RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and Nextel Partners Inc. donated $70,000 of wireless phones and service to enhance security efforts and event coordination during the National Governors Association annual meeting scheduled for this month in Boise, Idaho.The donation includes nearly 200 handsets from Nextel and...
ATLANTA-The Weather Channel has partnered with Nextel Communications Inc. to provide Nextel Online Internet users with wireless weather information.Nextel customers with Web-enabled wireless phones will be able to access information including current conditions, local forecasts, 7-day forecasts, weather news and boat and beach reports...
Editor's Note: In a new series, RCR Wireless News takes an in-depth look at nationwide wireless players, including their strengths and challenges in an ever-changing wireless environment. In this third installment, RCR Wireless News reporter Hilary Smith tackles the nation's third-largest carrier, AT&T Wireless.As...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association used the final day of Wireless Safety Week to remind drivers that a top priority this Memorial Day weekend should be to reach their destinations safely.'The wireless industry is working hard to educate drivers on the wide...
WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. says it plans to offer a BlackBerry reference design program that will allow manufacturers to use a hardware and software platform to build advanced wireless phones and other handheld devices.Analog Devices Inc. plans to provide manufacturers "an integrated processor...
NEW YORK—Beginning this week, New York State motorists who are caught talking on their wireless phones while driving will face US$100 fines following the phase out of the state's waiver period, which began last November. Drivers can still talk and drive if they use...
WASHINGTON--AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has been awarded the TRUSTe Privacy Seal after completing a comprehensive certification process."Consumer education about privacy issues is critical to establishing consumer confidence. As our customers begin using their wireless phones to communicate in new ways—from text messaging and swapping...
CHICAGO—Until March 31, U.S. Cellular Corp. said it will be collecting used wireless phones through its Community Action Recycling Effort program with proceeds from the donations benefiting the Families Scholarship Fund, which was established to provide educational assistance for post-secondary study to financially needy...
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Nextel Partners Inc. launched wireless service in Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Morgantown, Fairmont and the greater Central West Virginia region.In conjunction with the launch, Nextel Partners donated 10 wireless phones and free local service for a year to The Salvation Army Boys &...
REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched America Online Inc.'s Instant Messenger services on select AT&T Wireless phones allowing customers to access their AOL Buddy List.The AOL service is available on all 2-way text messaging capable phones, with no additional charges beyond those of AT&T...
NEW YORK—The Sprint PCS Clear Wireless Workplace added a new feature January 22 that will allow enterprise customers to integrate their landline and wireless phones for a monthly fee of $4 or $8 per employee, depending on the number of features selected.Instead of having...
WASHINGTON—Qualcomm Inc. today told the Federal Communications Commission that new tests show ultra-wideband devices operated near GPS-enabled wireless phones will hinder the location of callers who make 911 emergency calls, undermining the agency's mandate requiring carriers to deploy location-based 911 service. The rollout...
WASHINGTON—A pocket-sized wireless electrocardiogram (ECG) machine that promises easier, faster heart measurements, has been approved by the FDA.PocketView ECG, created by MicroMedical Industries, is made from a Compaq PDA embedded with miniaturized versions of the software and hardware used in full-sized EKG machines. The...
NEW YORK—InfoSonics, a distributor and master fulfillment house for wireless phones and accessories has signed an agreement, which includes a $499,000 initial purchase order, to distribute PC-EPhone Inc. products, according to a December 20 announcement.San Diego-based PC-EPhone has exclusive North American distribution rights to...
1. Jan. 29Re-auction brings in record $17B to FCCAfter 101 rounds and $16.85 billion, the Federal Communications Commission's auction of 422 personal communications services licenses ended last Friday. The auction, which began Dec. 12, broke the previous record of $9.2 billion for PCS spectrum...
While not as desirable as the latest video game consoles or a DVD player, wireless phones and services are third most requested Christmas gifts by teenagers this holiday season according to a survey of 575 teenagers by International Communications Research.The poll, commissioned by Cingular...
POCATELLO, Idaho—Nextel Partners Inc. launched digital wireless service in the greater Eastern Idaho area including Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, Rexburg, Dubois, Moreland and Atomic City. The expansion completes Nextel's coverage of the entire Idaho interstate corridor from Boise to Rexburg.In conjunction with the launch,...
DALLAS—Samsung Telecommunications America announced it will sponsor the Gadget Bar at "Fashion For Freedom," a fashion show scheduled for December 6, 2001, in Hollywood, Calif., to benefit the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and the World Trade Center Relief Fund.The Gadget Bar will offer various...
HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom announced its Digital Rights Management and content protection security technology and services are being used to provide secure data transmissions in new wireless applications from Honeywell and XM Satellite Radio.Certicom's technology will be used by Honeywell to deliver its Flight Information Systems...
WASHINGTON—An Illinois judge in Chicago today approved a partial settlement that sets up a cell-phone health registry headed by epidemiologist Dr. George Carlo. The class-action suit, which alleges privacy invasion in connection with a phone-cancer epidemiology study, will continue against wireless industry defendants. Carlo,...
LUBBOCK, Texas—Nextel Partners Inc. launched digital service in Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa and surrounding areas in West Texas.In conjunction with the launch, Nextel Partners donated 10 wireless phones and free local service for a year to the Boys & Girls Club of Lubbock.
ARLINGTON, Va.—Consumers are finding it more important to carry wireless phones with them everywhere and are interested in more than just talking on them, according to a recent survey by the Consumer Electronics Association.CEA said that 48 percent of wireless phone owners claim they...
MCALLEN, Texas—Nextel Partners Inc. launched digital service in Edinburg, McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville and South Padre Island, Texas, expanding coverage in the Rio Grande Valley along the Interstate-35 corridor between Dallas/Fort Worth and the Mexican border.In conjunction with the launch, Nextel Partners donated 10 wireless...
ORANGEBURG, N.Y.—Verizon Wireless has reminded its customers in New York that beginning Nov. 1, customers must use hands-free technology when talking and driving."We think educating drivers about how to use wireless phones responsibly while driving will enhance roadway safety for all of us," said...
