Monthly Archives: April, 2004

First Cellular selects Andrew for E911

ORLANDO PARK, Ill.-First Cellular of Southern Illinois said it has selected Andrew Corp.'s caller location system known as Geometrix to provide public-safety agencies with...

Verizon offers wireless incentive to DSL customers

Verizon Communications Inc. said it will start offering new digital subscriber line customers a full rebate on the $100 price of new wireless routers,...

FCC bureau proposes setting 2009 deadline for DTV transition

WASHINGTON-In a move expected to make spectrum available to commercial operators sooner, the FCC's Media Bureau is proposing to move the digital TV transition...

YDI, Terabeam to merge

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Wireless systems providers YDI Wireless Inc. and Terabeam Corp. announced plans to merge. Under the signed agreement, Terabeam will become a wholly...

Cingular to offer BlackBerrys through retail network

ATLANTA-Longtime BlackBerry supporter Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell the BlackBerry 6280 and BlackBerry 7280 wireless handhelds through its more than 6,000...

Challenges to Cingular/AWS merger due May 3

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set a May 3 deadline for challenges to Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion bid for AT&T Wireless Services Inc., a...

17% of Internet users have logged on wirelessly

WASHINGTON-More than 21 million people, or 17 percent of Internet users, have logged onto the Internet via a wireless device, according to a new...

Maxim sues Qualcomm over CDMA dominance

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. said it has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. for misusing its dominance in the CDMA market to snuff out...

Intel earnings increase falls below expectations

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-In spite of a substantial surge in its first-quarter profits, Intel Corp. did not live up to Wall Street expectations, and company...

S&P assigns CCC rating to iPCS debt

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'CCC' rating to Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc.'s Escrow Co.'s $180 million senior unsecured notes offering...

Lucent gains Latin American contracts

MIRAMOR, Fla.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has signed three contracts worth several million dollars with major Latin American carriers, including Andinatel, Hondutel and MoviStar....

Cingular tailors data packages with media content

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched a pair of data service packages combining a number of currently offered services with additional content under the new Media...

AM-BEO offers nRate billing solution

GALWAY, Ireland-Rating, charging and revenue settlement software provider AM-BEO Ltd. announced the availability of its new nRate rating solution, designed to price existing and...

Cingular names new executives

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. named David Christopher vice president of product management for voice products, devices and affiliate services, where he will be responsible for...

Novatel Wireless to beat previous 1Q guidance

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. said it expects to beat its previous guidance for the first quarter of this year with revenues of approximately between...

Intrado to supply E911 for Texas carriers

LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. reported contracts to provide Emergency 911 Phase I and Phase II services to eight rural Texas wireless operators serving more than...

Proxim announces Calif. city deployment, personnel changes

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Wi-Fi and broadband wireless equipment provider Proxim Corp. announced its Tsunami broadband wireless products are being used in a metro-scale wireless network in...

AirGate PCS seeks new general counsel

ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc. reported that vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary Barbara Blackford is leaving the company to become general counsel for Superior...

Quanta Computer to use Comsys EDGE technology

HERZELIA, Israel-Quanta Computer said it has selected the EDGE technology of Comsys Communication and Signal Processing Ltd. as an add-on to its GSM/GPRS products.Quanta...

Calif. cell-phone tax to hit Nov. ballot

WASHINGTON-The group seeking improvements to California emergency services with funds from a new 3-percent tax on cell-phone bills said it collected enough signatures to...

Hop-on expects banner 2004 after challenging past

Following several years of setbacks and controversies, disposable phone company Hop-on said it is on track, scoring sales and proclaiming optimism for the rest...

Telemetrix teams with InterWave for carrier solution

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-North American operators can enjoy a GSM and CDMA solution based on Telemetrix Inc.'s hosted switching and intelligent network elements and InterWave...

Tele2 further expands Russian GSM services

NEW YORK-Tele2 said it launched a GSM network in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk. The Swedish-based operator now offers GSM services in 10 out...

@Road continues wireless data consolidation with MDSI buy

Mobile asset tracking and wireless data company @Road Inc. announced it will acquire rival wireless enterprise vendor MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. in a...

McDonald's selects Wayport for Wi-Fi

Following pilot programs with a number of Wi-Fi providers, McDonald's Corp. selected Wayport Inc. to provide high-speed Internet access for up to 6,000 restaurant...
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