Monthly Archives: February, 2004

TracFone lowers airtime rates

MIAMI-Prepaid wireless provider TracFone Wireless Inc. said it added 374,000 net additions during the fourth quarter of 2003 and passed the 3-million-customer mark less...

Dobson ends 2003 with 1.5M subscribers

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. reported 14,400 net subscriber additions during the fourth quarter of 2003 including its complete ownership of American Cellular Corp., which...

Yangtze to offer SMS to China Mobile users

VACOUVER, B.C.-Yangtze Telecom Corp. said China Mobile Communications Corp. has authorized it to offer SMS services nationwide to China Mobile's 180 million subscribers. Yangtze...

Dobson to use Radcom equipment

TEL-AVIV, Israel-Network test and quality management solutions provider Radcom Ltd. reported Dobson Communications Corp. acquired Radcom's Cellular Performer systems to monitor its GPRS network....

Firms target home networking market

SAN JOSE, Calif.-News relative to wireless home networking continues, with several players announcing new initiatives this week.2Wire said it has sold its millionth residential...

Nonprofit wants Internet access included in low-income housing budget

WASHINGTON-A national campaign has been launched to bring high-speed Internet connections to low-income housing, an effort with bipartisan support from Congress and top U.S....

RCA honors its own

RED BANK, N.J.-The Radio Club of America handed out accolades to several contributors to the wireless industry at its recent annual banquet and its...

Cerillion nabs Antiqua CRM contract

LONDON-Cerillion Technologies signed an agreement to provide a customer relationship management and billing system to APUA PCS, a subsidiary of the Antigua Public Utilities...

Shenandoah modifies Sprint PCS deal to save money

EDINBURG, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. signed an addendum to its management and services agreement with Sprint PCS that...

AirGate financials mixed-lower adds, lower churn

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. posted preliminary operating results for its first fiscal quarter ending Dec. 31, 2003, including year-over-year drops in both...

Sprint records better churn numbers, but larger loss

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS posted 390,000 direct customer additions during the fourth quarter of 2003, compared with 250,000 subscribers added during the fourth quarter...

Columbitech scores fleet contract

STOCKHOLM-Columbitech announced Carlsberg Breweries will deploy the Columbitech Wireless Suite in more than 1,200 of its delivery trucks. "Columbitech Wireless Suite was the solution...

Comtech contractor ups equipment deal

MELVILLE, N.Y.-Comtech Telecom Corp. said it has received a $2.3 million contract modification on an earlier $42 million contract for additional mobile line-of-sight microwave...

Sprint PCS to outsource to IBM

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS recorded a one-time pre-tax charge of $352 million during the fourth quarter of 2003 related to the termination of an...

Huawei invests in free-space optics firm

HONGKONG-Huawei Technologies Inc. moved to strengthen its U.S. business and microwave offering by investing $2 million in LightPointe Communications Co., a free-space optics firm.Huawei...

Boingo inks roaming pact with Inter-touch

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc. signed a network roaming agreement with Inter-touch Pty. Ltd. to add Inter-touch's Wi-Fi hot-spot network to the Boingo Roaming...

BCGI solution interoperable with CAMEL standards

WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. completed interoperability testing to verify compatibility of its Prepaid Wireless for GSM networks using CAMEL standards for intelligent networking....

DPS Telecom, Tridium ally to integrate automation, telemetry systems

FRESNO, Calif.-DPS Telecom and Tridium Inc. said it has entered a strategic alliance to allow their telecom customers integrate their building automation and network...

LG to use Mindspeed voice processor

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Mindspeed Technologies Inc. said it will supply its Miro voice processor for use in LG Electronics' CDMA2000 wireless base-station controllers. The controller,...

LG Mobile Phones gets new leader

SAN DIEGO-Juno Cho will serve as the new head of LG Mobile Phones, the mobile handset division of LG Electronics USA Inc. Cho will...

'03 record year for handset sales

BOSTON-New research shows the mobile-phone market shattered all records by selling more than half a billion units last year. Numbers from research firms Strategy...

Carriers' Bluetooth choices highlight philosophical differences

Although Bluetooth technology gradually is taking hold among the world's mobile-phone providers, the short-range wireless technology has elicited somewhat differing reactions from U.S. wireless...

Wireless carriers to take piece of broadband home business

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Wireless operators are expected to battle fixed-line operators for a chunk of the broadband home market, which could be worth more than $100...

Verizon reaches new levels in 4Q, year for net subs

The last three months of 2003 proved fruitful for the country's largest and smallest nationwide operators as Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. posted...

Microsoft, Ambient glance at nontraditional wireless devices

Although mobile phones are perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the wireless industry, they are by no means the only aspect of the business....
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