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Audiovox settles with blind user, Verizon still negotiating

WASHINGTON-Audiovox Corp. and Dr. Bonnie O'Day have reached a settlement and are asking the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss a complaint filed by Dr. O'Day last February."I filed this complaint because blind and low-vision people were frustrated with the pace of progress achieved by...

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Wireless local area network aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. reported a roaming agreement with WorldCom Inc., providing the telecommunications provider's MCI customers with remote access service to Boingo's more than 2,000 global wireless hot-spot access points. MCI noted it currently has about 600 Wi-Fi access...

Audiovox reaches settlement with blind customer, Verizon still negotiating

WASHINGTON-Audiovox Corp. and Dr. Bonnie O'Day have reached a settlement and are asking the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss a complaint filed by Dr. O'Day last February."I filed this complaint because blind and low-vision people were frustrated with the pace of progress achieved by...

Verizon shows Audiovox camera phone, Sprint offers new Samsung handset

News on the handset front continues its frantic pace as retailers gear up for the holiday season. Today, Verizon Wireless announced its second camera phone and Sprint PCS released a new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. handset.Verizon said it will sell the Audiovox Corp. CDM-8900...

Phone makers gear up for holiday season

As the holiday season approaches, the industry's mobile-phone players are working to gear up for a quarter most predict will be gangbusters.First up is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which announced it will sell its SGH-x426 through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The phone features a...

Sprint zooms in on video

Sprint PCS expanded its visual data offering last week with the launch of its Video Mail service, which allows customers to send and receive video clips up to 15 seconds in length with full sound between handsets or to traditional e-mail addresses. The carrier...

Audiovox to demo camera phone in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS-Audiovox Corp. will demonstrate its new CDM-8900 camera phone at the Wireless I.T. show in Las Vegas. The CDMA2000 1x-capable handset features a 310-pixel digital camera and color screen.The tri-mode phone provides global positioning system technology (system dependent), Web browsing, BREW or Java...

Audiovox introduces 2 new handset lines, Verizon to offer CDM-8600

LAS VEGAS-Audiovox Communications Corp. is introducing its CDM-9900 series of wireless handsets featuring video capabilities at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show in Las Vegas. "The CDM-9900 and 9950 are the first handsets to offer both video and still photography in the same...

Sony Ericsson edges into the black: Audiovox sales down on delayed phone introductions

Mobile-phone maker Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications posted a second solid quarter, this time even managing to report a net income. The news likely will help the company in its global market share battle with Asian startup LG Electronics, as well as encourage Sony Corp....

Verizon, Audiovox continue settlement talks with O’Day

WASHINGTON-Settlement talks continue in a blind woman's complaint that Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. violated the disability provision of the 1996 telecom act, with lawyers expected to report back to the Federal Communications Commission by Dec. 1.In Oct. 2 filings with the FCC,...

Verizon, Audiovox continue settlement talks with O’Day

WASHINGTON-Settlement talks continue in a blind woman's complaint that Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. violated the disability provision of the 1996 telecom act, with lawyers expected to report back to the Federal Communications Commission by Dec. 1.In Oct. 2 filings with the FCC,...

Blind woman in settlement talks with carrier, vendor

WASHINGTON-Audiovox Communications Corp. and Verizon Wireless are in settlement talks with a blind woman who earlier this year filed a complaint against the two firms at the Federal Communications Commission, alleging the companies violated disability provisions of the 1996 telecom act.Lawyers for Verizon Wireless,...

Verizon Wireless, Audiovox in settlement talks in disability suit

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. are in settlement negotiations with a blind woman who earlier this year filed a complaint against the two firms at the Federal Communications Commission, alleging the companies violated disability provisions of the 1996 telecom act.Dr. Bonnie O'Day claimed...

Sprint PCS uses handset line-up to differentiate: No. 1 Nokia back in the fold after prolonged absence

Sprint PCS can be largely thanked (or blamed, depending on your outlook) for what those in the industry term the "Asian invasion."Sprint in the 1990s made the bold and risky decision to use an untried wireless technology-CDMA-to launch its nationwide wireless service. Sprint decided...

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Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has begun taking delivery of Nokia Corp.'s 2270 handset and will be the first carrier to offer the cdma2000 1x phone to customers signing up for the carrier's unlimited local calling rate plan. Retail price for the 2270...

MetroPCS to offer Nokia 2270 1x phone

DALLAS-Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has begun taking delivery of Nokia Corp.'s 2270 handset and will be the first carrier to offer the cdma2000 1x phone to customers signing up for the carrier's unlimited local calling rate plan. Retail price for the 2270...

Summer movies, wireless tie-ins continue

REDMOND, Wash.-The summer movie season continues to tie into wireless, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. scoring an exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures for its upcoming "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" motion picture.AT&T Wireless developed a range of games, ring tones, screensavers...

Audiovox buys new building

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Mobile-phone maker Audiovox Corp. announced it purchased a new building adjacent to the company's headquarters in Hauppauge, N.Y., for $3.48 million."As we have previously stated, our long-term plans are to continue investing in strategies that will assure our growth," said John Shalam, the...

Summer movies and wireless tie-ins continue

The summer movie season continues to tie into wireless, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. scoring an exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures for its upcoming "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" motion picture.AT&T Wireless developed a range of games, ring tones, screensavers and...

Audiovox restates financial results

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Corp. has filed its Form 10-K for fiscal year 2002, reflecting the restatement of its 2000, 2001 and 2002 results, following a Securities and Exchange Commission comment letter and completion of an audit.The audit showed the company had overstated its profit for...

Audiovox to restate financial results

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Corp. said it will restate financial results for fiscal years 2000, 2001 and the first three quarters of fiscal 2002 following a Securities and Exchange Commission comment letter and subsequent audit. The company does not expect the adjustments to impact its cash...

Audiovox debuts camera phone

NEW ORLEANS-Audiovox Communications Corp. introduced its new camera phone, the CDM-8900, at the CTIA show this week in New Orleans.The handset is a cdma2000 1x-capable, tri-mode phone with built-in digital camera. It is equipped with the MSM6050 chipset, and provides two-way text messaging, a...

Audiovox debuts new handsets

NEW ORLEANS-Audiovox Communications Corp. launched new wireless phones this week at the CTIA show in New Orleans.The CDM-8400 series includes moderately priced tri-mode CDMA phones with full-color displays, two-way built-in speaker phone and voice-activated dialing The CDM-8400 and CDM-8450 handsets are cdma2000 1x capable...