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Citing the need to support two networks serving more than 20 million subscribers, its future ability to provide wireless data services on par with its CDMA-based competitors and poor results in recent customer surveys, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. informed the Federal Communications Commission it could...

A survey of 1,000 cell-phone users by Strategy Analytics found that Verizon Wireless continues to lead the industry in "user satisfaction" and is the destination choice for 30 percent of potential churning customers. The survey, which is part of the firm's "U.S. Wireless Satisfaction...

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-By 2007, more Americans will access mobile data via Wi-Fi than 2.5-generation or third-generation networks, according to a new report from Pyramid."This trend is not necessarily bad news for 3G. After all, a consumer may very well use both 3G and Wi-Fi,"...

Corrections: In the "724's MMS product sends from one to many" story on page 15 of the Feb. 23 issue of RCR Wireless News, T-Mobile in Austria was incorrectly identified as using 724 Solutions Inc.'s X-treme MMS Accelerator. T-Mobile is not using the...

Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in March:Ireland With Meteor for a core GPRS solution.Value: UndisclosedUnited States With First Cellular of Southern Illinois for MMS Proxy Relay, WAP Gateway and Push Proxy Platform products.Value: UndisclosedUnited States With MetroPCS for MMS equipment.Value: UndisclosedEricssonIreland With Meteor...

NEW YORK-Mobile virtual network operator and prepaid wireless services provider STi Mobile has appointed Don Cunningham national vice president of sales.Cunningham joins from T-Mobile USA Inc., where he was regional director of indirect sales in the New York metro region. He has also held...

FRANKFURT, Germany-Despite recent claims by company management that it expected its T-Mobile USA Inc. wireless subsidiary would benefit from industry consolidation, Deutsche Telekom AG noted in its 2003 annual report that its U.S. wireless subsidiary could be harmed by consolidation in the market if...

WASHINGTON-As if battling a potentially new regulatory regime and the threat of hefty fines were not enough, California mobile-phone carriers now face a possible ballot initiative in November that could force them to add to monthly bills a surcharge to fund emergency-room care and...

Verizon Wireless ended 2003 in the same position as it began the year, as both the nation's largest carrier as well as the highest ranked wireless provider based on five operating metrics measured by N. Moore Capital Ltd. during the fourth quarter. The rankings...

HANNOVER, Germany-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. say they will supply T-Mobile with UMTS PC card modems to support high-speed data services for enterprise and consumer markets.The services will include streaming video and audio, secure mobile access to e-mail with large attachments and...

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s presence in the wireless industry is set to come to an end sometime later this year when Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s pending $41 billion acquisition of the nation's third-largest operator is set to close. Along with the reduction in number of...

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has introduced free software for its HotSpot Wi-Fi service designed to make it easier for customers to locate the carrier's 4,200 locations. The software enabled customers to automatically detect and log on to the T-Mobile USA HotSpot network...

BOSTON-While it failed to gain a direct foothold in the U.S. market when it was outbid by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. during the AT&T Wireless Services Inc. auction, Western European wireless customers rated Vodafone Group plc as their preferred carrier according to a report from...

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a 47 percent year-over-year increase in revenues from $5.7 billion in 2002 to $8.4 billion in total revenues last year. Net losses also improved from $21.3 billion in 2002 to $691.3 million last year. Fueling T-Mobile USA's strong revenue...

Following are mobile contracts awarded in February 2004:Iraq. With Orascom Telecom for a GSM network in Central Iraq.Value: UndisclosedSerbia. With Telecom Serbia for a UMTS network field trial.Value: UndisclosedUnited Kingdom. With 3 UK for an optical multiservice solution.Value: UndisclosedUnited Kingdom and France. With Orange...

Motorola Inc.'s advanced V600 camera phone suffered its second major delay, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. pushing back the phone's introduction to late April or early May. The phone is now scheduled to ship almost five months later than initially planned, and likely won't...

As the market heats up for wireless instant-messaging services, a handful of vendors are touting their rapid implementation of the Open Mobile Alliance's IM specifications as a way to drum up carrier business.ACL Wireless, Colibria, Comverse Technology Inc., L.M. Ericsson, Followap, MessageVine Inc., Nokia...

REDMOND, Wash.-Motorola Inc.'s advanced V600 camera phone suffered its second major delay, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. pushing back the phone's introduction to late April or early May. The phone is now scheduled to ship almost five months later than initially planned, and likely...

Although wireless by and large caters to the consumer market, many of the industry's major mobile-phone makers zeroed in on the high-margin business user during the 3GSM show in Cannes, France.Nokia, the world's No. 1 handset manufacturer, used the show as a platform to...

CANNES, France-Despite the less-than-ideal weather conditions at this year's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, the event was highlighted by the GSM industry's announcement of signing up its 1 billionth customer worldwide and the European market's bright expectations for full third-generation networks that have...

CANNES, France-The 2004 GSM Association Awards, sponsored by Intel, Microsoft, Vodafone, Nortel, Nokia and Convergys, were presented last night at 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The winners were:Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Sony Ericsson T610 device won for best mobile terminal handset or device....

CANNES, France-T-Mobile USA Inc. announced its HotSpot subscribers can now roam in five countries in Europe where European T-Mobile affiliates have 700 HotSpot locations.The locations in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. will allow North American T-Mobile HotSpot subscribers to...

Dear Editor,With reference to Tracy Ford's article in the Jan. 5 edition of RCR, it has been our experience that the cellular industry is characterized by a tumultuous relationship between the dealers and the carriers. In the New York market, however, T-Mobile has managed...

Only time will tell whether Arun Sarin and other Vodafone Group plc execs were snookered by indefatigable Yanks or all the wiser for hitting the sack at a proper hour. For sure, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s winning $41 billion bid for AT&T Wireless Services...