2003

The wireless content and gaming industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds, as new startups launch, new applications become available and new partnerships are formed. Indeed, such intense activity …

Ectel Inc. announced it sold its X-Probe PD product for lawful intercept to one of the nation’s largest wireless carriers. The company would not identify the carrier, nor would it …

TOKYO-Openwave Systems Inc. said Japanese operator KDDI has upgraded to Openwave Mobile Browser Version 6.2 for its first set of megapixel camera phones. The carrier uses Openwave’s client and server …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. continued to take advantage of its rapidly improving cash position by announcing plans to redeem all of its 10.65-percent senior redeemable discount notes due 2007, which …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched a marketing and sales initiative targeting the U.S. Hispanic community that will include the carrier’s first Spanish language advertising campaign in broadcast television, radio, billboard …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed up Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications Inc. (APBW) as the latest carrier to offer Qualcomm’s BREW application download service. Indeed, the CDMA2000 1x carrier is working …

Verizon Wireless again raised the stakes in the wireless local number portability fight, urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject proposals from a number of its competitors that Verizon Wireless …

WASHINGTON-EMR Network’s request that the Federal Communications Commission consider revisiting its radio-frequency radiation regulations and guidelines has been denied. EMR was fighting the earlier dismissal of a 2001 petition for …

The last of the six nationwide wireless operators reported second-quarter results last week as German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG released results for T-Mobile USA Inc. that showed a dramatic …

DALLAS-Looking to grow its GSM business, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced a deal today with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which this month will begin selling Samsung’s v206 camera phone. “Our …

Fulfilling repeated claims to launch service by the end of this year, Verizon Wireless introduced its highly anticipated Push to Talk service last week, which, in addition to providing Verizon …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission stepped up its consumer-education campaign regarding wireless enhanced 911 Thursday when FCC Chairman Michael Powell appeared on the “CBS Early Show” to announce the release of …

Heavy call volumes on wireless networks frustrated end users and caused cell sites operating on backup generators and batteries to quickly falter during the massive power outage that crippled the …

TORONTO-In a document it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Nortel Networks Ltd. said it forecasts a further $30 million to $40 million of restructuring charges in the …

With wireless local number portability right around the corner, wireless carriers are expected to become more aggressive in the next several months in offering retention incentives tied to contract extensions …

The camera-phone craze appears to have officially hit the United States, with Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both boasting of millions of picture messages passing over their networks every month. …

HONG KONG-China Mobile reported a 13-percent increase in profit in its first-half results, but noted declining average revenue per user and warned on increased competition. For the six months to …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems released an advanced messaging interface (AMI) for high-speed communications and applications processing in next-generation mobile phones. “With the continued growth in mobile-phone use and the convergence of …

PARIS-Alcatel said it signed an $80 million contract with Ghana Telecom for a wireless and wired network expansion. Alcatel will expand Ghana Telecom’s GSM network capacity to 630,000 subscribers. It …

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a $300 million consumer advertising campaign that coincided with the introduction of a staggering 158 new products, from new digital cameras to advanced printers. “To …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said California could change how it allocates numbers in the 310 and 909 area codes, but not statewide. California, which is facing a numbering shortage in …

WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation, a pro-market think tank, released a study last week that it claims shows the proposed California Telecommunication Users Bill of Rights will cost consumers and …

Motorola Inc. lost a battle in its war against Turkish mobile operator Telsim as a Swiss court Thursday ruled the owners’ assets there can be unfrozen. In addition, Cem and …

The Federal Communications Commission would be wise to continue to explore possible technical solutions to the interference problem to public-safety systems caused in some areas by Nextel Communications Inc. One …

When a technology era begins, infrastructure is king. But once the nuts and bolts are in place, it takes second place to peripherals. In wireless, it is no different. “Total …