Finland's Sonera said it will "take immediate steps to liquidate" Broadband Mobile ASA in Norway, partly because Enitel ASA, its equal partner in the third-generation wireless joint venture, already has decided to withdraw from the fledgling enterprise.Broadband Mobile ASA received a UMTS license in...
REDMOND, Wash.-DaimlerChrysler chose AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as its development partner and wireless provider for the company's new telematics strategy, AT&T Wireless announced.In addition to the development of a portal with DaimlerChrysler and its customers, AT&T Wireless said it expects to begin piloting its...
NEW YORK-Iospan Wireless Inc. and Powerwave Technologies Inc. have joined forces to develop AirBurst-compatible broadband power amplifiers to enhance delivery of non-line-of-site fixed-wireless communications.Powerwave will supply its radio-frequency power amplifiers to Iospan for use in trials with "a major U.S. carrier" that is using...
Even though third-generation services are not yet available on mobile phones, one Belgium-based company is betting that 3G telematics services will be just as big, if not bigger.Acunia NV, Leuven, Belgium, crossed the Atlantic at the beginning of last year to set up a...
PITTSBURGH-Verizon Wireless launched its first retail outlet in an airport at Pittsburgh International Airport. The store includes a free recharging station for cell phone batteries and a language line to assist non-English-speaking travelers. The store also is open extended hours year round."Pittsburgh has an...
Wireless carriers continued to stave off a weakening economy with second-quarter results mostly in line with analysts' expectations. Three of the six largest operators, including Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc., reported both customer additions and financial results showing little economic effect...
WASHINGTON-Congress' interest in third-generation wireless and its potential impact on the military became more evident last week as congressional auditors warned a key senator against a hasty decision to move the military off of the 1700 MHz band and the House telecommunications subcommittee heard...
NEW YORK-Businesses should hold off on investing in wireless applications for the consumer and should instead look at the potential of wireless for internal operations, according to a new report from Deloitte Consulting."In the near term, strategic investments in wireless applications within the company...
RESTON, Va.-Delta Air Lines Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. announced a marketing initiative allowing Delta SkyMiles members to earn 5,000 frequent flyer miles when they sign up for any Nextel wireless service plan."Frequent flyers are highly mobile, affluent and tech-savvy business people and high-end...
SEATTLE-A week after being spun off as an independent wireless operator, AT&T Wireless launched its GSM/GPRS network in Seattle, the first market for the carrier's planned technology overlay of its current TDMA network.Using Motorola Inc.'s Timeport wireless handset, combined data and voice services begin...
Vodafone to delay 3G plans due to handset shortageVodafone Group plc said it might delay the launch of its third-generation network until 2003 due to a shortage of handsets. Vodafone confirmed its was cutting back the deployment of 3G base stations in the United...
WASHINGTON-A Richardson, Texas, inventor says he has developed a way to allow public safety answering points to call back non-initialized phones that make 911 calls.The statement comes as the industry, public-safety agencies and consumer advocates submitted comments on proposed Federal Communications Commission rules that...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. added nearly 90,000 postpaid customers during the second quarter, bringing the wireless operator's customer base to just more than 1 million wireless subscribers. The carrier's results include its 50-percent ownership in American Cellular Corp. through its joint venture with AT&T...
BOSTON-Timnet.com, the wireless services provider for Telecom Italia Mobile in South America, will license Wysdom Inc.'s Mobyle Application Platform, which serves as a bridge among wireless devices, enterprise data and Internet applications, Wysdom said.Financial details of the deal, which marks one of Wysdom's first...
WASHINGTON-In the world of wireless enhanced 911, the Fourth of July fireworks were not just up in the sky. Carriers, public-safety officials and government spent the holiday week reacting to a strongly worded letter from Thomas Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet...
A major question in the wireless data industry today seems to be: How do you make money?The recent refrain from industry watchers is that wireless data is set to soon explode, both in the United States and worldwide-but exactly how that blast will occur is...
NEW YORK-Citing "consistently strong operating results" and a "very good liquidity position," Moody's Investors Service raised the ratings July 5 on approximately $1.3 billion in debt of Triton PCS, which in 1998 became the first affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.Moody's upgraded to B2...
Expand coverage. Reduce interference. Increase capacity. Enable higher bandwidth.These are the four corners of Conductus Inc.'s philosophy in rolling out its ClearSite solutions for first-, second- and next-generation air-interface standards.To bring these lofty dreams to fruition, the company has produced the ClearSite 2100 systems...
Unplugged Games Inc. officially released its MobileStage gaming product, a wireless video game platform for carriers designed to increase revenues through multiplayer games and specialized billing systems."It, in many ways, is the core of our business," said Eric Goldberg, founder and president of Unplugged...
If there were ever any doubts that voice-recognition technology would become a big business, New York state swiftly put those questions to bed when it passed a state law two weeks ago banning the use of mobile phones while driving.Such a well-publicized legislative move,...
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Regional paging carrier Aquis Communications Group Inc. said it has taken the first steps of a significant restructuring plan, moves the company hopes will save it from the growing list of bankrupt paging companies.Most importantly, Aquis announced a series of deals with its...
While large wireless operators are more than happy to discuss their plans for next-generation wireless services, some of the small- to mid-sized carriers seem to have let the idea of high-speed networks fall through the cracks of providing services to their customers. Even though...
NEW YORK-OmniSky Corp., a San Francisco-based wireless Internet service provider, has taken a series of steps recently to expand the number and kinds of devices with which it can communicate.This month, the company began offering support for the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion notebook personal computer and...
NEW YORK-edocs Inc., which develops software for online account management and electronic billing, has announced a contract with AT&T Wireless Services Inc.As the foundation for its upcoming online account management offering, AT&T Wireless will use three edocs' software products: eaDirect, eaPay and eaPost. The carrier...
