Yearly Archives: 2004

Billing, CRM highlight Cannes news

CANNES, France-Billing and Customer Relationship Management-related news is plentiful at this week's 3GSM World Congress.Amdocs launched an enhanced version of its partner relationship management...

FTS Wireless to acquire Wireless Unlimited

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Wireless Inc., which operates retail wireless locations that market and sell next-generation wireless products and services and operates Wi-Fi hot spots, signed...

Orthogon shows NLOS product

SAN DIEGO-Orthogon Systems, provider of non-line-of-sight wireless systems, released its 5820 software at this week's Broadband Wireless World 2004 show. The new software increases...

T-Mobile USA inks five European roaming deals

CANNES, France-T-Mobile USA Inc. announced its HotSpot subscribers can now roam in five countries in Europe where European T-Mobile affiliates have 700 HotSpot locations.The...

Spatial Wireless unveils mobile switch

CANNES, France-Spatial Wireless unveiled Spatial Atrium, a distributed mobile switch that supports both GSM and UMTS, at this week's 3GSM World Congress. According to...

GSMA outlines anti-theft initiative

CANNES, France- The GSM Association and manufacturers-including Alcatel, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, Sagem, Siemens and Sony Ericsson-announced a new strategy to reduce the theft...

Cingular banks on AWS with $41B buy

In addition to propelling the combined entity past Verizon Wireless as the nation's largest wireless carrier, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s successful $41 billion acquisition of...

T-Mobile offers great incentives for dealers

Dear Editor, In response to your recent article regarding T-Mobile's treatment of New York dealers, I would like to express a different opinion. Portables...

T-Mobile understands N.Y. dealers

Dear Editor,With reference to Tracy Ford's article in the Jan. 5 edition of RCR, it has been our experience that the cellular industry is...

Lucent to prove Blast technology with gov't trial

Fresh with a government deal to test its Packet Blast technology, Lucent Technologies Inc. confirms a trend that proclaims packet technology is king in...

Business Biefs

Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group said it is providing support for two Chinese carriers as they expand their networks. Siemens is expanding China...

GSM, CDMA lobby groups tout adoption numbers for '03

COSTA MESA, Calif.-Both GSM and CDMA advocacy bodies are beating their chest over their 2003 worldwide adoption numbers, but the figures released by the...

House Gov't Reform to probe WRC, spectrum

WASHINGTON-A House Government Reform panel has plans to hold a hearing March 16 on how U.S. policymakers prepare and execute spectrum policy positions at...

While England slept

Only time will tell whether Arun Sarin and other Vodafone Group plc execs were snookered by indefatigable Yanks or all the wiser for hitting...

HP enhances DRM, fraud tools

Computer industry giant Hewlett-Packard Co. increased its focus on the wireless market with enhancements to a number of its integrated service platforms, including customer-care...

Bundling and unbundling

Ladies and gentlemen, AT&T Wireless (like Elvis) has left the building.So now what? Is this a new Ma Bell? Not likely, but I suspect...

Sun says certification program running

CANNES, France-Sun Microsystems Inc. today sought to dust off its somewhat tarnished image in wireless with a series of new announcements and product upgrades....

LG sells GSM phone, Vodafone, Sharp team on camera phone

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its second GSM carrier partner with the release of the G4011 clamshell phone for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The...

mBlox buys WCL Wireless

LONDON-Premium messaging company mBlox continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of WCL Wireless Commerce UK Ltd., a premium messaging company in the United...

Actix acquires ComOpt

LONDON-Actix, which provides wireless network performance engineering software, has acquired ComOpt, a provider of automated wireless optimization solutions."Actix and ComOpt have created a major...

MetroPCS launches @metro data and PictureTalk services

DALLAS-Flat-rate wireless provider MetroPCS Inc. launched its @metro data and PictureTalk messaging service, allowing customers to download content to select BREW-enabled handsets and send...

Few surprises in American Tower, CCI 4Q earnings

American Tower Corp. and Crown Castle International Corp. released solid fourth-quarter 2003 financial results, as expected.American Tower's revenues totaled $191.5 million, up from $177.4...

Intel to unveil UWB platform

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. plans to unveil an ultra-wideband platform and it joined an initiative with other players to promote a common USB standard....

Aether revenues sluggish, further business moves possible

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. reported sluggish revenues and continuing net losses, which the company said was partly due to the recent sale of...

Access unveils device development solution

CANNES, France-Japanese wireless browser company Access Co. Ltd. announced a series of new products and agreements the company hopes will increase sales to carriers...
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