Monthly Archives: January, 2004

Public safety urges Bush support for Consensus Plan; TV program planned

WASHINGTON-The public-safety members of the Consensus Plan coalition to solve the 800 MHz interference problem upped the ante on Thursday by delivering a letter...

Samsung to add BlackBerry capability to phones

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it signed an agreement with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to add BlackBerry capability to its...

Motorola to sell V300 through Rogers

TORONTO-Motorola Inc. said it will sell its new V300 camera phone through Rogers AT&T Wireless in Canada for $200 with a two-year contract. The...

Zylka named CTO at UbiquiTel

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. named David Zylka chief technology officer, where he will oversee the activities in the engineering, network operations, implementation...

SandCherry bundles offerings

BOULDER, Colo.-SandCherry Inc. announced it is offering prepackaged application bundles featuring its speech-recognition software products for wireless applications to small- and medium-sized enterprises.The company's...

Somera get Netherlands T-Mobile contact

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Somera Communications Inc. said it has signed an agreement to supply network infrastructure equipment to T-Mobile Netherlands.The carrier covers 1.84 million...

Verizon bolsters phone, data offerings

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless bolstered its phone offerings as well as its wireless data application listings through two new deals.First, the nation's largest carrier announced...

Wireless carriers to take piece of broadband home business

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Wireless operators are expected to battle fixed-line operators for a chunk of the broadband home market, which could be worth more than...

SMC .11g chips to use Globespan Virata technology

IRVINE, Calif.-SMC Networks said it will upgrade its 802.11g chips with multimedia-enhancing technology from Globespan Virata. The SMC g products include its router...

Nextel chooses Salesforce.com for CRM

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. has teamed with Salesforce.com to make Salesforce.com's on-demand customer relationship management service available on Nextel's wireless network.Through the partnership, Nextel...

Costa Rica to open wireless market in '07

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association praised Bush administration officials for securing trade commitments from Costa Rica to open wireless and tech sectors to competition in...

FCC grants Virginia Cellular ETC, gives clues on USF qualifications

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has granted Virginia Cellular L.L.C. eligible telecommunications carrier status, and in the process, has provided clues to both the divisions...

Cell-phone-related lawsuit filed in death of school girl: Cingular doubles numbers in teen-education program

WASHINGTON-A lawsuit was filed against a truck driver and a North Carolina company in connection with the death of a girl killed Jan. 13...

WLAN growth expected to continue through 2006

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless LAN market will grow 23 percent in 2004 to $2.2 billion, with strong growth continuing through 2006, but its decline...

AWS sets Feb. 13 deadline for offers

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has reportedly set a Feb. 13 deadline for companies interested in submitting bids to acquire the nation's third-largest wireless...

InfoSpace reports strong 4Q results

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Internet and wireless technology company InfoSpace Inc. announced major fourth-quarter results and a positive outlook for the year, news that sent the company's...

Vodafone adds 4.4M in 4Q of 2003

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it added nearly 4.4 million proportionate net subscribers during the final three months of last year across its international operations,...

Maporama gains new investor

PARIS-Location-services company Maporama announced it gained a new investor, a move that comes as the company will restructure its executive line-up and refocus on...

M2M expected to bring wireless revenue opportunities

DALLAS-Machine-to-machine (M2M) business applications-distinguished from wireless data services in their ability to automatically and autonomously communicate, control and affect the operation of remote machines...

DoCoMo to waive consultation rights for AWS transaction

NTT DoCoMo Inc., which owns a 16-percent stake in AT&T Wireless Services Inc., said it has agreed to a temporary waiver of its consultation...

T-Mobile tops 1M subscriber adds in 4Q

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted just more than 1 million net subscriber additions during the fourth quarter of 2003, surpassing the 670,000 customers the carrier...

American Tower to sell notes through private placement

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. announced it will sell $225 million principal amount of 7.5-percent senior notes due 2012 through an institutional private placement. Net proceeds...

Thai operators announce messaging services

OBERHAUSEN, Germany and LONDON-Two wireless carriers in Thailand made enhancements to their messaging services.German messaging company ConVisual said Thailand's largest mobile operator AIS has...

Alliance to publish UWB standards in May

TOKYO-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance, which supports ultra-wideband technology, said it will publish a standard in May and plans to submit proposals for the IEEE...

GSM users to hit 1 billion during 1Q

LONDON-GSM operators will count 1 billion users by the end of the first quarter 2004, according to predictions from the GSM Association. More than...
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