KIRKLAND, Wash.-CDMA 1xEV-DO carrier Monet Mobile Networks Inc. said it will shut down its network April 2. The wireless Internet carrier covers eight cites in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North and South Dakota."Due to unfortunate, regrettable circumstances, we're shutting down service to our customers," said...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-It appears Verizon Wireless will sell a CDMA EV-DO mobile phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. when it launches its high-speed network this summer.The Federal Communications Commission recently approved the VX8000 EV-DO mobile phone from LG. The phone features Qualcomm Inc.'s MSM6500 CDMA...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it is working with Verizon Airfone to offer discounted in-flight calls to Verizon customers.Verizon customers may register as a user on Verizon Airfone handsets. Customers can make in-flight calls for 10 cents a minute if they sign up for Airfone...
WASHINGTON-Just as public safety confirmed its support for the Consensus Plan, the United Telecom Council, a major proponent of the Balanced Approach Plan, confirmed that it believes this plan will solve the interference problems in the 800 MHz band. "Nextel's statements about the commercial...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless confirmed being contacted by the Justice Department in what could be the early stages of an antitrust probe of the push-to-talk wireless market."Nextel has received a request for information from the staff of the United States Department of...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission received some unsolicited advice from 23 members of Congress on Thursday about how not to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band."We are troubled by reports that the FCC may address interference problems in a manner that...
CANNES, France-Despite the less-than-ideal weather conditions at this year's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, the event was highlighted by the GSM industry's announcement of signing up its 1 billionth customer worldwide and the European market's bright expectations for full third-generation networks that have...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Mobile carriers worldwide will increase their spending to $763 million by 2008, well up from the $262 million expected to be spent in 2004, according to research from Probe Group.Carriers are garnering revenues from their 2.5G networks and behind-the-scenes activity on 3G...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said the Federal Communications Commission should reband the 800 MHz band to solve public-safety interference problems without awarding Nextel Communications Inc. spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band and it can make Nextel pay for the rebanding."The FCC may require Nextel to bear...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless confirmed being contacted by the Justice Department in what could be the early stages of an antitrust probe of the push-to-talk wireless market."Nextel has received a request for information from the staff of the United States Department of...
CANNES, France-Both Vodafone Group plc and Verizon Wireless renewed their commitment to their four-year-old partnership, according to various news reports, but a shadow still hangs over the sometimes-antagonistic alliance.Vodafone's chief executive Arun Sarin said in recent reports that he remains committed to the company's...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and mobile-gaming companies Blue Lava Wireless and Atlas Mobile Inc. announced the availability of Tetris Tournament for Prizes to Verizon customers using Verizon's Get It Now virtual store.Through the service, mobile gamers can compete against each other in daily and weekly...
Ladies and gentlemen, AT&T Wireless (like Elvis) has left the building.So now what? Is this a new Ma Bell? Not likely, but I suspect the new and improved Cingular (if the company can integrate AT&T Wireless assets successfully) will put some spark into the...
Only time will tell whether Arun Sarin and other Vodafone Group plc execs were snookered by indefatigable Yanks or all the wiser for hitting the sack at a proper hour. For sure, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s winning $41 billion bid for AT&T Wireless Services...
In addition to propelling the combined entity past Verizon Wireless as the nation's largest wireless carrier, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s successful $41 billion acquisition of smaller rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to have an enormous impact on many of its competitors as well...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Corp. announced it is in talks to sell its 75-percent stake in its wireless handset business to South Korean handset company Curitel Communications Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. An Audiovox spokesman said Curitel made a bid for the company's...
LONDON-Failing to capture U.S.-based operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc. during a heated auction earlier this week, Vodafone Group plc chief executive Arun Sarin told analysts the company's future did not have to include a presence in the United States calling into question whether the...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. appears to be prepping a range of new advanced devices for possible introduction during the 3GSM show in Cannes, France, including new 3G phones with the Symbian operating system, new phones running the Microsoft Corp. smart phone OS and the company's...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Mobile carriers worldwide will increase their spending to $763 million by 2008, well up from the $262 million expected to be spent in 2004, according to research from Probe Group.Carriers are garnering revenues from their 2.5G networks and behind-the-scenes activity on 3G...
MINNEAPOLIS-TestQuest Inc. this week introduced the latest version of TestQuest Pro Platform testing tool, which it claims is capable of simulating actual human usage of mobile devices and networks.TestQuest's TestVerb technology is key to the enhanced testing solution. TestVerb provides the test automation architecture,...
LONDON-Qualcomm Inc. said more than 125 application publishers and developers as well as European operators and device manufacturers attended its first European BREW Developers Conference, held last week in London. "The first European BREW Developers Conference shows our commitment to building strong, collaborative relationships...
NEW YORK-Following a long weekend of intense bidding, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. acquired rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $41 billion. Cingular said it expects the deal, which has to be approved by federal regulatory authorities and AWS shareholders, to close by the end of...
Dueling lawsuits filed last year by Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc. were resolved late last week as both companies announced an "amicable resolution" to the lawsuits that were centered around the carriers' walkie-talkie services. Verizon Wireless initially filed suit against Nextel last June...
Wireless technology is on the cusp of fulfilling its promise for homeland security, with the District of Columbia's office of the Chief Technology Officer's partnership with Motorola Inc. and Flarion Technologies Inc.It is the first high-speed wireless broadband contract for public safety in the...
