2005

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. introduced a new antenna product line designed for use with new broadband technologies such as WiMAX and other OFDM-based systems. The Andrew Multi-Port Array antennas are …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless named John Hinshaw vice president and chief information officer. Hinshaw has been an executive at Verizon Wireless since it launched five years ago, most recently as vice …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee is expected to consider legislation Thursday afternoon that will earmark $1 billion for public-safety interoperability and $250 million for implementing the enhanced 911 bill that passed …

PARIS-France Telecom announced an agreement with all the minority shareholders in Orange Slovakia to acquire their shares for a total $628 million, giving France Telecom full control of the mobile …

WASHINGTON-Despite the increasing use of wireless services worldwide, companies offering wireless services have seen their monthly recurring revenues drop by 13 percent during the past year, according to a report …

SEATTLE-The mobile music space continued to heat up across the Atlantic this week as two European carriers rolled out new services. 02 Germany unveiled a wireless and Internet storefront that …

HONG KONG-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it is expanding its broadband access portfolio with the launch of Lucent Multimedia Access Platform, an Internet Protocol-based solution that Lucent said delivers profitable, high-bandwidth …

HONG KONG-Nokia Corp. released a trio of new phones the company described as “infusing cultural and ethnic influences with luxurious touches of the unexpected.” The fashion phones are part of …

WASHINGTON-A watchdog group said the Department of Homeland Security is considering requiring radio frequency identification chips in drivers’ licenses, an option that it warned carries huge costs and poses privacy …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. fell short of reduced expectations for customer growth during the third quarter- adding 867,000 total subscribers-but maintained its position as the industry’s largest wireless operator with 52.3 …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s Nextel WIP Corp. subsidiary filed its second lawsuit in as many weeks against network affiliate Nextel Partners Inc., part of its ongoing attempts to set a price …

Motorola Inc. continued its stellar ride with another record quarter, driven in large part by continued demand for the company’s tremendously popular Razr phone. Indeed, Motorola said it shipped 6.5 …

OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc. announced it’s teaming with Movida Communications to offer prepaid airtime cards, pins and handsets to Hispanic customers. Q Comm provides solutions for prepaid transaction processing …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-A T-Mobile International AG subsidiary is launching “Internet 4G,” saying the next-generation wireless broadband access service is fast enough to allow subscribers to let go of their fixed-line …

Verizon Wireless again was singled out for superior customer service quality in Vocal Laboratories Inc.’s quarterly SectorPulse study on the quality of customer service among the industry’s largest wireless operators. …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may not be the best agency to oversee the E-rate, according to a report released Tuesday by the House Commerce investigations and oversight subcommittee. The 52-page …

BEIJING-Chinese manufacturer TCL Communication Technology said it will use chips from Texas Instruments Inc. in its line of low-cost handsets. TCT will use TI’s DRP-based, single-chip technology to develop inexpensive …

NEW YORK-Nearly half of 10- to 18-year-old Americans use cell phones, and nearly one-third of them are subscribers of Verizon Wireless, according to a study from GfK NOP Technology. The …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless late Monday asked the Federal Communications Commission to waive its rules requiring location technology to be embedded in 95 percent of a carrier’s handset base by the end …

Alltel Corp. said it rolled out new rate plans to former Western Wireless Corp. and Cellular One customers who Alltel acquired when it purchased Western Wireless Aug. 1. The new …

Heading up a string of device announcements, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new enterprise-focused smart phone from Hewlett-Packard Co. The device features Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it added a company-record 107,200 customers during the third quarter, which was well above analysts’ estimates and a 14.7-percent jump over the 93,500 customers the …

Boston Communications Group Inc. suffered yet another legal setback Monday when a federal judge ordered the company to stop providing the prepaid wireless services that account for 70 percent of …

BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic-IP Wireless Inc. announced European carrier Orange S.A will launch its “super-speed” UMTS TDD and HSDPA mobile Internet service in the coming months in the Slovak Republic. “Both …

Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson said they have upgraded three of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s UMTS networks with higher-speed HSDPA capabilities. Lucent said it installed the upgrades on Cingular’s network …