Monthly Archives: February, 2004

D.C. chooses Motorola-Flarion for high-speed public-safety system

Wireless technology is on the cusp of fulfilling its promise for homeland security, with the District of Columbia's office of the Chief Technology Officer's...

Novatel up on financial, Verizon news

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Wall Street roared its approval of struggling wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. as the company reported break-even financials and a major...

LitFiber plans nationwide networks with site acquisitions

TOMBALL, Texas-LitFiber announced it has secured approximately 200 radio towers and 200 rooftop sites in the United States and plans to begin building out...

Motient leader replaced by consultants

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced its board of directors replaced the company's current president and chief executive officer with a consulting firm...

Mourning in America

In a presidential election year when the export of tech jobs and towering trade imbalance with China are being repackaged by Democrats as wedge...

Vodafone launches UMTS in Europe

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc launched its commercial UMTS service in Europe offering customers data rates of up to 384 kilobits per second across its networks...

Next buildout frontier could be inside

As the battle for network supremacy rages on, wireless carriers are targeting places with minimal wireless coverage, including highly trafficked indoor spaces like airports,...

Verizon, Nextel end PTT spat

Dueling lawsuits filed last year by Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc. were resolved late last week as both companies announced an "amicable resolution"...

Bundles back in style-with a twist

Telecommunications bundling has made a strong comeback over the past year, with nearly all of the country's regional providers offering some form of packaged...

Young consumers want LBS, will pay less than $10 a month

LOS ANGELES-Consumer interest in location-based services, navigation and telematics is strong, particularly among the youngest subset of cellular users, according to a new study...

Law enforcement rigorously protects individual liberties

Movies adversely impact the privacy vs. security debate in this country. Law enforcement agents are either mythologized or demonized, using exotic technologies to monitor...

FTS Wireless to offer prepaid

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Wireless Inc. said it has been granted national non-exclusive marketing rights to a new line of prepaid wireless products and services provided...

Kerry straddles fence on high-tech

WASHINGTON-As the junior Democratic senator from Massachusetts, John Kerry's record is one of deftly straddling the fence on telecom and high-tech issues by backing...

Pols decry public safety, emergency alert loss in homeland security agenda

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration came under fire from Democrats and Republicans last week over missing funding for improved first-responder radio communications, while a nonprofit group...

Business Briefs

T-Mobile USA Inc. expanded its existing $300 million agreement with Nokia Corp. to include next-generation radio equipment, an expanded GPRS core network, implementation and...

Alltel PTT performance closes in on Nextel

Nextel Communications Inc. may have finally found some competition for its highly touted Direct Connect walkie-talkie service as independent testing of Alltel Corp.'s recently...

Siemens, Huawei form TD-SCDMA venture

BEIJING-Siemens AG and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said they have signed a contract to form a joint venture for the third-generation mobile standard known...

Deadline for AWS suitors

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s clouded future began to clear last week as suitors looking to acquire the world's ninth-largest wireless carrier were expected to...

Profitable Shenandoah adds 4,100

EDINBURG, Va.-Rural provider and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. added 4,100 customers during the fourth quarter, ending the year with 85,100 subscribers....

Mobile Scope joins camera phones, gaming

MEERBUSCH, Germany-European wireless content company Mobile Scope announced an innovative new technology that combines perhaps the two hottest areas of wireless data: camera phones...

Fox sees wireless potential-Doh!

The Simpsons. King of the Hill. The X-Files. Aliens. Predator. Ice Age. 24. The Rocky Horror Picture Show."There's a lot of stuff that can...

Philips wins GSM patent case against Sewon Telecom

AMSTERDAM-Royal Philips Electronics said it has won a GSM patent lawsuit against Korean vendor Sewon Telcom Ltd.A German District Court ruled that a Sewon...

Verizon to offer Kodak service

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will make Eastman Kodak Co.'s Mobile Service available to its Get It Now customers, allowing users to view, share,...

Merger plays

You didn't expect AT&T Wireless to go quietly into that good night, did you?AT&T Wireless has a storied history. The carrier can claim roots...

Fitch upgrades Lucent

NEW YORK-Ratings company Fitch has raised its ratings on Lucent Technologies Inc. to B from CCC+ for its unsecured debt, a renewed signal that...
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