Yearly Archives: 2004

Siemens, Mercedes-Benz enter phone partnership

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG and Mercedes-Benz announced a partnership to equip Mercedes vehicles with mobile phones. The first available device is the multimedia CX65 mobile...

Stonesoft launches wireless enterprise security product

HELSINKI, Finland-Network security provider Stonesoft Corp. launched its StoneGate Firewall and VPN version 2.5, which the company said addresses security needs of corporate mobile...

Court upholds Motorola’s legal win against Uzans

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. claimed another victory over the Uzan family in Turkey as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld...

3G data speeds to benefit enterprise workers

BOSTON-The emergence of third-generation networks will serve as a turning point for enterprise mobility, according to a new report from the Yankee Group. The...

FCC fines company for not making USF payments

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that Ton Services Inc. has agreed to pay $400,000 for not making regular contributions to the universal-service fund...

iPass to buy Mobile Automation for $20M

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-iPass Inc. said it will buy Mobile Automation for $20 million in an all-cash deal. Mobile Automation helps to protect mobile devices...

Even with MMS interoperability, uptake likely to be gradual

SAN FRANCISCO-The nation's wireless carriers have agreed to provide consumers with multimedia messaging service interoperability, a move that industry watchers say will give a...

Nextel takes issue with article

Dear Editor: Nextel is disappointed and dismayed regarding the news article by Heather Forsgren Weaver posted on rcrnews.com and printed in the Oct. 25...

Billboard launches ringtone chart

SAN FRANCISCO-Billboard magazine and Consect, a mobile market analysis firm, announced the Billboard Hot Ringtones chart, an aggregated chart of U.S. polyphonic ringtone sales,...

Pro-tech vote favors GOP, industry hedges bets with Dem donations

WASHINGTON-While new industry figures show top Republicans casting pro-technology votes more often than their counterparts in Congress, a review of fresh campaign finance data...

Dobson announces $825M private placement, faces shareholder suits

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Cellular Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dobson Communications Corp., announced the pricing of a private placement of $825 million of...

Audiovox, NEC show new handsets

While primarily a stomping ground for carriers and content developers to meet and deal, this year's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show, held last...

The New Cingular and the intermodal pass

The union of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. gives new meaning to The Great Experiment.Indeed, nothing approaching it-in scale, complexity and...

Triton loses subscribers, plans to buy Urban assets

Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it lost 19,211 subscribers during the third quarter as the carrier was hit...

NextWave now aims to exit Chapter 11 in late January

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. has requested another extension before filing its reorganization plan, but told the court last week that it would like to emerge...

Vendors prepare to differentiate on HSDPA

Just as the hype over W-CDMA is subsiding, the industry is shifting gears to another protocol. Known as High Speed Downlink Packet Access, the...

Intel invests with Clearwire to steer WiMAX development

SAN FRANCISCO-WiMAX got a boost last week as Intel Corp. and broadband wireless carrier Clearwire announced they will join forces to develop and deploy...

BTI brings experience to the site-management table

The history of Broadcast Towers Inc., a modestly sized tower services company, offers an account of the tower industry's past and suggests a different...

T-Mobile, Verizon tie for top spot in customer service study

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-T-Mobile USA's and Verizon Wireless' customer service departments scored closely in Vocal Laboratories' quarterly SectorPulse report measuring customer care quality. T-Mobile rated...

A NEW NO. 1

WASHINGTON-The fanfare surrounding last week's government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. proved to be short-lived, with...

Music to their ears

What a week! CTIA's I.T. show in San Francisco was weird, good and educational. A show that started out as a way to reach...

AWS lets users try games for free

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Mobile marketing company July Systems has launched a "Game Sampler" service on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s mMode offering, allowing would-be gamers to...

Sagem explores merger with French aerospace company

PARIS-Wireless handset maker Sagem and aerospace propulsion and equipment company Snecma are examining the potential of a merger between the two companies. A merger...

Kyocera recalls 1M phone batteries

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp., along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling 1 million cell-phone batteries, pointing to concerns that some of...

Tower firms up on Q3 performances

Wireless tower owners continue to gain steam, as reflected in third-quarter financial results released last week by Crown Castle International Corp., Global Signal Inc.,...
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