WASHINGTON-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), an outspoken wireless consumer advocate in Congress, is pushing legislation that would require mobile-phone carriers to give subscribers the ability to make 911 emergency calls in underground subways.While wireless carriers have opposed Wiener's cell-phone consumer legislation in the past, some...
T-Mobile USA Inc. suspended sales of the Hewlett-Packard Co. iPAQ h6315 smart phone due to unexplained software bugs, a move that illustrates the extremely advanced levels of technology packed into high-end devices as well as the risks carriers face in selling them. Wireless stands...
MusiKube broke an almost year-long silence last week, resurfacing to launch a mobile music identification application that allows users to purchase ringtones directly over their handsets. With the service, called SongLink'd, a mobile user can play a tune directly into a phone and receive...
WASHINGTON-The First Response Coalition-which came out against other public-safety organizations at the 11th hour last year in the fight to stop interference in the 800 MHz band-has re-emerged as a tax-exempt organization, this time fighting for more money for public-safety interoperability. "We see a...
Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. and Korean carrier SK Telecom have finished forming their new mobile virtual network operator.The joint venture, called SK-EarthLink, plans to offer wireless voice and data services to U.S. consumers later this year. The operator will be fueled by $440...
Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. and Korean carrier SK Telecom have finalized the formation of their new mobile virtual network operator, the companies announced late Thursday. The joint venture, called SK-EarthLink, will offer wireless voice and data services to U.S. consumers later this year....
WASHINGTON-The First Response Coalition, which came out against other public-safety organizations at the 11th hour last year in the fight to stop interference in the 800 MHz band has re-emerged as a tax-exempt organization, this time fighting for more money for public-safety interoperability."We see...
Following is a list of wireless companies whose ratings were either upgraded or downgraded by financial services firms this week.Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings on Triton PCS Inc. from B- to CCC+ with a negative outlook. S&P said the ratings change was prompted...
Iridium Satellite L.L.C. announced it added push-to-talk services to its worldwide satellite-based network, allowing customers to deploy what the carrier calls "multi-user communication nets."Separately, Iridium announced it will sell a new data transceiver based on its Short Burst Data technology, which will support asset...
COLUMBIA, S.C.-Verizon Wireless said it is expanding its Columbia call center and will hire more than 250 new full-time employees in 2005. The center, located in the Richland Mall, will increase 27,000 square feet to 164,000 square feet.Construction is under way and is expected...
TORONTO-Canadians sent more than 710 million person-to-person text messages from their mobile phones in 2004, up from 352 million during the previous year, according to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. The group said Canadian text messaging volumes reached 95.5 million, or more than 3.4...
MusiKube re-appeared on the radar screen Tuesday, announcing the launch of a text-message mobile music identification application that allows users to purchase ringtones directly over their handsets. With the service, dubbed SongLink'd, mobile users can identify songs by playing tunes into the phone, and...
NEW ORLEANS-Both Nortel Networks Ltd. and Motorola Inc. made infrastructure announcements at the CTIA Wireless 2005 show in New Orleans meant to increase Verizon Wireless' wireless-data capabilities. Nortel will begin live trials with Verizon Wireless next year on CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology,...
NEW ORLEANS-Leap Wireless International Inc. continued its rapid evolution last week, signing a pair of deals with Verizon Wireless that will allow Leap to add nationwide roaming capabilities to its Cricket wireless offering and provide Verizon Wireless with another infusion of wireless spectrum. Leap...
The mobile virtual network operator market welcomed back one of its early members last week as former Boost Mobile L.L.C. executive Peter Adderton announced plans for Amp'd Mobile Inc., a venture set to launch later this year. Adderton's non-compete clause with Nextel Communications Inc,...
NEW ORLEANS-Verizon Wireless said it will offer its V-Cast subscribers 26 original mobisodes of the hit TV show "The Simple Life: Interns" starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. The mobisodes will feature never-before-seen footage developed especially for V-Cast. Subscribers will pay $1 to download...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. reported solid third-quarter results, and its stock enjoyed an upgrade from Bear Stearns, but investors appeared unhappy with the company's outlook. PalmOne's stock dropped 7 percent to $22.32 per share after its announcement.PalmOne reported increasing revenues and positive earnings in its...
NEW ORLEANS-Carriers' efforts to increase wireless data revenues took a big step forward this week at CTIA Wireless 2005 as the nation's two largest carriers quietly confirmed their networks are multimedia message service interoperable.Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless said they've been MMS interoperable for...
NEW ORLEANS-A handful of new wireless recycling initiatives were announced at last week's CTIA Wireless 2005 show. A new phone recycling program by GRC Wireless Recycling pays companies for their unwanted inventory of retired cellular phones.The company's Wireless Industry Recycling program pays companies at...
NEW ORLEANS-Both Nortel Networks Ltd. and Motorola Inc. made infrastructure announcements at the CTIA Wireless 2005 show in New Orleans meant to increase Verizon Wireless' wireless-data capabilities. Nortel will begin live trials with Verizon Wireless next year on CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology,...
NEW ORLEANS-Verizon Wireless said Monday it will offer its V-Cast subscribers 26 original mobisodes of the hit TV show "The Simple Life: Interns" starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.The mobisodes will feature never-before-seen footage developed especially for V-Cast. Subscribers will pay $1 to download...
Amp'd Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that targets the youth market, has signed a letter of intent with Verizon Wireless to develop a fully integrated MVNO for youth and young adults using Verizon's broadband EV-DO network. The service is expected to launch during...
Xcelis Communications L.L.C. said it has revamped its call re-routing offering so that now the company will sell its Pantheon product to customers so they can re-route their own calls. The move comes after Xcelis introduced a trial service that essentially re-routed Cingular Wireless...
WASHINGTON-Technology makers and service providers should not be responsible for their customers' actions, especially if the service providers are hurt financially from those actions, CTIA argued in a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court is set to hear oral argument March 29...
