Yearly Archives: 2004

Wheeler joins private venture firm

WASHINGTON-Former wireless lobbyist Thomas Wheeler has joined Core Capital Partners as a special advisor to the $170 million tech venture fund.Wheeler last year stepped...

Cingular Wireless rushes into Tenn. with NFL agreement

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a multi-year agreement to become the official wireless provider of the National Football League Tennessee Titans and head coach...

General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin to supply $1B wireless network to Army

WASHINGTON-General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin have been awarded a U.S. Army contract worth up to $10 billion to develop a secure, high-speed wireless integrated...

M-Pedia releases wireless golf application

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile entertainment publisher M-Pedia Corp. released ScoreBuddy, a mobile application that allows golfers to track scores, view statistical analyses and e-mail scorecards,...

ImpactRX selects Sprint, Treos for physician network

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. and palmOne Inc. reported a multi-year agreement to provide pharmaceutical industry market insight provider ImpactRx with wireless voice and data...

Report says N.A. wireless industry’s future brighter than Europe, Asia

The potential for growth in the North American wireless industry is far higher than in the more mature markets of Europe and Asia, according...

Powell plans to stay, is proud of spectrum actions

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell said Wednesday that the actions the Federal Communications Commission has taken on spectrum are one of his greatest accomplishments even...

Nokia, NEC complete initial IMS interop. testing

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has collaborated with NEC Corp. to complete what it describes as both companies' first phase of interoperability testing for...

Carriers must walk fine line with unlimited 3G pricing

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Public wireless local area network services are in danger of caving under third-generation services as carriers are offering all-you-can-eat services and replicating...

Wireless Services receives new Intel investment

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Wireless Services Corp. said it is at the receiving end of a strategic investment from Intel Communications fund.The amount was not disclosed, but...

UBS Warburg expects solid 3Q carrier financials

The wireless industry is expected to post solid third-quarter results, including strong customer additions and average revenue per user results bolstered by seasonality and...

Broadbeam announces reseller agreements

CRANBURY, N.J.-Broadbeam Corp. said it has signed reseller agreements with Navisoft and Movero Technology, both of which will offer the company's full line of...

ZK Celltest expands testing product capabilities

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-ZK Celltest Inc., which makes wireless network monitors, has added its RSSI/BSIC scanning option on its new DXMe and ZK-SAM line of...

GPRS data prices remain high

LONDON-The cost of sending 10 megabytes of data across a GPRS network has fallen by about 40 percent in Western Europe, according to a...

Proxim to pay Symbol $23M in patent settlement

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. said it has agreed to pay Symbol Technologies Inc. $22.75 million over the next two and half years in a settlement...

AWS reaches $1.4B agreement on Rogers Wireless

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that it has reached an agreement with Rogers Communications Inc. to sell its 34-percent interest in Rogers Wireless Communications...

Procter & Gamble launches mobile marketing campaign

Procter & Gamble has teamed with M-Qube Inc., a mobile marketing company, to market P&G's Herbal Essences line of beauty products, the companies announced...

Skype works to fix mobile VoIP bug

Skype's new mobile voice over Internet Protocol offering is receiving decidedly mixed reviews.Released less than a week ago, Skype for Pocket PC 1.0 allows...

AWS prepares wireless messaging device

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is preparing to launch the Ogo wireless messaging device, according to documents from the Federal Communications Commission.Manufactured by Taiwan-based Chi...

Legislator charges Bush administration with lack of public-safety leadership

WASHINGTON-It will take leadership from the White House and Congress for public safety to achieve interoperable communications and that leadership has been lacking, charged...

AirGate PCS reaches agreements with Sprint PCS

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. reported changes to its Sprint management and services agreements regarding back-office billing and service changes, new customer activation...

Cingular Wireless packages travel content

Cingular Wireless has partnered with content providers Vindigo, Tele Atlas, Digital Cyclone and Handango to offer a suite of mobile travel-related applications.The service is...

Siemens tests OFDM, multi-hop technology

KONIGSWINTER, Germany-At a forum in Germany, Siemens AG tested a mobile network with data rates of up to 360 megabits per second (Mbps) using...

Alvarion supplies Md. library network

TEL-AVIV, Israel-Alvarion Ltd. announced it was chosen by York, Pa.-based Business Information Group for a countywide wireless broadband network installation throughout the state of...

Report says high-tech jobs still in decline

WASHINGTON-A new report funded by the Communications Workers of America shows U.S. high-technology workers still face chronic unemployment and a serious jobs deficit despite...
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