Monthly Archives: May, 2004

Ricochet reinvents again to focus on gov't users

DENVER-High-speed wireless Internet service provider Ricochet Networks Inc. has once again revised its business model and now plans to sell its service to municipalities...

Purcell completes $16M in financing

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.-Purcell Systems, which builds customized, modular outdoor power cabinetry solutions for wireless carriers, said it has completed a $16.6 million financing round.Purcell...

T-Mobile robust net adds take some by surprise

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted first-quarter customer growth second only to Verizon Wireless and more than double its next closest competitor, reaffirming claims that once...

Regional players try to boost internal revenues as roaming dollars taper

Regional carriers Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Dobson Communications Corp. and Rural Cellular Corp. showed their continued uneasy reliance on roaming traffic in first-quarter financials...

News Briefs

Barely two years after entering the market, Microsoft Corp. said it is quitting the Wi-Fi space, otherwise known as 802.11b. "After careful evaluation, the...

NYC issues RFP for 4.9 GHz public-safety network

WASHINGTON-The City of New York issued a request for proposals for construction of a multimillion-dollar public safety wireless network likely using 4.9 GHz spectrum...

U.S. Cellular restates financials

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corporation Friday said that it has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission its previously announced restatements. The company restated financial...

FCC studies unlicensed uses in vacant TV band

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

Wireless on display at E3

LOS ANGELES-Video gamers worldwide reveled at the new products and titles premiering at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show, and wireless...

Chip industry humming along

Other than worries among chipmakers over Cisco System Inc.'s quarterly earnings, the sector continues to purr with good news. However, some analysts caution against...

Nortel receives grand jury subpoena in financial probe

TORONTO-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...

Stress and duress

Stress and duressSuddenly technology-the great force multiplier of American net-centric warfare he helped give birth to-is the bane of Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld's existence.When...

China Telecom selects Proxim gear

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. has been chosen by China Telecom to provide its Tsunami point-to-multipoint broadband wireless solutions in 10 provinces in China.Deployments have begun...

Motorola enhances Canopy platform

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it is adding two software products and a network management tool to its Canopy wireless broadband platform.The software additions include...

Nextel still king of PTT hill

Nextel Communications Inc. continues to dominate the walkie-talkie space and is not expected to relinquish that lead for some time, despite recent attempts by...

Rohn re-opens Peoria plant under Radian

A grand opening last week marked the coming together of two seasoned wireless tower equipment companies. The festivities commemorated the re-opening of Rohn Industries...

Netpace to offer premium texting for big-ticket buys

Wireless messaging applications in the United States typically involve voting for reality TV show contestants, participating in trivia contests or requesting some sort of...

Wal-Mart RFID test starts

While Wal-Mart Stores Inc. joins the high-tech industry in celebrating its recently launched supply-chain management Radio Frequency Identification pilot program, consumer privacy groups are...

Cheap tickets vs. privacy

RFID chips that can be used to scan inventory are either the latest, greatest way to track large pallets entering the retail warehouse or...

Sprint gets real with series for wireless users

The nation's newest reality show is set to debut on a mobile phone near you.Sprint PCS announced it will offer a streaming-video application from...

Plans for Iraqi first-responder network expand amid probe

WASHINGTON-As allegations fly back and forth over the award of Iraqi mobile-phone licenses and public-safety contracts in a war-torn country where insurgency has become...

On higher earnings plans, Qualcomm unveils chips

In a market blitz, Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a series of chipsets covering CDMA, GSM and W-CDMA protocols.The U.S. supplier made two announcements for the...

QoS gains respect as carriers focus on data

Quality of service requirements recently have become more urgent for wide area wireless networks because of the increasing need for data and other multimedia...

Canadian consolidation on horizon with Telus bid for Microcell

Canadian consolidation on horizon with Telus bid for MicrocellCanadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. said it intends to make a $780 million all-cash takeover bid...

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...
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