Monthly Archives: November, 2004

Hertz to offer Wayport Wi-Fi service, directions

Wireless and wired neutral host broadband service provider Wayport Inc. said it has reached a preliminary agreement with Hertz Corp. to provide high-speed Internet...

Stonesoft launches wireless enterprise security product

HELSINKI, Finland-Network security provider Stonesoft Corp. launched its StoneGate Firewall and VPN version 2.5, which the company said addresses security needs of corporate mobile...

PalmSource names Gassee chairman

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. has elevated Jean-Louis Gassee to the position of chairman of its board of directors. This follows the resignation of the former...

Crown Castle partners with Nokia on wireless digital TV

Nokia Corp. and U.S. tower firm Crown Castle International Corp. have partnered to bring video services to U.S. mobile users, the companies said Tuesday....

Virgin Mobile USA deploys Starent gateway

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Starent Networks Corp. said Virgin Mobile USA has chosen its data access gateway for enhanced data and content-based billing. The product, known as...

BearingPoint wins govt. contract to test RFID for passports

WASHINGTON-BearingPoint Inc., a top business consulting and systems integration firms, said it is one of four firms companies awarded a contract by the Government...

Ericsson to expand 1x network in India

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will expand its CDMA2000 1x contract with India's Tata Teleservices in 12 new circles. The Swedish vendor currently provides...

Nokia trials NFC technology for wireless ticketing

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp., Royal Philips Electronics and Rhein-Main Verkehrsverbund have come together to trial a Near Field Communication solution to allow users to...

Tower firms up on Q3 performances

Wireless tower owners continue to gain steam, as reflected in third-quarter financial results released last week by Crown Castle International Corp., Global Signal Inc.,...

Developers find carrier relationships-and apps-define success

SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile music, games and enterprise applications are beginning to flood the market, creating a buzz the industry hasn't seen in years. But while...

Qualcomm announces over-the-air capability for BREW devices

SAN FRANCISCO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it is offering advanced firmware over-the-air update capabilities via its BREW solution. The new capabilities allow wireless operators and handset...

U.S. wireless users top 170M

SAN FRANCISCO-The number of wireless subscribers grew by an estimated 14.5 percent during the past 12 months, while the average price of local monthly...

Even with MMS interoperability, uptake likely to be gradual

SAN FRANCISCO-The nation's wireless carriers have agreed to provide consumers with multimedia messaging service interoperability, a move that industry watchers say will give a...

Nextel takes issue with article

Dear Editor: Nextel is disappointed and dismayed regarding the news article by Heather Forsgren Weaver posted on rcrnews.com and printed in the Oct. 25...

Dobson announces $825M private placement, faces shareholder suits

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Cellular Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dobson Communications Corp., announced the pricing of a private placement of $825 million of...

Music to their ears

What a week! CTIA's I.T. show in San Francisco was weird, good and educational. A show that started out as a way to reach...

Triton loses subscribers, plans to buy Urban assets

Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it lost 19,211 subscribers during the third quarter as the carrier was hit...

Transition team named for retuning 800 MHz band

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said late Friday that it concurred with the Transition Administrator Search Committee and was selecting BearingPoint, Squire-Sanders-Dempsey L.L.P., and Baseline...

T-Mobile selects PTT technology from Nokia

ESPOO, Finland-T-Mobile International said it plans to offer Nokia's Push to Talk over Cellular network solution in Germany in the fourth quarter. The carrier...

Proxim unveils new WiMAX model, reports flat earnings

Proxim Corp. has announced a new broadband wireless access system to allow organizations, including wireless Internet service providers, municipalities, government agencies, public safety, transportation...

Nortel tables financials, Alcatel posts solid Q3

Nortel Networks Ltd. shares dropped on news the company will not release its quarterly and yearly results as it promised. Meanwhile, Alcatel Alsthom unveiled...

Aggressive Verizon counts 42M customers

The top spot in the contest for the nation's largest carrier soon could be a tug-of-war. In the shadow of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. completing...

A NEW NO. 1

WASHINGTON-The fanfare surrounding last week's government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. proved to be short-lived, with...

Vendors prepare to differentiate on HSDPA

Just as the hype over W-CDMA is subsiding, the industry is shifting gears to another protocol. Known as High Speed Downlink Packet Access, the...

Kyocera recalls 1M phone batteries

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp., along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling 1 million cell-phone batteries, pointing to concerns that some of...
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