WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless today said it reached a settlement with Dr. Bonnie O'Day over a 2003 complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission in which she alleged the nation's top mobile-phone operator violated federal law by failing to make its products and services accessible to...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-With the Summer Games in Athens drawing to a close this weekend, Mforma Group Inc. and Verizon Wireless have teamed to launch a mobile track-and-field game.Track & Field '04 allows gamers to compete in seven events, including the long jump, high jump,...
Qwest Communications International Inc. confirmed it has received anti-trust approval from the government for the $418 million sale of its wireless assets to Verizon Wireless. The sale, announced in June, includes Qwest's CDMA-based infrastructure and spectrum licenses covering 62 markets in the West and...
J.D. Power and Associates' 2004 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study provided most carriers with something to brag about, as four of the six nationwide operators posted high scores for at least one of the six regions the marketing firm included in the study.J.D. Power...
Following years of hype and financial promise, wireless data services are beginning to have a measurable impact on carrier revenues. During the recently completed second quarter, a number of operators cited the positive impact generated by non-voice services on their service revenues. The growth...
Qwest Communications International Inc. confirmed that it has received anti-trust approval from the federal government for the $418 million sale of its wireless assets to Verizon Wireless. The sale, which was announced in June, includes Qwest's CDMA-based network infrastructure and spectrum licenses covering 62...
J.D. Power and Associates' 2004 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study provided most carriers with something to brag about, as four of the six nationwide operators posted high scores for at least one of the six regions the marketing firm included in the study.J.D. Power...
WASHINGTON-East Buchanan Telephone Cooperative located in Northeast Iowa said that as of last Monday it was no longer going to allow wireless calls to connect to its network because it has not received payment for the calls."When people use our facilities, we should get...
BISMARCK, N.D.-Verizon Wireless said it has activated 12 new digital cell sites in North Dakota this year, as well as completed the deployment of its CDMA2000 1x-based NationalAccess data network in western North Dakota. The carrier said it plans to add five more cell...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has begun profiling on the carrier's Web site its real-life test men and women who inspired its "Can you hear me now? Good." advertising campaign. The profiles are organized by location and include pictures and information about the engineers...
SAN FRANCISCO-ILoop Mobile Inc. will partner with sports information provider STATS Inc. to deliver sports-related premium short message service subscription services beginning this week.The service launched with Olympic content, alerting subscribers each time a U.S. athlete medals in Athens and providing a top-10 medal...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. may have up to three months to decide whether it will accept or reject the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band since publication in the Federal Register could take up to 60 days, said...
I'm not-so-officially declaring 2004 the year of wireless data.Anyone who has been in the industry for a while knows that "next year" has been the year of wireless data since about the mid-1990s. But there are a couple of reasons I think "next year"...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc.'s Palm.Net service is ceasing operations, effective Aug. 31, meaning Palm.Net handhelds, including the VII, VIIx and i705 devices, will no longer perform wireless functions. The company told customers to look to smart phones for replacement service.Current owners of the devices will...
UTStarcom Inc.'s $165.1 million purchase of U.S.-based Audiovox Communications Corp.'s wireless handset business establishes the company as a player in the global CDMA market, fulfilling its founders' original vision.The company, which always wanted to develop solutions that could be offered to any company worldwide,...
Distributor Brightstar Corp. is planning an initial public offering of up to $115 million, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The company plans to use any proceeds from the offering for potential acquisitions of and investments in other businesses,...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-A former Verizon Wireless customer service representative was indicted on 10 fraud and money laundering charges that he stole more than $20 million of prepaid card activation numbers and sold them on his own between November 2002 and March of this year. The...
WASHINGTON-The official wireless world was strangely silent last week with everyone from Nextel Communications Inc. to Verizon Wireless refusing to say what happens now that the Federal Communications Commission has released the details of its plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz...
Motorola Inc. said it will fight the attempt by the Internal Revenue Service to retrieve $500 million in what the governmental agency describes as unpaid taxes. The IRS wants the money based on the company's financial activities between 1996 and 2000. The agency said...
A former Verizon Wireless customer service representative was indicted on 10 fraud and money laundering charges that he stole more than $20 million worth of prepaid card activation numbers and sold them on his own between November 2002 and March of this year. The...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it now is offering Motorola Inc.'s V710 phone, which includes a 1.2-megapixel camera, video playback, record and messaging, and Bluetooth.The phone is offered exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers, said the company. In July, Verizon said it would offer the phone,...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless has partnered with Leapstone Systems to deploy high-speed data services and improve customer service response times.The nation's largest carrier announced that it has begun using Leapstone's Communications Convergence Engine "contentmanager" platform, which will enhance consumers' abilities to download data services, including...
T-Mobile USA Inc. posted 1.1 million net customer additions during the second quarter of this year, which was the third straight quarter the carrier posted more than 1 million net customer additions and was nearly double the 606,000 subscribers the carrier added during the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Mobile game developer In-Fusio announced the launch of a film trivia game for Verizon Wireless customers.Movie Trivia Rave offers more than 1,200 questions on 400 films for Verizon customers with Get It Now-enabled phones for $2 a month or $1.25 for a one-day...
