Yearly Archives: 2004

Congress probes spectrum management issues

WASHINGTON-Five percent of the nation's broadcasters are holding the nation hostage by refusing to give back their spectrum, which has been allocated to public...

Verizon Wireless dumps BCGI for internal prepaid billing platform

Boston Communications Group Inc. said it has received notice that Verizon Wireless will move forward with a national launch of an internal prepaid platform,...

They're playing our song

At the advent of every new industry, people simply cannot predict how the industry will evolve. VCRs were supposed to be used only to...

Calif. bill would force carriers to make wireless directory opt-in

WASHINGTON-A bill introduced in the California State Assembly would require mobile-phone carriers to obtain expressed written consent of subscribers in separate contracts before their...

Mforma scores $44M in first-round funding

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless content and entertainment company Mforma Group Inc. announced it scored a whopping $44 million in venture funding in its first institutional round....

Leap to add data, roaming to try to entice customers

With competitors cannibalizing and usurping its once unique position in the wireless industry, Leap Wireless International Inc. said it plans to emerge from Chapter...

BREW says advantage lies in simplicity

Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference last week. The CDMA technology pioneer...

Auctions, magic asterisk and the triumph over malaise

The nation's capital ordinarily would have been aflame in controversy last week over Solicitor General Ted Olson's decision not to invite the Supreme Court...

E-rate program vulnerable to abuse

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's inspector general last week warned lawmakers that a $2.25 billion government program subsidizing wireline and wireless Internet links for schools...

Business Briefs

Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas following upgrades...

Bluetooth hits 2M weekly shipments

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported that the Bluetooth industry is shipping more than 2 million units per week worldwide, which is...

Vonage demos VoIP over EV-DO technology

WASHINGTON-Wireless Voice over Internet Protocol is here with the advent of Qualcomm Inc.'s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO service as deployed by Verizon Wireless, said Brooke...

Nokia market share drops amid healthy handset sales in Q1

STAMFORD, Conn.-The worldwide market for mobile phones continues to swell, as new research shows handset makers sold 153 million devices in the first quarter....

Verizon, Cingular expand networks

DALLAS-Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced network expansions. Verizon Wireless will provide additional coverage in the Northeast, while Cingular customers will see better...

Georgia newest state to form wireless group

A regional wireless industry association could be coming to a neighborhood near you. A movement is afoot in the wireless industry, and the tower...

Service allows U.K. customers to book flights with mobiles

LONDON-Online travel firm ebookers has launched a mobile service allowing U.K. customers to book flights via their mobile phones. Users will be able to...

Access releases dynamic menu for user interfaces

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Internet browser vendor Access announced its new NetFront Dynamic Menu, which the company said allows wireless carriers to remotely update the user...

Australia's Telstra licenses DoCoMo i-mode technology

SYDNEY, Australia-Australia's leading wireless carrier said it will license i-mode technology from NTT DoCoMo Inc. in the Japanese carrier's ninth partnership for the wireless...

Mississippi woman seeks $15M in distracted-driving lawsuit

WASHINGTON-A Mississippi woman filed a $15 million lawsuit in state court alleging a driver talking on his cell phone ran a red light and...

Airgo's MIMO technology seeks spot in WLAN space

Described by its supporters as disruptive, MIMO (multiple in, multiple out) technology has spawned a triangle of love and suspicion.Airgo Networks, which claims to...

NextWave moves to auction New York

NextWave Telecom Inc., at one point a symbol of all that could go wrong with government auctions, is hoping to use an auction to...

Kodak, Fujifilm embrace wireless

Although many agree the swift ascent of camera phones will cut into the market for digital cameras and traditional film, the camera-phone industry could...

Wi-Fi system for tracking school bus riders released

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-National Scientific Corp. has released a Wi-Fi-enabled version of its IBUS school bus passenger authentication system, which allows school districts to track and...

Starent signs China Unicom contract

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Starent Networks said it has signed a contract with China Unicom to provide infrastructure to address its added subscriber base, using its ST16...

HeyAnita releases Rapid Message Service

LOS ANGELES-Voice recognition company HeyAnita Inc. is moving away from its roots with a new product the company describes as "text messaging without the...
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