Yearly Archives: 2004

ILECs can charge users to implement LNP

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said BellSouth Corp. and other incumbent local exchange carriers can recover from their customers the costs of implementing intermodal porting."BellSouth...

Largent to speak at RCA banquet

RED BANK, N.J.-The Radio Club of America announced Steve Largent, president and chief executive officer of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, will address...

Business Briefs

Privately held wireless carrier Cellular South, which controls spectrum licenses covering more than 5 million potential customers in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, said...

Siemens to enhance China Mobile's network

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it received a contract for $35.8 million from China Mobile Communications Corp. to expand its network in the provinces and...

No lame duck, AWS adds twists to rate plans

Showing a thirst for life rivaling the old man in Monty Python's Holy Grail who repeatedly cries out, "I'm not dead yet," AT&T Wireless...

Hearing-aid community challenges industry request for rule changes

WASHINGTON-Disability advocates have urged federal regulators not to reconsider a mandate that would force wireless carriers to offer hearing-aid compatible mobile phones.The Cellular Telecommunications...

17% of Internet users have logged on wirelessly

WASHINGTON-More than 21 million people, or 17 percent of Internet users, have logged onto the Internet via a wireless device, according to a new...

FCC floats 2009 for broadcasters to give back analog spectrum

WASHINGTON-In a move expected to make spectrum available to commercial operators sooner, the FCC's Media Bureau is proposing to move the digital TV transition...

LightSurf unveils MMS interoperability solution without need to own MMSC

With what it describes as the first clearinghouse of its kind, LightSurf Technologies Inc. hopes to raise the bar on how wireless operators will...

NTCA supports small wireline carriers in LNP delay requests

The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association said Friday it will support waiver requests from small wireline carriers hoping to delay the May 24 rural wireless...

Who is No. 2? Mobile-phone market share likely to shift

The twists and turns continue in a year that most predict will be the biggest ever for the mobile-phone industry, as market leader Nokia...

Semiconductor sales boost profits for Samsung, Intel, TI

While market watchers sounded their disapproval of Nokia Corp.'s handset sales in the first quarter, the Finnish vendor witnessed sound activities in its infrastructure...

Top Schwarzenegger adviser heads efforts against Calif. phone tax

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry-already facing the prospect of new rules and hefty fines in trend-setting California-suffered a major setback last week with the announcement that...

Virgin Mobile extends Brightpoint contract

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. extended its agreement with Brightpoint Inc. to be the exclusive master agent for Virgin Mobile through March 2006. The...

Intrado to supply E911 for Texas carriers

LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. reported contracts to provide Emergency 911 Phase I and Phase II services to eight rural Texas wireless operators serving more than...

Verizon makes grade, AWS, Cingular, Sprint average or below in call-satisfaction survey

Call automation can make or break perceptions of the quality of customer service offered by wireless service providers, depending on how well that automation...

Wireless aims to woo developers

Developers: Wireless wants you.At least, that's the message coming from many of the largest players in the wireless industry. Companies from Microsoft Corp. to...

Crown Castle's higher expectations raise tower sector

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. put wireless communications tower stock traders in a frenzy this week when it offered up a concrete sign of hope...

Verizon Wireless breaks with CTIA on CALEA expansion

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless is at odds with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association regarding the expansion of the digital wiretap act to information services, including...

Operators, analysts scrutinize best way to value customer

Wireless customers are often viewed as the most valuable asset a carrier has, though they are often the hardest to quantify. While having more...

Nokia scores distribution deal with 3, releases new phone

Following its sluggish first-quarter earnings report, Nokia announced it scored a distribution deal with third-generation carrier Hutichson 3 and released a new camera phone...

Road to full wireless enhanced 911 starts to smooth out

WASHINGTON-It has been 10 years since the Federal Communications Commission took its first steps toward a nationwide wireless enhanced 911 system, and after a...

FCC approves RFID rules for commercial shipping

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved rules improving radio frequency identification systems for commercial shipping operations, a move that comes as enterprise applications and consumer...

A bitter bet

It's been nearly three years since attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, yet the city still does not have interoperable public-safety...

Nextel to offer commercial OFDM service

RESTON, Va.-Following what it called a successful trial, Nextel Communications Inc. said it will begin accepting paying customers for its high-speed service using Flarion...
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