September 2003

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Although the Latin American unified messaging market has developed more slowly than expected, potential still exists, especially in enterprise solutions, according to new research from Frost & Sullivan. The research group believes uptake of unified messaging in the …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association expects to make news when it unveils its voluntary consumer code of conduct next week, but how consumers embrace the code is less clear. Either the code is fraught with loopholes big enough to …

WASHINGTON-Bankruptcy Judge Adlai S. Hardin Jr. has given bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. the green light to proceed with the sale of 34 licenses to Cingular Wireless L.L.C., a sale that according to bankruptcy law must first be put out for …

WASHINGTON-Long before WorldCom Inc. admitted to billions in accounting fraud, it was trying to become a major wireless carrier by reselling service from Verizon Wireless. As part of that scheme, Verizon Wireless resold some of WorldCom’s telecommunications services. Then the …

WASHINGTON-Audiovox Communications Corp. and Verizon Wireless are in settlement talks with a blind woman who earlier this year filed a complaint against the two firms at the Federal Communications Commission, alleging the companies violated disability provisions of the 1996 telecom …

With the SARS epidemic now out of sap, the land of wonton soup and TD-SCDMA technology is regaining its place on the front burner of wireless business. Infected with a new elan for investment, vendors have announced a series of …

T-Mobile USA Inc. this week will continue its innovative marketing campaign with five simultaneous music concerts across the country, all in an effort to help sell its camera phones, messaging features and other advanced services. And it seems the campaign …

Dear Editor, In response to Tracy Ford’s opinion piece on interference: In regards to the statement referring to the Consensus Plan as being controversial (no disagreement here!) that “there is not much consensus behind the plan.” I respectfully take issue. …

Dear Editor, I just read your news story regarding T-Mobile strong-arming dealers selling Cingular service (July 28 issue). I agree commissions are better and service is better. T-Mobile’s answer is better customer service, yet they continue to allow false plan …

Whether generic or proprietary, the phrase “push to talk” may become the words of war in the wireless industry in the next few years. As it stands today, Nextel Communications Inc. has claimed it has an exclusive right to trademark …

ANDOVER, Mass.-One of the nation’s largest wireless carriers will launch a wireless conferencing service for businesses through a new deal with conferencing infrastructure provider Spectel Inc. Spectel executives would not name the carrier, but said the service would be available …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-BARI Holdings Irrevocable Trust said it will attempt to purchase i3 Mobile Inc. as part of its effort to develop and manufacture a new wireless device. The offer challenges ACE*COMM’s move earlier this month to purchase i3 Mobile. …

Sen. Charles Schumer last week blasted the wireless industry in light of the recent power outage that caused havoc throughout the Northeast. “Last week’s blackout was a cell-phone disaster,” Schumer said. “Cell phones failed us on 9/11, they failed last …

WASHINGTON-Rural wireless carriers are different; they use different technology, and they should not be held to the same accuracy standards for wireless enhanced 911 service as their urban counterparts, six senators told the Federal Communications Commission in a recent letter. …

HELSINKI, Finland-In a strategic blitz to take advantage of the revenue streams in what industry experts call emerging or new-growth markets, Nokia Corp. has rolled out a string of mobile phones, business models and network solutions. Pointing out Russia, India …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwanese newcomer Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications Inc. has launched CDMA2000 1x EV-DO services in Taiwan. The company is the first to market with third-generation services. The company is offering 1x services nationwide and 1x EV-DO in the Taipei …

SAN DIEGO-Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. performed trials on what have been known to some degree as rival technologies for the respective companies, Nokia on CDMA2000 1x EV-DV and Qualcomm on UMTS. Nokia said it placed what it described as …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-High-speed wireless Internet service provider Boingo Wireless Inc. announced its roaming system will include more than 2,600 hot-spot locations within the next three months. A new agreement with STSN Inc., which provides wired and wireless high-speed Internet access …

Privately held Mobility Networks, which sold technology to wireless carriers that linked wide area networks with Wi-Fi hot spots, has shut down and ceased operations, a former spokesman for the company confirmed. The spokesman declined to provide further information. Repeated …

HELSINKI, Finland-Due to a rash of deals in recent days, wireless users the world over will soon have access to games and content ranging from the arcade classic Pong to a game based on the TV show “Who Wants to …

SAN DIEGO-CDMA giant Qualcomm Inc. announced it will add support for removable miniSD and SD cards in its line of Mobile Station Modem chipsets. The move is a nod to the growing power of mobile phones and the resulting need …

WASHINGTON-Congress and the Bush administration are on a collision course on China trade policy, a gathering storm with political and economic implications that could spin out of control and hurt American wireless firms that have invested considerable resources to gain …

An Aug. 25 news brief on Page 7 regarding a patent lawsuit between Boston Communications Group Inc. and Freedom Wireless Inc. was incorrect. It should have been reported instead that the court denied a motion from BCGI and its carrier …

DENVER-Nextel Communications Inc.’s Chairman Morgan O’Brien stressed there may not be time to consider every possible alternative to solving the complicated 800 MHz interference issue. At a conference here last week, O’Brien compared a potential public-safety emergency to the Mount …