WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court has rejected a mobile-phone industry request to consolidate challenges to Federal Communications Commission decisions regarding awarding licenses to mobile satellite service applicants and allowing them to use satellite frequencies for land-based communications that could compete with cellular carriers."Consolidation . is...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless Monday said that if the Federal Communications Commission agrees to the Consensus Plan to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, Nextel Communications Inc. will receive a $6.5 billion windfall."As detailed in the Kane Reece Associates Inc. study, while...
Verizon Wireless posted strong third-quarter results, including a number of company records and extended its claim as the nation's largest wireless operator.The carrier said it added 1.4 million total wireless customers during the quarter, including 1.3 million retail net subscriber additions, which Verizon Wireless...
The California wildfires that have scorched more than 500,000 acres and claimed at least 15 lives have also had a limited effect on wireless services in the region.Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which also carries T-Mobile USA Inc.'s traffic on its network in the state, reported...
LAS VEGAS-Gaming highlighted a rash of announcements made at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless I.T and Entertainment show in Las Vegas, providing a peak at what might be some of the hot-selling offerings for the holiday sales season.c Nokia and AT&T Wireless...
Wireless data service speeds-which for years have been cast aside as less important than the applications running over the networks-were again the topic of discussion for many carriers at this year's Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association IT & Entertainment 2003 show. The loudest discussions...
It appears Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will soon launch its quad-band, quad-mode SCH-A790 phone, a device that will allow Verizon Wireless CDMA users to travel to Europe and use the same phone over Vodafone's GSM network.Reports of the planned device surfaced months ago, but...
As the Nov. 24 deadline to implement wireless local number portability closes in, carriers are hashing service level agreements to smooth the porting of consumers' phone numbers between them. The latest agreements are among T-Mobile USA Inc and the five other nationwide carriers.An agreement...
LAS VEGAS-Following signs of "astronomical" growth in its wireless data offerings in the United States, Walt Disney Co. plans to add a new Internet promotional site, as well as new wireless content based on Disney's Pixar movies, including "Finding Nemo" and "Toy Story."Although he...
Lucent Technologies Inc. stopped its three-year trend of quarterly losses by turning a profit and bringing cheer to its shareholders as the company's shares rose on the news."It feels great to post a profitable quarter with positive operating cash flow," said Lucent Chief Executive...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial Inc. introduced Cellphone Service Station, a new mobile phonebook management solution for wireless retailers and enterprise telecom mangers to allow for the transfer, backup, restore or print out of phonebook and contact information. The application works on more than 140 mobile-phone models...
LAS VEGAS-Audiovox Communications Corp. is introducing its CDM-9900 series of wireless handsets featuring video capabilities at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show in Las Vegas. "The CDM-9900 and 9950 are the first handsets to offer both video and still photography in the same...
Gaming highlighted a rash of announcements made today at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless I.T and Entertainment show in Las Vegas, providing a peak at what might be some of the hot-selling offerings for the holiday sales season.Nokia and AT&T Wireless said...
Twelve of the nation's top wireless carriers have joined forces to launch a common short codes, a service that will be commercially available next week. The program will allow TV stations, movie studios and virtually any other business to purchase a five-digit text messaging...
IRVINE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless introduced its North America's Choice rate plans, extending home airtime rate areas across sections of Canada and Mexico.The plans, which Verizon Wireless said would initially be available for its West Area consumer markets and Midwest territory business users, include four tiered...
Nokia Corp. scored another major CDMA victory with Verizon Wireless, announcing it will sell the company's 3589i phone, which features a color screen, polyphonic ring tones and support for Verizon's BREW-based application download service.Verizon will sell the phone for $50 with a two-year service...
The wireless industry continues to move closer to a universal short code service, with mobile marketing company M-Qube announcing a new TV voting deal with Universal Domestic Television.Under the deal, the station will offer a text messaging campaign through its "The 5th Wheel" dating...
WASHINGTON-Rural wireless carriers cannot refuse to port a telephone number to another wireless carrier that does not have an interconnection agreement with them, the Federal Communications Commission ruled last week. "The FCC held that wireless-to-wireless porting does not require the wireless carrier receiving the...
WASHINGTON-Settlement talks continue in a blind woman's complaint that Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. violated the disability provision of the 1996 telecom act, with lawyers expected to report back to the Federal Communications Commission by Dec. 1.In Oct. 2 filings with the FCC,...
Less than a week into what is traditionally the busiest quarter of the year, Sprint PCS rolled out a handful of modest rate plan changes bolstering the carrier's low-end and mid-priced offerings and providing more competitive price-per-minute rates as the industry prepares for the...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it will temporarily halt shipments of several handset models following reports that a Kyocera phone apparently exploded just days after a Nebraska family purchased it.According to Nebraska TV station WOWT 6 News, an area family purchased a Kyocera phone through...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. launched its PCS Data Link high-speed wireless connectivity solution, which the company said was designed to provide mobile employees with secure, remote access to critical corporate resources and replace current CDPD and private radio networks.A number of carriers currently operating...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Verizon Wireless continues to expand its Get It Now data offerings, adding new content from Walt Disney and MapQuest.First, Walt Disney's wireless business announced an expanded deal with Verizon Wireless, with plans to add content from Disney's extreme sports site, ESPN.com, its...
Independent testing of Verizon Wireless' recently launched BroadbandAccess 1x EV-DO network found that while the service fell short of the multi-megabit speeds often used as marketing hype, the service consistently delivered speeds in line with what both the carrier and its infrastructure providers said...
