Monthly Archives: March, 2004

Moody's rates AirGate notes

NEW YORK-Moody's Investor Services assigned a Caa1 rating to AirGate PCS Inc.'s recently issued 9.375 percent senior subordinated secured notes due 2009 and a...

Psion sale to Symbian clears hurdle

Despite public arguments among Psion plc's shareholders, the company voted to sell its stake in operating system vendor Symbian for about $252 million. Psion...

Intel, Bush administration get tougher on China

WASHINGTON-The stakes have been raised in the U.S.-China wireless trade dispute, with the Bush administration last week issuing a veiled threat about seeking redress...

D.C. Circuit Court may pre-empt intercarrier compensation forum

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court's interest in how the Federal Communications Commission solves carrier compensation issues could pre-empt a telecom industry group's efforts to solve...

FCC to study foreign mobile termination fees

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week launched an inquiry to assess the impact of high foreign mobile termination fees on American consumers, dragging the...

T-Mobile to launch voice-accessible infotainment portal

COLOGNE, Germany-T-Mobile said it will offer a voice-driven "infotainment" portal for its German subscribers through a new deal with Net Mobile AG and VoiceObjects...

InphoMatch platform expands company's play in content biz

Text messaging interoperability company InphoMatch announced plans to expand into the wireless content market with its new InphoMatch Interactive (Imi) platform, which the company...

SBA's Bernstein to sell stock

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp.'s Chairman of the Board of Directors Steven Bernstein plans to trade up to 1.4 million shares of SBA common...

Nextel gets 10 MHz, but will pay more under FCC staff plan

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering a staff proposal that would give Nextel Communications Inc. 10 megahertz of spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band...

Manufacturers gear up for biggest handset year ever

As mobile-phone makers gear up for what likely will be their biggest year ever, Motorola Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and several other...

Nortel stock drops on earnings restatement news

Nortel Networks Ltd. suffered a short-term stock plunge last week after announcing it will delay its 2003 annual financial statement filing with the U.S....

Turkish gov't seizes Uzan's assets

It may turn a Pyrrhic victory for Motorola Inc., which may not collect any damages in spite of defeating Turkish operator Telsim in the...

AWS' recent troubles likely pushed decision to sell

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s presence in the wireless industry is set to come to an end sometime later this year when Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s...

Monet closure adds to list of data-only defeats

When Monet Mobile Networks Inc. launched service in November 2002, many in the industry believed that the promise of advanced wireless data technology had...

TCS gets another E911 deal, this time with Centennial P.R.

ANNAPOLIS, Md.- Centennial Communications Corp. announced it will use technology from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. to meet the Federal Communications Commission's E911 Phase I and...

SBA's Bernstein to sell stock

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp.'s Chairman of the Board of Directors Steven Bernstein plans to trade up to 1.4 million shares of SBA common...

SMS.ac shares SMS survey results

SAN DIEGO-Mobile data company SMS.ac Inc. said it has been successful in receiving responses to daily surveys it offers to its members. According to...

TCS gets another E911 deal, this time with Centennial

ANNAPOLIS, Md.- Centennial Communications Corp. announced it will use technology from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. to meet the Federal Communications Commission's E911 Phase I and...

T-Mobile offers free software for Wi-Fi access

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has introduced free software for its HotSpot Wi-Fi service designed to make it easier for customers to locate...

FCC begins process to eliminate mobile spam

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, working against a congressionally mandate deadline, on Thursday began the process to ban mobile spam."Congress has made it very clear...

One quarter of 2004 phones will include camera

NORWELL, Mass.-Almost one in four mobile phones sold worldwide this year will include a digital camera, according to new research from InfoTrends Research Group....

Microsoft names partners in wireless video project

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced it will team with TWI Interactive and Vidiator Technology Inc. to offer a wireless video product for sale to mobile...

SymbianPages.com to be shut down

LONDON-Operating system company Symbian said it will shut down its SymbianPages.com Web site in order to focus on other marketing initiatives. The Web site...

FCC begins inquiry into broadband deployment

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission started the six-month process of determining what constitutes broadband services, who has it and if someone doesn't have it, why.It...

Setanta aids AWS offer foreign sports news

VANCOUVER, Canada-Setanta Media has teamed with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to offer mobile applications featuring European sports to the U.S. market via AT&T Wireless'...
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