Yearly Archives: 2004

AirTight offers Wi-Fi security software

SAN JOSE, Calif.-AirTight Networks released its new SpectraGuard 2.0 product, which the company said can protect against Wi-Fi security threats. The company said its...

InterOp makes messaging headway with regional carriers

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

ABI raises handset forecast due to Wi-Fi phones

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-ABI Research said the Wi-Fi market is benefiting from several forces, including a better economy, handheld devices aimed at niche markets and...

Amdocs scores billing order from Telus

ST. LOUIS-Billing and CRM products and services provider Amdocs Ltd. reported a deal with Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. to provide billing and order...

Nokia, Siemens sign China Mobile contracts

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

CTIA offers inter-carrier recommendations to FCC

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry has recommended to federal regulators six principles that it believes will improve the nation's inter-carrier compensation regime."We believe that fundamental reform...

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...

Cricket requests special relief from Calif. bill of rights

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...

Leap launches Latino-themed content

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International announced the launch of a suite of Latino-themed content for subscribers using its Cricket service.AG Interactive, a division of American...

Comptel, CSG partner on billing

HELSINKI, Finland-Comptel Corp. and CSG Systems have partnered to offer complementary provisioning and billing solutions. Comptel will provide its InstantLink provisioning solution as well...

Nextel adjusts only pricing claims in ads following watchdog review

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

MmO2 to bring i-mode to three European markets

LONDON-I-mode services are coming to the competitive U.K. market, in addition to Ireland and the second such service in Germany, through a new deal...

NEC to use Ericsson, Qualcomm chips for 3G phones

NEC Corp. said it plans to use third-generation chipsets and reference designs from Ericsson Mobile Platforms and Qualcomm Inc., moves that indicate the growing...

Alamosa takes AirGate bid to public

Fed up with what it said were sluggish negotiations, Sprint network affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. took its bid to merge with fellow affiliate AirGate...

Seven withdraws from IPO market

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Seven pulled its plans for an initial public offering, but said it plans to hold an IPO at an...

People

Bayly Communications Inc. named Fernando Anaya as its sales representative for Latin America. Most recently, Anaya was sales manager for Motorola Inc. in Mexico,...

Nokia touts first ‘massively multiplayer online’ game

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. expanded the offerings for its N-Gage device with the launch of a new multiplayer title. According to the handset manufacturer, "Pocket...

Nextel has until Feb. 7 to accept reband plan

WASHINGTON-The long-awaited publication in the Federal Register of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band occurred Nov....

Nokia readies iPod-style device

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. appears to be readying a new iPod-style device designed to play digital music, according to detailed documents posted on the Internet....

Leap reports rise in revenue, but drop in customers

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported $205.7 million in revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 6.7-percent improvement compared with...

Startup firm that re-routes wireless calls faces chilly reception from operators

Startup Xcelis Communications L.L.C. last week introduced a service that essentially re-routes Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s in-network calls to numbers outside the carrier's network. The...

Report: Liberty Media, Global Signal actively bidding for Sprint towers

NEW YORK-The stakes for Sprint Corp.'s 6,500 cell-phone towers rose as at least four bidders have offered proposals to buy them in an auction...

Blurring business lines

Wireless connectivity is coming to the enterprise, either with the enterprise's tacit approval or without it. Research In Motion Ltd. announced earlier this month...

Melodeo nets $9.5M in funding

SEATTLE-Mobile music start-up Melodeo closed a $9.5 million round of financing and used the occasion to quietly disclose plans to begin offering a download...

3G Americas touts GSM family of protocols, admits speeds still fall short

Like a cat with full jaws and claws, GSM technology does not need to proclaim its strengths. The numbers tell the story. Up to...
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