Monthly Archives: November, 2004

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...

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...

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...

Pro-tech vote favors GOP, industry hedges bets with Dem donations

WASHINGTON-While new industry figures show top Republicans casting pro-technology votes more often than their counterparts in Congress, a review of fresh campaign finance data...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

AWS lets users try games for free

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Mobile marketing company July Systems has launched a "Game Sampler" service on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s mMode offering, allowing would-be gamers to...

3G data speeds to benefit enterprise workers

BOSTON-The emergence of third-generation networks will serve as a turning point for enterprise mobility, according to a new report from the Yankee Group. The...

FCC fines company for not making USF payments

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that Ton Services Inc. has agreed to pay $400,000 for not making regular contributions to the universal-service fund...

NextWave now aims to exit Chapter 11 in late January

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. has requested another extension before filing its reorganization plan, but told the court last week that it would like to emerge...

BTI brings experience to the site-management table

The history of Broadcast Towers Inc., a modestly sized tower services company, offers an account of the tower industry's past and suggests a different...
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