Yearly Archives: 2003

Southwest Airlines relaxes mobile-phone rules

DALLAS-Southwest Airlines joined several other major air carriers in relaxing its mobile-phone usage rules. The carrier said customers with cell phones onboard may begin...

Alltel signs on Walt Disney content

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Wireless carrier Alltel Corp. announced a wide-ranging deal with Walt Disney Internet Group to bolster its wireless content offerings, including its BREW...

Hiptop to include J2ME

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said it will include Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java 2 Micro Edition application download technology in its Hiptop wireless device platform,...

McLeodUSA enters bundled service agreement with AT&T Wireless

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-Independent telecommunications provider McLeodUSA Inc. signed a multi-year wholesale agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. allowing McLeodUSA to provide wireless voice services...

Nortel wins $1B Verizon contract

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless signed a $1 billion multi-year agreement with Nortel Networks Ltd. to expand and upgrade the carrier's nationwide CDMA network. The agreement...

CPUC signals it may back off consumer bill of rights

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission, facing heavy pressure from mobile-phone carriers with generous funding support from their national trade association, last week sent fresh...

Carriers see Senate bill as last chance to stop LNP

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers that still oppose wireless local number portability are trying another last-ditch effort to stop the mandate.The Senate Appropriations Committee last Thursday sent...

Business Briefs

Wireless Internet software provider Openwave Systems Inc. announced it could further its acquisition push with a new offering of $100 million in convertible subordinated...

Senate committee requests LNP rules be finalized

WASHINGTON-The Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday sent to the Senate floor a bill that directs the Federal Communications Commission to release the implementation guidelines for...

Leap announces new ad agency for Cricket

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary named Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners as the agency of record to handle its advertising...

Motorola reported to be in Microsoft, Orange deal for new phone

Motorola Inc. will introduce a mobile phone running Microsoft Corp.'s Smartphone operating system this month, and European operator Orange will sell the device, according...

Student given detention due to camera-phone content

SAN ANTONIO-A Texas school student was given three days of detention after school officials said they found pictures of drugs, guns and gang-related activities...

T-Mobile says network fix under way

BERLIN-Germany's largest wireless operator, T-Mobile International AG, which is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG and parent company to U.S.-based T-Mobile USA Inc., said...

Gateway launches Wi-Fi products

POWAY, Calif.-Gateway Inc. said it has launched 802.11b and g products, which include a broadband router and cards. The router ensures connection with a...

Sharp develops high-speed memory for mobile devices

TOKYO-Sharp Electronics has developed a 128-megabyte flash memory, which offers a maximum access time of 60 nanoseconds, which the company calls the industry's fastest.It...

FCC funding bill could end auctions

WASHINGTON-An amendment to the bill that would fund the Federal Communications Commission for Fiscal Year 2004 was passed late Thursday by the Senate Appropriations...

Sprint PCS reports network outage in San Francisco

Sprint PCS reported that an undetermined number of its wireless customers in area codes beginning with 41 and 42 were affected for about six...

Digital Bridges releases ‘The Weakest Link’ through Sky Active

LONDON-Wireless content company Digital Bridges announced the release of a wireless game based on "The Weakest Link" TV show, which will be available through...

Nextel, Verizon Wireless enter PTT ad battle

The battle over business customers continues to heat up as Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless launched new advertising campaigns targeting potential deficiencies in...

J-Phone to rebrand to Vodafone K.K.

TOKYO-Japanese mobile operator J-Phone Co. Ltd. announced that its board of directors proposed a resolution to change its name to Vodafone K.K., which will...

Ericsson creates new business groups

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has tweaked its organization by creating a new business unit known as Access, which focuses on radio products. It is divorced...

U.K. to see first PTT offering in October

LONDON-A U.K. supplier plans to offer push-to-talk services in the United Kingdom through an alliance with Wizcom Ltd., which owns retail outlet chain Phones4U....

T-Mobile adds to concert series

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Following the five simultaneous concerts T-Mobile USA Inc. hosted across the country Sept. 4, the carrier announced it will hold another All Access...

Calif. could rule on Cingular probe next week

WASHINGTON-California regulators could issue a proposed decision as early as next week on their year-long investigation of Cingular Wireless L.L.C., according to a source...

Palm to continue to use Novarra Web browser

MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. asserted that it will continue to use Novarra Inc.'s Web browser in its future wireless personal digital assistants. Novarra's Web Pro...
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