Yearly Archives: 2004

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....

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....

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...

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...

Streamlined tower-siting agreement skips tribal lands

WASHINGTON and DALLAS-Even as several entities signed a nationwide agreement meant to streamline tower sitings, tribal lands are exempt from the rules, thus leading...

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...

T-Mobile offers Sony Ericsson tri-band card

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. launched the Sony Ericsson GC79 PC card providing access to the carrier's GPRS and 802.11b-based Wi-Fi data networks from a...

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...

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...

Google launches SMS-based information service

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

Access Telecom offers wireless broadband with NextNet technology

DHAKA, Bangladesh-Access Telecom, an Internet service provider in Bangladesh, deployed non-line-of-sight wireless broadband service for business and residential users with NextNet Wireless Inc.'s NLOS...

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...

States, localities use wireless to attract new business

RESTON, VA.-States and localities increasingly are turning to wireless technologies to attract business and expand broadband penetration to citizens in traditionally underserved areas, according...

CPUC denies industry’s request to reconsider bill of rights

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission Thursday denied the mobile-phone industry's request to reconsider an agency decision in May creating a new bill of rights...

Willtek sells shares to Wireless Telecom Group

INDIANAPOLIS-Ahead of the merger of both companies, Willtek Communications said it has sold all its shares to test and measurement company Wireless Telecom Group.WTT...

StreamWorks launches Web-based developer consortium

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Software developer StreamWorks Technologies announced the launch of a Web site consortium to help mobile content developers maximize profits and maintain control...

France Telecom, Nokia partner on remote access technology

HELSINKI, Finland-France Telecom and Nokia Corp. will partner to develop technology to allow wireless users to remotely access content from computers.France Telecom is the...

SpectraLink settles lawsuit with $1.5M payment

BOULDER, Co.-SpectraLink Corp. said it has settled the consolidated class-action lawsuit filed against some of its officers and directors in February 2002.Its insurance carrier...

Alamosa reports strong 3Q, revises full-year outlook

Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported strong preliminary third-quarter results and revised a number of its full-year financial and operational metrics.The Sprint PCS affiliate said it...

T-Mobile offers Sony Ericsson tri-band card

T-Mobile USA Inc. launched the Sony Ericsson GC79 PC card providing access to the carrier's GPRS and 802.11b-based Wi-Fi data networks from a single...

Alcatel invests in Australian W-CDMA project

SYDNEY-Alcatel Corp. announced a $5.5 million joint investment with the Australian Government in m.Net Corp., a consortium of multinationals, Australian information technology and telecommunications...

CTIA partners with IEEE to develop battery standards

WASHINGTON-Cellular companies and a leading technical organization have created a working group to develop design and performance standards for mobile-phone batteries, a move that...

Alcatel to supply GPRS/EDGE network in Vietnam

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. announced it won two multimillion-dollar contracts by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corp., Vietnam's incumbent telecommunications service provider, to deploy switching and mobile...

Siemens to offer Flash-OFDM technology

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...

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...
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