Yearly Archives: 2004

Sprint, MercuryMD offer wireless healthcare solutions

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. and MercuryMD reported a collaborative agreement to offer a complete mobility solution for healthcare providers using the MData Enterprise Systems...

Alcatel wins contract with Russia's MTS

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it signed a $50 million frame agreement with Russia's Mobile Telesystems for equipment deployment in 11 Russian regions and the extension...

N.Y. attorney general weighs in on 800 MHz issue

New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell expressing concern that the pending Consensus Plan in...

Samsung phone includes VoiceSignal speech recognition

WOBURN, Mass.-VoiceSignal said its new speaker-independent speech recognition software is included in Samsung's VM-A680 multimedia wireless phone.With the software, phone users can command the...

Qualcomm, Motorola up Chinese investments

Both Qualcomm Inc. and Motorola made announcements related to the lucrative Chinese wireless market.Qualcomm announced it will invest in Chinese wireless handset design company...

Customers mostly satisfied with wireless coverage on modest expectations

Most wireless customers are pleased with the services, coverage and customer services from their wireless carrier, according to a new report from JupiterResearch, a...

Verizon continues wireless lead with strong 1Q financials

Verizon Wireless continued its domination of the wireless industry during the first three months of the year, adding 1.4 million net customer additions and...

TIW stock moves to Nasdaq National Market

MONTREAL-Canadian carrier Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said its common shares have been approved for trading on the Nasdaq National Market. The company's common shares...

Alcatel forms partnership for continuity between networks

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. has combined with Birdstep Technology and Gemplus International S.A. to develop, promote and market a solution for seamless service continuity between GSM/GPRS/EDGE...

Satellite shifts to be part of hybrid system

Satellite is spreading its wings. The sector appears to be aligning itself with other wireless technologies in hopes of becoming a significant part of...

Wireless takes up 25% of corporate telecom spending

Wireless voice and data services now represent 25 percent of a typical U.S. corporation's telecom spending, according to a new report from the Yankee...

InterDigital counts patents to propel biz

Quietly operating in the background of the industry, InterDigital Communications Corp. describes itself as a wireless think tank. And though few recognize the name...

NextWave, FCC end years of fighting with $1.6B settlement

WASHINGTON-Buried in the legalese of the settlement document between the Federal Communications Commission and bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. was an agreement that NextWave would...

Vendors dance amid better financials

With bigger net incomes and increasing orders, wireless vendors blossomed with more optimism and richer cash flows than a year ago, signaling what industry...

Bush hits trifecta on China, Korea disputes

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration hit the trifecta on wireless trade last week, winning concessions from China and South Korea on Wi-Fi, third-generation wireless and mobile...

Software allows users to razz-or worse-on command

Wouldn't it be funny to burp on command?It's a question probably every American boy has asked at one time or another. And thanks to...

Likely fewer suitors for NextWave spectrum

NextWave Telecom Inc.'s announcement last week that it would give back 60 of its PCS licenses to the Federal Communications Commission could finally give...

DoD directive focuses on wireless security

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense adopted a new policy for military use of all wireless devices, emphasizing security in all future commercial purchases. The...

In broadband battle, .16e seems to overtake .20-for the moment

As the standards bodies for two metropolitan area network protocols prepare for separate meetings in May, both 802.16 and 802.20 are spoiling for a...

Business Briefs

Handset maker LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will use push-to-talk software from Sonim Technologies in its line of GSM/GPRS and W-CDMA phones. Sonim said it...

Battle intense for No. 2, No. 5 spots in handset sales

Although market leader Nokia Corp. stumbled in the first quarter, most of the rest of the world's handset makers managed to cash in on...

IDT to deploy Wi-Fi service using VoIP

NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. said it will deploy commercial Wi-Fi phone service in the United States using its own network and infrastructure and Net2Phone's voice-over-Internet...

Donahue speaks on spectrum, technology and consolidation

Few wireless executives have had as much of an impact on the industry over the past several years as Nextel Communications Inc.'s Tim Donahue,...

Cingular expands EDGE in So. Florida

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has deployed EDGE technology in its South Florida market providing customers with wireless data speeds up to...

Competitors gain from high sub losses at AWS

The wireless industry's first full quarter of operating under local number portability provided few surprises as Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications Inc....
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