Monthly Archives: May, 2004

McCaw joins government officials in WCA keynote line-up

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Communications Association announced industry pioneer Craig McCaw will deliver the keynote address at its annual show taking place in Washington, D.C., June...

FCC proposes using TV band for unlicensed operations

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday proposed rules allowing unlicensed services to operate in the unused TV band."What we have always been committed to is...

Good tapped for CEO post at MSV

WASHINGTON-Alexander Good, a former telecom executive and Reagan administration official, has been tapped as the new chief executive officer and vice chairman of Mobile...

800 MHz tit for tat continues with CTIA letter

WASHINGTON-The Compromise Plan offered by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association is the best option to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800...

LNP boosts Cellebrite sales

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.-Cellebrite said its sales have jumped 40 percent in 2003, and it credits wireless local number portability for its success. Cellebrite's RealSync/UME12...

YDI Wireless acquires KarlNet

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Broadband wireless solution provider YDI Wireless Inc. has acquired KarlNet Inc., which develops software for operating and managing wireless networks.KarlNet stockholders will...

Canadian consolidation looms with Telus bid for Microcell

Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. said it intends to make a $780 million all-cash takeover bid for rival Microcell Telecommunications Inc., which is best...

Nortel receives grand jury subpoena in financial investigation

Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has received a federal grand jury subpoena demanding documents to help in the ongoing criminal investigations of the company's...

Federal court rules against Qualcomm in patent case

SAN DIEGO-A federal judge in the U.S. District Court has ruled against CDMA proprietor Qualcomm Inc. in a patent case against Maxim Integrated Products...

Cingular, AWS defend merger proposal in FCC filing

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. defended their proposed $41 million merger, telling the Federal Communications Commission the deal will not harm...

Wireline company faces possible fine for not porting wireless calls

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday proposed fining CenturyTel Inc. $100,000 for not routing ported wireless numbers."Regardless of the status of a carrier's obligation to...

May 27 vote expected on Calif. bill of rights

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission is expected to vote May 27 on three bills of rights for telecom consumers, with the issuance late yesterday...

DoCoMo names new chief executive

TOKYO-Masao Nakamura will take over as chief executive of NTT DoCoMo Inc. June 18, when current Chief Executive Keiji Tachikawa will step down after...

Intermodal porting hits 24 percent for a rural wireless carrier

WASHINGTON-A rural wireless carrier that began porting customers in November told reporters Thursday that 24 percent of its ports had come from wireline customers.Terry...

Analog Devices doubles profit

NORWOOD, Mass.-Analog Devices Inc. reported strong financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2004, resulting in a cash dividend for stockholders. The company...

Rogers Wireless selects LightSurf's picture messaging software

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Canadian carrier Rogers Wireless announced it will use picture messaging software from LightSurf Technologies Inc. Canada's Bell Mobility and U.S. wireless carrier...

CallWave files for $69M IPO

SANTA BARBARA-CallWave Inc., which provides services that allow customers to bridge between wireless and home phones and their PCs, said it has filed for...

AirGate PCS increases revenues, decreases net loss

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. posted a 1.7-percent year-over-year increase in total revenues from $76.7 million during its second fiscal quarter ended March...

Telstra plans GSM-based PTT service for June

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra, the largest mobile operator in Australia, said it will launch push-to-talk services in June following a trial that included 12 Telstra business...

Powell hints Nextel may accept 2.1 GHz spectrum

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell hinted to reporters Thursday that Nextel Communications Inc. may yet be willing to accept spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band...

Camera-phone bill heads to House floor

WASHINGTON-A bill that would make invasive use of camera phones and other imaging devices on federal property a crime is headed to the House...

LNP pushes 2 million subscribers to port

The Federal Communications Commission reported that more than 2 million consumers ported their telephone numbers since wireless local number portability was implemented last November,...

T-Mobile USA adds record number of new users

T-Mobile USA Inc. continued its strong customer growth trend, adding a record1.174 million net subscribers during the first quarter of this year, which topped...

Qualcomm releases blitz of converged chipsets

In what amounts to a market blitz, Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a series of chipsets covering the CDMA, GSM and W-CDMA technologies.The U.S. supplier made...

Padcom system to allow roaming for Motorola data users

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Motorola Inc. and Padcom Inc. have teamed to offer roaming services to Motorola mobile data users. Using Padcom's TotalRoam solution, Motorola will integrate...
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