2004

SANTA BARBARA-CallWave Inc., which provides services that allow customers to bridge between wireless and home phones and their PCs, said it has filed for an initial public offering to raise …

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. posted a 1.7-percent year-over-year increase in total revenues from $76.7 million during its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003 to $78 million this …

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra, the largest mobile operator in Australia, said it will launch push-to-talk services in June following a trial that included 12 Telstra business and government customers using 60 handsets. …

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell hinted to reporters Thursday that Nextel Communications Inc. may yet be willing to accept spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band instead of the 1.9 GHz band …

WASHINGTON-A bill that would make invasive use of camera phones and other imaging devices on federal property a crime is headed to the House floor. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary …

The Federal Communications Commission reported that more than 2 million consumers ported their telephone numbers since wireless local number portability was implemented last November, including both wireless-to-wireless porting and wireline-to-wireless …

T-Mobile USA Inc. continued its strong customer growth trend, adding a record1.174 million net subscribers during the first quarter of this year, which topped both the 921,000 subscribers the carrier …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics said it joined the Symbian Platinum Program, which the semiconductor maker said is part of its commitment to mobile multimedia. Philip’s offerings include solutions that …

In what amounts to a market blitz, Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a series of chipsets covering the CDMA, GSM and W-CDMA technologies. The U.S. supplier made two announcements regarding the first …

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Motorola Inc. and Padcom Inc. have teamed to offer roaming services to Motorola mobile data users. Using Padcom’s TotalRoam solution, Motorola will integrate its private voice and data networks …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it is shipping three Intel Pentium M processors that will boost performance for smoother video playback, faster application response and better multi-tasking in wireless laptops. …

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless said it has commenced shipping of dual-band devices that allow users to roam across UMTS TDD networks in both 1900 MHz and 2010 MHz frequency bands. According …

Countering a proposal by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association that would grant spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band and force the carrier to pay at least $3 billion for …

WASHINGTON-The City of New York issued a request for proposals for construction of a multimillion-dollar public safety wireless network likely using 4.9 GHz spectrum licensed to the municipal government. The …

WASHINGTON-Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy Muris, whose tenure began under a cloud before brightening with enforcement crackdowns and consumer safeguards for technologies new and old, will step down this summer. …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Career placement directory provider Monster Worldwide Technologies L.L.C. renewed its communications contract with Sprint Corp. to serve as the company’s primary wireless carrier for U.S.-based employees as well …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission published a consultation paper on “electronic money” for use with mobile phones and whether changes are needed to the E-Money Directive and how it applies to …

MOSCOW-Comverse said five wireless carriers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have selected its multimedia messaging service center for commercial deployment. The carriers include Kyivstar in Ukraine, Telekom Serbja, Mobi …

Video gamers worldwide reveled at the new products and titles premiering at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show in Los Angeles, and wireless players shared in the …

CDMA pioneer Qualcomm Inc. announced increased third-quarter and full-year expectations due to higher sales of its chipsets and technology products, along with higher W-CDMA royalties, but investors sent the company’s …

IRVINE, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Networks In Motion said it released its new AtlasTrack location-services product through Nextel Communications Inc. The company said the Java application allows mobile workers to track …

MUNICH, Germany and PARIS-Both Siemens AG and Alcatel Corp. announced GSM contracts Wednesday. Siemens said it will extend GSM networks in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine for Russian-based wireless carrier Mobile …

High-speed wireless Internet service provider Ricochet Networks Inc. said it is redirecting its focus to municipalities and public-safety workers, according to a company spokesperson. Ricochet, which has active networks in …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said 13 million users subscribed to CDMA2000 services, including 6.6 million 1x EV-DO users, during the first quarter, for a total of 86.2 million …

NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. said it will reorganize its fixed wireless Winstar/IDT Solutions division. The group will focus on providing private line services, wholesale service, spectrum leasing and backhaul services to …