BOSTON-Very-small-office employees will generate $20 billion in annual service revenues for wireless companies this year, according to a report by Strategy Analytics.The report, "Very Small Office Wireless Opportunities," noted that 29 percent of U.S. cellular subscribers are employed in VSOs, and that these 30...
BOSTON-Europe's wireless service market saw consumer prices fall an average of 20 percent this year compared with last year, led by Germany's 45-percent drop and Denmark's 38-percent reduction in wireless service prices, according to The Yankee Group's annual Global Wireless Pricing Summary.Africa and the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will vigorously enforce wireless radiation safety rules that go into effect later this week."We are serious about this and will be checking," said Robert Cleveland, the FCC's expert on radio-frequency exposure rules. Cleveland said the FCC will conduct...
WASHINGTON-While the Communications Workers of America succeeded in winning concessions that make it easier to organize wireless workers at Verizon Communications-the nation's largest mobile phone and local telephone company-the prospect for widespread wireless unionization is challenged by a confluence of forces that conspire against...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-Prepaid wireless services provider Pre-Cell Solutions Inc. said it will provide Web-enabled CDMA digital handsets for the U.S. prepaid market by the end of October.The handsets will incorporate technology developed by USIntellicom providing over-the-air profiling, allowing data to be stored in the handset...
One of the knocks against conventional wireless service plans is that customers are charged the same amount for airtime whether they are calling across the street or across their service area.Two wireless companies are trying to alleviate the local pricing discrepancies by offering unlimited...
Handset subsidies are falling as digital mobile phones gain huge volumes, but as carriers begin targeting new segments and a new cycle of data-enabled handsets come to market, analysts wonder how low carriers can keep subsidies.The days of 1-cent handsets tied in with contracts...
WorldCom Inc. moved one step closer to officially jumping into the wireless broadband game by filing last week its first round of applications with the Federal Communications Commission to offer fixed wireless broadband services in more than 60 markets nationwide, beginning with Memphis during...
WASHINGTON-Nearly a week after the Federal Communications Commission ruled that wireless carriers can be subject to damages awarded in civil lawsuits, consumers and the industry are reading the ruling differently. Meanwhile, interest in wireless consumer issues on Capitol Hill is picking up momentum.To the...
NEW YORK-Merger prospects tend to have a significant impact on a company's share price, although the degree of that influence can be difficult to precisely identify.The second-largest domestic personal communications services carrier, VoiceStream Wireless Corp., saw its stock price rise by less than $5,...
The realm of wireless data is uncharted territory for most consumers, but carriers also are feeling their way through the darkness, searching for the best way to market data and Internet services to an audience with little or no knowledge of wireless outside voice.Everyone-from...
BOSTON-Two companies released reports that highlight the potential of wireless Internet access and mobile data communications and their possible effect on the electronic commerce market."Mobile Electronic Commerce: The New Economy on the Move," released by the Aberdeen Group, predicts one-third of all wireless subscribers, roughly...
ARLINGTON, Va.-Shareholders of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s two largest affiliates, TeleCorp PCS Inc. and Tritel Inc., approved the merger of the two companies at special meetings.In a concurrent transaction, TeleCorp and AT&T agreed to exchange wireless properties that the companies hope will improve their...
BERWYN, Pa.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted second-quarter financial results, adding 58,000 subscribers during the quarter, bringing the company's total subscriber base to 300,000.Total company revenue increased from $26.7 million during the second quarter of 1999 to $85.2 million...
Bids in the German auction of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses have jumped substantially during week two, with the total bid amount standing at around $22 billion at the end of nine days and 115 rounds. The price tag thus far is nearly 65...
Enticed by the tremendous expected demand for wireless broadband services, Loop Technologies Inc., based in Ridgeland, Miss., soon will offer high-speed data-only service in several major cities around the country.Loop recently entered into a Business Unit Alliance agreement with Cisco Systems Inc. to purchase...
CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-CDMA-based wireless services will enable hundreds of millions of people to access multimedia content wirelessly, according to a study by Datacomm Research Co."The wireless Internet market will explode once operators begin delivering streaming media at reasonable prices. Our research shows that CDMA-based air...
LOS ANGELES-As the official communications and wireless company of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, SBC Communications Inc. provided voice, data, video and wireless services for the four-day convention, and the more than 15,000 journalists and 5,000 participating delegates.SBC noted that more than 450 digital...
ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Alexandria, La.; Blytheville, Ark.; and Dyersburg, Tenn., bringing the total number of markets with SunCom service to 35." introduce SunCom to a bevy of new and growing markets,...
NEW YORK-Verizon Communications, formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., has begun an intense national advertising campaign touting the Verizon name to customers and the general public.In addition, Verizon said it will begin a 12- to 18-month effort to change...
WASHINGTON-Novatel Wireless Inc., which makes the Minstrel wireless data modem line, filed for a $105 million initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Novatel makes the Minstrel V modem used in the OmniSky wireless data solution for the Palm V personal digital assistant,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week delayed the auction of commercial licenses in the 700 MHz band, while proceeding with plans to auction licenses for guard-band managers and proposing service rules for public-safety uses on the same band.The FCC originally intended to hold two...
Just yesterday, it seems wireless carriers and resellers were at legal odds in front of the Federal Communications Commission.Resellers fought for mandatory access to carriers' networks, while carriers battled that effort, coming up with a concession that would end mandatory reselling two years from...
NEW YORK-The risks of using a cellular phone while driving "appear to be small compared to other daily risks, but are uncertain because existing research is limited and of uneven quality," a new Harvard Center for Risk Analysis report concluded.The Center, part of the...
