Yearly Archives: 2004

Cingular optimistic on AWS buy, UMTS build

Just more than a month after closing its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it expects to post...

Wireless industry tops $100B, says U.S. Census Bureau

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is a $100 billion business. The U.S. Census Bureau today said revenues for cellular and other wireless telecom firms rose to...

‘The remote control of your life’ DoCoMo vision revolves around software

"The future is in the software," said Nayeem Islam, vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s mobile software laboratory in San Jose, Calif. "The hardware...

All good things change

Everything has to come to an end, whether it's Ken Jennings' winning streak on Jeopardy! or Tom Brokaw's 23-year reign on NBC Nightly News...

Industry groups align on RFID certification

CHICAGO-The Computing Technology Industry Association and The Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility plan to cooperate on developing a vendor-neutral certification program for radio-frequency...

Ericsson teams with Warner on mobile music offering

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telefon AB Ericsson will team with Warner Music International to offer polyphonic ringtones, master tones and other mobile content from the label's artists,...

From cellar to stellar

Funny how things change sometimes, how fortunes can so dramatically turn around.Take the case of Democratic Federal Communications Commission member Jonathan Adelstein, central actor...

Wireless ignored in rural America, despite success

Dear Editor, I read Tina Eichner's opinion on Rural Connections. I continue to be amazed at the lack of interest and outright opposition to...

Verizon offers LG phone upgrade for blind users

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it is offering a software upgrade to its VX4500 phone, built by LG Electronics Co. Ltd., that will allow users...

Business uptick ahead for infrastructure players

KINGS PARK, N.Y.-Infrastructure vendors will benefit as hundreds of thousands of base stations will be deployed globally every year through the rest of the...

Verizon to sell Telus stake

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. said it plans to sell its 20.5-percent stake in Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. beginning early next week. Verizon noted...

Boingo users can access Tropos networks under new pact

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-In a sign of the continuing proliferation of Wi-Fi technology, Boingo Wireless and Tropos Networks have entered a partnership to allow operators...

Cingular divests markets as part of AWS buy

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued the business of integrating AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with a pair of deals to sell spectrum and wireless assets designed...

Turning on, tuning in to TV: 4 protocols in hunt to be standard

The world's two most popular consumer electronics devices may soon be combined into one-the mobile TV phone. Behold. Although one is designed for sedentary,...

Nokia, Siemens sign China Mobile contracts

BEIJING-Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG announced GSM network contract awards in China, both with separate divisions of China Mobile Communications Corp. Nokia said it...

ACLU says RFID in passports leaves Americans vulnerable

WASHINGTON-The American Civil Liberties Union said it obtained State Department documents that show the Bush administration ignored security and privacy warnings by experts and...

Nextel adjusts only pricing claims in ads following ad review

NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc. was able to support marketing claims for its Nationwide Direct Connect service, but modified pricing claims following a ruling by...

Cricket requests relief from Calif. rules

WASHINGTON-Cricket Communications Inc. has created a storm of controversy over a request for special relief from requirements of California's bill of rights for telecom...

InterOp makes messaging headway with eight regional carriers

FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOp Technologies said it is providing products and services for WAP, short message service and multimedia messaging service delivery for eight U.S....

WebTech to acquire GlobeTrac’s telematics business

BURNABY, British Columbia-WebTech Wireless, a fleet telematics company, said it plans to acquire all of GlobeTrac Inc.'s European location-based and telematics business.GlobeTrac plans to...

Verizon set to raise $1.9B in Telus share sale

Dan MeyerVerizon Communications Inc. is expected to raise $1.9 billion from its sale of 73.5 million shares of Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. The...

Freescale becomes independent company

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Motorola Inc.'s former semiconductor subsidiary, became a free, independent company following the completion of the spin-off. As a result, Motorola issued...

T-Mobile International names new CMO

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International said it named consumer-goods marketing executive Ulli Gritzuhn as its new chief marketing officer to replace Nikesh Arora, who left T-Mobile...

J.D. Powers certifies Nokia’s Fla. call center

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-J.D. Power and Associates announced it certified Nokia Corp.'s call center in Tampa, Fla. The firm said the certification indicates Nokia's call...

Regulators say wireless has won the battle for the customer

WASHINGTON-Wireless is here to stay and it is becoming more important. That was the take-away message from Thursday's 22nd annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy...
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