2004

WASHINGTON-New legislation introduced by Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) would give federal regulators unfettered oversight of Voice-over-Internet-Protocol applications, while requiring service providers to compensate Bell telephone giants …

LONDON-LogicaCMG will become a member of the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC), a program that encourages Microsoft Corp. partners to create software solutions for Windows Mobile-based devices. “Mobility is …

Vodafone Sweden launched multimedia consumer services via its UMTS-based network in Sweden along with promotional rate plans that include up to 120 free minutes of video calls each month to …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Thursday urged the Federal Communications Commission to open the bidding to all companies for the recently returned spectrum of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. “Significant …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. remains silent as to whether it plans to accept a government offer to pay $5 billion in cash and spectrum to gain access to spectrum in the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission modified several of its spectrum rules hoping that wireless services can be made more readily available, but its decision to eliminate rural cellular cross-ownership rules was …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s thorough review of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion play for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. represents a new level of merger analysis likely to be applied to …

WASHINGTON-Nortel Network Corp.’s mounting accounting problems continued last week, as a New York law firm announced it was investigating the Canadian telecom equipment giant for possible violations of the federal …

BURLINGAME, Calif.-Artimi Inc., which develops ultra wideband integrated circuits that enable high bandwidth wireless connectivity, announced it has closed on a $14 million Series A funding round. “Artimi has made …

NextWave Telecom Inc.’s highly anticipated attempt to auction a half-dozen spectrum licenses fell short of expectations as the bankrupt license holder managed to generate only $973.5 million in winning bids. …

NEW YORK-Warner Music Group will partner with wireless entertainment and marketing company Mobileway to incorporate wireless branding into its CD packaging. Five-digit short codes will be featured on WMG CD …

WASHINGTON-Michael Gallagher has been sworn in as head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, effectively bypassing the eight-month hold on his nomination by Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.). Gallagher, who …

WASHINGTON-Over the objections of the panel’s two Democrats, the Federal Communications Commission Thursday voted to eliminate the cellular cross-ownership rules in rural America requiring merging parties to submit to a …

WASHINGTON-The nation’s top mobile-phone carriers have asked the California Public Utilities Commission to stay the bill-of-rights decision and asked for a rehearing of a ruling that creates a new regulatory …

LONDON-LogicaCMG will become a member of the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC), a program that encourages Microsoft partners to create software solutions for Windows Mobile-based devices. “Mobility is a …

SLUPSK, Poland-Cisco Systems announced it is building a broadband wireless network in Slupsk, Poland, to connect government offices, schools, hospitals, libraries and other public institutions. The project is part of …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. and IBM Global Services will partner to provide software to streamline their clients’ dispatch efforts. Under the agreement, the two companies said they will provide an …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Sweden launched multimedia consumer services via its UMTS-based network in Sweden along with promotional rate plans that include up to 120 free minutes of video calls each month …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday created a “private commons” option for licensees that allows some licensed devices to operate in another licensee’s spectrum in the same way the unlicensed bands …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Thursday urged the Federal Communications Commission to open the bidding to all companies for the recently returned spectrum of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. “Significant …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Passengers flying on Emirates’ A340-500 aircraft can now check and send e-mails from personal laptops while in transit using Tenzing’s in-flight products. The e-mail services are powered …

WASHINGTON-The high-tech industry applauded the resolution of a trade dispute between the United States and China over the latter’s semiconductor tax. “As the world’s two largest markets for telecommunications equipment …

TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said the base of i-mode users outside Japan exceeded 3 million at the end of June, just four months after the figure reached 2 …

European mobile operator Orange S.A. said it will sell its 100-percent owned Danish subsidiary to Nordic operator TeliaSonera for $743 million in cash. The buy will add 605,000 mobile subscribers …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. reported that it reached an agreement with the board of directors of subsidiary IWO Holdings Inc. and IWO’ senior lenders for US …