WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today agreed to investigate mobile termination fees charged by foreign wireless carriers and their impact on American consumers, despite past opposition from domestic and overseas wireless firms and uncertainty about the U.S. legal authority to intervene.FCC officials stressed the inquiry...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it will redeem all of its outstanding 9.375-percent senior serial redeemable notes due 2009 that currently total about $823 million in principal amount of notes. The carrier noted the redemption date for the notes will be Nov. 15, and...
TOKYO-Motorola Inc. said it has begun deployment of its CDMA2000 1x solution on a 2 GHz network for Japanese wireless carrier KDDI, which is expected to commercially roll out innovative data and voice services on the new 3G network this month.KDDI currently offers 1x...
BOSTON-The emergence of third-generation networks will serve as a turning point for enterprise mobility, according to a new report from the Yankee Group.The mobile worker's user experience improves as wireless wide-area data speeds exceed 144 kilobits per second, allowing greater access to mission-critical applications,...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc. pre-announced its expected financial results, warning they will be lower than projected, due mainly to lower-than-expected customer spending late in the quarter. TCS is a provider of wireless location and messaging software.The company said based on preliminary analysis it expects...
LONDON-The contract beat goes on for Nortel Networks Ltd.: one in Europe, another in Russia.Nortel said carrier MmO2 has expanded its infrastructure contract with the vendor for UMTS gear across the operator's networks in the United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland.Nortel had signed a previous...
WASHINGTON-A new World Health Organization-backed study says long-term mobile-phone use increases the risk of cancer, but scientists said follow-up research is needed before it can be determined whether wireless handsets pose a health danger to consumers. The Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institute...
NEW YORK-Crisp Wireless will offer video clips, images and other content based on NBC's fall show line-up, the company announced Monday. A Crisp Wireless spokeswoman said the content will be offered through an undisclosed major North American wireless carrier that is currently in the...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced two new partnerships to further its presence in the enterprise market.AWS and Symbol Technologies Inc. said they will partner to offer enterprise voice and data services on Symbol computerized mobile bar-code scanners. The announcement is Symbol's second deal with...
PARIS-PushMessenger launched an instant messaging and presence server (IMPS) for mobile operators and Internet service providers, the wireless software developer said Tuesday. The company's ISP/Carrier Edition allows for the convergence of computers, fixed and mobile phones, enabling users to be connected simultaneously to several...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission last week denied industry's request to reconsider a decision creating a bill of rights for telecom consumers, but not before the six national carriers filed lawsuits in federal court to overturn new state regulations. The mobile-phone industry spent hundreds...
Once viewed as a haven for technology nerds, RadioShack Corp. has quickly become one of the most prominent retail locations for wireless products, services and accessories. Analysts have reported that the retailer accounts for as much as one-fourth of all gross customer additions for...
As infrastructure vendors strive to simplify their products for carriers, companies such as Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. are positioning themselves to provide network equipment vendors with core infrastructure platforms.HP made such a move last week with a new program to...
First, the confusing color-coded threat alerts. Then, the duck tape and plastic-sheeting quacker. Next, cybersecurity chaos that continues to this day. Now this.On Sept. 22, testifying before a House homeland security subcommittee, Reynold Hoover, the Department of Homeland Security's point man for national emergency...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continues to roll out advanced devices and services despite an impending acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which could be completed by the end of the year. AWS' trend of new offerings could force Cingular to make some tough decisions about...
J.D. Power and Associates reported that T-Mobile USA Inc. ranked highest in overall retail sales customer satisfaction among the nation's seven largest wireless operators, according to the firm's 2004 Wireless Retail Sales Satisfaction Study. The study, which included responses from 4,462 wireless users who...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS Vision users can send camera-phone photos and order prints from retailers including Ritz Camera, Sam's Club and Wolf Camera, through a new service, the carrier announced. The service allows users who have taken pictures with their camera phones and uploaded...
Expanding on the continued need for roaming between divergent Wi-Fi networks, Nomadix Corp. launched its NIS Roaming service connectivity solution that the company said aggregates devices running the company's NSE service engine to create a managed roaming footprint for subscribers. Nomadix explained the "bi-directional...
Before the spinoff of its chip business, Motorola Inc. often came across as an octopus-a many-sided giant. With Freescale Semiconductor Inc. now a standalone company, the wireless vendor still weighs heavy in the industry. This has been both boon and pain for the Schaumburg,...
Sprint Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee said last week that the company's highly anticipated sale of its more than 6,200 wireless towers could be completed by the end of this year, and that the company was moving aggressively on its deployment...
BOSTON-Peer-to-peer multimedia messaging service will generate more revenue for wireless operators than P2P short message service by 2008, according to a study from the Yankee Group. The survey concluded that P2P MMS soon will be a lucrative offering for mobile operators that can provide...
WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives said Friday the transition to digital TV should end Dec. 31, 2006. "It is the sense of Congress that the Communications Act should be amended to eliminate the 85-percent penetration test and to require broadcasters to cease analog transmissions at...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. moved a step closer to winning government backing for its proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell signing off on the deal and setting in motion the possible start of a political...
Rural wireless provider Bluegrass Cellular said it will deploy a commercial push-to-talk service using Kodiak Network's circuit-switch based Real-time Exchange system across its 34-county coverage area late next month. Beyond basic PTT functionality, Kodiak said its RTX system includes user-defined presence capabilities, conferencing, and...
