Dear Editor:In the June 23 edition of RCR Wireless News, Dan Meyer reported on T-Mobile selling unlimited data service for $20 per month. I would expect that RCR would do some investigating rather than reporting T-Mobile's press releases.I am certain that this is NOT...
The number of global wireless users will increase 49 percent during the next four years to total 1.72 billion by 2007, according to the Yankee Group. Analysts further predict subscriber revenues will reach $584 billion in 2007, compared with $387 billion in 2002, making...
LONDON-U.K. mobile operators suffered a defeat on call charges Friday when a U.K. court ruled that U.K. regulators had acted within their powers when they ordered the operators to reduce their call charges by about 50 percent during the next three years.Vodafone Group plc,...
ROUND ROCK, Texas-Dell Computer Corp. signed a deal with T-Mobile USA Inc. providing Dell notebook computer customers with 2,000 free minutes of access to T-Mobile USA's HotSpot service within the first 30 days after activation when they sign up for a new qualifying Hotspot...
Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers in Rural Cellular's Northeast region and 200,000 pops in the carrier's Northwest region.In connection with the purchase, Rural Cellular said...
LONDON-Orange plc said today it will join an alliance with three other European mobile operators in a move to better compete against European leader Vodafone Group plc. The announcement came at a strategy presentation by newly appointed Orange Chief Executive Solomon Trujillo.Orange said it...
WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. is protesting the Federal Communications Commission's proposed fine for operating a tower in a historic area without proper authorization.The FCC wants to fine Western Wireless $200,000 for constructing and continuing to operate a 180-foot tower in Medora, N.D., on a ridge...
WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. on June 13 strongly objected to the Federal Communications Commission's proposed fine for operating a tower in a historic area without proper authorization.The FCC wants to fine Western Wireless Corp. $200,000 for constructing and continuing to operate a 180-foot tower in...
America Online Inc. said it will stop selling and supporting its Mobile Communicator, which is based on Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry device.According to AOL's Internet site, the Mobile Communicator service will shut down Aug. 1. On the site, AOL suggested its customers move...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Infowave Software inked an agreement with T-Mobile International for Infowave's wireless messaging product. The technology will be part of T-Mobile's new Instant E-mail service for smart phones in the United Kingdom. Infowave said its Symmetry product is compatible with Symbian-, Smartphone-, Pocket...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it launched a color-screen version of its Danger Inc.-produced Sidekick device, as well as introduced new rate plans for the wireless voice and data device.The color Sidekick is scheduled to retail for $299, which is $100 more than the...
Without going too far out on a limb, it seems a safe bet to claim the wireless industry has gone crazy for most anything associated with the term Wi-Fi. From wireless operators clamoring to install access points into just about any location where people...
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its CCC rating to Western Wireless Corp.'s $100 million convertible subordinated notes offering and placed the rating on CreditWatch with negative implications. S&P added that Western Wireless' B- corporate credit and secured bank loan ratings, as well...
ATLANTA-A recent report commissioned by Telecom Media Networks and conducted by Harris Interactive found that wireless subscribers want their wireless providers to be more proactive in offering the best wireless plan to suit their calling needs."The collapse of the wireless pricing structure has created...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will launch a color-screen version of its Danger Inc.-produced Sidekick device June 6, as well as introduce new rate plans for the wireless voice and data device.The color Sidekick is scheduled to retail for $299, which is $100...
The fate of wireless enterprise company GoAmerica Inc. is unclear, and industry watchers have little faith that the company's destiny is a bright one."I don't really know what they bring to the table," said Michael King, senior analyst with Gartner Inc. "I do wonder...
The evolution of the wireless local area network industry has been so dramatic that it seems almost a certainty that mobile-phone makers will include WLAN technology in future wireless devices.Indeed, all the major mobile-phone chip makers have announced plans to include 802.11 technology in...
SEATTLE-Specialty retailer Car Toys said it will add Cingular Wireless products and service in all of its 24 Wireless SuperCenters throughout Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth, Texas. Car Toys' Texas locations currently offer wireless products and services from T-Mobile USA Inc., AT&T Wireless Services...
NextWave Telecom Inc. said it filed for permission with its bankruptcy court to form a partnership with California-based venture capital firm Clarity Partners L.P. to acquire additional spectrum. The partnership, which NextWave said would be named IPCom, would be formed and funded by Clarity...
ST. LOUIS-T-Mobile USA Inc. has implemented the Amdocs Enabler, a billing platform with which the carrier can manage all services, payment methods and customer types. "Amdocs Enabler can support all services for profitable growth while enabling operators to realize tremendous cost of ownership advantages...
NextWave Telecom Inc. is reportedly close to an agreement to sell approximately 20 percent of its recently recovered spectrum licenses to Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for nearly $1.5 billion.While neither NextWave nor Cingular are commenting on the rumored deal, published reports note executives close to...
BONN, Germany-Two German companies have made further commitments to the Wi-Fi market, with T-Mobile International AG announcing it will expand its Starbucks Coffee Co. partnership into Germany and German airline operator Lufthansa committing to the technology for its aircraft after a three-month trial.T-Mobile Deutschland...
SEATTLE-Specialty retailer Car Toys said it will add Cingular Wireless products and service in all of its 24 Wireless SuperCenters throughout Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth, Texas. Car Toys' Texas locations currently offer wireless products and services from T-Mobile USA Inc., AT&T Wireless Services...
Microsoft Corp. announced two new sales agreements for devices using its Smartphone operating system and reiterated commitments from T-Mobile in the United Kingdom and Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in the United States to sell Smartphone devices.Swedish mobile operator TeliaSonera said it...
