TOKYO-J-Phone said it has requested permission from the Japanese regulator to unify its regional company price plans into six national price plans and seven discount services for its PDC networks, which will be nationally unified beginning Feb. 1.All price plans come with free calls,...
cuts back W-CDMA launch plansAnalyst: Continuous upgrades confuse marketAT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will push back the launch of its advanced W-CDMA network by six months and scale down the coverage area to four cities.The carrier said it will deploy a W-CDMA...
TOKYO-J-Phone said it has requested permission from the Japanese regulator to unify its regional company price plans into six national price plans and seven discount services for its PDC networks, which will be nationally unified beginning Feb. 1.All price plans come with free calls,...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it has sold more than 4 million i-shot handsets, just six months after i-shot service, which allows subscribers to transmit images from camera phones to e-mail boxes, was introduced.There are seven i-shot phone models currently available.
TOKYO-J-Phone said it has requested permission from the Japanese regulator to unify its regional company price plans into six national price plans and seven discount services for its PDC networks, which will be nationally unified beginning Feb. 1.All price plans come with free calls,...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said sales of its i-shot handsets have topped 3 million after six months of availability. I-shot is NTT DoCoMo's picture messaging service, which it launched to compete with rival J-Phone's highly popular Sha-mail picture service.The service allows subscribers to transmit still images...
GOLDEN, Colo.-nReach will deploy new digital vending ports, private label Web sites and prepaid card locations in seven wireless retail chains in the U.S. on Nov. 29.With the new solution, consumers can buy mobile phone content in-store or on the Web with an nReach...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission finally has a full compliment of members.The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed by voice vote Jonathan Adelstein, telecommunications adviser to Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.), to serve in the vacancy left open by the resignation of Gloria Tristani in...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cypress Semiconductor Corp. said it has sampled the first solution that will link human interface devices like PC mice, keyboards and gaming consoles to personal computers."Operating at 2.4 GHz, the CY694X can connect as many as seven devices up to 10 feet...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today fined AT&T Wireless Services Inc. $117,000 for safety-related violations involving antenna structures. The FCC said AT&T Wireless committed seven separate infractions including failure to register, light and paint antenna towers and failure to post antenna structure registration numbers at...
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut its corporate credit ratings on Sprint PCS affiliate Horizon PCS Inc. citing concern over limited headroom against execution risks under recently revised bank maintenance covenants and weak liquidity. S&P also reaffirmed its negative outlook for the carrier."Given...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Crown Castle International Corp. will cut 250 jobs, close offices, and take a charge between $7 million and $10 million in the fourth quarter, according to a filing with SEC detailing the restructuring of its U.S. business.Crown Castle plans to streamline its U.S....
HELSINKI, Finland-BrainHeart Capital, a Stockholm-based group dedicated to investments in wireless technologies, has decided against investing in the third-generation (3G) industry, 3G company stocks and 3G projects, in what amounts to a further vote of no confidence in a sector that is already struggling...
FOSTER CITY, Calif.-Inktomi Corp. announced it will cut about 20 percent of its staff, or about 85 positions, a move the company said would better align it in the current economic environment.The company also said it expects to report revenues of approximately $20 million...
HONG KONG-With the cellular phone market saturated at 86 percent of the population, Hong Kong's wireless engineers have wasted no time in jumping on the next bandwagon-WiFi and Bluetooth, short range technologies with potential applications in companies and household.The upsurge in totally unregulated wireless...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Seven Networks Inc., which offers carrier-based access to corporate information, cut 30 percent of its roughly 115 employees, a move the company said would help it better manage cash flow and help it focus on its current customers.Company spokeswoman Meredith Valt declined...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The wireless LAN industry is poised for massive growth, with 2002 shipments set to be up 73 percent and revenue increased 26 percent, according to new research from Gartner Dataquest Inc.Gartner predicts growth in the sector will continue into next year, with...
INDIANAPOLIS-DigiTerra Inc. announced its Mobile Computing Group has received a system implementation and integration contract for seven distribution centers for Do it Best Corp. and its online hardware store, www.doitbest.com.DigiTerra's mobile solution will provide Do it Best warehouse employees with access to real-time supply...
SEATTLE, Wash.-Tegic Communications Corp. scored an important victory in its patent battle with rival Zi Corp., and the result could cost Zi up to $27 million as punishment.Following a two-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San...
WASHINGTON-Aloha Partners L.P. is still the highest bidder at the end of 16 rounds of bidding for the 700 MHz C- and D-blocks licenses auction.Aloha Partners' bid of more than $5 million for the Los Angeles-Anaheim consolidated (statistical) market area license still stands as...
BEIJING-The number of China Unicom's CDMA subscribers broke the 2 million mark on 15 August, according to the company. On 10 June, Unicom counted 1 million CDMA users, showing a fast increase in subscriber figures. In July, the company added 460,000 subscribers.At the end...
AUSTIN, Texas-Wi-Fi high-speed Internet access provider Wayport Inc. said it will provide wireless and wired service in seven Loews Hotel properties across the country.Loews Hotels in Philadelphia, New York City, Miami Beach, Nashville, San Diego, Denver and Annapolis, Md., now will have Wi-Fi access...
MANILA, The Philippines-While Filipino cell-phone subscribers are projected to reach 20 million during the next seven years, use will be the growth driver of the Philippine cellular industry, according to National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) head Eliseo M. Rio Jr. Rio added that the growth...
