It's been nearly three years since attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, yet the city still does not have interoperable public-safety systems. It's unthinkable. And yet, it is reality. The news is somewhat better in Jefferson County., Colo., where the fifth...
Nextel Communications Inc.'s decision earlier this week to expand its wireless broadband network trial in the Raleigh, N.C., market may have proven well founded as network testing conducted by RBC Capital Markets indicated Flarion Technologies' Flash-OFDM based technology is providing data speeds nearly three...
WOBURN, Mass.-Verizon Wireless, as the official telecommunications sponsor of the Boston Marathon, has launched the Athlete Alert Program, allowing Verizon customers to track marathon runners on race day. The program allows spectators, friends and family to register to receive automatic updates on their wireless...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said Wednesday that it does not agree with the position taken by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association regarding the expansion of the digital wiretap act to information services, including push-to-talk."While CTIA does not specifically address wireless push-to-talk services in its comments,...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint said it will sell a revised version of its PCS Vision Picture Phone SCP-8100 built by Sanyo, a device that includes an improved screen, built-in flash and supports Sprint's Ready Link push-to-talk service. The phone will sell for $130 with rebates."The...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set a May 3 deadline for challenges to Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion bid for AT&T Wireless Services Inc., a deal the two mobile-phone carriers want to wrap up by the end of the year.Both the FCC and Justice Department...
Verizon Communications Inc. said it will start offering new digital subscriber line customers a full rebate on the $100 price of new wireless routers, allowing users to hook up multiple devices to the company's broadband service. "The majority of households today have more than...
ORANGEBURG, N.Y.-Verizon Wireless said it plans to relocate its customer service and customer financial services positions in Orangeburg, N.Y., and Morristown, N.J., to a new call center in Wilmington, N.C., and another yet-to-be-determined center in the United States. The carrier said the Wilmington center...
Citing the need to support two networks serving more than 20 million subscribers, its future ability to provide wireless data services on par with its CDMA-based competitors and poor results in recent customer surveys, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. informed the Federal Communications Commission it could...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission got doubly spooked Thursday and decided not to vote on its plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band at its meeting April 15.Thursday started badly for FCC staff with a Washington Post article that said the deal...
Verizon Wireless said it plans to relocate its current customer service and customer financial services positions currently in Orangeburg, N.Y., and Morristown, N.J., to a new call center in Wilmington, N.C., and another yet-to-be-determined center in the United States. The carrier said the Wilmington...
A survey of 1,000 cell-phone users by Strategy Analytics found that Verizon Wireless continues to lead the industry in "user satisfaction" and is the destination choice for 30 percent of potential churning customers. The survey, which is part of the firm's "U.S. Wireless Satisfaction...
SAN FRANCISCO-AT&T Wireless Services Inc., in the early stages of a possible merger with Cingular Wireless L.L.C., is parting with its advertising agency, Omnicom Group's Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, executives familiar with the situation said. AT&T Wireless moved its estimated $125 million branding account...
NEW YORK-Wireless users in the United States can now sign up to receive messages with information gleaned from the teachings of Pope John Paul II through a new offering from wireless content company Acotel Group. The company said the service will initially be available...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless appointed Martha Delehanty vice president of human resources, where she will be responsible for all human resources strategies and programs, including employee relations, compensation and benefits, training and development, staffing and human resources compliance.Delehanty previously worked as executive director of employee...
WASHINGTON-It will cost billions of dollars to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told Congress last week.Powell appeared before the House Appropriations commerce, state, justice and the judiciary subcommittee to defend the FCC's...
Metrocall Holdings Inc. and Arch Wireless Inc.-the nation's two remaining independent paging and messaging carriers-announced a major plan to merge operations in an effort to forestall massive revenue declines as well as safeguard against the rapidly growing threat from the mobile-phone industry.If approved, the...
Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in March:Ireland With Meteor for a core GPRS solution.Value: UndisclosedUnited States With First Cellular of Southern Illinois for MMS Proxy Relay, WAP Gateway and Push Proxy Platform products.Value: UndisclosedUnited States With MetroPCS for MMS equipment.Value: UndisclosedEricssonIreland With Meteor...
Verizon Wireless this week launched several sports-related offerings from its Get It Now virtual store.The carrier is offering Play Ball!, a suite of games and applications for baseball fans. It features FOX Sports games that allow players to test their batting skills; personalized ring...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. said that a February proposal from Verizon Wireless to re-band only the 800 MHz spectrum and make Nextel pay for the retuning to solve public-safety interference is without merit and should be rejected by the Federal Communications Commission."Verizon's 800 MHz in-band...
WASHINGTON-Wireless services may not pose as substantial a threat to the wireline industry as many have speculated, according to new research from the Phoenix Center."Wireless is not an effective intermodal competitor to wireline telephone service-at least to the extent that wireless offers a meaningful...
LONDON-Officials for Virgin Mobile in the United Kingdom confirmed that the company's announcement of a new Sony Ericsson phone for left-handed users was in fact an April Fool's Day prank. The company said it had no plans for such a phone.A Virgin Mobile spokeswoman...
The CDMA2000 1x EV-DO contract wins by Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. with Verizon Wireless may be compelling other major infrastructure players to take the bait.Rivals L.M. Ericsson, Samsung Electronics and Motorola Inc. announced solutions not only in the DO realm, but...
ATLANTA-The U.S. wireless content industry continues to crackle with growing pains as Japanese gaming company Square Enix announced it will buy UIEvolution for a stunning $58 million in cash. The deal is the latest in a series of major mergers and acquisitions in the...
