Monthly Archives: October, 2004

Verizon launches iobi service in NYC

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. launched its iobi Home service in New York City allowing Verizon residential customers to control home phone calls, home voice...

ATIS seeks standards for converged multimedia

WASHINGTON-ATIS today released a comprehensive plan to craft new industry standards for converging multimedia architectures across wireline, PCS/cellular and Wi-Fi networks.ATIS said the Mobile...

IEEE to develop wireless broadband standard for open TV spectrum

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers said it has set up a working group for a standard to tap open channels in...

PushMessenger launches server for wireless operators

PARIS-PushMessenger launched an instant messaging and presence server (IMPS) for mobile operators and Internet service providers, the wireless software developer said Tuesday. The company's...

AWS furthers enterprise presence with Symbol, USA Technologies deals

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced two new partnerships to further its presence in the enterprise market.AWS and Symbol Technologies Inc. said they will partner...

Wi-Fi Alliances gets tough on pre-standard 802.11n products

AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance said it will not certify products with enhancement features for 802.11n, warning that such pre-standard products that fail to interoperate...

Crisp to offer wireless video of NBC shows

NEW YORK-Crisp Wireless will offer video clips, images and other content based on NBC's fall show line-up, the company announced Monday. A Crisp Wireless...

Qualcomm announces products, acquisition

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has introduced two products that will increase the capacity and reduce the cost of simultaneously delivering video, audio and...

FCC showcases broadband-over-powerline system

Just days before the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to adopt rules allowing broadband over powerline, two federal regulatory chairmen, their staffs, and a...

Verizon Dominicana selects MetaSolv for wireless activation services

PLANO, Texas-MetaSolv Software Inc. reported an agreement with Dominican Republic telecommunications services provider Verizon Dominicana to supply its service activation solution to deploy mobile...

Alcatel to expand Austrian UMTS network

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a contract with tele.ring for the expansion of its UMTS network and a service contract extension under a $74 million agreement....

Chantry secures $17M from Siemens

WALTHAM, Mass.-Chantry Networks, which makes solutions for wireless local area network enterprise security, said its second-round venture funding has risen to $17 million, thanks...

Vodafone U.K. to use Tatara system for Wi-Fi roaming

LONDON-Vodafone U.K. has chosen Tatara Systems' Subscriber Gateway to enhance its third-generation and GPRS laptop data services. The gateway helps Vodafone become a Wi-Fi...

Verizon Wireless to add 16 more EV-DO markets by year-end

Following the recent expansion of its commercial CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network to include 14 major markets and 24 airport locations nationwide last month, Verizon...

Motorola to trial m-commerce-enabled phones

Motorola Inc. will conduct an m-commerce field trial of mobile phones enabled with MasterCard PayPass and Near Field Communications (NFC) technology, the company announced...

Interoperability lag weighs down mobile IM growth

Depending on your perspective, mobile instant messaging either has taken off like a rocket or is still idling on the launching pad. Like many...

Cingular-AWS merger before FCC

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. moved a step closer to winning government backing for its proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., with Federal...

House gets tougher on DTV transition Stations would turn over spectrum in ’06

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives said Friday the transition to digital TV should end Dec. 31, 2006. "It is the sense of Congress that the...

Sprint’s Forsee talks towers, EV-DO deployment strategy

Sprint Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee said last week that the company's highly anticipated sale of its more than 6,200 wireless...

Business Briefs

Rural wireless provider Bluegrass Cellular said it will deploy a commercial push-to-talk service using Kodiak Network's circuit-switch based Real-time Exchange system across its 34-county...

FCC clarifies G-band piece of rebanding plan

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission clarified some issues in its plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band, but did not deal with...

Land Rovers to include Nokia system, Nissans offer location services via DoCoMo connection

TOKYO AND ESPOO, Finland-Following on a series of recent announcements regarding wireless in-car communications, Nokia Corp. and Land Rover said they jointly developed the...

Carrier alliance updates work on mobile-phone interface

LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work...

ABI: Microsoft OS may outpace Symbian by ’09

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Microsoft Corp. could overtake Symbian Ltd. in mobile-phone operating system market share by 2009, according to research from ABI Research. The group...

11th-hour effort to pass E911 funding legislation hits snag

WASHINGTON-An 11th-hour effort to pass the wireless enhanced 911 funding bill was struggling against a senatorial objection that stopped the frenetic activity to get...
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