2003

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-Wireless content and technology company SmartServ Online Inc. announced it plans to purchase wireless e-mail company Mobile Airwaves Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “The acquisition of Mobile Airwaves and its Aqivo e-mail enabling software technology …

DENVER-Ricochet Networks Inc. may have a new lease on life following its sale to EDL Holdings Inc., a Victor Mitchell Family L.P. company. The transaction follows last month’s announcement Ricochet was evaluating options relative to its business prospects, and rumors …

LOS ANGELES-Richard Helferich, Wireless2Web founder, has been awarded a patent from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for its LinkPush technology included in Wireless2Web’s multi-modal TalkBack feature that enables cell-phone users to verbally respond to text messages. With LinkPush, cell-phone …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. told the five California Public Utility Commission members that findings leading to a record $12 million fine against the mobile-phone carrier are flawed, claiming on appeal that its network service quality is not inferior to other wireless …

WASHINGTON-The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation rejected the government’s argument that towers along scenic highways are the same as large signs and other improvements to increase traffic flow and safety. “The ACHP must object to the Federal Communications Commission’s effect …

Even as wireless industry watchers debate whether Wi-Fi technology will be long for this Earth, the Wi-Fi business is preparing to send its wireless communication technology to another planet. Tropos Networks Inc. has been participating in National Aeronautics and Space …

NEW YORK-Nearly 10 percent of current wireline customers surveyed by Standard & Poor’s Equity Research Services said they would take their wireline numbers to wireless carriers based on the recently implemented local number portability mandate, which S&P noted could intensify …

NEW YORK-Nearly a year and a half after selling its wireless properties to Alltel Corp. for $1.6 billion, regional telecommunications service provider CenturyTel Inc. said it is in talks with wireless providers to resell wireless services to its customers. CenturyTel’s …

NEW YORK-Research In Motion Ltd. and Garmin Ltd. announced they will be added to the Nasdaq-100 index, and their shares will be included in the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. Garmin, which designs and manufactures global positioning system products, said it …

Following on a Federal Communications Commission inquiry into its local number portability implementation, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. filed a report with the agency outlining the troubles the carrier has encountered with the LNP mandate, as well as the steps it …

While Intel Corp. was reorganizing its operations to adjust for disappointments in its chip business, Texas Instruments Inc. was presenting an upbeat picture for the fourth quarter last week. Looking forward, though, both companies say business is not bad. That …

Nextel Communications Inc. bought $2.7 million of specialized mobile radio spectrum from wireless data carrier Motient Corp., according to Motient’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Motient said it did not need the SMR spectrum, and it would use the extra …

There are plenty of contentious questions in the operating system business. Will Microsoft Corp. dominate the mobile-phone field as it has done in the desktop computer business? Will Symbian manage to escape Nokia Corp.’s shadow and entice broad support? Will …

LGP Allgon has been awarded a contract to provide an indoor distributed antenna system to improve wireless phone and data coverage at Moscone West, the expansion of San Francisco’s Moscone Center conference facility. The contract was awarded by InSite Wireless, …

Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in November: Philippines. With Digital Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel) for GSM/GPRS and EDGE equipment, including radio base stations and mobile switching equipment. Value: $100 million Ericsson China. With Guangxi Mobile Communications Co. to supply GSM …

Voice over Internet Protocol can be delivered cheap enough that it might negate the need for universal-service subsidies, said Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. “If the goal (of universal service) is achieved, you don’t need a government …

BURNHAM, United Kingdom-Cingular Wireless has chosen wireless test systems from Racal Instruments Wireless Solutions (RIWS) to ensure a high level of service quality while it deploys its 2.5-generation network and network optimization technologies. Cingular will use RIWS’ Two-Way Air Interface …

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-Wireless content and technology company SmartServ Online Inc. announced it plans to purchase wireless e-mail company Mobile Airwaves Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “The acquisition of Mobile Airwaves and its Aqivo e-mail enabling software technology …

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-WireIntel is raising the stakes for wireline replacement in the business sector with its patent-pending technology that allows wireless service providers to sell scalable multi-line telephone, data services and telecommunication equipment to businesses. The technology allows businesses to …

Nearly 10 percent of current wireline customers surveyed by Standard & Poor’s Equity Research Services said they would take their wireline numbers to wireless carriers based on the recently implemented local number portability mandate, which S&P noted could intensify wireless …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will host, operate and manage Western Wireless Corp.’s multimedia messaging service offering throughout the carrier’s domestic CDMA coverage area. Ericsson noted that in addition to supplying the platform and integrating the application with Western Wireless’ …

Nextel Communications Inc. bought $2.7 million worth of Specialized Mobile Radio spectrum from wireless data carrier Motient Corp., according to Motient’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Motient said it did not need the SMR spectrum, and it would use the …

NEW YORK-Research In Motion Ltd. and Garmin Ltd. announced they will be added to the Nasdaq-100 index, and their shares will be included in the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. Garmin, which designs and manufactures global positioning system products, said it …

Lucent Technologies Inc. said its orders have climbed 16 percent compared to the same period last year, confirming the company’s claim to have put its turbulent years behind it. In a statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the …

Nearly a year and a half after selling its wireless properties to Alltel Corp. for $1.6 billion, regional telecommunications service provider CenturyTel Inc. said it is in talks with wireless providers to resell wireless services to its customers. CenturyTel’s Chief …