Yearly Archives: 2004

Comverse licenses i-mode

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. said it has signed a licensing deal with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to market the i-mode mobile gateway around the world.The...

FCC trying to 'get it right' at 2.5 GHz

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, besieged by educators who oppose any auction of their spectrum, is expected this week to approve a new 2.5 GHz...

Symbol's former executives indicted

NEW YORK-Symbol Technologies Inc. and several of the company's former executives, including its former president and chief executive officer, have been officially charged by...

Leap names Freeman CEO of Cricket

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. named William Freeman chief executive officer of its Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary, where he will oversee the carrier's corporate...

Global Signal returns to public market with IPO

Wireless tower owner Global Signal Inc., formerly known as Pinnacle Holdings, has returned to the public market with an initial public offering of 7...

Report: Users want wireless headsets, PTT

BOSTON-A new report by Strategy Analytics found high interest among cell-phone users in cordless headsets and push-to-talk connectivity.The report, "US Cellular Device Market Dynamics:...

Take broadband back

By coincidence, the hotel hosting last week's Wireless Communications Association conference was also home to a three-day rally of the ReDefeat Bush crowd. Meeting...

California bill would put retailers at forefront of recycling solution

SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Legislation establishing the nation's first cell phone recycling law has passed the California State Assembly and now advances to the Senate. The...

Carriers improve inventory management in 1Q

Wireless carriers made improvements in inventory management during the first quarter, according to a new study by InfoTech Marketing. While total cost of equipment...

Verizon purchases Ark. spectrum

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless purchased a 10-megahertz section of a C-block PCS license from American Wireless License Group L.L.C. covering 1.1 million potential customers in...

Plan to use auction revenues for first-responders withdrawn

WASHINGTON-A plan to use auction revenues to fund grants for first-responder interoperable communications was withdrawn Thursday, allowing the House Commerce Committee to pass the...

Ofcom hits U.K. carriers with price reductions

LONDON-U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom said U.K. mobile carriers must reduce their mobile termination rates, in a further blow to the highly competitive market, which...

DotPhoto announces printing service for camera phones

WEST TRENTON, N.J.-DotPhoto Inc. introduced a new service for camera-phone users that the company said would allow them to quickly and easily print camera-phone...

Business Briefs

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission has selected the carrier to provide 800 Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices for...

Test companies benefit from network improvement demands

Validation of increased efforts by carriers to improve the quality of service of their still-expanding wireless networks recently came in the form of ramped...

Nortel delays earnings in latest financial setback

As it continues to grapple with accounting woes, Nortel Networks Ltd. dashed market expectations last week by failing to announce its second-quarter results. The...

Expanded BREW UI deepens capabilities

In preparation for its developer's conference this week in San Diego, Qualcomm Inc. today announced it has broadened the scope of its BREW technology...

North Korea bans cell phones

North Korea has apparently banned the use of mobile phones, according to international news reports. Details on the secretive country's ban were unclear.The country...

Barton proposes Berlin-style subsidies for faster DTV transition

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the House Commerce Committee said last week he wants his committee to consider a "Berlin" subsidy plan to end the transition...

Downgrade dims RIM's recent shine

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd.'s stellar growth was dimmed slightly due to a downgrade from Bank of America Securities, which forced the company's stock...

Cingular merger deal scores, loses points on different issues

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C's proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal...

NAD report requests T-Mobile limit claims

In a rare review of wireless advertising claims, T-Mobile USA Inc. received a modest slap on the wrist last week as The National Advertising...

Technology potential still awaits fulfillment

The new wireless gizmos may be humming with new applications, but promises keep outweighing results. CDMA, the technology leading the march toward a full...

Price is key differentiator for business sale

Paul Neilson, senior vice president of technology services for Monster Worldwide, doesn't really care about latency statistics for push-to-talk services, kilobit-per-second measurements of high-speed...

Chipmakers sample EV-DV product in Nokia collaboration

DALLAS-Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution.The chips will...
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