2004

WASHINGTON-Harsh political and industry criticism of the California Public Utilities Commission’s bill of rights for telecom consumers likely signals the controversy will carry over into 2005, when pro-business GOP Gov. …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. The announcement comes against the background of an industry search for …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced it recorded a total of 13.5 million text-message votes cast during the past season of reality TV show “American Idol.” The carrier said the …

Public safety remains committed to the idea of a hard 2007 give-back date for TV broadcasters to relinquish their analog spectrum. But if that is not realistic, the public-safety community …

RESTON, Va.-Capitalizing on its 10-year, $750 million sponsorship of the NASCAR racing series, Nextel Communications Inc. said it plans to launch the second phase of its NASCAR Nextel Cup Series …

CALGARY-CSI Wireless Inc. announced product details and shipping plans for its new 410 series of GSM/GPRS fixed wireless telephones. CSI said product shipments are scheduled to begin in the third …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-VoIP Inc. has filed a patent application titled “Method and System for Back-up of Voice Over IP Emergency Calls,” for a technological process for a specific coding scheme …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its preliminary ‘A-‘ rating to U.S. Cellular Corp.’s $500 million unsecured debt shelf registration, which the carrier said it would use for general …

CellStar Corp. warned today that it expects its second-quarter revenues to be lower than those garnered in last year’s second quarter. The company’s stock plummeted more than 11 percent, or …

WASHINGTON-Public safety remains committed to the idea of a hard 2007 give-back date for TV broadcasters to relinquish their analog spectrum. But if that is not realistic, the public-safety community …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice Thursday announced the biggest guilty plea yet in a two-year investigation of fraud and abuse of the E-rate program, which uses telephone taxes to connect schools …

LONDON-A new study forecasts the market for wireless video will generate worldwide revenues of $5.4 billion by 2008, but industry players will have to solidify business models, technology standards and …

BEIJING-Motorola Inc. said it has launched a center to research new wireless data services and enable operators to evaluate applications for their networks. Motorola has committed $3.4 billion in total …

MONTREAL, Canada-The wireless Web just got a little tastier. Wine magazine Wine Spectator announced a deal with wireless content company Airborne Entertainment to offer wine information along with its 130,000 …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Following an announcement of the companies’ new teaming, LG Electronics said it will ship its first phone using DoOnGo Technologies Inc. technology for China Unicom. The phone uses …

Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.’s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie services with instant messaging, short message service, …

Wireless users will soon have several new gadgets to play with, as Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and others announced the release of new devices. First up is Samsung Electronics …

WASHINGTON-The battle for the heart of the Federal Communications Commission continued last week as internal debate raged on regarding the best solution for solving public-safety interference in the 800 MHz …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson signed a $58 million GSM/GPRS expansion contract that includes equipment that supports the latest GPRS and EDGE versions with Jiangsu Mobile Communication Corp. Ericsson will provide infrastructure and …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. retired approximately $41.6 million worth of its 13.375-percent senior subordinated discount notes due 2009 through a series of debt-for-equity exchanges. The carrier …

WASHINGTON-Harsh political and industry criticism of the California Public Utilities Commission’s bill of rights for telecom consumers likely signals the controversy will carry over into 2005, when pro-business GOP Gov. …

OLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore Wireless Systems said it has delivered and commissioned Phase II E-911 capabilities on its AirCore MSC Platform for the Yorkville Telephone Cooperative wireless network in Tennessee. YTC provides …

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission has just passed a landmark bill of rights for telecom consumers, resoundingly rejecting an alternate plan that was highly deregulatory and largely favorable to the …

Indian carrier Tata Teleservices is the first operator to launch a push-to-talk service based on Qualcomm Inc.’s BREWChat solution. The technology enables person-to-person and person-to-group communication between subscribers at the …

RESTON, Va.-Transaction Network Services Inc., a provider of data communications services for transaction applications, said it has acquired certain assets from bankrupt U.S. Wireless Data, including its Synapse wireless point-of-sale …