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OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. was awarded a multiyear contract to deploy and operate Wi-Fi services at Louisville International Airport, adding to the company's previous airport deployment contracts at the Kansas City International and Salt Lake City International airports. Sprint noted the Louisville contract, which...

To the Editor, I find the "Customer Contract Expiration Horizon" report by Stax Inc. a bit skewed (June 7 issue of RCR Wireless News, page 26). It does not appear to take into account the requirements of some of the carriers' customers to sign...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-The OTA Flash Forum, which is a special interest group addressing the technical and operational issues surrounding over-the-air management of mobile devices, added several members to its group including Alltel Corp., mFormation, Mobile Diagnostix, Sprint Corp., U.S. Cellular Corp. and SDSGlobal. The...

BELLEVUE, Wash.-A Sidekick device fan has set up an online petition asking Sidekick vendor T-Mobile USA Inc. and creator Danger Inc. to offer synchronization technology to Sidekick users.Sidekick user Levi Wallach launched the online petition in an attempt to urge T-Mobile and Danger to...

LONDON-Online travel firm ebookers has launched a mobile service allowing U.K. customers to book flights via their mobile phones. Users will be able to search and purchase flight tickets up to eight hours before departure, using WAP-enabled mobile devices. The new service will be...

A Sidekick device fan has set up an online petition asking Sidekick vendor T-Mobile USA Inc. and creator Danger Inc. to offer synchronization technology to Sidekick users.Sidekick user Levi Wallach launched the online petition in an attempt to urge T-Mobile and Danger to introduce...

LONDON-Online travel firm ebookers has launched a mobile service allowing U.K. customers to book flights via their mobile phones. Users will be able to search and purchase flight tickets up to eight hours before departure, using WAP-enabled mobile devices. The new service will be...

LONDON-U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom said U.K. mobile carriers must reduce their mobile termination rates, in a further blow to the highly competitive market, which has already been forced to lower the prices of terminating calls on wireless networks.Vodafone U.K. and MmO2 must reduce their...

In preparation for its developer's conference this week in San Diego, Qualcomm Inc. today announced it has broadened the scope of its BREW technology far beyond the confines of games, ring tones and other simple applications. Under the company's new offering, BREW carriers and...

In a rare review of wireless advertising claims, T-Mobile USA Inc. received a modest slap on the wrist last week as The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. found that while most of the claims T-Mobile USA made in...

Microsoft Corp. continues to play in the wireless arena in fits and starts, as the company quietly released a trial version of its Pocket MSN application after a delay of about six months.Microsoft announced early last year it plans to release its Pocket MSN...

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a deal to provide its Wi-Fi-based HotSpot service in the lobby, public areas and select rooms of most of the 122 Hyatt hotels and resorts across the country by the end of this year. T-Mobile USA noted the first deployment...

T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will take into account recommendations by The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. that it narrow its "Take your number to a better place . and get the best value in wireless," advertising claims...

New research shows the worldwide smart-phone market continues to grow, while sales of handheld computers decline, but that regional differences make for a jumbled marketplace."These regional differences can have quite profound effects on future global market progression," said Chris Jones, director and senior analyst...

U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom said U.K. mobile carriers must reduce their mobile termination rates, in a further blow to the highly competitive market, which has already been forced to lower the prices of terminating calls on wireless networks.Vodafone U.K. and MmO2 must reduce their...

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. used last week's Lehman Brothers 2004 Global Wireless financial conference to announce its UMTS rollout plans, while rival carrier Sprint Corp. backed off earlier promises that it would wait for DV technology to roll out its high-speed data offering.Cingular said that...

Removing concern over its future network coverage, T-Mobile USA Inc. agreed last week to acquire Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s California and Nevada operations for $2.5 billion, properties that are currently part of the carriers' Empire network-sharing arrangement that also includes operations in New York. The...

Wireless users will soon have several new gadgets to play with, as Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and others announced the release of new devices.First up is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s new SCH-a650 for Verizon Wireless. The device features support for text messaging and...

PHILADELPHIA-T-Mobile USA Inc. and Comcast Corp. said they plan to launch an outdoor Wi-Fi wireless Internet service located at Philadelphia's Headhouse Square Plaza providing Wi-Fi access to residents and visitors in most indoor and outdoor areas of the plaza covering Second Street between South...

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile USA Inc. reported plans to end their network-sharing arrangement, which currently provides Cingular access to T-Mobile USA's network in New York City in exchange for T-Mobile USA gaining access to Cingular's network in California and Nevada, pending the acquisition...

WASHINGTON-Even as two wireless carriers left the forum trying to resolve carrier compensation issues, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said that wireless participation in intercarrier compensation reform is essential, and it is likely government will have to resolve the issue."We are going to have to...

Canadian consolidation on horizon with Telus bid for MicrocellCanadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. said it intends to make a $780 million all-cash takeover bid for rival Microcell Telecommunications Inc., which is best known for its Fido-branded Canadian wireless service. The deal would cut the...

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-More than 5 million Western Europeans will use third-generation mobile devices by the end of this year, but subscriber numbers will remain low until at least 2005, according to Analysys Research.By the end of 2004, Analysys predicts there will be 5.3 million...

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted first-quarter customer growth second only to Verizon Wireless and more than double its next closest competitor, reaffirming claims that once consumers could port their phone numbers, they would gravitate to carriers offering the highest perceived quality or greatest value wireless...