Yearly Archives: 2004

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...

Audiovox wireless sales up in 1Q

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Electronics company Audiovox Corp. reported first-quarter net sales of $376.9 million, an increase of 27 percent from the $296.8 million it reported in...

Dobson loses customers in first quarter

Dobson Communications Corp. said it lost approximately 5,400 total subscribers during the first quarter of this year compared with 13,500 net customer additions during...

Wyndham selects HighPointe for rooftop management

NEW YORK-HighPointe Group L.L.C. has been chosen by Wyndham International to provide rooftop management services for its hotels. HighPointe will provide Wyndham with services,...

Shenandoah Telecom offers improved 1Q revenues

EDINGURG, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. reported a 21-percent year-over-year increase in wireless revenues during the first quarter to...

Verizon to offer real-time Boston Marathon updates

WOBURN, Mass.-Verizon Wireless, as the official telecommunications sponsor of the Boston Marathon, has launched the Athlete Alert Program, allowing Verizon customers to track marathon...

Detroit airport expands Wi-Fi service

DETROIT-Wi-Fi service at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has been expanded to include the L.C. Smith Terminal. The latest installation, by the airport's wireless...

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...

Pakistan awards two new mobile licenses

LAHORE, Pakistan-Space Telecom and Telenor will pay $291 million each for GSM licenses in Pakistan. The new licensees will join Pakistan's four existing mobile...

RBC: Nextel's broadband network is faster than other wireless technologies

Nextel Communications Inc.'s decision earlier this week to expand its wireless broadband network trial in the Raleigh, N.C., market may have proven well founded...

Cricket to sell Motorola phone

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Cricket Communications Inc. said it will sell Motorola Inc.'s C341 mobile phone for a base price of $150. The phone features interchangeable housing...

Nokia offers 1Q sales decline, flat 2Q outlook

Nokia Corp. shares declined around 8 percent to about $15 per share after the company offered a flat second-quarter outlook, news that comes as...

InphoMatch sees boost in U.S. text messaging

CHANTILLY, Va.-Messaging company InphoMatch Inc. announced it delivered almost 2 billion text messages in the first quarter, up from 650 million messages in the...

T-Mobile adds university to Wi-Fi network

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it has added American University to its Wi-Fi hot-spot network, offering students, faculty and alumni wireless Internet access on the...

Samsung reports strong 1Q results

Samsung Electronics set records in its operating and net profits as it unveiled its first-quarter results for the year.But the good news sent the...

NTCA supports small wireline carriers in LNP delay requests

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

Columbitech investor increases funding by $1.5M

NEW YORK-Wireless software developer Columbitech said Japanese venture-capital company Mobile Internet Capital Inc. increased its financial interest in Columbitech by investing $1.5 million.MIC joined...

M2M market to eclipse cell-phone sales

OYSTER BAY, New York-Although industry watchers continue to predict the mobile-phone market will see massive growth during the next several years, the machine-to-machine industry...

Rural Telecommunications Group names Bridges CEO

WASHINGTON-The Rural Telecommunications Group announced it has made Jessica Bridges its new chief executive officer.Bridges previously served as director of government affairs for Bennet...

Crown Castle's higher expectations raise tower sector

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

FCC says ILECs can charge users to implement LNP

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

Improving service could be easy ARPU boost

DURHAM, N.H.-Forget about pushing advanced mobile data services, just improving the level of service for voice calls could stimulate more than $5 per subscriber...

Stratex wins African contract

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Stratex Networks Inc. said it has won a $12.8 million contract to supply an unnamed African mobile company with wireless transmission equipment...

FCC proposes more unlicensed spectrum for wireless broadband

WASHINGTON-Federal regulators today proposed setting aside more unlicensed spectrum for wireless broadband operations, which could make it easier for vendors to build devices that...
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