Yearly Archives: 2004

Alaska Communications launches 1x EV-DO service

Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based wireless broadband access service, allowing its customers in Alaska to access high-speed wireless data...

Qualcomm chip causes Verizon Wireless Phase II glitch

Verizon Wireless said it is in the midst of fixing a glitch brought to its attention by Phase II-enabled public-safety answering points that in...

Justice wants CALEA re-examined in light of VoIP

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice would like Congress to re-examine the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 but cannot say why revisions are...

Verizon criticizes Nextel's Consensus Plan enhancements

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said late Wednesday that changes to the Consensus Plan proposed by Nextel Communications Inc. June 2 would only recreate the interference problem...

Mobile data to provide all revenue growth in W. Europe, report

BOSTON-Mobile data will generate all mobile revenue growth in Western Europe until 2008, according to new research from the Yankee Group. The analyst firm...

Nokia delays revamped N-Gage release in U.S.

Nokia Corp. said it will delay the U.S. introduction of its revamped N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device, and it cut the number of planned games for...

Yankee projects 8.7% wireless growth through 2007

LONDON-The global mobile user base will exceed 1.78 billion by the end of 2007, according to new research from the Yankee Group, with Europe,...

Broadcom acquires Zyray Wireless

IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. said it has signed an agreement to acquire Zyray Wireless Inc. Zyray makes a semiconductor product called Spinnerchip for the baseband...

HP to launch iPAQ with GSM/GPRS support

It appears Hewlett-Packard Co. is gearing up to enter the smart-phone market with a new iPAQ personal digital assistant that features a quad-band GSM/GPRS...

Infonxx reports $44M investment

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Directory assistance and information services provider Infonxx announced it received a $44 million investment from Technology Crossover Ventures.Proceeds will be used for technology...

AWS begins Wi-Fi service in train stations

REDMOND, Wash.-Fulfilling an agreement announced earlier this year, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has begun offering Wi-Fi service in six train stations along...

ABI explores VoWi-Fi market potential

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Voice-over-Wi-Fi holds potential for both wireless local area network switch vendors and chip makers, according to new research from ABI Research.WLAN switch...

Cingular enhances university coverage

MURRAY, Ky.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has activated a new cell site on the Murray State University campus to provide enhanced coverage and capacity there and...

PalmOne names Colligan president

MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. announced Handspring Inc. alumnus Ed Colligan will serve as the company's new president. Colligan was formerly PalmOne's senior vice president and...

First Avenue to lease spectrum to Pass Word

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-First Avenue Networks, holder of an expansive spectrum portfolio, announced wireless Internet service provider Pass Word Inc. will use licensed spectrum from First...

Nextel Peru contracts Lucent for service management

LIMA, Peru-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a contract to provide Nextel Peru with managed services for its multi-vendor networks.Nextel Peru, which has...

Siemens unveils call-routing application

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens AG said it has unveiled a software application that allows subscribers to filter and route voice calls and voice messages in...

TeliaSonera launches Sony's streaming music service

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnish wireless carrier TeliaSonera announced it launched a streaming music service from Sony Corp., following up on an agreement between the two companies...

Dobson closes call center, completes acquisition

Regional wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. said it is closing its Fairbanks, Alaska, call center, which currently serves the carrier's Cellular One customers in...

Verizon Wireless expands OnStar services

Expanding the current agreement between the two companies, Verizon Wireless and OnStar said they would launch America's Choice with OnStar service plans next month,...

Sprint to lay off 1,100

Sprint Corp. announced it would lay off up to 1,100 employees in its Sprint Business Solutions division, including up to 850 SBS employees and...

Visto launches wireless e-mail solution

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Visto announced it launched a new wireless e-mail product called Visto Mobile, which is based on technology the company...

GSMA, TD-SCDMA Forum to coordinate on 3G standardization efforts

The GSM Association and China's TD-SCDMA Forum today announced in Beijing an agreement to coordinate the development of two third-generation mobile-phone standards. The accord...

Experts warn cybersecurity threat is real

WASHINGTON-"The cybersecurity threat is real. The vulnerabilities are extensive, and the time for action is now," said Bob Dix, staff director of the House...

Ericsson announces series of global contracts

Wireless gear supplier L.M. Ericsson announced a series of contracts around the world, assuring its place as the world's premier infrastructure player.In the context...
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