Yearly Archives: 2003

Activity abounds in gaming, content arena

The wireless content and gaming industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds, as new startups launch, new applications become available and new partnerships...

Ectel announces lawful intercept sale to unnamed carrier

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...

Openwave to upgrade KDDI browser for megapixel phones

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...

Nextel to redeem debt

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...

Nextel launches Spanish-language ad campaign

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...

Taiwan’s APBW to offer BREW services

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...

Verizon raises LNP stakes again

Verizon Wireless again raised the stakes in the wireless local number portability fight, urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject proposals from a number...

FCC denies request to revisit RF guidelines

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...

Growth slows, ARPU up at T-Mobile USA

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...

AT&TW to sell camera phone from Samsung

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...

Verizon takes aim at Nextel with PTT launch

Fulfilling repeated claims to launch service by the end of this year, Verizon Wireless introduced its highly anticipated Push to Talk service last week,...

FCC releases consumer advisory on E911

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...

Priority access may get renewed focus with city blackouts

Heavy call volumes on wireless networks frustrated end users and caused cell sites operating on backup generators and batteries to quickly falter during the...

Nortel expects restructuring charges to continue

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...

Carriers step up retention efforts

With wireless local number portability right around the corner, wireless carriers are expected to become more aggressive in the next several months in offering...

Camera phones click in U.S.

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...

China Mobile sees profit increase

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...

Agere releases messaging interface

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...

Alcatel wins $80M contract in Ghana

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...

158 new products, but HP hesitates on integrated wireless unit

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...

FCC allows Calif. to change numbering rules

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...

Conservative think tank: consumer ‘rights’ will cost consumers, CTIA set to unveil code

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...

Swiss court rules in Telsim’s favor, Uzan brothers step down from carrier

Motorola Inc. lost a battle in its war against Turkish mobile operator Telsim as a Swiss court Thursday ruled the owners' assets there can...

Interference

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...

W-CDMA buildout volatile, but potentially lucrative

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,...
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