Yearly Archives: 2003

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,...

Aether losses, revenues decline

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. reported a relatively solid quarter of declining losses and a more positive outlook, although the company's revenues also continued...

Telematics market should focus on safety

The telematics market appears to be improving, according to two new studies, but the auto and wireless industries need to focus on offering specific,...

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

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

CTIA to unveil consumer code of conduct Sept. 9

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association expects to unveil its consumer code of conduct Sept. 9."The wireless industry will unveil its voluntary consumer code,...

Verizon Wireless again raises LNP stakes

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

Power outage hits wireless networks

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

Microsoft: Internet worm won’t affect wireless

An Internet worm that attacked enterprise and home computers this week, exploiting a flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system, cannot affect devices running...

T-Mobile increases ARPU, decreases churn

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported 606,000 net customer additions during the second quarter of this year, including 652,000 postpaid subscriber additions and the loss of...

Flextronics to acquire Microcell

Manufacturing giant Flextronics announced it will buy Finnish mobile-phone design company Microcell Group for $80 million in cash. Flextronics said the move would strengthen...

Dell’Oro finds small quarterly gain in infrastructure revenues

Mobility infrastructure revenues were $6.5 billion for the second quarter of 2003, up 1 percent compared with the first quarter of 2003, according to...

China Unicom to trial GSM1x handset

SAN DIEGO-China Unicom will conduct the first handset trial of Qualcomm Inc.'s GSM1x technology, allowing testers to roam from GSM to CDMA networks.Kyocera Corp....

American Cellular restructuring moves forward

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. and American Cellular Corp., which is currently a joint venture between Dobson and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., said they have...

Lucent to supply CDMA 450 MHz equipment in Russia

MOSCOW-Lucent Technologies Inc. said Moscow Cellular Communications will use Lucent equipment for its 450 MHz CDMA2000 1x network in Moscow. The IMT-MC network will...

FCC denies request to revisit RF guidelines

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...

Ruling requires Canadian wireless carriers to provide E911 services

OTTAWA-Canadian wireless carriers are now required to provide wireless enhanced 911 service everywhere E911 network access services are available, according to a ruling this...

TI shares rise on ratings upgrade

NEW YORK-Shares of semiconductor giant Texas Instruments were up Thursday morning following SoundView Technology Group's ratings upgrade to "outperform" from "neutral."The company was trading...

FCC releases consumer advisory on wireless 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...

Rural trade associations argue against competition, universal service

WASHINGTON-Two rural trade associations tried Wednesday to shoot down Western Wireless Corp.'s basic argument that competition and universal service can co-exist."Congress was careful to...

Qwest to do away with wireless wide-area calling

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc., which recently announced it would transfer its nearly 1 million wireless customers to Sprint PCS' network, is reportedly eliminating wide-area...
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