2003

LONDON-U.K. third-generation operator Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. has added a fourth handset to its phone line-up with a new NEC model. The operator, which offers service under the brand name …

NEW YORK-Wireless entertainment company HipNTasty Inc. will provide wireless games at this summer’s Lollapalooza rock festival. HipNTasty will offer a wireless scavenger hunt through its MobileHunt engine, allowing concert attendees …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions said Finnish mobile operator Radiolinja will deploy its XMG gateway to upgrade its wireless data infrastructure to offer a new line of multimedia applications and services. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Satellite phone service provider Globalstar announced new lower rates for U.S. customers making international phone calls, which the company said makes it the least expensive satellite phone service …

WASHINGTON-U.S. officials in Geneva declared victory at the close of the World Radiocommunication Conference last week, securing key spectrum agreements to foster deployment of unlicensed wireless technologies, airline high-speed Internet …

The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to approve new rules requiring certain handsets sold by mobile-phone carriers to be compatible with hearing aids and to carry labeling stating …

Telemarketing calls and junk mail have evolved. Now that consumers are used to dodging junk e-mail and Internet pop-up ads on their desktops and wireless messaging and mobile marketing are …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-A pornographic newspaper in the United Kingdom said it has managed to develop a business around wireless porn by sending adult content to mobile-phone owners-bypassing the standard carrier …

MANKATO, Minn.-Regional wireless operator Midwest Wireless said it has reached the 300,000-subscriber milestone. “It’s just amazing that what started about 13 years ago as an idea for connecting rural Minnesota …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to cut about 1,000 jobs, or approximately 3 percent of its current work force, this year as part of the carrier’s plans to …

Albany, N.Y.-The New York State Assembly has passed a bill requiring the recycling of wireless phones. The state Legislature unanimously passed the bill 147-0. The measure would require manufacturers and …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. came out of nowhere to win the auction of bankrupt WorldCom Inc.’s wireless assets with a $144 million bid, more than doubling the original offer by BellSouth …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Scandinavian Airlines signed a contract with Connexion by Boeing to install wireless broadband onboard its aircraft. Installation will begin in February 2004, with SAS’s entire long-haul fleet to be …

Motorola Inc. has said that Baltic States wireless operator Omnitel in Lithuania is the first to commercially deploy its new-generation base station, the Horizon 11 base transceiver station for GSM/GPRS/EDGE …

The tightened economy seems to be pushing the wireless enterprise market in opposite directions. On one hand, big-name technology players are bolstering their wireless enterprise efforts, hoping to entice new …

As next-generation speeds make their way into the wireless world, operators face the challenge that the resulting deluge of traffic on their networks may be too much to monitor, setting …

T-Mobile USA Inc. has remotely erased four games on all of its Sidekick color-screen devices sold-a move that highlights the Sidekick’s unique technology but also the potential pitfalls of such …

Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has begun taking delivery of Nokia Corp.’s 2270 handset and will be the first carrier to offer the cdma2000 1x phone to customers signing …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced two new CDMA phone deals, moves that follow on the company’s promise to expand its CDMA phone business, but ones that do not involve big-name CDMA …

Laurent Vermot-Gauchy wants to introduce a new acronym into the location services market-ELS, or enterprise location-centric services. As head of location-services company Maporama, Vermot-Gauchy is looking to sell location information …

Approaching its 95th birthday, the Radio Club of America continues to be a source of inspiration and education to its members, whose ongoing contributions make this living history of radio …

In a move many industry analysts say eventually will level the wireless data playing field, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched commercial EDGE services in Indianapolis, allowing the carrier to offer data …

MOSCOW-Siemens released three new phones the company said are aimed specifically at Eastern European users. The company said its new entry-level A52 mobile phone is aimed at first-time buyers in …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau clarified that wireless carriers will not be liable for 911 information that is not properly relayed to public-safety answering points while a customer is porting …

Turning wireless services from novelty to normal has engaged wireless players focusing on the emerging markets in the world. While advanced economies of North America, Western Europe and Japan grapple …