BELLEVUE, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. chief technology officer Rod Nelson was elected chariman of the board of governors for the 3G Americas industry organization, succeeding Cingular Wireless L.L.C. CTO Bill Clift beginning in January. Clift, who served as chairman of the GSM technology-based organization...
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit ratings on Dobson Communications Corp. from B+ to B, citing the impact of lower roaming yield on revenue growth, lower net customer additions compared with guidance for full-year 2002 and overall slower industry growth....
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. reported an increase in net revenues for its second fiscal quarter ended Nov. 30 from $173.4 million last year to $180.7 million this year, a majority of which came from the company's Caribbean wireless operations, which increased from ...
TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the service with additional features.The service will first be available to users in Quebec and Ontario, and Bell Mobility said it...
GLENDALE, Calif.-Just in time for the holiday season, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. will begin offering a Java-based action game that puts players inside Santa's sleigh, guiding the jolly old elf on his Christmas delivery route."We produced 'Nitro Nick' anticipating a...
NEW YORK-Slowing subscriber growth in the United States is an early sign that the wireless industry is approaching its maximum penetration rate, and consequently, mobile operators could have fewer subscribers generating cash flow than their business plans projected initially, Moody's Investors Service said in...
CLEVELAND-United Wireless now counts 22 locations throughout northeast and central Ohio, following the opening of two new retail locations in Streetsboro and Montrose.United Wireless offers wireless solutions from Alltel Corp., AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint PCS and T-Mobile...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. said it intends to offer Research In Motion Ltd.'s voice-enabled BlackBerry 6750 handheld device on its cdma2000 1x-based Express Network during the first quarter of next year. The launch will be the first BlackBerry device offered on a 1x network...
SAN FRANCISCO-Telespree Communications said it has completed interoperability testing of its activation and provisioning technology in a CDMA2000 1x multivendor network environment with Motorola Inc. and Winphoria at the inCode/TMNG Wireless Technology Lab.Telespree's technology is capable of registering and authenticating a device on a...
DALLAS-The future of GSM-based next-generation services are being demonstrated this week as AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Ericsson Inc., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications have gathered in Dallas to show support and showcase services using both EDGE and...
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Shipping giant FedEx Corp. announced it will begin using new wireless devices built by Motorola Inc. and running on Microsoft Corp.'s personal digital assistant operating system.FedEx said the device is currently under testing, and that it will be available early next year to...
CULVER CITY, Calif.-Through a new wide-ranging deal between the two companies, Sony Pictures Digital will sell screensavers, ring tones, games and other wireless content based on its movies and television shows through on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s mMode service."Our association with Sony Pictures Digital-a...
It's time to choose RCR Wireless News' 2002 Person of the Year. This year, we've decided to let you voice an opinion in this process. Who do you think was the person who most influenced the industry in 2002? Enter your vote via the...
NEW YORK-Telemac Corp., Los Angeles, said it has received a patent covering a method of prepaid wireless services "where the accounting functions are performed within network-edge devices, i.e. mobile phones, personal digital assistants and subscriber identity module cards, and the tariff data within the...
IRVING, Texas-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will begin selling three new Nokia Corp. phones that support the carrier's moves toward a GSM/GPRS network.The carrier will sell the Nokia 6340i phone, a dual-band/tri-mode GAIT-compliant handset, as well as the Nokia 3590 and 6590, which support GSM networks...
Once the domain of top secret British agents with licenses to kill, wireless handsets that include cameras are now available to the common man as wireless carriers and handset manufacturers continue to slowly introduce the devices.Like most high-tech electronic equipment, these hybrids got their...
The wireless industry's shift from focusing on growth at any expense to an emphasis on growing profitably has been reinforced recently with a number of operators deciding it will take different leadership to guide them through what many expect to be a trying time...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is getting ready to award a large tower buildout contract and it appears incumbent service provider Bechtel Communications may have to share the contract it once solely held.Competition is the name of the game, said Bechtel President George Conniff. Earlier...
Operators are continuing to cut wireless prices in order to try to court new customers to capture a larger share of fourth-quarter subscriber additions. The fourth quarter historically has been the busiest time of year for the industry.After reporting it lost customers in the...
Record industry giant Sony Music Entertainment bought wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony's Music Digital Services division.Meanwhile, wireless application publisher Moviso L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Net USA,...
To the Editor, I was gratified to see that Tracy Ford presented an ultimately positive view of the tower industry in her Nov. 18 editorial, as PCIA also sees great promise for the tower industry, which we represent. Specifically, I want to point out...
Even though accessing wireless data using wireless local area networks is a questionable revenue driver for wireless carriers, any operator without a clear 802.11b-based business model is seen by many in the industry as being behind the times. The buzz surrounding WLAN technology based...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Enforcement Bureau on Friday said it wanted to evaluate test results by the Wireless Consumers Alliance that claimed that none of the 33 mobile phones tested by the group meet the government's 911 strongest-signal rules adopted in 1999."The Federal Communications Commission takes...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that Michael Keith will replace Mohan Gyani as president of its Mobility Operations beginning in January.The carrier said Gyani, who has been president of AT&T Wireless since March 2000, would work with Keith for the remainder of the...
