May 2004

Public safety remains committed to the idea of a hard 2007 give-back date for TV broadcasters to relinquish their analog spectrum. But if that is not realistic, the public-safety community …

Wireless users will soon have several new gadgets to play with, as Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and others announced the release of new devices. First up is Samsung Electronics …

MONTREAL, Canada-The wireless Web just got a little tastier. Wine magazine Wine Spectator announced a deal with wireless content company Airborne Entertainment to offer wine information along with its 130,000 …

WASHINGTON-The battle for the heart of the Federal Communications Commission continued last week as internal debate raged on regarding the best solution for solving public-safety interference in the 800 MHz …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its preliminary ‘A-‘ rating to U.S. Cellular Corp.’s $500 million unsecured debt shelf registration, which the carrier said it would use for general …

Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.’s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie services with instant messaging, short message service, …

LONDON-A new study forecasts the market for wireless video will generate worldwide revenues of $5.4 billion by 2008, but industry players will have to solidify business models, technology standards and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson signed a $58 million GSM/GPRS expansion contract that includes equipment that supports the latest GPRS and EDGE versions with Jiangsu Mobile Communication Corp. Ericsson will provide infrastructure and …

WASHINGTON-Public safety remains committed to the idea of a hard 2007 give-back date for TV broadcasters to relinquish their analog spectrum. But if that is not realistic, the public-safety community …

WASHINGTON-Harsh political and industry criticism of the California Public Utilities Commission’s bill of rights for telecom consumers likely signals the controversy will carry over into 2005, when pro-business GOP Gov. …

CALGARY-CSI Wireless Inc. announced product details and shipping plans for its new 410 series of GSM/GPRS fixed wireless telephones. CSI said product shipments are scheduled to begin in the third …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice Thursday announced the biggest guilty plea yet in a two-year investigation of fraud and abuse of the E-rate program, which uses telephone taxes to connect schools …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. retired approximately $41.6 million worth of its 13.375-percent senior subordinated discount notes due 2009 through a series of debt-for-equity exchanges. The carrier …

RESTON, Va.-Capitalizing on its 10-year, $750 million sponsorship of the NASCAR racing series, Nextel Communications Inc. said it plans to launch the second phase of its NASCAR Nextel Cup Series …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Following an announcement of the companies’ new teaming, LG Electronics said it will ship its first phone using DoOnGo Technologies Inc. technology for China Unicom. The phone uses …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-VoIP Inc. has filed a patent application titled “Method and System for Back-up of Voice Over IP Emergency Calls,” for a technological process for a specific coding scheme …

BEIJING-Motorola Inc. said it has launched a center to research new wireless data services and enable operators to evaluate applications for their networks. Motorola has committed $3.4 billion in total …

CellStar Corp. warned today that it expects its second-quarter revenues to be lower than those garnered in last year’s second quarter. The company’s stock plummeted more than 11 percent, or …

KARACHI, Pakistan, and RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. made two CDMA2000 1x-related announcements. In Brazil, Lucent said VIVO, the country’s largest wireless carrier, will launch a 1x EV-DO network …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has received $1 billion loan from its banks led by JP Morgan Chase Bank and Citibank N.A. The line of credit will replace two previous …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo sold its 20-percent stake in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. to Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. for $220 million in a transaction that has been expected by market watchers. DoCoMo …

RESTON, Va.-Transaction Network Services Inc., a provider of data communications services for transaction applications, said it has acquired certain assets from bankrupt U.S. Wireless Data, including its Synapse wireless point-of-sale …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a three-year GSM/EDGE contract worth approximately $275 million to build core and radio-access networks for Indian carrier Bharti. The contract also covers professional …

WOBURN, Mass.-Wireless semiconductor company Skyworks Solutions Inc. said licensing rights for its patented Selectable Mode Vocoder technology are immediately available to be incorporated into CDMA mobile handset applications. SMV is …

WASHINGTON-When an emergency event occurs, there is currently no directory of available entities-both public and private-to use for contact and information sharing. The ComCARE Alliance hopes to change that by …