Amid speculation that some CDMA operators are turning to GSM technology, GSM proponents have stepped up lobbying efforts to tout the technology's global success. Meanwhile, CDMA backers say the moves have little to do with technology and instead are based on government policies and...
WASHINGTON—Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), ranking member of the House telecom and Internet subcommittee, today said the government should consider requiring mobile phone carriers and other communications service providers to provide emergency warnings to consumers, arguing the current scheme of voluntary participation may not be...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. kicked off the industry’s second quarter results reporting with an unexpectedly high 1.5 million net new customer additions, as well as the company’s highest-ever net income of $540 million. The nation’s largest carrier also continued to reduce its churn rate, pushing...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. reported third-quarter results of $1.95 billion in revenue and $643 million in net income, increases of 44 percent and 15 percent, respectively, from the year-ago quarter. The chip vendor attributed earnings to sales of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO and W-CDMA chipsets....
NEW YORK—Investment banking firm Raymond James & Associates Inc. reduced its estimates for Syniverse Holdings Inc.’s earnings based on acquisition costs and concerns that "the company’s number portability contracts may be re-priced at lower rates as they come up for renewal at the end...
Although much attention has been focused on the network transitions and upgrades of national carriers, many regional operators around the country also are deciding how to implement new technologies and whether to spend money to upgrade infrastructure. Those technology decisions are typically driven by...
The data on mobile devices and data is clear and simple: smart-phone users consume more data because their devices are optimized for games, video, music and e-mail. Even the most popular handsets-for instance, the seemingly ubiquitous Motorola Inc. Razr-don't come close to driving similar...
WASHINGTON-The Association of Public Television Stations and the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency said they have completed the second phase of a pilot program to design a national digital platform to distribute emergency alerts to cell phones, personal computers and other...
Although much attention has been focused on the network transitions and upgrades of national carriers, many regional operators around the country also are deciding how to implement new technologies and whether to spend money to upgrade infrastructure. Those technology decisions are typically driven by...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
LONDON—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. announced that its earnings for the second quarter—$181 million—nearly doubled its earnings from the year-ago quarter, while revenue increased more than 40 percent and handset shipment volumes increased by 33 percent. The results exceeded financial analysts’ expectations. The handset...
COSTA MESA, Calif.—GTC Wireless Inc. is looking to the Amway-style Independent Distributor Sales model to help boost sagging revenues. The 9-year-old provider of business process outsourcing services announced the formation of Shine Wireless, a subsidiary that will offer discount wireless services through independent agents....
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos—Caribbean mobile operator Digicel Group plc said it plans to launch new mobile services in its Turks & Caicos market. New services include per-second billing, international roaming and free activation, said the company. The company also recently opened 113 top-up locations...
As wireless carriers begin exploring data roaming, several are not simply limiting their sights to domestic roaming but are seeking to provide a more seamless mobile data experience around the world. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. introduced international data roaming not long after it launched its...
While the standards-setting process for WiMAX technology seems to move forward at a snail's pace, the business machinations around mobile WiMAX are developing faster than a speeding bullet, so to speak.Indeed, Intel Corp.'s recent moves to exit the wireless handset chip business and immediately...
A recent report from Lehman Brothers Equity Research suggests that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to cut its capital expenditures next year by $1.5 billion, a 20-percent drop from the $7.5 billion the nation's leading carrier is planning to spend this year. However, Lehman Brothers...
WASHINGTON-A pair of newly published studies link mobile-phone use to biological changes in the brain, but the research does not conclude low-level radio frequency radiation from wireless handsets is necessarily harmful to consumers. Italian researchers wrote in the Annals of Neurology that GSM mobile...
SAN DIEGO—Much ado about nothing, so far. That sums up Qualcomm Inc.’s press release, issued today, crowing that the United States International Trade Commission had initiated an investigation of Nokia Corp. on Qualcomm’s June 9 complaint that the Finnish vendor is violating Qualcomm’s W-CDMA...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
The dissolution of the Nokia Corp./Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. CDMA joint venture may leave a void in the United States for CDMA handsets, estimated by analysts at about 7 million units per year, despite Nokia assurances that its alternative strategy for the prized U.S....
ALAMEDA, Calif.—UTStarcom Inc. introduced its T66 dual-mode, dual-standby CDMA/GSM handset and announced China Unicom plans to offer the handset for use with its World Wind dual-mode service. The handset is targeted at mid- to high-end consumers and business users who want entertainment features on...
WASHINGTON—President Bush put the Department of Homeland Security in charge of upgrading the nation's Cold War-era emergency alert system, with the Federal Communications Commission having failed in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and last year's devastating hurricanes to leverage wireless,...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
ALAMEDA, Calif.—UTStarcom Inc. introduced its T66 dual-mode, dual-standby CDMA/GSM handset and announced China Unicom plans to offer the handset for use with its World Wind dual-mode service. The handset is targeted at mid- to high-end consumers and business users who want entertainment features on...
