Monthly Archives: October, 2005

Family Feud: Prepaid makes gains as alternative to family plans

Much of the wireless industry's strong subscriber growth over the past several quarters has been attributed to carriers' ability to target customer segments that...

Massachusetts joins California in efforts to legislate telecom rights

WASHINGTON-Industry is trying to fend off bill-of-rights measures in two liberal states at opposite ends of the country, while a court battle rages over...

Nokia jumps into China with joint venture

BEIJING-Nokia Corp. and China Putian are teaming up to focus on third-generation network solutions for TD-SCDMA and W-CDMA technology. Nokia says the joint venture...

Alltel to sell Samsung handsets

DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America reported a new relationship with Alltel Corp. to bring Samsung's line-up of handsets to Alltel's network. The initial device launched as...

Ericsson to deploy W-CDMA in Fiji

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Group plc has chosen L.M. Ericsson to supply a W-CDMA upgrade and mobile softswitch to expand its network in Fiji in a...

Samsung, Verizon launch music phone

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Samsung Telecommunications America and Verizon Wireless launched the SCH-a950 handset, a music-centric phone that includes an MP3 player and dual stereo speakers. The...

Insurance fraud?

The insurance industry may feel a little picked on lately as two issues regarding insurance for cellular handsets have reared their ugly heads simultaneously.In...

Leap, Alaska Native detail EV-DO plans in new markets

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. and its joint-venture partner Alaska Native Broadband 1 License L.L.C. reported a pair of contracts with Lucent Technologies Inc....

To whom it may concern

The following is an e-mail authored by Richard Kuzma to Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and forwarded to me. Perhaps something can be worked out for...

1,000 Sprint Nextel local telephone workers strike

WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said nearly 1,000 Sprint Nextel Corp. workers have gone on strike in four states, balking at company demands for...

Nortel to supply EV-DO gear in Trinidad & Tobago

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago-Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. announced plans to launch third-generation mobile broadband services in Trinidad and Tobago to residential...

Cingular selects Andrew’s 3G network testing system

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. announced a contract to supply Cingular Wireless L.L.C. with its third-generation network testing equipment for a nationwide quality benchmarking program....

Ericsson, Nokia re-consider GSM products at 450 MHz

L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Corp. announced they might offer GSM products for the 450 MHz band. The move-albeit somewhat delayed-is an attempt to provide...

BellSouth expands pre-WiMAX network, signs Sprint Nextel Internet deal

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. expanded its pre-WiMAX network to Palatka, Fla., offering wireless broadband services starting at $30 per month. BellSouth previously launched services in Athens,...

World Briefs

NORWAYAlcatel Corp. signed an agreement with NextGenTel, a service provider in Norway, to conduct its first field trial of pre-WiMAX equipment in Oslo and...

Draft DTV bill could force $10M in fees

WASHINGTON-Spectrum licensees that may-or may not-bid on frequencies made available with the transition to digital TV could be forced to make up a $10...

EWC created to get .11n standard ratified faster

Instead of racing down separate standardization paths, wireless chipmakers Broadcom Corp. and Intel Corp. have joined a consortium of Wi-Fi players to form the...

Nokia releases trio of business-focused devices

LONDON-Nokia Corp. continues to pursue enterprise users, using last week's Smartphone Show here to unveil a trio of advanced devices that pit the manufacturer...

E-mail vendors position for market growth

The squabble over mobile e-mail market share continues, with Research In Motion Ltd., Palm Inc., Visto Corp., and others making waves in the market....

High court review could focus on fed’s rights rather than health

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether to review a lower-court ruling that would revive five class-action lawsuits alleging wireless firms endangered consumers...

Tegic to debut new user interface for smart phones

Tegic Communications plans to unveil a multi-modal user interface for smart phones this week that integrates Web browsing, messaging, search and location-based services.The software...

Finland allocates 2010-2025 band for UMTS

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communication allocated the 2010-2025 MHz band for UMTS TDD wireless broadband networks, according to the Global...

People

Cable & WirelessRick Kimsey joined Cable & Wireless as the company's new chief executive officer for the Caribbean. In addition, Leonardo de Barros, the...

Rogers to test Ericsson’s HSDPA equipment

L.M. Ericsson and Canadian telecom carrier Rogers Communications Inc. say they are set to begin third-generation HSDPA and IP Multimedia Subsystem platform trials. Rogers...

Motorola’s planned buy of Palm OS biz surprises industry

Motorola Inc. had planned to pay more than $300 million to acquire Palm OS vendor PalmSource Inc. That is, until Japanese software vendor Access...
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