Monthly Archives: June, 2004

Western Wireless completes 1x upgrades in three states

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it has completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas...

Senate committee discusses digital TV transition

WASHINGTON-Five percent of the nation's broadcasters are holding the nation's hostage by refusing to give back their spectrum, which has been allocated to public...

Nokia's bid for Symbian stake approved by German authority

Nokia Corp.'s bid to buy Psion plc's stake in operating system company Symbian moved one step closer to fruition as the German authority Bundeskartellamt...

Cingular to add 80 cell sites in South Texas

SAN ANTONIO-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it plans to spend $100 million this year to expand and upgrade its network in South Texas, including the...

Mobile technologies most likely to succeed in wireless broadband arena

Mobile technologies like WiMax (802.16), MobileFi (802.20) and Flarion's OFDM are poised to garner the most success in the wireless broadband space, according to...

Telenor orders EDGE network

OSLO, Norway-Norwegian mobile carrier Telenor Mobil said it is upgrading its GSM network with EDGE technology, although it emphasized that EDGE is not a...

Access releases dynamic menu for user interfaces

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Internet browser vendor Access announced its new NetFront Dynamic Menu, which the company said allows wireless carriers to remotely update the user...

ABI: Wireless carriers will define M2M growth

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The market for packet-based cellular machine-to-machine communications is growing, but the final shape of the market will depend on the commitments wireless...

Service allows U.K. customers to book flights with mobiles

LONDON-Online travel firm ebookers has launched a mobile service allowing U.K. customers to book flights via their mobile phones. Users will be able to...

Nokia launches PTT consultation service directed at businesses

Amid suspicion it plans to walk a lone path on the Push-To-Talk over Cellular technology, Nokia Corp. has launched a PoC consultancy service to...

U.S. to review if MSS, wireless can share spectrum at 2.5 GHz

WASHINGTON-Though the next World Radiocommunication Conference is several years off, the United States already faces a potential controversy over whether mobile-phone carriers and mobile...

Airpath offers carriers free alliance membership

WALTHAM, Mass.-Airpath Wireless Inc. announced it is offering free membership to the Airpath Provider Alliance to service providers offering service on its hot spots,...

Calif. bill would force carriers to make wireless directory opt-in

WASHINGTON-A bill introduced Tuesday in the California State Assembly would require mobile-phone carriers to obtain expressed written consent of subscribers in separate contracts before...

CellStar partners with content company

CARROLLTON, Texas-Handset distribution company CellStar Corp. and European wireless content company Buongiorno Vitaminic SpA announced an innovative partnership to increase their respective sales opportunities....

SBC to sell most of TDC stake

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications, an owner of U.S. wireless carrier Cingular Wireless L.L.C., said it plans to sell at least 69.4 million shares in Danish...

Comverse offers MMSC for small operators

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. said it has rolled out its multimedia messaging service center for small wireless operators.The product, known as Compact MMSC, is...

WAV to distribute Interlink Wi-Fi security system

BALTIMORE-Interlink Networks announced Chicago-based distributor WAV Inc. will become the first nationwide distributor of its LucidLink Wireless Security solution, an 802.11 wireless local area...

Verizon adds minutes to online service

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will provide an additional 100 anytime calling minutes per month for customers who sign up for its re-designed My...

Alltel adds flexibility to nationwide rate plans

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. updated its nationwide Total Freedom rate plans, allowing customers to access their plans' anytime minutes, 1,000 mobile-to-mobile minutes and 1,000...

Xingtone scores funding from Siemens

LOS ANGELES-Ring-tone company Xingtone Inc. announced it scored a first round of institutional financing from Siemens Mobile Acceleration. Terms of the deal were not...

Vonage exec demos VoIP over EV-DO technology

WASHINGTON-Wireless Voice over Internet Protocol is here with the advent of Qualcomm Inc.'s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO service as deployed by Verizon Wireless, said Brooke...

Bluetooth hits 2 million weekly unit shipments

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported that the Bluetooth industry is now shipping more than 2 million units per week worldwide, which...

TI to provide chip for Samsung camera phones

LOS ANGELES-Texas Instruments Inc. said it signed a deal to provide a chip for Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.'s mobile-phone cameras.The chip will allow Samsung's...

FCC defends E-rate program despite 'bad actors'

WASHINGTON-A Federal Communications Commission official today defended a $2.5 billion government program that subsidizes Internet connections for schools and libraries, but conceded there is...

Comverse licenses i-mode

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. said it has signed a licensing deal with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to market the i-mode mobile gateway around the world.The...
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