Monthly Archives: July, 2004

States new battlefield for wireless regulation

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry continues to find its battlefield expanding, with carriers increasingly drawn into fights with one state after another on issues ranging from...

Orange U.K. to launch W-CDMA July 19

LONDON-Orange U.K. said it will launch its third-generation W-CDMA network July 19. The launch will include the country's major cities. The company's French subsidiary...

800 MHz plan on FCC’s July 8 agenda

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission planned July 8 vote on its solution to the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band likely won't resolve...

CPA refers licensing probe to Iraqi gov’t

WASHINGTON-As one of its final acts of business before handing over limited authority to an interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule, the...

InfoSpace buys Atlas Mobile

BELLEVUE, Wash.-The mobile gaming industry continued its contraction, with the announcement that InfoSpace Inc. acquired the assets of Atlas Mobile Inc., a provider of...

Alamosa cuts fees with new Sprint pact

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it has amended its management and services deals with Sprint PCS for back-office billing and service...

Autodesk, Verizon offer text traffic alerts

Autodesk Location Services and Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of location-based traffic alert services for Verizon's vtext.com text-messaging portal. With the service, Verizon...

Crown sheds U.K. assets

Crown Castle International Corp. last week confirmed it is selling its U.K. business, including 3,600 tower sites, to British utility company National Grid Transco...

Vodafone closes public offering on Vodafone K.K.

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported the closing of the public offering made by its wholly owned subsidiary Vodafone International Holdings B.V. for the shares that...

RFID tags should track inventory, not people

"It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state." -Bruce SchneierImagine a world where your every possession-clothes, books,...

Cities and counties deploy Wi-Fi as part of economic strategy

Metro-scale broadband networks based on Wi-Fi technologies are popping up across the country, with big and small industry players alike endorsing the systems for...

SEC inquiry highlights importance of wireless subscriber numbers

Subscriber numbers are an important metric for the wireless industry because the industry is still growing, so an inquiry by a federal agency into...

Verizon picks up Qwest assets

In a move expected to bolster its spectrum position and coverage in the western United States, Verizon Wireless reported late last week that it...

Cell phones (mostly) get clean bill of health

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, having decisively triumphed in health litigation, believes more than ever science is solidly in its corner as a result of a...

Users’ control of RFIDs will allay privacy fears

Radio Frequency Identification tags-labels the size of a credit card or smaller containing a silicon chip and an antenna-are destined to replace the ubiquitous...

N.J., D.C. distracted-driving laws take effect

New Jersey motorists should think twice before they reach for their cell phones while driving as a state law took effect July 1 banning...

Swedish carriers seek altered license terms

STOCKHOLD, Sweden-A handful of wireless operators lodged a joint application with Sweden's National Post and Telecom Agency that calls for altered license terms for...

Capitol catharsis

Freud is looking down on us, smiling at how the most powerful, the most-manly city on earth has learned to cope with the stress...

Voice Genesis finds investor for messaging product launch

LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Nationwide angel investor network Keiretsu Forum said it will make an investment to support the Sept. 1 launch of mobile messaging software company...

ACS expands EV-DO coverage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Following up on its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO launch in select Alaskan cities last month, Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. said it has rolled...

3G Americas hires D.C. legal firm

WASHINGTON-GSM technology wireless trade organization 3G Americas hired Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis L.L.P. to lead its government affairs advocacy on wireless legal and regulatory...

Broadband wireless suppliers ahead of game, says Probe

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Broadband wireless access equipment vendors have a head start on standards bodies in developing products ready for market, according to a new...

EC: Europe should increase wireless R&D

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission said this week that its member states must improve their research and development contributions for "mobile broadband services" to maintain...

Samsung releases 3D gaming device

Playing on the growing demand in the mobile gaming space, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. released the SCH-V450, a new three-dimensional gaming phone.The device comes...

SEC inquiry highlights importance of wireless subscriber numbers

WASHINGTON-Subscriber numbers are an important metric for the wireless industry because the industry is still growing, so an inquiry by a federal agency into...
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