Monthly Archives: May, 2004

Consumers Union says wireless carriers may contribute to spam

WASHINGTON-A leading consumer group last week said Congress may need to strengthen the anti-spam law to better protect wireless subscribers against potentially costly unwanted...

Adelstein: Nextel criticism of 2.1 GHz 'unusual'

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said he found Nextel Communications Inc.'s complaints about the 2.1 GHz band unusual because the carrier did not raise relocation...

Customer satisfaction negatively impacted by billing biz moves

WASHINGTON-Consolidation among vendors in the billing industry may be directly impacting customer-satisfaction levels, according to new analysis from Chorleywood. The group said most operators...

Sprint begins mobile service for banks

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-In an attempt to make it easier and more cost effective for financial institutions to provide banking services to small and independent...

Freescale closer to cutting cord from parent Motorola

While waiting to pry loose of Motorola Inc. later this year, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. will be walking the path of other companies like Agere...

Even with subs, questions remain on biz models at Leap, MetroPCS

With more than 2.5 million customers split between their two operations, Leap Wireless International Inc. and MetroPCS Inc. have proven there is a market...

FCC may have to reform intercarrier compensation as industry group unravels

WASHINGTON-Even as two wireless carriers left the forum trying to resolve carrier compensation issues, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said that wireless participation in intercarrier...

Chip shortage could give needed boost to Qualcomm competitors

For Qualcomm Inc., CDMA is a double-edged sword.Although the company has enjoyed a significant amount of prosperity in its efforts to expand the CDMA...

Segovia, Norsat find revenue in gov't deals

The departments of Defense and Homeland Security continue to be vital customers for the satellite sector. Satellite owners and operators may profit from the...

Lufthansa launches in-flight Wi-Fi service

SEATTLE-Connexion by Boeing, a unit of The Boeing Co. and Lufthansa German Airlines, launched its commercial airline Wi-Fi service on a flight from Munich,...

Merger clincher

Government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has never really been in doubt, predictable consumer-group opposition...

Qualcomm digs deeper with BREW to touch user interface

Although Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW application download system commands a smaller market than that of rival Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java, the company continues to rack...

Nokia to expand R&D efforts in China

Nokia Corp. announced it will expand its research-and-development efforts in China, a move that comes amid doubts about Nokia's ability to maintain its grip...

D-Day on bill of rights

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission is set to vote this week on three telecom consumer plans, capping a contentious four-year proceeding with an outcome...

Nationwide LNP deadline flexible

WASHINGTON-As local number portability goes nationwide today, rural Americans who want to port their wireline phone numbers to wireless carriers may find the deadline...

Bush spectrum reports could change policy, improve management

WASHINGTON-U.S. officials are close to delivering potentially far-reaching spectrum reports to President Bush, culminating a year-long review at a time when development of third-generation...

3G delays contribute to fewer equipment sales in '03

Delays in deploying third-generation networks combined with an overall slow economy helped create a 12-percent drop in demand for wireless equipment last year, according...

AWS merger approved by 65% of shareholders

WILMINGTON, Del.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that 65 percent of all outstanding shareholders have approved the company's pending $41 billion acquisition by Cingular Wireless...

Wireless players grab millions in financing

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Several wireless technology companies kicked off last week with financial deals worth millions.Good Technology Inc., supplier of GoodLink standards-based wireless messaging and corporate...

2.1 GHz band likely more expensive for Nextel to build out

Nextel Communications Inc.'s spectrum realignment plans were headed for resolution early this year, with reports indicating the government was set to award the carrier...

Lucent, Nortel stocks dip amid financial probes

A few years ago, industry linked the stock woes of some of the major vendors to a general downdraft of the economy. Now that...

Sendia launches with enterprise app focus

Sendia Corp. has built a business model around bringing existing wireless enterprise applications to market."We're not an application developer ourselves," explained Alex Klyce, Sendia's...

Rogers, AWS fail to agree on Rogers Wireless stake sale

TORONTO-Rogers Communications Inc. said it has failed to reach an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to acquire AWS' 34.1-percent interest in Rogers Wireless...

Business Briefs

Handset distribution company InfoSonics Corp. said it plans to sell 2 million shares for between $5.50 and $6.50 per share in its upcoming initial...

Wi-Fi loses luster as Cometa closes

Wi-Fi, the much-hyped sibling of the wireless industry, might have lost a little of its luster with the closure of one of its more...
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