Monthly Archives: January, 2004

7 firms bid on Lebanese licenses

LONDON-Seven international operators will compete for two new GSM licenses that will allow them to offer mobile services in Lebanon during the next 20...

Analyst predicts modest churn

Compete Inc. reported its findings on the effects of WLNP. According to the analyst, after a brief spike in churn threat during the first...

Consumer Reports neglects tower fights

Consumer Reports bashed the wireless industry again in its second annual survey of rating wireless providers. It's safe to say carriers flunked in the...

Video-game makers jump (and roll and shoot) with wireless

"We don't think (wireless) is quite mass market enough, and the business model is not quite there yet," said Trudy Muller, spokeswoman for Electronic...

Vendors purchase partners, rivals

The acquisition beat goes on in the wireless equipment sector with several companies recently announcing purchases of other players. The increasing number of mergers...

AirNet elevates 4Q forecast

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Investors last week cheered AirNet Communications Corp.'s elevated fourth-quarter earnings forecast, sending its stock price up 80 percent.The wireless base station maker previously...

Cable & Wireless Jamaica selects Nortel for GSM overlay

WASHINGTON-Cable & Wireless Jamaica Ltd. has purchased cellular communications equipment from Nortel Networks Inc. and eight other U.S. exporters as part of a $173...

Christensen forgoes startup to lead Macromedia wireless biz

Former Microsoft Corp. executive Juha Christensen dumped his plans for a wireless startup and instead will helm the wireless and mobile devices business of...

Advanced devices debut at CES show

LAS VEGAS-As usual, mobile phones formed a major part of the activity at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Audiovox Communications Corp.,...

Sprint 4Q adds beat estimates

Sprint PCS kicked off fourth-quarter customer results on a positive note last week, saying it added approximately 1 million subscribers to its PCS network...

D.C. bans talking and driving

WASHINGTON-The Council of the District of Columbia has voted to prohibit drivers from talking on handheld mobile phones, following the lead of New York...

Largent revamps CTIA

WASHINGTON-CTIA's Steve Largent used the biggest news in the nation's capital last week-Joe Gibbs returning to coach the Redskins-to justify his actions as he...

C-block bankruptcy action spills into '04

WASHINGTON-Two bankruptcy courts handling the aftermath of the debacle created when the Federal Communications Commission auctioned off C-block spectrum to small businesses in 1996...

Siemens' mobile-phone president dies

MUNICH, Germany-The head of Siemens' mobile-phone business died Dec. 28, the company said. Siemens could not immediately elaborate on the death of Ian Moyes,...

BT expands Wi-Fi network to 500 McDonald's

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc said it will expand its Wi-Fi network to 500 U.K. McDonald's restaurants during the next few months. Plans call for BT...

LG to centralize U.S. operations in New Jersey

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Inc. announced it will reorganize and centralize its U.S. business under a new chief executive based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.Michael...

Carriers take FCC to court over 'terrestrial' MSS use

WASHINGTON-Top mobile-phone operators told a federal appeals court the Federal Communications Commission went astray of the law by awarding additional mobile satellite service licenses...

Chip sales set to grow with wireless home, office

In the eyes of market research firm IDC, wireless chips are on a roll. And semiconductor companies want to match this zeal with solutions...

U.S. argues Korea can't set wireless standards

WASHINGTON-The United States and South Korea appear headed for a showdown over Bush administration allegations that Seoul is violating global trade law by trying...

Alternate advanced protocols could change migration paths

As the broadband market begins to sizzle, carriers are shifting from the comfort of tried technologies to the speed of alternatives. But challenges abound.So...

UTStarcom raises $475M in stock sale

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it has raised about $475 million in cash from selling 12.1 million shares of its common stock to Banc of...

Visa, Philips offer wireless payment solution

It is payment without tears and without contact, thanks to a new technology Philips Semiconductor and Visa International are showcasing at the Consumer Electronics...

Business Briefs

AAT Communications Corp. announced it plans to acquire all tower assets of Signal One L.L.C., a privately held Chattanooga, Tenn.-based tower owner and site...

RCR reporter's secret gaming confessions

I've owned multiple Nintendo game consoles. I beat the new "Enter the Matrix" game for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox in less than four days. I...

Text messaging enables new wireless banking service

ATLANTA-Although wireless banking services have suffered from low subscriber numbers and uninterested customers, Premier America Credit Union recently launched a new text-messaging service the...
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