Yearly Archives: 2004

FCC to seek public comment on 800 MHz rebanding proposal

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on clarifications sought by Nextel Communications Inc. regarding the FCC's plan to solve public-safety interference in the...

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...

Wi-Fi Alliance certifies first converged products

AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced the first round of certified products for converged Wi-Fi and cellular communications. The company also has initiated a...

O2 U.K. launches NEC phone

LONDON-NEC announced today that O2 U.K. launched the NEC e101, a GPRS-enabled camera phone, on O2's Pay&Go tariff. Combining a WAP 2.0 browser and...

Bill Diggins shuffles from music manager to mobile marketer

You could call Bill Diggins lots of things-music mogul, artists' advocate, maybe even visionary. Just don't call him a ringtone salesman. According to the founder of...

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...

Forum Nokia to streamline content distribution

SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Corp.'s development program plans to use CTIA's Wireless IT & Entertainment show to unveil a worldwide initiative designed to make it easier...

Air2Web solution part of wireless polling app

ATLANTA-Wireless permission-based marketing company CLX said it is using Air2Web's 2Notify solution in its opt-in text messaging application, PollCast. CLX clients can use PollCast...

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...

NEC announces mobile-phone chips with sound technology

KAWASAKI, Japan-NEC Electronics Corp. launched three single-chip melody LSI solutions that offer sound technology for mobile phones.The product line-up consists of the microPD9993 chip,...

NextWave given 10 more days for bankruptcy plan: Talks with Verizon Wireless abound

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. has been given 10 days by the bankruptcy court to figure out its plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection, which will...

EDS, Vodafone supply BlackBerrys to Dutch bank

PLANO, Texas-EDS said it has partnered with Vodafone Netherlands for a managed BlackBerry service for ABN AMRO Bank of the Netherlands.The new service connects...

Motorola updates smart phone for Cingular

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. reported the commercial availability of its Microsoft Corp. Windows Mobile-powered MPx220 smart phone, which is an update of its previous MPx200...

CellStar takes financial hit from Asian exit

CARROLLTON, Texas-Cell-phone distributor CellStar Corp. reported a net loss for the third quarter related to the company's recent decision to cancel an initial public...

Sprint to cut 700 jobs, take charge on long-distance assets

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. said it expects to lay off up to 700 employees in its Sprint Business Solutions division as part of its...

BellSouth completes first stage of L.A. sale to Telefonica: Proceeds will help fund AWS buy

BellSouth Corp. said it has completed the $1.2 billion sale of its ownership interest in three Latin American wireless operations to Telefonica Moviles, which...

Samsung enjoys strong profit despite flat phone growth

In spite of a slowdown in cell-phone sales, Samsung Electronics Co. still roared to a 46-percent profit compared with the same period last year....

McDonald’s to include ring tones in Monopoly game

SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile-music provider Faith West Inc. will team with McDonald's to offer ring tones as prizes for the fast-food chain's Monopoly game.The ring tones...

Lucent to support Terabeam gear

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Lucent Technologies Inc. will provide global technical support services for Terabeam Wireless' GigaLink series of high-speed bridges, according to both companies.The GigaLink...

Zapp deploys EMS CDMA 450 MHz repeaters

ATLANTA-EMS Wireless said it has deployed its line of CDMA 450 MHz repeaters for Romania's Zapp, which offers CDMA2000 1x at 450 MHz. Zapp...

ILoop passes football SMS updates

SAN FRANCISCO-Football fans can get short message service updates on their handsets via a new offering from ILoop Mobile Inc.National Football League followers can...

Orange to adopt Java across European operations

LONDON-Orange S.A. will replace its current software infrastructure for its European operations with Sun Microsystems' Java Enterprise System, Sun said.Orange, the mobile arm of...

Dilithium introduces gateway to remedy 3G video corruption

LARKSPUR, Calif.-Dilithium Networks introduced its DTG200 gateway product, which it said resolves the problem of video corruption between an Internet Protocol network and a...

FCC agrees to examine foreign mobile termination fees

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today agreed to investigate mobile termination fees charged by foreign wireless carriers and their impact on American consumers, despite past...

Convergys to converge Vivo’s billing systems

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said it has signed a long-term contract to provide its Atlys billing solution to Vivo, a joint venture led by Portugal Telecom...
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