NEW YORK-To enhance the capabilities of existing infrastructure, Schema Ltd. has developed a network optimization tool that Yuval Davidor, company founder and president, said can increase capacity by as much as 30 percent."You cannot manufacture more spectrum, and we will always want more of...
LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless has selected Cisco Systems to develop and implement a new ATM Core that it said will provide extended bandwidth, quality of service and more reliability for its wireless network.Verizon will be one of the first wireless network providers to deploy the...
LAS VEGAS-Sprint PCS used the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless 2001 show to finalize its widely rumored plans to roll out next-generation services using cdma2000 later this year. While the carrier's 3G plans surprised few, its claim to have enough spectrum to cover...
WASHINGTON-The trade association for state legislators said recently it will try to find "common ground" on the use of wireless devices while driving."Our goal was to bring the various stakeholders together. Safety advocates in the same room with telecommunications carriers, automobile manufacturers and state...
IRVINE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless introduced its Local Digital Prepay Phone In A Box in Southern California, allowing customers to purchase airtime on a pay-as-you-go basis."We recognize that many people would like to have digital wireless service, but are unclear about how to begin," said Mike...
AWRApplied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including Agilent Technologies, Verticom Inc. and Hewlett Packard. As VP of marketing, Patston will lead AWR's...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Novatel Wireless, which provides wireless data communication access software, announced commercial availability of their co-branded Merlin CDPD Special Edition for use with Pocket PC devices.The software, which is only slightly larger than a credit card, slides into a Type II...
WASHINGTON-A new day appears to be dawning for FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell.This new day will have Powell greeting four new colleagues by the end of the year, reforming an agency that some on Capitol Hill have said cannot be fixed and should be...
The path to third-generation services for many wireless operators appears to be anything but smooth. While Asian carriers seem to be taking the high-speed approach, European carriers recently have seen their paths clogged by uncertainty. For U.S. carriers, 3G plans are being dictated by...
SALT LAKE CITY-Verizon Wireless said it will construct a $42 million customer service call center in West Valley City, Utah, bringing more than 1,000 new jobs to the local economy. The call center will serve Verizon Wireless customers in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and...
As wireless carriers focus more and more of their resources on reducing churn, signing up new subscribers and acquiring spectrum for third-generation services, tower siting and construction is continually falling into the hands of companies like Mericom Corp., which has the ability to design,...
When Verizon Wireless introduced the Kyocera 6035 smart phone last week, many were surprised by how quickly the country's largest wireless operator brought the new phone to market."Time to market is very important, and Verizon did a good job of getting the phone to...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-Verizon Wireless signed a multi-year contract with Western Union Financial Services Inc. allowing Verizon Wireless' prepaid customers to use the Western Union SwiftPay service to replenish minutes on their accounts.Western Union said the program will be phased in around the country over the...
LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz.-Amid the scorched desert ground abutting the lush greens of golf courses, the future of the wireless Internet was the topic of discussion in the small community of Litchfield Park, Ariz., where industry consultant Andrew Seybold held his 2001 Summit 4Mobility. And...
WASHINGTON-BellSouth Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Duane Ackerman told reporters at the Precursor Group annual conference that the country's third-largest local telephone company had no plans to cut its work force, in light of recent cuts made by telecom competitors Verizon Communications and...
AT&T Wireless Group jumped into the very active debt capital market last week selling off $6.5 billion worth of senior unsecured notes, the largest private bond sale ever by a U.S. company.The bond sale followed Qwest Communications International Inc., Sprint Corp. and Verizon Communications,...
WASHINGTON-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) told state regulators last week that the answer to how to get broadband services to rural American might be wireless."We can't wire rural America. ... We have a lot of dirt between light bulbs. We know we can't wire rural...
TORONTO-The move was surprising but not totally unexpected. After many denials, U.S. carrier AT&T Wireless finally announced last November it is switching from TDMA wireless technology to the rival European-developed standard GSM technology. Moving in lock step, Rogers AT&T Wireless of Toronto, Canada's largest...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Mobile Web customers now can access an information provider, Afronet.com, focused on content by and for the African-American community.Afronet.com offers customer's daily news updates, business news, access to personal advertisements, entertainment news, and restaurant and nightlife listing for major cities."Afronet.com is...
NEW YORK - Audiovox Communications Corp., Hauppauge, N.Y., has tapped into the computer expertise of its 5 percent owner, Toshiba Corp., to develop a combination cell phone and personal digital assistant that will go on sale late this year.Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS have...
In rhythm with an economy on the retreat, telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies Inc. seems to be on the decline.Against a background of outsized estimates, employee downsizing, technological miscues and a haunting investigation of its accounting practices, the company's credit rating suffered downgrades from two...
FT. COLLINS, Colo.-Marking the opening of its first retail store in Ft. Collins, Colo., Verizon Wireless presented a $2,500 donation to the Domestic Abuse Response Team in Larimer County."Verizon Wireless is committed to making a difference in the communities in which we do business,"...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Communications is talking up legislation that would deregulate the broadband industry using the way wireless is "regulated" as a model, noting the wireless industry was exempted from state regulation when the Communications Act was changed in 1993.The bill advocated by Verizon would have...
PITTSBURGH-Verizon Wireless said it is offering its customers a comprehensive protection plan for $4 per month that protects them in case their phone is lost, stolen, damaged or suffers mechanical or electrical failure."Customers told us they wanted the security of knowing if something happened...