2003

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. said it recently received a temporary exception notice to the $1 minimum closing bid price per share requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. The company appealed a late August determination that the company’s stock …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won multiple GSM expansion contracts from China Mobile valued at more than $50 million. Under the agreements, Alcatel will expand the capacity of China Mobile’s networks mainly in Zhejiang, Guizhou and Chongqing. The French supplier will …

NEW YORK-Within the next four years, more than 50 percent of enterprises with at least 1,000 employees will be using at least five wireless network technologies ranging from wide area networks, wireless local area networks, personal area networks and software …

Countering claims that the technology has yet to gain a foothold, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported shipments of the short-range wireless technology exceeded 1 million units per week worldwide during the third quarter, according to Bluetooth semiconductor volume tracking …

WASHINGTON-A plan is beginning to gel at the Federal Communications Commission to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band and give Nextel Communications Inc. some of the spectrum it desires in the 1.9 GHz band. If the …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. launched an extended “free weekend” minute offering rate plan that included 600 anytime calling minutes and unlimited weekend calling minutes that now include Friday, Saturday and Sunday for $40 per month. The new plan does not …

In an announcement with possible implications for laid-off employees, plant closings and investors, Nortel Networks Ltd. said it is undertaking a comprehensive review of its financial profile for the past three-and-a-half fiscal years. Unlike the recent trend of overstating incomes, …

LAS VEGAS-Ascendent Telecommunications announced that its AscendentCS mobility and continuity application has been installed inside media specialist OMD’s New York office. Ascendent’s solution allows mobile phones to be linked to Private Branch Exchanges (PBX), allowing users to access the same …

WASHINGTON-The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday unanimously affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an $800 million brain-cancer lawsuit against Motorola Inc. and others. The decision puts in further jeopardy nine pending brain-cancer suits against the mobile-phone industry in …

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As the guinea pig of technologies, enterprise has enjoyed some play in the wireless industry of late. Whether in terms of alliances or new enabling solutions, carriers and enterprise players are paying more attention. Sprint PCS manifested this interest in …

Asia-Pacific is expected to account for more than half of the more than 45,000 commercial hot-spot locations in the world by the end of the year, according to a report last week by Pyramid Research. The report notes that while …

SEATTLE-Mobile application company Mobliss announced two new marketing campaigns around its mobile services. Fox Broadcasting Co. will offer premium SMS and downloadable services called “Joe 2 Go” that promote its new TV show “The Next Jo Millionaire: An International Affair.” …

WASHINGTON-While the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association was laboring to find a new leader whose conservative politics would align with the GOP-led Congress and as top members steered hundreds of thousands of dollars to congressional Republicans who might share their …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-While government and carriers continue to hammer out the technical and political details of wireless local number portability, wireless retailer Wireless Retail Inc., which sells services from each of the top six U.S. carriers to consumers, is taking steps …

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Telecommunications customers subscribing to package plans tend to spend more money on communications services than those who purchase only single services, according to research from Solomon Wolff Associates. Research from the firm shows that subscribers with package plans …

LAS VEGAS-Gaming highlighted a rash of announcements made at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless I.T and Entertainment show in Las Vegas, providing a peak at what might be some of the hot-selling offerings for the holiday sales season. …

LAS VEGAS-InPhonic Inc. released the latest version of its eMail InMotion application for Qualcomm’s BREW platform at last week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. show in Las Vegas. The application allows wireless subscribers to access corporate and personal e-mail, calendar and contacts …

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Wireless carriers might see churn the likes of that once experienced by long-distance service providers when wireless local number portability is implemented, according to research from Solomon Wolff Associates. About one in six wireless subscribers switched during the …

Wireless solutions provider TellShare launched mLogs, a free audio/video/photo blogging service that allows users to put images from their camera-enabled cell phones directly onto their Web-based mLogs at www.mlogs.com.

So much progress the past two decades, not to mention all the glitzy wireless stuff that debuted in Las Vegas last week. Yet the achievements-real and profound-tend to be overshadowed by lawsuits, industry infighting and consumer rage reported here and …

Wireless data service speeds-which for years have been cast aside as less important than the applications running over the networks-were again the topic of discussion for many carriers at this year’s Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association IT & Entertainment 2003 …

To the Editor: On Oct. 13, l983, the first commercial cellular phone call was made. On Oct. 13, 2003, Tom Wheeler’s Retirement Roast was held at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. I had the good fortune to be at …

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments Inc. said it enjoyed a net income of $447 million, or 25 cents a share, for the third quarter. This contrasts with the same period last year when it had income of $188 million, or 11 cents …

DENVER-Mobile phones are used for talking, texting, gaming, photographing and documenting. They link to the public Internet and private, corporate Intranets. They store important names, numbers and calendars. In the not-so-distant future, wireless devices may be used for identification purposes …