WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should be able to act before Labor Day on each of the nine wireless local number portability implementation issues the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association identified in a petition for declaratory ruling, said FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy on Wednesday.Abernathy told...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association would be better served by going to the Federal Communications Commission with its complaints rather than to court, said FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein reacting to CTIA's filing of a document urging the agency to rule on nine issues...
NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. activated 150 of a planned 1,000 Wi-Fi transmission stations throughout New York City, which the company said would allow its Verizon Online customers to have access to high-speed Internet services up to 300 feet from the so-called Verizon HotSpots located...
SINGAPORE-Asia's largest wireless event scheduled for June has been cancelled due to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Singapore and the region. BroadcastAsia 2003, which was scheduled to be held concurrently from June 17-20, also has been cancelled.Due to the large number...
WASHINGTON-The wireless-telecom industry slump has hit its trade association.The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association confirmed on Thursday that it is laying off 9 percent of its staff effective May 31 although the impacted staff members were notified in late March.Sources said the cuts encompass...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens has said it will provide cdma2000 as part of its core network offering, although it will not involve the backhaul or radio access network.The company said the offering will be integral to its Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS), which is a radio-access...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG has said it will provide cdma2000 as part of its core network offering, although it will not involve the backhaul or radio access network.The company said the offering will be integral to its Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem, which is a radio-access...
LOS ANGELES-The winners of the "World's Smallest Film Festival," an event held in conjunction with last week's CTIA trade show in New Orleans aimed at showcasing films designed for next-generation mobile devices, have been announced.The festival's categories range from animation to commercial to music,...
NEW ORLEANS, United States-John Koo and his top executive team crowd a small, air-conditioned room perched atop LG Electronics' sprawling booth at the CTIA trade show here. Relaxed, smiling, Koo has shed the suit coat he wore during his keynote appearance to reveal a...
NEW ORLEANS-Wireless industry leaders have agreed to implement universal short codes, and wireless users could see cross-carrier short code applications within the next few months.The board of directors for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association voted Wednesday to go ahead with the plan. The...
NEW ORLEANS, United States-The second day of keynote speeches at this year's Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association show in New Orleans had a similar theme to last year's event with wireless local area network (WLAN) technology dominating much of the conversation as well as...
NEW ORLEANS-Autodesk Location Services and Ericsson entered an agreement to market and deliver an end-to-end locaton-based services solution for carriers. The agreement calls for the companies to demonstrate the feasibility of the Autodesk LocationLogic LBS middleware solution and Ericsson's core next-generation service platform as...
SAN DIEGO-Hands-free product maker Jabra Corp. announced shipping dates for its two newest corded headsets, the EarSet WindUp and ProBoom. The EarSet WindUp began shipping earlier this month, and the ProBoom is scheduled for release in May. The company now has 12 hands-free devices.The...
NEW ORLEANS-Logitech showcased its line of mobile-phone headsets at CTIA Wireless 2003 focused on three groups of people-teenagers, family connectors and road warriers.Logitech said its Over-Ear Blue and Over-Ear Red headsets are targeted at teenagers who are looking for stylish headsets. Family connectors need...
NEW ORLEANS-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile made several announcements at CTIA Wireless 2003 this week in New Orleans.The company announced its SX1 mobile phone for U.S. consumers will be available in the third quarter. The SX1 has strips of keys built into each side...
NEW ORLEANS--The second day of keynote speeches at this year's Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association show in New Orleans had a similar theme to last year's event with wireless local area network technology dominating much of the conversation as well as repeat appearances by...
NEW ORLEANS-Although much of the news from last week's CTIA show focused on the typical consumer, Research In Motion Ltd. managed to remind the industry of the importance of the enterprise customer with its new BlackBerry Connect licensing program.The new licensing program expands on...
NEW ORLEANS-Openwave Systems Inc. made a slew of announcements this week at CTIA Wireless 2003:the company introduced Openwave Voice MMS which integrates voice and data messaging capabilities;Openwave will partner with Network Associates to integrate McAfee Security's anti-virus technology into its MX messaging platform;RealNetworks Inc.'s...
NEW ORLEANS-A display celebrating the 20 years of commercial wireless services at the CTIA Wireless 2003 show includes a special feature on ArrayComm Inc.'s chairman and chief executive officer Martin Cooper and the wireless phone Cooper used to place the first potable cellular phone...
NEW ORLEANS--ACCESS Systems America announced at CTIA Wireless 2003 that its Premium Content Subscription Server now supports digital rights management based on the Open Mobile Alliance 1.0 specification."DRM will help prevent the illegal distribution of mobile content while providing new business models like content...
NEW ORLEANS-Sirf Technology Inc. showcased a variety of consumer and enterprise global positioning system-enabled products from manufacturers around the globe with location-based services based on the SiRFLoc Multimode location platform at the CTIA Wireless 2003 show.SiRFLoc Multimode is a wireless location platform that allows...
NEW ORLEANS-ADC and The Management Network Group demonstrated on-demand revenue management for wireless public access networks at the CTIA Wireless 2003 show.Using ADC's Singl.eView dynamic transaction management platform integrated with the wireless infrastructure, ADC is performing real-time service creation and policy-based charging from authentication,...
NEW ORLEANS-Multi-Tech Systems Inc., a data communications technology company, announced its first cellular modems at CTIA Wireless 2003. The new products include embedded and external modem models using both GSM/GPRS and CDMA technologies.The company announced a partnership with Wavecom Inc., which calls for the...
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...
