PARIS-AT&T Latin America in Colombia has chosen Alcatel as a strategic partner to deploy a local multipoint distribution service network in two of the most important cities in Colombia including Medellin and Bucaramanga."The multi-year contract will offer small and medium enterprise customers in those...
NEW YORK-TrinTel Communications Inc., an Irving, Texas, builder, owner and operator of wireless communications towers, has secured $50 million in new private equity investment, the company said June 25.Austin Ventures, which led the initial venture-capital financing for TrinTel in 1999, joined the latest round...
WASHINGTON-Energy, water and railroad industries-key sectors of the nation's critical infrastructure-have urged the Bush administration to address pressing spectrum needs, which have been largely neglected since the passage of a 1993 budget law authorizing the federal government to sell the airwaves to commercial wireless...
NEW YORK-Mobileum Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., has released the 2.0 version of Mobileum, which the company is touting as the "world's first tools-independent wireless application platform."The "tools-independent" feature means that application and Web developers "can use standard development tools like Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe GoLive"...
TOYKO-Usen, the largest music cable caster in Japan, launched a six-month field test for high-speed wireless services in Tokyo in mid-June in cooperation with Root. According to Usen, the services, based in the 2.4 GHz band, will provide up to 11 Megabits per second...
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom, a one-time poster child for everything that went wrong with the U.S. government's C-block auction for PCS licenses, said it stands ready to continue to build its network, following a U.S. appeals court ruling 22 June that said the government could not...
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc., a one-time poster child for everything that went wrong with the government's C-block auction for PCS licenses, said it stands ready to continue to build its network, following an appeals court ruling last Friday that said the government could not cancel...
NEW YORK-A noteworthy dynamic has developed in which major players like AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless and Sprint PCS are actively promoting prepaid services, while smaller providers like Dobson Communications Corp. and TeleCorp PCS want to minimize its role."The irony is not lost...
WASHINGTON-While policy-makers struggle to balance commercial spectrum needs and national security, the outcome of industry efforts to secure the military's 1700 MHz band for third-generation wireless systems could be influenced greatly by Pentagon budgetary constraints, international pressure, presidential politics and last Friday's stunning court...
DENVER-A Cingular Wireless executive last week discussed the benefits of EDGE technology as an alternative to true third-generation networks, further evidence that EDGE may still play heavily in future plans for U.S. operators.Anil Doradla, a wireless technology researcher for Cingular, made his comments during...
DENVER-Qwest Wireless last week filed to change its Enhanced 911 Phase II solution from a network-based solution to an assisted Global Positioning Satellite-or hybrid-solution.Qwest in November was one of the 14 carriers to file with the Federal Communications Commission for a network-based solution. Fifteen...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Premium Wireless Services Inc., a wireless entertainment and messaging platform provider, has licensed the copyrights to a variety of songs and music properties from Sony/ATV Music publishers.This agreement allows PWS to sample selections for Sony's catalogs for use as ringtones for mobile...
RadioFrame Networks Inc., a Redmond, Wash., provider of indoor wireless voice and data systems, has received $11 million in first- and second-round venture- capital financing from five investors, the company announced June 20.Participants included COM Investments, the personal investment company of Craig McCaw, Ignition...
DENVER - A survey commissioned by wireless device management provider Reason Inc. and conducted by nVision Research of corporations that use wireless devices revealed that half of them have no centralized way to monitor which employees are using which devices - and more than...
As the Virgin Mobile rumor factory continues to pump out news stories, Sprint PCS finally brought some substance to the situation. The wireless carrier issued a brief, two-sentence release confirming that the two companies were in discussions, but that no definitive agreement had been...
WASHINGTON-The House telecom subcommittee heard testimony last Thursday on what Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) called "the most compelling issue to come before it this year: " enhanced 911 deployment. But instead of a status report, the committee was treated to finger pointing and unanswered questions.The...
NEW YORK-Bucking the spin-off and tracking stock trend among telecommunications companies, Rogers Communications Inc., Toronto, plans to take Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. private by buying back the 48-percent stake that is now publicly traded as Class B restricted voting shares.Rogers Wireless, which is Canada's...
HONG KONG-Not even torrential rains around portions of Hong Kong could dampen the spirits of CDMA supporters at the 3G World Congress. Even with the lack of sunshine outside, to go along with the lack of CDMA coverage for roaming, most attendees seemed bright...
Move over, Neville Chamberlain.Mobile-phone carriers in Great Britain and Germany last week struck a deal out of desperation, an arrangement with obvious policy implications that may or may not do the trick for third-generation wireless deployment in Europe.Indeed, the British Telecommunications plc-Deutsche Telekom arrangement...
RICHMOND, Va.-SunCom, an AT&T affiliate, has been approved to provide digital wireless phones and service to federal government agencies in its southeast territory.The approval comes under a modification to the contract the General Services Administration (GSA) holds for wireless services from AT&T Wireless Services...
Deutsche Telekom's recent acquisition of U.S.-based GSM operator VoiceStream Wireless Corp. again showed the ever-shrinking nature of the wireless industry. Including United Kingdom-based Vodafone Group plc's partial ownership stake in Verizon Wireless and Japan's NTT DoCoMo's interest in AT&T Wireless Services Inc., international telecommunications...
WASHINGTON-It is a little hard to tell-and opinions differ-but it appears a bill to give the Federal Communications Commission additional authority to fine local exchange carriers for not opening up their markets to competition could impact wireless carriers just as the industry faces impending...
ScoreBoard likes to keep the networking slate clean of errors.The company, which specializes in network management and optimization for the mobile communications industry, helps operators to improve network quality and leverage existing core network assets and, therefore, lower costs.The key, according to the company,...
BOSTON-Mobile services company Sonera Zed U.S. Inc. announced it plans to offer a variety of ring tones and icons in addition to its WAP and short message service offerings for mobile phones."There are a lot of great wireless services on the horizon, and carriers...
