Yearly Archives: 2004

Rural carriers deploy Wireless Services technology for localized content

SAN FRANCISCO-Wireless Services Corp. said it has deployed its multimedia wireless data network and MicroLocal Mobile Content Engine offerings with regional carriers CellOne Great...

Audiovox releases swiveling camera phone

SAN FRANCISCO-Audiovox Communications Corp. released its CDM-8930 1.3-megapixel camera phone at this week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show in San Francisco.The handset, featuring...

WatchMark-Comnitel to buy ADC software group

BELLEVUE, Wash.-WatchMark-Comnitel said it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase ADC Telecommunications' Metrica Service Assurance software group.The combined company will be headquartered in...

Entertel launches broadband wireless services for business

MILPITAS, Calif.-Entertel, a Holland-based data and telecom operator focused on the business market, launched a national rollout of business-class broadband wireless access services. The...

JP Mobile announces global product wins

DALLAS-JP Mobile said its SureWave Mobile Office product was deployed by two international wireless carriers. First, b2Wireless, a systems integrator and the exclusive supplier...

Carriers agree on MMS interoperability

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

Sprint PCS becomes first carrier to offer new Treo

Sprint Corp. announced it will be the first carrier to offer palmOne Inc.'s new Treo 650 smart phone. The device, which will retail for...

Tracfone sees increasing quarterly customers, revenues

MEXICO CITY-America Movil S.A. de C.V.'s newly released quarterly results for its U.S.-based Tracfone subsidiary reflect subscriber trends in addition to financial results.The company...

Warner Bros. to publish BREW content

BURBANK, Calif.-Warner Bros. Online said it has signed an agreement calling for it to publish wireless games and entertainment applications for Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW...

New BlackBerry to operate on Mobitex network

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-Velocita Wireless said Research In Motion's Blackberry 5790 handheld will operate on its Mobitex network. The device will provide e-mail, an organizer, Web...

FCC approves Cingular/AWS merger

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the $41 billion merger of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., requiring the new No....

Sky Link adds Tver region to Russian CDMA 450 MHz deployment

MOSCOW-Lucent said its CDMA 450 MHz equipment has been deployed in Russia by Sky Link, a telecommunications holding company established to develop a nationwide...

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

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 an A in...

Virgin Mobile licenses Bridgewater’s mediation tool

OTTAWA-Virgin Mobile USA has licensed and implemented Bridgewater Systems' AAA Service Controller solution to support its high-speed data services rollout.The mobile virtual network operator...

Nokia, Sony Ericsson join SD Card Association

SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. said they have joined the SD Card Association, whose semiconductor memory products are found in...

Mickey coming to Cingular phones

SAN FRANCISCO-Cingular Wireless announced Disney Mobile content, including ring tones, graphics, games and multimedia messaging, is now available for download to Cingular handsets and...

AG Interactive to partner with Fuse on interactive music

NEW YORK-American Greetings Corp. subsidiary AG Interactive said it will partner with music television network Fuse to develop and market interactive music applications though...

3 GSM carriers part of digital emergency alert test

WASHINGTON-Three nationwide GSM carriers will participate in a digital emergency alert pilot that officially kicked off last week, but questions remain about whether the...

Big carriers still adding customers

In what is likely shaping up to be the last quarter with six nationwide operators, four of the country's largest carriers posted relatively healthy...

Public safety urges Congress to accept 2007 DTV hard date

WASHINGTON-The public-safety community is urging lawmakers to accept the Senate language of the 9/11 Commission legislation that would allow it to have access to...

IPWireless, Flarion move into Wi-Fi space

When wireless experts raved about the next big technologies a few years ago, they had Flash-OFDM and UMTS TDD in mind. Both protocols are...

Ericsson slides despite posting $667M profit

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Shares of L.M. Ericsson dropped despite a strong showing in its third-quarter earnings report. Because the company experienced a 2-percent sales dip in...

Disney Internet Group to offer third-party content

 The Walt Disney Internet Group's new Starwave Mobile business, launching at this week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Show, will expand the organization's play...

Grand jury probes pact between Brightpoint, AIG

WASHINGTON-A federal grand jury is investigating a contract between major wireless distributor Brightpoint Inc. and American International Group Inc., a probe that comes one...

Qualcomm to gain European access through Siemens, Trigenix

Failing to make strong inroads into Europe with its second-generation CDMA offering, Qualcomm Inc. wants to write a different story for UMTS technology. Within...
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