WASHINGTON-Public safety remains committed to the idea of a hard 2007 give-back date for TV broadcasters to relinquish their analog spectrum. But if that is not realistic, the public-safety community …
CellStar Corp. warned today that it expects its second-quarter revenues to be lower than those garnered in last year’s second quarter. The company’s stock plummeted more than 11 percent, or …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its preliminary ‘A-‘ rating to U.S. Cellular Corp.’s $500 million unsecured debt shelf registration, which the carrier said it would use for general …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-VoIP Inc. has filed a patent application titled “Method and System for Back-up of Voice Over IP Emergency Calls,” for a technological process for a specific coding scheme …
CALGARY-CSI Wireless Inc. announced product details and shipping plans for its new 410 series of GSM/GPRS fixed wireless telephones. CSI said product shipments are scheduled to begin in the third …
RESTON, Va.-Capitalizing on its 10-year, $750 million sponsorship of the NASCAR racing series, Nextel Communications Inc. said it plans to launch the second phase of its NASCAR Nextel Cup Series …
Wireless carriers made improvements in inventory management during the first quarter, according to a new study by InfoTech Marketing. While total cost of equipment sales rose, inventory levels fell by …
RESTON, Va.-Transaction Network Services Inc., a provider of data communications services for transaction applications, said it has acquired certain assets from bankrupt U.S. Wireless Data, including its Synapse wireless point-of-sale …
Indian carrier Tata Teleservices is the first operator to launch a push-to-talk service based on Qualcomm Inc.’s BREWChat solution. The technology enables person-to-person and person-to-group communication between subscribers at the …
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission has just passed a landmark bill of rights for telecom consumers, resoundingly rejecting an alternate plan that was highly deregulatory and largely favorable to the …
OLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore Wireless Systems said it has delivered and commissioned Phase II E-911 capabilities on its AirCore MSC Platform for the Yorkville Telephone Cooperative wireless network in Tennessee. YTC provides …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-After 96 hours of talking, Kathy Jackson and Trudy Abeyta were both announced as official winners of Cricket Communications Inc.’s Motor Mouth Marathon contest that began at 4 p.m. …
Wireless industry prices could rise as much as 8 percent if the pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is approved by government regulators, according to …
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a three-year GSM/EDGE contract worth approximately $275 million to build core and radio-access networks for Indian carrier Bharti. The contract also covers professional …
WASHINGTON-When an emergency event occurs, there is currently no directory of available entities-both public and private-to use for contact and information sharing. The ComCARE Alliance hopes to change that by …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo sold its 20-percent stake in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. to Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. for $220 million in a transaction that has been expected by market watchers. DoCoMo …
KARACHI, Pakistan, and RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. made two CDMA2000 1x-related announcements. In Brazil, Lucent said VIVO, the country’s largest wireless carrier, will launch a 1x EV-DO network …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp., provider of wireless logistics and distribution services, has accepted the resignation of Paul Samek, chief financial officer, and named Raymond Durham, vice president and corporate controller, to …
LUND, Sweden-Scalado AB announced it acquired the imaging technology MPES from TAT AB. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Scalado said the technology will allow it to offer a …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported the expiration and final settlement of the tender offer for its 11-percent senior notes due 2010, noting it had accepted for purchase approximately $355.8 million …
