TOKYO AND ESPOO, Finland-Following on a series of recent announcements regarding wireless in-car communications, Nokia Corp. and Land Rover said they jointly developed the Personal Telephone Integration system, an integrated automotive communications system especially for Land Rover vehicles. The system offers connections either via...
LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work to date. The Open Mobile Terminal Platform Ltd. group, which includes heavyweights such as Vodafone Group plc, NTT DoCoMo Inc.,...
Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported strong preliminary third-quarter results and revised a number of its full-year financial and operational metrics.The Sprint PCS affiliate said it added 53,000 net subscribers during the third quarter, which was more than a 200-percent improvement compared with the 16,000 net...
BOULDER, Co.-SpectraLink Corp. said it has settled the consolidated class-action lawsuit filed against some of its officers and directors in February 2002.Its insurance carrier paid the $1.5 million negotiated settlement approved by the presiding federal judge."I am pleased to put this issue behind us,"...
HELSINKI, Finland-France Telecom and Nokia Corp. will partner to develop technology to allow wireless users to remotely access content from computers.France Telecom is the parent company of European wireless carrier Orange plc.The companies hope to offer products and services that provide remote access with...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission Thursday denied the mobile-phone industry's request to reconsider an agency decision in May creating a new bill of rights for telecom consumers. The CPUC ruling comes on the heels of lawsuits filed by the six nationwide cellular carriers in...
HELSINKI, Finland-Wireless middleware provide First Hop said it closed its second round of funding for $8.9 million. Partech International was the lead investor, with existing investors DFJ ePlanet Ventures and Stratos Ventures also participating.The financing will further speed up the company's product development, customer...
Sprint Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee said 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 is moving aggressively on its deployment of high-speed wireless...
Following an internal audit of its previously issued financial statements, regional wireless provider MetroPCS Inc. reported that financial statements issues in 2002 and 2003 including all earnings releases "should not be relied upon." MetroPCS said it will delay the issuance of financial statements for...
WASHINGTON-The nation's six national mobile-phone carriers have filed suits in California federal court challenging the bill of rights for telecom consumers approved in May by the California Public Utilities Commission.Nextel Communications Inc. filed its suit separately, while Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint PCS,...
WASHINGTON-SBC Communications Inc. President Edward Whitacre today said he opposes having to divest any wireless assets as a condition of winning government approval of the proposed $41 billion merger between Cingular Wireless L.LC. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and conceded there is a risk...
SAN FRANCISCO-WideRay Corp., which makes a platform for proximity services, said Carrier Devices has selected it to provide a content provisioning system for its i-mate service. Carrier Devices licensed WideRay's platform for delivering content and applications to end users who own Bluetooth-capable i-mate devices,...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS Vision users can now 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...
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...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Motorola Inc. announced one of Taiwan's largest operators, Chunghwa Telecom, commercially deployed Push-to-Talk over Cellular services to its 8 million subscribers on its GPRS network. The PoC service combines walkie-talkie and cellular-phone connectivity, allowing users to connect with another person or an entire...
LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work to date. The Open Mobile Terminal Platform Ltd. group, which includes heavyweights such as Vodafone Group plc, NTT DoCoMo Inc.,...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. said it has agreed to support carrier NTT DoCoMo products with i-mode functionality in the operator's efforts to expand Internet services in Europe, Asia and other markets.This will allow end users to access more than 82,000 Internet sites as...
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.-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."We think these services will be extremely appealing to our existing subscriber base and attract...
WASHINGTON-Sources indicate Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has conditionally approved the proposed $41 billion merger between No. 2 Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and No. 3 AT&T Wireless Services Inc., but potential complications could delay expected final government action on the deal to later this...
TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will offer in-car i-mode content through an agreement with Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. The companies said they would offer a new service that enables drivers to receive i-mode content on their mobile phones by using Nissan's...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has completed the rollout of the 802.1x security standard across its more than 4,700 Wi-Fi hot spots. The standard provides additional encryption between Wi-Fi-equipped devices and the carrier's wireless access points.T-Mobile USA announced the initial deployment of the...
SAO, PAULO, Brazil—Lucent Technologies Inc. and ZTE Corp. announced contract awards for CDMA2000 equipment. Financial details were not disclosed. Lucent said it was awarded a contract to expand and enhance the CDMA2000 network of Brazil's largest wireless carrier Vivo. This contract is part of...
The wireless industry is expected to take its customary third-quarter breather this year. The nation's six largest operators are forecast to post relatively strong customer growth results that might not hit the nearly 3.9 million subscribers added last year, but remain healthy enough to...
ThailandOrange S.A., in conjunction with co-shareholders True Corporation Public Co. Ltd. and CP Group, said it has reduced its stake in Thai company BITCO from 49 percent to 10 percent. BITCO owns 99.86 percent of Thai wireless carrier TA Orange Co. Ltd. Orange said...
