2003

Local number portability reality set in last week when early industry initiatives to accomplish the porting process in less than three hours quickly fell by the wayside as many customers have been forced to wait days and in some cases …

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers that receive universal-service support should submit to auditing to ensure that the subsidies they receive are being used to upgrade and improve networks in rural America, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein told reporters following his speech Thursday at the …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Patricia Russo received a $3.24 million bonus for fiscal-year 2003, ended Sept. 30, according to recent filing the with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Russo was paid a base salary …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have partnered to offer Windows Mobile Start Service to AT&T Wireless customers with Motorola MPx200 phones. The Microsoft Web service allows AT&T Wireless customers to access an AT&T Wireless Web site to configure …

SANTA ANA, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. and LGP Allgon Holding AB will combine their businesses in a strategic transaction under which Powerwave will acquire all outstanding shares of LGP Allgon’s common stock. The transaction is valued at approximately $407 million. “The …

WASHINGTON-The District of Columbia in July is expected to join New York and a handful of other locales that require drivers to use hands-free devices when driving and talking after a bill passed the city council last week. The bill …

RESTON, Va.-Wireless industry pioneer Craig McCaw resigned his seat on Nextel Communications Inc.’s board of directors in order to focus on pursuing new opportunities in the telecommunication arena and to make room for the addition of independent directors to the …

The Mobile Marketing Association trade group announced its new code of conduct for wireless advertising campaigns, a move that comes shortly after the launch of universal short codes and on the heels of a bill in Washington designed to outlaw …

DALLAS-Adding to recent optimism surrounding the uptake of CDMA technology-based products, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics announced they have created an open solution that supports the CDMA2000 1X standard for wireless communications. The companies aim to grab market share from Qualcomm …

Internet control delicate issue for U.S. at WSIS conference WASHINGTON-The Bush administration could be headed for major embarrassment on the world stage this week as debate heats about whether the United States should surrender its control of the Internet-an American-invented …

Pakistan Telecom Mobile, which offers mobile service under the Ufone brand, contracted Siemens to expand its network under a $26 million deal. Siemens will set up a new GSM network for Ufone in 29 cities. Siemens said it is delivering …

SAN DIEGO-Providing an upbeat glimpse of what the year-end will bring, Qualcomm Inc. has amended its financial guidance for the first fiscal quarter ending Dec. 28. Qualcomm now expects revenues for the quarter, excluding the Qualcomm Strategic Initiative (QSI) segment, …

RESTON, Va.-Broadband telecommunications services provider XO Communications Inc. announced it plans to expand its network to 12 additional markets by the end of this year. The new markets, which include Tucson, Ariz.; Fresno and Stockton, Calif.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Jacksonville, …

DALLAS-Research firm Parks Associates said unlicensed broadband wireless technologies will bring recurring revenue of approximately $2 billion by 2008, with a compound growth rate of about 50 percent. Residential services will take the lead, followed by the small enterprise market, …

He is permanently disabled, his medical practice long gone. He is now divorced, but can spend time with his kids. He was crushed in court. He has a few bucks left. He is dying. So what. The $80-billion mobile-phone industry …

FREMONT, Calif.-NextWeb has acquired managed telecom services provider Libritas Inc.’s managed service platform technology and customer base. The fixed wireless Internet service provider said the assets will expand its customer base and service capabilities in California. The acquisition follows the …

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-New research shows the market for wireless gambling and adult content will be significant, but warns that wireless carriers will need to carefully toe the line in offering such content to protect their brand. “A high demand from …

The law firm of Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow L.L.P. said it has been retained to file a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on behalf of persons who purchased publicly traded …

WASHINGTON-Regulators in both Washington and San Francisco Thursday began looking into problems with local number portability, with the Federal Communications Commission focusing on AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and a California state regulator calling for a broader review. Meanwhile, the U.S. …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Investors decried Intel Corp.’s revised fourth-quarter outlook, sending the company’s stock down almost 3 percent in trading to $32.64 per share. Intel said it expects revenues of between $8.5 billion and $8.7 billion, as compared with the previous …

Alltel Corp. jumped into the multimedia messaging business launching picture-messaging capabilities to its Axcess wireless data offering allowing customers to take, send and receive color photos with voice and text messages to another picture-messaging handset, as an Internet link for …

TOKYO-KDDI Corp. signed up more subscribers than its Japanese rivals during November, according to statistics from the Telecommunications Carriers Association in Japan. KDDI added 239,3000 cellular users compared with 63,800 new NTT DoCoMo Inc. customers and 35,500 Vodafone K.K. new …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. launched its OpenDoor wireless Internet access service for its Cellular One customers using the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x network in select markets in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas. The …

RESTON, Va.-Broadband telecommunications services provider XO Communications Inc. announced it plans to expand its network to 12 additional markets by the end of this year. The new markets, which include Tucson, Ariz.; Fresno and Stockton, Calif.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Jacksonville, …

Nearly half of U.S. online consumers are interested in installing wireless networks in their homes, and 11 percent, or 7 million, already have, according to a survey from the Consumer Electronics Association’s eBrain Market Research group. “Right now 83 percent …