Yearly Archives: 2004

House gets tougher on DTV transition Stations would turn over spectrum in ’06

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives said Friday the transition to digital TV should end Dec. 31, 2006. "It is the sense of Congress that the...

MMS P2P to top SMS revenue by 2008

BOSTON-Peer-to-peer multimedia messaging service will generate more revenue for wireless operators than P2P short message service by 2008, according to a study from the...

Sprint’s Forsee talks towers, EV-DO deployment strategy

Sprint Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee said last week that the company's highly anticipated sale of its more than 6,200 wireless...

Nomadix service solves Wi-Fi roaming issues

Expanding on the continued need for roaming between divergent Wi-Fi networks, Nomadix Corp. launched its NIS Roaming service connectivity solution that the company said...

Brightstar withdraws IPO

WASHINGTON-Handset distributor Brightstar Corp. canceled its planned initial public offering last Wednesday, citing "market conditions and certain other factors," according to regulatory filing. In...

Centennial improves Midwest footprint, falls short in net adds

Centennial Communications Corp. reported its U.S. wireless operations lost 3,600 subscribers during its first financial quarter of 2005 ended Aug. 31, compared to a...

Airborne Entertainment buys Tira Wireless’ publishing unit

Tira Wireless has sold the rights to its mobile publishing division to Airborne Entertainment in a move Tira said will allow it to focus...

Motorola’s Warrior lays out the vision of ‘liquid media’

Before the spinoff of its chip business, Motorola Inc. often came across as an octopus-a many-sided giant. With Freescale Semiconductor Inc. now a standalone...

ABI: Microsoft OS may outpace Symbian by ’09

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Microsoft Corp. could overtake Symbian Ltd. in mobile-phone operating system market share by 2009, according to research from ABI Research. The group...

Wireless issues that go bump in the night

October is a scary month, full of goblins, ghosts and things that go bump in the night.Wireless is scary business too. Have you noticed...

Qualcomm signs W-CDMA agreement with DoCoMo

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a cooperation agreement with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to promote the global deployment of W-CDMA technology. The announcement...

Industry courts enterprise with expected-and surprising-pairings

Industry players announced new alliances and applications targeting on-the-go workers last week, signs that the much-sought-after enterprise market is progressing steadily. Nextel Communications Inc....

Wavelink adds security with AirPrism buy

Wavelink Corp said it has acquired AirPrism, a wireless firm after its software heart. Both companies work in the enterprise arena, and Wavelink thinks...

Homeland hyperbole?

First, the confusing color-coded threat alerts. Then, the duck tape and plastic-sheeting quacker. Next, cybersecurity chaos that continues to this day. Now this.On Sept....

Nokia to expand Indian network

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it will expand the GSM/EDGE and GPRS networks for India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. under a $246 million contract. Under...

VeriSign licenses Bridgewater’s accounting technology

OTTAWA-VeriSign Inc. has licensed Bridgewater Systems' authentication, authorization and accounting and mediation capabilities, according to a strategic agreement between the companies. VeriSign will use...

11th-hour effort to pass E911 funding legislation hits snag

WASHINGTON-An 11th-hour effort to pass the wireless enhanced 911 funding bill was struggling against a senatorial objection that stopped the frenetic activity to get...

RadioShack turns up kiosk presence

Once viewed as a haven for technology nerds, RadioShack Corp. has quickly become one of the most prominent retail locations for wireless products, services...

AirGate to sell floating rate notes

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. said it has agreed to sell $175 million first-priority senior secured floating rate notes due 2011 at par...

Siemens to offer Flash-OFDM technology

MUNICH-Siemens AG raised Flash-OFDM technology to a prime spot on the wireless radar with its decision to adopt it as an important part of...

Plaintiff says Cingular suit has merit

Dear Editor: I would like to comment on the Jeffrey Silva article of Sept. 20 in regard to lawsuits and/or racial and employment allegations...

Sprint offers camera-phone printing service via retailers

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS Vision users can send camera-phone photos and order prints from retailers including Ritz Camera, Sam's Club and Wolf Camera, through...

Bill-of-rights battle shifts to court

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission last week denied industry's request to reconsider a decision creating a bill of rights for telecom consumers, but not...

HP offers standardized telecom platform to infrastructure vendors

As infrastructure vendors strive to simplify their products for carriers, companies such as Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. are positioning themselves...

Google information service uses short messaging

Google has launched a beta test of a service that allows mobile users to access the Google database from handsets using short message service....
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