Yearly Archives: 2003

3 U.K. adds new NEC handset

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...

HipNTasty to offer wireless games at Lollapalooza

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...

Radiolinja to use 724 Solutions gateway

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...

Globalstar lowers rates for U.S. users

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...

WRC OKs more spectrum at 5 GHz for unlicensed

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...

FCC, industry, hearing-aid groups reach terms on compatibility issues

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...

Trash or treasure? Industry takes on wireless spam

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...

U.K. firm bypasses carriers to offer porn

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...

Midwest Wireless reaches 300K users

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...

AT&TW may cut 1,000 jobs

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...

New York to require phone recycling

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...

Nextel snags WorldCom wireless assets in court

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...

SAS to offer in-flight wireless Internet

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...

World Briefs

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...

Fujitsu, GoAmerica illustrate highs, lows of selling to enterprise

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...

OSS more complex as content proliferates

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...

T-Mobile deletes games from Sidekick

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...

Business Briefs

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...

Nokia inks CDMA phone contracts with regionals

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...

LBS firms try to map out enterprise space

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...

At 94, Radio Club of America still active

Approaching its 95th birthday, the Radio Club of America continues to be a source of inspiration and education to its members, whose ongoing contributions...

Cingular gets an EDGE

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,...

Siemens targets Eastern Europe with new phones

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...

FCC clarifies LNP issues

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...

As penetration rises, emerging markets look attractive

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,...
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