Monthly Archives: February, 2004

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....

AWS aims to steer acquisition process

As the list of potential suitors became clearer last week, AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s management took control of the situation by announcing a mid-February...

Alcatel buys WaterCove

Alcatel Corp. said it has acquired gateway company WaterCove Networks to reinforce its core network portfolio. Watercove makes GPRS gateway support node (GGSN) products,...

S&P raises US Unwired outlook to developing

NEW YORK-Citing what it called modest improvements in the carrier's financial profile, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its outlook on US Unwired Inc....

RIM hits inflection point with trusty BlackBerry

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. faces a range of obstacles, both major and minor. But one challenge overshadows the rest, according to Mike Lazaridis,...

Extended Systems reverses loss

BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise company Extended Systems Inc. reversed past losses with a slim profit in its second quarter, but the news failed to please...

FCC updates LNP complaint numbers

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it has received 4,734 informal complaints about wireless local number portability as of Jan. 23.Most complaints were about porting...

Somera gets T-Mobile Netherlands contract

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 customers...

RFID technology to link manufacturer, retailer, supply chain & consumer

Like others that seemed out of the wireless range at the outset, the radio-frequency identification technology may not just be about supply chains. Its...

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...

FCC makes case for MSS terrestrial factor

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission urged a federal appeals court here to reject a wireless industry challenge to mobile satellite service permits, saying mobile-phone carriers...

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...

Investors renew interest in wireless carrier stocks

The wireless industry's love-hate relationship with Wall Street appears to be on the mend as investors again flocked back to the segment that just...

Importance of the medium

In recent years, the blurring line between print and electronic publishing has become a frequent discussion topic among editorial types.Just how will people receive...

Year of monkey business

More challenging than erasing a $477 billion budget deficit (which should keep the 3-percent federal phone tax intact for another hundred years or so)...

Trucker sued as feds, carrier target teen driver safety

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...

Public-safety forces take 800 MHz proposal to Bush

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

OMA updates DRM specs

Digital rights management has arisen as one of the most critical elements of the wireless data industry. And in an acknowledgement of the importance...

FCC gives clues on USF qualifications

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission granted Virginia Cellular L.L.C. eligible telecommunications carrier status, and in the process, provided clues about what criteria should be used...

ZigBee to be key player in home automation market

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Short-range wireless technology ZigBee will be a key player in the home automation market, according to market research firm West Technology Research...

Voice, not data, to drive wireless use in 2004

NEW YORK-Deloitte Research expects wireless subscriber numbers to continue to rise during 2004, bolstered by the steady use of traditional voice applications.Deloitte predicts mobile-subscriber...

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...

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...

Smart phones put squeeze on PDA market

STAMFORD, Conn.-Two new studies show the market for personal digital assistants continues to shrink as more and more users are enticed by smart phones."Through...
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