Monthly Archives: February, 2004

House Commerce Committee members tell FCC to deny Nextel 1.9 spectrum

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission received some unsolicited advice from 23 members of Congress on Thursday on what not to do to solve the public-safety...

Samsung notes enterprise achievements

DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America announced initial achievements in its mobile enterprise solutions program, which it launched last year. The company said it has had success...

Siemens develops standards-based wireless architecture

CANNES, France-Siemens AG said it has developed a new standards-based mobile network architecture that simplifies and enhances performance as well as reduces cost.The vendor...

FTS announces billing contract wins

CANNES, France-Formula Telecom Solutions Ltd., which develops convergent billing and customer relationship management solutions, won contracts in Asia and Western Europe.The company said its...

Lucent, Cisco team for VoIP solutions

CANNES-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has teamed with Cisco Systems Inc. to develop voice over Internet Protocol and multimedia communications solution for mobile carriers.The...

ScanSoft files patent infringement suit against Voice Signal

CANNES, France-ScanSoft Inc. announced it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against voice recognition company Voice Signal Technologies Inc., a move that Voice Signal said...

Qualcomm offers DRM product

CANNES, France-Qualcomm Inc. said it has rolled out a digital rights management solution to enable operators and content developers to deliver copyright-protected digital media...

Four SK Telecom directors offer to resign

SEOUL, Korea-Four senior directors of SK Telecom have tendered their resignations, according to several reports. Chey Tae-won, the company's controlling shareholder and nephew of...

Alcatel reports mobile video deals

CANNES, France-Alcatel scored several new mobile video deals, including an agreement with Hutchison 3G Austria for its video gateway product.Alcatel said it will offer...

Cingular to sell BlackBerry devices

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell two new BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices for its GSM/GPRS network, devices that bolster Cingular's longtime support of...

UMTS TDD Alliance formed

CANNES, France-Some wireless players around the world have come together to form the UMTS TDD Alliance to share information, set requirements for future solutions...

Qpass, AMS form alliance

CANNES, France-Mobile-commerce software provider Qpass Inc. and American Management Systems Inc. formed a global alliance to deliver Qpass' Prosperity Series software to the mobile...

Italian, Israeli operators choose P-Cube

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-P-Cube Inc. announced 3 Italy (Hutchison) and Israel's Pelephone have become the first mobile network operators to select P-Cube's Service Control Platform and...

Qwest to offer stand-alone DSL

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. said that later this week it will become the first telecommunications service provider to offer customers stand-alone DSL service."Customers are...

GSMA bestows awards

CANNES, France-The 2004 GSM Association Awards, sponsored by Intel, Microsoft, Vodafone, Nortel, Nokia and Convergys, were presented last night at 3GSM World Congress in...

NEC launches 3GPP-compliant multimedia solution

TOKYO-NEC Corp. said it has launched its 3rd Generation Partnership Project-compliant IP multimedia system, which will bring voice and data together.The company said it...

Sonus, Motorola enter OEM agreement

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Sonus Networks, which provides carrier packet voice infrastructure solutions, said it has established an original equipment manufacturer relationship with Motorola Inc., under which...

Vodafone, Verizon say still committed

CANNES, France-Both Vodafone Group plc and Verizon Wireless renewed their commitment to their four-year-old partnership, according to various news reports, but a shadow still...

American Tower redeems notes

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. has completed the redemption of $212.7 million principal amount of its 6.25 percent convertible notes due 2009. The company redeemed the...

Intel uncovers new wireless processors

CANNES-Intel Corp. has unveiled the details of its next-generation cellular and baseband processors, which include a dual-mode UMTS solution.The family of processors, which will...

Senate staffer predicts passage of E911 bill by the end of March

WASHINGTON-A key Senate staffer predicted the Senate will pass a bill in the next month to create a grant program to help deploy wireless...

Verizon Wireless announces Tetris via Get It Now

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and mobile-gaming companies Blue Lava Wireless and Atlas Mobile Inc. announced the availability of Tetris Tournament for Prizes to Verizon customers...

Ericsson announces contracts

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed separate deals with operators in the United States, Switzerland and Nigeria.With operator Econet Wireless Nigeria, the vendor...

AWS completes purchase of U.S. Cellular market in Texas

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless yesterday said it completed its $95 million cash purchase of U.S. Cellular's TDMA wireless operations in south central Texas, a market...

Spatial Wireless to trial switching platform on Hutchison network

CANNES, France-Spatial Wireless announced it will commence a market trial of Spatial Atrium, its new high-capacity distributed mobile switching platform, on India's Hutchison Essar...
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