Monthly Archives: February, 2004

FCC proposes technical rules for broadband over power lines

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday proposed technical rules allowing broadband services to be delivered over power lines.The proposed rules "set forth procedures to...

Motient leader replaced by consulting firm

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...

FCC OKs NextWave license sale to Cingular

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission gave the green light for bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. to sell spectrum in 34 markets to Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for...

Matsushita unveils image sensor

TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., the company behind the Panasonic consumer electronics brand, announced its new v(nu)MAICOVICON next-generation image sensor, which the company said...

Telecom revenues up in '02

WASHINGTON-Revenues of cellular and other wireless telecommunications firms, both employers and non-employers, increased 17 percent in 2002 from $78 billion in 2001 to $91...

VeriWave closes funding

PORTLAND, Ore.-VeriWave Inc. has closed its first institutional round of funding. The funding, from investors U.S. Venture Partners and TL Ventures, will address the...

Profitable Shenandoah adds 4,100 customers in 4Q

EDINBURG, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said it added 4,100 customers during the fourth quarter of 2003, ending the...

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...

Peer-to-peer Internet telephony ruled 'information service'

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said that peer-to-peer Internet telephony services that do not touch the public-switched telephone network are information services and...

Western Wireless reports profit

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. reported $413.6 million in consolidated revenues during the fourth quarter of 2003 compared with $305 million during the previous year....

AWS bidding centers on Cingular, Vodafone

NEW YORK-Bidding for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to center on two candidates as NTT DoCoMo Inc. reportedly informed AWS' management that it...

Tellabs names Prabhu CEO

NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Telecommunications equipment company Tellabs Inc. has named Krish Prabhu president and chief executive officer, succeeding co-founder Michael Birck. Prabhu most recently served as...

Motorola, Flarion to provide D.C. public-safety data network

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. and Flarion Technologies have been chosen by the District of Columbia's Office of the Chief Technology Officer to build a high-speed wireless...

AirGate shareholders approve reverse stock split

ATLANTA-Following a brief extension of its previously announced exchange offer from Wednesday night to Thursday morning, Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. said its...

Primus says its GSM phone cuts international call costs

WESTMINSTER, United Kingdom-Telephone network provider Primus Telecommunications said it will sell a GSM mobile phone in Europe that could cut international calling costs by...

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...

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...

Siemens, Huawei form joint venture for TD-SCDMA

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...

Vodafone could bid $35B for AWS

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reportedly is set to bid as much as $35 billion for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in an attempt to gain control...

U.S. Cellular repays inter-company note

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. reported the early repayment of a $105 million inter-company note due in 2008 to parent company Telephone and Data Systems Inc....

Verizon to offer Kodak Mobile Service to customers

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Eastman Kodak Co. said the Kodak Mobile Service will be available to Verizon Wireless' Get It Now customers, allowing users...

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...

Nortel deploys multiservice switches for BaykalWestcom

MOSCOW-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has deployed multiservice switches for wireless operator BaykalWestcom's network connecting the cities of Irkutsk, Bratsk and Ust-Ilim in Eastern...

ART, Renesas sign co-marketing agreement

ATLANTA-Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. signed a cooperation and co-marketing agreement with Renesas Technology Corp. that will allow Renesas' SH-Mobile Consortium to offer ART's speech...

FTS Wireless to offer prepaid services

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...
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