Monthly Archives: March, 2004

Smith Myers releases air-interface analyzer

BIGGLESWADE, U.K.-Smith Myers Communications will introduce a new GSM air-interface protocol analyzer at CTIA's show in Atlanta in March.The analyzer allows cellular engineers to...

IPWireless ships wireless broadband for 3.4 GHz

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc. said it has started commercial shipments of its wireless broadband solution designed for the 3.4 to 3.6 GHz spectrum bands...

3GPP approves EV-DV standard

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group has announced the CDMA2000 IxEV-DV release D has received the approval of the 3GPP technical specification group.EV-DV, which...

GAO asked to review trade agreements

WASHINGTON-A key Senate lawmaker, amid a ballooning trade deficit and festering disputes with foreign countries over wireless standards and other barriers to open markets,...

Sony Ericsson introduces advanced phones, others announce deals

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. led the mobile-phone charge with the introduction of five new advanced GSM phones, including three for...

Largent at NARUC: corrected version: CTIA tells members to show maps with coverage areas, not licensed territories

Editor's Note: This item originally ran in Monday's Web update. However, information regarding CTIA's position on cell broadcasts was misstated. The corrected version is...

Wireless chads?

Wireless technology took its place in the election process last week.I am not referring to Motorola's Rock the Vote Mobile campaign either.Still worth noting,...

Porting process improving, but May 24 deadline looms

Following a hectic first couple of months, a survey released last week of wireless retailers found that local number portability problems have diminished since...

Extended Systems, Intellisync settle patent dispute

BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise and synchronization companies Extended Systems and Intellisync Corp. announced that they have mutually agreed to settle the ongoing patent infringement lawsuit...

Bush challenges Chinese Wi-Fi security standard

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration has officially challenged China's homegrown Wi-Fi security standard that industry and government leaders claim is at odds with international guidelines and...

Telefonica pursues BellSouth's Latin American operations

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. is reportedly in talks with Spanish telecommunications provider Telefonica SA about the possible sale of BellSouth's Latin American operations. The U.S.-based carrier...

Psion minority stakeholder against Symbian sale to Nokia

LONDON-A firm representing about 13 percent of Psion plc's shareholders said it will vote against the company's plans to sell its stake in operating...

Nortel inks GSM contract for Chinese railways

BEIJING-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a contract to provide GSM networks for the China Ministry of railways on the Quinghai-Tibet Railway. "It...

FTS adds another property to stable

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-2004 has been a busy year for FTS Wireless Inc., a company that operates retail wireless locations that market next-generation wireless products and...

Martin: Rebanding not only way to fix 800 MHz interference, but may be most efficient

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin indicated Thursday there might be other ways besides rebanding to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band."Ultimately some kind...

Group says USF funds should cover primary lines

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers and alternative telecom carriers decried a recommendation to restrict universal service subsidies to one line per household.The Federal-State Joint Board on Universal...

Startup softswitch providers target second-tier players

As softswitch technology continues to upstage circuit-based standards, some new companies have launched forays into the space.They do not look forward to dueling the...

Nokia to equip TeliaSonera

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. will modernize and upgrade TeliaSonera's existing GSM/GPRS/EDGE Nokia network in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.According to the...

CTIA previews new mission statement to state regulators

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association will unveil a new logo, mission statement, and set of core values when it meets in Atlanta later...

University study finds cell phones could be classified as hazardous waste

WASHINGTON-A new government-funded study says mobile phones and other high-tech gear often release enough lead to be classified as hazardous waste under federal law,...

Some vendors quick to implement OMA specs, others hold off

As the market heats up for wireless instant-messaging services, a handful of vendors are touting their rapid implementation of the Open Mobile Alliance's IM...

Vendors start to pay attention to voice over WLAN

In two major announcements last week, Nortel Networks Ltd. and Alcatel Alsthom demonstrated the kind of attention the wireless industry is paying to voice...

Motorola camera phone delayed again

Motorola Inc.'s advanced V600 camera phone suffered its second major delay, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. pushing back the phone's introduction to late April...

Sprint takes PCS back inside

After nearly six years of semi-autonomous trading on the open markets, Sprint Corp. decided last week to rein in its wayward wireless division by...
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