2004

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 memorandum of understanding, the two …

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 U.S. Trade Representative, come as …

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 various ratings. Bath rated American Tower …

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 covers GSM equipment and multimedia services. …

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 job losses in the United States …

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. said it will begin offering all new digital subscriber line customers and small business subscribers a Wi-Fi-capable DSL model that the telecommunications provider said would save …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Wi-Fi and broadband wireless equipment provider Proxim Corp. lowered its first-quarter financial expectations, saying it now expects to report lower revenues and greater losses than those predicted in January. …

RESTON, Va.-Broadband telecommunications services provider XO Communications Inc. announced the Federal Communications Commission has approved its acquisition of the assets of bankrupt Allegiance Telecom Inc. “The combination of XO and …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Tropos Networks, supplier of metro-scale Wi-Fi network equipment, announced former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt has joined its board of directors. “The products developed by Tropos have …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department said Tuesday it sent letters recently to various media trade groups outlining concerns about advertising Internet gambling, an action that could chill an application that is trying …

SAN FRANCISCO-AT&T Wireless Services Inc., in the early stages of a possible merger with Cingular Wireless L.L.C., is parting with its advertising agency, Omnicom Group’s Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, executives …

WASHINGTON-California Public Utility Commission members Carl Wood and Geoffrey Brown, who joined in revising a bill of rights for telecom consumers that mobile-phone carriers continue to oppose, said they plan …

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association applauded Senate passage of legislation to further shield industry standard-setting bodies from antitrust lawsuits. TIA called on lawmakers to swiftly resolve any differences between House and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved Nextel Communications Inc.’s $144 million purchase of fixed-wireless licenses from WorldCom Inc. Last summer, a federal bankruptcy judge approved the deal, making Nextel a major …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands-KPN in The Netherlands announced it will expand its relationship with InfoSpace Mobile with the purchase of the company’s Modalyst Storefront Management product, which the carrier said it …

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-Wireless retailer FTS Wireless Inc. reported sequential revenue gains of more than 100 percent for Sprint PCS wireless products and services. The retailer credited some of the increase to …

BOSTON-Under a new service from wireless technology companies RadioVoodoo and Upoc Networks, radio stations can quickly launch wireless polling and feedback services. Indeed, Boston’s WBCN recently used the service to …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. reported a multi-year sponsorship with the Kansas City Royals, making Sprint the official wireless communications provider to the baseball club. Financial terms of the agreement were …

A survey of 1,000 cell-phone users by Strategy Analytics found that Verizon Wireless continues to lead the industry in “user satisfaction” and is the destination choice for 30 percent of …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is partnering with Novatel Wireless Inc. to provide third-generation carrier 3 with UMTS card modems for high-speed data in Australia, Denmark, Italy and …

TOKYO-Intel Corp. said it plans to make its processors and chipsets environmentally friendly by eliminating about 95 percent of the lead used in them. The company said it will start …

COLCHESTER, Conn.-A law firm, Scott + Scott LLC., said it has extended the class period in a securities class action filed against Nortel Networks Ltd. for the Southern District of …

WASHINGTON-Consumers Union on Tuesday asked the Federal Communications Commission to seek ways to stop the industry practice of handset locking, saying doing so would lead to better coverage, more competition …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department said five individuals were indicted and four of them arrested on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering in connection with a $2.25 billion government program …

Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. said it has reached an agreement with Sprint PCS amending its affiliation agreements, agreed to settlement terms to resolve its litigation against Sprint PCS and …