2004

Wireless customers hit with higher-than-expected bills when they exceed their monthly allotment of calling minutes could begin to see some relief. Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. have introduced overage …

ALEXANDRIA, La.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it expects to invest $84.5 million this year in its Louisiana network, including the deployment of GSM technology into the Alexandria and Lake Charles markets …

WASHINGTON-At least one member of the California Public Utilities Commission is still resisting efforts to split the Beverly Hills area code even as the Federal Communications Commission is auditing T-Mobile …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. and the rest of the wireless world will have to wait a bit longer. The Federal Communications Commission late Thursday put out its agenda for its meeting …

WASHINGTON-The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday said Sprint PCS cannot use a clause in a California state law to build a tower in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., against …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Thursday it had certified the Industrial Telecommunications Association and the American Mobile Telecommunications Association as frequency coordinators in the 929-930 MHz paging frequencies and …

BOCA RATON-SBA Communications Corp. late Thursday rounded out the public tower sector’s first-quarter 2004 financial earnings. The company recorded revenues of $57.3 million, up from $51.7 million in last year’s …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it will redeem all of its outstanding 6-percent convertible senior notes due 2011, which amounted to approximately $608 million in principal amount as of March …

MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. announced the opening of a store in Philadelphia International Airport that will distribute wireless devices, including its Zire and Tungsten handhelds, Treo smart phones and accessories. PalmOne …

BERKELEY, Calif.-Idetic Inc. and MLB Advanced Media L.P. have partnered to deliver live audio broadcasts of Major League Baseball games to mobile phones. The service, dubbed Mobi-MLB Gameday Audio, is …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it expects to invest $84.5 million this year in its Louisiana network, including the deployment of GSM technology into the Alexandria and Lake Charles markets the …

Sprint Corp. will unveil a new advertising campaign Monday that the telecommunications provider said “demonstrates a fundamental shift in how customers will experience wireless.” The campaign, which was created by …

HONG KONG-Hong Kong-based PCCW Ltd. launched a wireless broadband network in the United Kingdom’s Thames Valley region using IPWireless technology in the 3.4 GHz band. PCCW’s UK Broadband subsidiary is …

SAN FRANCISCO-Vivato launched the VP2200, an 802.11g indoor Wi-Fi base station. The solution features Vivato’s smart antenna technology based on its PacketSteering technology, which it said extends 802.11b and 802.11g …

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. said a court has ruled against its subsidiary, Telxon, in favor of Smart Media for about $218 million, plus interest. Symbol said it will appeal the …

TOKYO-Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported slightly increased year-on-year operating income for the fiscal year ending March 31, but predicted a decline in sales for the current year. It …

MUNICH, Germany-Hewlett-Packard and BMW joined forces this week at HP’s ENSA@work event in Munich to unveil a car equipped with its own 802.11-based wireless local area network, according to reports …

How’s this for a blockbuster business plan: wireless streaming video combined with the day’s top news combined with naked women? At least that’s the scheme laid out between Internet and …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Trade groups 3G Americas and the CDMA Development Group released technical specifications to allow GSM subscribers to send picture messages to CDMA users. The groups’ new “Americas MMS Inter-carrier …

NEW YORK-Wireless capital expenditure in the United States for 2003 edged out its wireline counterpart, highlighting an onset of stability in the industry after the recent bubble, according to a …

SINGAPORE-Following a similar launch from U.S. carrier AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last month, Singapore’s MobileOne announced plans to begin tomorrow a music recognition service called Point. Customers dial 188*, point …

WASHINGTON-The Ultra-Wideband Forum said it has signed 30 members and is undergoing talks with several major corporate supporters to join. The forum, which has been caught in a standards battle …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will be the sole supplier for a GSM and third-generation network in Norway for NetCom under a six-year $241 million contract. Under the agreement, Siemens …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-Service provider Time dotCom Berhad announced it will deploy a non-line-of-sight wireless broadband network in Malaysia using a solution from CommVerge Solutions that includes Navini Networks’ 2.6 GHz …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has unveiled a new module that integrates wireless local area network with wireline, supporting up to 300 access points and 6,000 users. The …