Yearly Archives: 2004

Diversinet works with Chinese company on m-commerce

TORONTO-Diversinet Corp. and China's Guangdong Electronic Certification Authority recently began working together to stimulate China's emerging mobile commerce and mobile digital certificates market.Under the...

Lawmakers push to classify VoIP as 'info' service

WASHINGTON-Legislation has been introduced that would classify voice over Internet Protocol as an information service, releasing it from telecommunications regulation. "VoIP-technology that enables efficient,...

Cingular argues for 80 MHz of spectrum

Citing the need to support two networks serving more than 20 million subscribers, its future ability to provide wireless data services on par with...

Adult-content market grows

As many had predicted, the market for adult-themed content continues to grow as providers look to take advantage of advanced phone technologies and willing...

DHS says first-responder grants are not being used

WASHINGTON-Just as the Federal Communications Commission is grappling with how to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band, the Department of Homeland Security's...

Cingular closes on NextWave PCS licenses

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has closed on an acquisition of 34 PCS licenses covering approximately 83 million potential customers from NextWave Telecom Inc....

Motient to offer stock in closed sale

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Struggling wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced a closed sale of common stock to several institutional investors, a move the company said would...

Firms partner for cell-phone recycling

A Michigan electronics recycler and a New Hampshire nonprofit group are partnering to gather old cell phones in New England.ReCellular Inc. and the Institution...

FCC pulls 800 MHz from April 15 agenda: Verizon offers $5B for 1.9 GHz spectrum

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission got doubly spooked Thursday and decided not to vote on its plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz...

Lawsuits against Nokia continue

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.'s about-face on its sales expectations sparked additional lawsuits Thursday alleging that the company misled investors between January and its April 6...

California Amplifier acquisition of Vytek gains shareholder approval

OXNARD, Calif.-California Amplifier Inc. said its acquisition of Vytek Corp. has received the approval of both companies' stockholders.The official merger, which will take effect...

Wavecom partners with Orange for M2M offering

LONDON-Wavecom SA and European carrier Orange announced a partnership to provide a joint machine-to-machine industry offering. The two companies plan to market and co-sell...

Pulselink says signaling protocol can resolve UWB differences

SAN DIEGO-Ultra-wideband technology player PulseLink has pitched what it calls a common signaling protocol to resolve the snafu between competing wireless groups.The groups, one...

Anadigics expands portfolio

WARREN, N.J.-Wireless and broadband solution provider Anadigics Inc., announced the addition of the ADR3410 amplifier to its wireless infrastructure portfolio. "This new one-watt amplifier...

StayOnline sees surge in wireless use at hotel properties

ATLANTA-StayOnline, provider of high-speed Internet access solutions for the hospitality industry, said usage rates at its properties jumped 400 percent during 2003, and that...

Nextel convinces majority of FCC to accept key points of Consensus Plan

WASHINGTON-As of Thursday morning it appears that Nextel Communications Inc. has been successful in convincing a majority of the Federal Communications Commission that adopting...

Verizon Wireless to relocate service centers to N.C.

Verizon Wireless said it plans to relocate its current customer service and customer financial services positions currently in Orangeburg, N.Y., and Morristown, N.J., to...

AT&T Wireless keeps Convergys until merger closes

Following a request to determine possible alternatives, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it would continue its billing and customer care relationship with Convergys Corp....

Western Wireless reviews refinancing options

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it is reviewing options to refinance its existing senior secured credit facility due to "attractive" current market conditions.The carrier...

RF Micro Devices expects revenues at high side of expectations

GREENSBORO, N.C.-Mobile-phone chipmaker RF Micro Devices Inc. said its revenues for the quarter will come in at the high end of its expectations of...

Connexion by Boeing links with mobile carrier in Singapore

SINGAPORE-Connexion by Boeing said Singapore mobile operator StarHub will add the company's real-time, high-speed Internet service to StarHub's wireless broadband services.As part of a...

Wireless issues identified in governmental trade report

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration identified exclusionary wireless standards and high mobile-phone interconnection as barriers to telecom trade in a new report.The findings, released by the...

Lehman Brothers begins tower company coverage

NEW YORK-Lehman Brothers analyst Blake Bath this week initiated coverage of tower companies American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International Corp. and SpectraSite Inc. with...

Nokia wins GPRS contract in India

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $24 million contract to be the sole GPRS supplier for Indian carrier IDEA. The contract also...

Commerce to nominate Frink as manufacturing czar

WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary Donald Evans today said the president intends to nominate Al Frink as the country's first manufacturing czar, a move that comes as...
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