WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday reauthorized the Federal Trade Commission but did not deal with the controversial digital rights management issue. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) offered but then withdrew an amendment that would have overturned a recent court ruling requiring Verizon Communications Inc....
Centennial Communications Corp. priced $500 million of 10.13-percent senior unsecured notes due 2013 to be issued in a private placement. The telecom provider said the senior notes will be co-issued with Centennial Cellular Operating Co. L.L.C. and guaranteed by Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp.As...
CHICAGO-United Airlines said it will begin offering two-way e-mail capability on its domestic flights using Verizon Communications Inc. subsidiary Verizon Airfone's JetConnect service.The in-flight service, which includes e-mail, instant messaging and text-messaging services, costs $16 per flight plus 10 cents per kilobyte of data...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on June 9 proposed a streamlined process for siting towers in historic areas."The industry is very happy that this has finally come out after working on it for 18 months," said John Clark, an attorney specializing in tower environmental policy.The...
PeopleSoft has enhanced its PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management Solution for Communications with a new Customer Profitability Management solution. The enhanced solution offers PeopleSoft's telecommunications clients "360-degree views" of their own customer bases, which it believes is an exciting proposition for wireless carriers eager to...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Catering to the fastest growing minority group in the United States, Verizon Wireless launched a Spanish-language Web site, which the carrier said offers online access to the carrier's products and services.Verizon Wireless said the site, which is located at www.verizonwireless.com/espanol, allows customers to...
MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network, spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier's total operational area and two-thirds of its licenses' potential customers.Nortel Networks Ltd., which provided the...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is infringing on one of Sendo's patents.Sendo said it has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice in London...
DENVER-The next phase in the push-to-talk wars is expected to begin in less than a month as industry sources claim Verizon Wireless will launch its PTT offering in most major markets during the first week of July. While the carrier has provided few public...
Without going too far out on a limb, it seems a safe bet to claim the wireless industry has gone crazy for most anything associated with the term Wi-Fi. From wireless operators clamoring to install access points into just about any location where people...
Highlighting its major stake in the in-building arena, SpectraSite Inc. is making an unusual move for a tower company, directly marketing its infrastructure to the consumer.The company's "Talk On" marketing campaign will alert wireless users in certain shopping malls and casinos that they have...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom, the largest fixed-line operator in the Czech Republic, has reached a tentative agreement to buy full control of mobile operator Eurotel from Verizon Communications and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $1.05 billion, international press reports said. The two U.S. operators...
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court on Friday struck down an attempt by the wireless industry to delay or eliminate the Nov. 24 mandate that it provide wireless local number portability.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the definition of "necessary"...
DALLAS-Verizon Wireless will sell Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s new SCH-a530, which features Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW application download technology, as well as CDMA 1xRTT services and text messaging capabilities.Verizon will sell the a530 for $200 with a two-year contract.
ATLANTA-A recent report commissioned by Telecom Media Networks and conducted by Harris Interactive found that wireless subscribers want their wireless providers to be more proactive in offering the best wireless plan to suit their calling needs."The collapse of the wireless pricing structure has created...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Communications Inc. will turn over the names, addresses and phone numbers of four subscribers to its DSL service who are accused of illegally downloading music via the Internet.The Recording Industry Association of America, which claims the subscribers were stealing from its members, and...
Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is infringing on one of Sendo's patents.Sendo said it has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice in London against Orange...
Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's plan to combine all its data services under the Get It Now brand.Verizon said it will combine its text messaging,...
The next phase in the push-to-talk wars is expected to begin in less than a month as industry sources claim Verizon Wireless will launch its PTT offering in most major markets during the first week of July. While the carrier has provided few public...
Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier's total operational area and two-thirds of its licenses' potential customers.Nortel Networks Ltd., which provided the CDMA...
The fate of wireless enterprise company GoAmerica Inc. is unclear, and industry watchers have little faith that the company's destiny is a bright one."I don't really know what they bring to the table," said Michael King, senior analyst with Gartner Inc. "I do wonder...
SEATTLE-Specialty retailer Car Toys said it will add Cingular Wireless products and service in all of its 24 Wireless SuperCenters throughout Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth, Texas. Car Toys' Texas locations currently offer wireless products and services from T-Mobile USA Inc., AT&T Wireless Services...
NextWave Telecom Inc. is reportedly close to an agreement to sell approximately 20 percent of its recently recovered spectrum licenses to Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for nearly $1.5 billion.While neither NextWave nor Cingular are commenting on the rumored deal, published reports note executives close to...
WASHINGTON-A new national poll says drivers admit to dangerous behavior on the road, including talking on cell phones while operating vehicles. The Mason-Dixon Polling Research Inc. poll, commissioned by "Drive for Life: The National Safe Driving Test & Initiative," said half of the respondents...
