2004

Standard and Poor’s ratings services lifted Lucent Technologies Inc.’s corporate rating to B from B- in its review of the telecom equipment industry. “Standard & Poor’s believes industry revenues have …

Texas Instruments Inc. may have experienced the flip side of optimism when its stock fell on its guidance last week. But a recent study assures the industry that the semiconductor …

WASHINGTON-As the Federal Communications Commission tries to encourage a secondary market for spectrum, Europe is also trying to figure out how to have the market-not government-manage spectrum use by discussing …

In addition to the freedom of keeping your cell-phone number when switching between carriers, local number portability has also brought frustration for some porting customers who-after finally freeing themselves from …

Team Bush is back on message, sending out minions to declare the only thing we have to fear is economic isolationism itself. This is the White House’s answer to the …

CLEVELAND-Greeting card giant American Greetings announced it will form a wireless division headed by Bryan Biniak, a former executive from Moviso. “We plan to exponentially raise the bar in the …

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.-Relm Wireless Corp. said it has reached an agreement during pretrial discussions to settle a lawsuit filed in 1993 against its predecessor, Adage Inc. According to the agreement, …

TORONTO-AOL Canada Inc. and the venture of Inukshuk Internet Inc., Allstream Inc. and NR Communications L.L.C. announced a service trial of the venture’s new broadband wireless access network. AOL Canada …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless logistics services provider CellStar Corp. has proposed an initial public offering of its operations in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. If approved for listing, …

BISMARCK, N.D.-Nextel Communications Inc. network partner Extend America, which announced last year plans to build an iDEN-based network using Nextel’s spectrum in a number of rural markets, said it has …

Are state legislatures beginning to over-legislate? It seems when states are not busy addressing hands-free legislation, they are trying their collective hands at laws that restrict the types of pictures …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investor Services assigned a Caa1 rating to AirGate PCS Inc.’s recently issued 9.375 percent senior subordinated secured notes due 2009 and a B2 rating for the carrier’s $141 …

As mobile-phone makers gear up for what likely will be their biggest year ever, Motorola Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and several other manufacturers kicked off the season with …

Nortel Networks Ltd. suffered a short-term stock plunge last week after announcing it will delay its 2003 annual financial statement filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company …

It may turn a Pyrrhic victory for Motorola Inc., which may not collect any damages in spite of defeating Turkish operator Telsim in the court of law. Telsim owes Motorola …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s presence in the wireless industry is set to come to an end sometime later this year when Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s pending $41 billion acquisition of the …

When Monet Mobile Networks Inc. launched service in November 2002, many in the industry believed that the promise of advanced wireless data technology had finally become a reality-which is why …

ANNAPOLIS, Md.- Centennial Communications Corp. announced it will use technology from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s E911 Phase I and II mandates in Puerto Rico and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering a staff proposal that would give Nextel Communications Inc. 10 megahertz of spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band in a rebanding plan to solve …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp.’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Steven Bernstein plans to trade up to 1.4 million shares of SBA common stock, or 25 percent of his …

Text messaging interoperability company InphoMatch announced plans to expand into the wireless content market with its new InphoMatch Interactive (Imi) platform, which the company said takes the headache out of …

SWEDEN-TeliaSonera Sweden has launched its nationwide Telia GO third-generation network. Telia GO will provide TeliaSonera customers with access to mobile Internet at broadband speeds and access to video calling on …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week launched an inquiry to assess the impact of high foreign mobile termination fees on American consumers, dragging the United States further into a controversy …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court’s interest in how the Federal Communications Commission solves carrier compensation issues could pre-empt a telecom industry group’s efforts to solve the problem. William Maher, chief of …

WASHINGTON-The stakes have been raised in the U.S.-China wireless trade dispute, with the Bush administration last week issuing a veiled threat about seeking redress at the World Trade Organization, and …