Corp., a move Numerex said would help it focus on...

Trade talk collapse could hurt wireless firms

WASHINGTON-The collapse of global trade talks in Mexico could hurt exports of the wireless industry and other high-tech sectors in the United States.The Telecommunications...

NRIC probes wireless response during blackout

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry painted a rosy picture Sept. 15 of what happened to its networks during last month's blackout."The wireless industry really is a...

Hot to touch?

The most entertaining piece of being a part of the wireless industry has got to be watching how the evolving technology is absorbed into...

U.S. still largely left out of m-commerce

Jeffrey Glass could be considered a player in the mobile-commerce industry, although you won't find the "m-commerce" designation in any of the literature about...

Clarification

In the story, "Details emerge on Sprint's PTT" story in the Sept. 15 issue of RCR Wireless News, Nextel Communications Inc. said its network...

Cingular users can access AOL text

DULLES, Va.-Cingular Wireless and instant messaging company America Online Inc. announced an expansive partnership to allow Cingular subscribers to send and receive AOL instant...

Qualcomm expected to hit high end of guidance

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it expects its revenue and earnings per share for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal 2003 will achieve the high...

Intel aims to get industry thinking outside the phone

Intel Corp. wants the world to know that it is not about cell phones, or personal digital assistants or wireless notebooks. It is about...
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