Monthly Archives: July, 2005

Mobile marketers warm to WAP

Perhaps no surviving mobile technology has suffered the pummeling WAP has endured since its over-hyped introduction in 1999. But after six years of being...

Verizon leads in customer-care survey, Cingular makes gains

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is closing the gap in customer care, but Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. maintained their positions atop Vocal...

Lousy games

Developers, publishers and carriers are bringing new titles to market every day in their haste to cash in on the exploding mobile-game industry. But...

Western Wireless picks CGI’s acquisition system

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Wireless carrier Western Wireless Corp. has chosen an electronic lending services system from CGI-AMS Inc. Western Wireless will use CGI-AMS' NetCredit system to...

FCC to consider four proposals for 3G band

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission next week is expected to approve a band plan for third-generation wireless services, a ruling with major implications for incumbent...

Sierra Wireless reports loss on Voq charge

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-PC card maker Sierra Wireless Inc. reported revenues of $21.9 million for the second quarter, a 57.5-percent decrease from the same period...

U.S. should follow Kuwaiti example on emergency alerts

To the Editor, I just read the article, "Emergency alert tests with cell phones expanded," by Jeffrey Silva, in your July 11 edition and...

Group says states should have more say in telecom social policy

WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation said Thursday that state agencies should be given greater latitude on telecommunications social policy, but less on economic regulation....

MMCA offers tiny memory card for wireless phones

SUNOL, Calif.-The MultiMediaCard Association announced a new svelte form factor aimed at the -phone market. The group's new MMCmicro specification measures 12 by 14...

Calif. group sues carriers for ‘unwanted’ messages

WASHINGTON-A California-based consumer group last week filed formal complaints with state regulators against Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint PCS, accusing the No. 1 and...

Ericsson, Lucent profit from wireless sales

Third-generation wireless buildouts propelled earnings for L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc. during the quarter ended June 30. Ericsson reported net profits of $744...

Alltel teams with Fujifilm on mobile postcards

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. is teaming with Fujifilm on an offering allowing users to create and send personal postcards from their handsets. With the...

The forces of good and evil

Cell phones are operating again in busy New York City tunnels, after being turned off July 7 following terrorist attacks in subways in London.Service...

NYC lashes out at Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile over ads

WASHINGTON-The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs last week brought a lawsuit in state court against Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile...

Q2 hints at continued climbing wireless sector

The second-quarter earnings race got off to a relatively solid start as Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Nextel Communications Inc. posted financials largely in line...

Legacy Wireless purchases 7 towers

PORTLAND, Ore.-Legacy Wireless Towers L.L.C., a subsidiary of Legacy Wireless Services Inc., said it acquired seven existing tower sites in the Portland, Ore., metropolitan...

Correction

The article titled "3G buildouts should boost network vendors' Q2 financials" on page 6 of the July 18, 2005 issue included incorrect forecast figures...

iPCS’ request to block Sprint merger denied

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-An Illinois judge will not issue a temporary restraining order to block Sprint Corp.'s acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. Sprint affiliate iPCS...

Too many choices bring discord to ‘simplified’ wireless home

Ironically, the march toward a simplified, converged "digital home" is producing an overwhelming number of wireless and wireline offerings for consumers. It seems the...

Bills in House, Senate clarify network equipment depreciation

The mobile-phone industry applauded new legislation clarifying for depreciation purposes that computer-based equipment at cell sites is five-year property. CTIA, the U.S. cell-phone association,...

Content Briefs

Moviegoers with Bluetooth-enabled handsets can download movie trailers, ringtones and wallpapers at three Loews Theatres this summer. Twentieth Century Fox is providing kiosks at...

Sununu to hold off on VoIP bill for broader telecom-reform regs

WASHINGTON-Legislation ensuring Internet Protocol-enabled services are not subject to traditional telecommunications regulation will be rolled into the telecom reform bill being drafted by the...

Mobility gets its own Internet suffix

TAMPA, Fla.-Nearly a dozen major players from the wireless and technology industries unveiled a joint venture that will offer a registry service for the...

B.C. and beyond

A comic strip I ran across last week wonderfully summed up in a brilliant, understated manner the transformational wireless dynamic in America and the...

IPWireless co-founder says cheap, fast broadband will soar

To the Editor, I enjoy Tracy Ford's editorial columns, as I do Jeffrey Silva's.Your July 11, 2005, comments about the 2.5 GHz band are...
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