Yearly Archives: 2004

Finnish flyers can check in with SMS

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnair airline customers can check in for flights by sending text messages beginning next month, the carrier said Tuesday.Finnair Plus cardholders who don't...

Itronix updates rugged wireless laptop

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itronix Corp. this weekreleased the GoBook III rugged wireless laptop computer."Our focus has not changed," said Matt Gerber, senior vice president of global...

Qwest expands wireless offering to N.M. markets

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-Regional telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. expanded its nationwide wireless voice service to residential and small business customers in Las Cruces, Alamogordo...

Centennial to sell cable TV assets to fund Mich. wireless buildout

Centennial Communications Corp. said it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Puerto Rico cable television operations to Hicks, Muse, Tate &...

Enpocket upgrades mobile marketing software

NEW YORK-Mobile marketing company Enpocket launched a new version of its popular mobile advertising software.Enpocket Engine 4.0 offers upgraded message delivery features, as well...

Samsung announces phone with hard disc drive

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced plans to launch the SPH-V5400, a mobile phone that includes a tiny hard disc drive to expand...

Content company buys antenna chipmaker

PLANO, Texas-E-Mobile Technologies issued a letter of intent to acquire Canadian antenna chipmaker RFTune, the company announced Tuesday.E-Mobile, a Texas-based provider of applications and...

Nortel joins WiMax Forum

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has joined the WiMax Forum, just as Cisco Systems Inc. reportedly denied reports that it has joined the industry...

Rogers enters agreement to potentially buy AWS stake in Rogers Wireless

Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. said it has entered into a letter of agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to facilitate the possible...

Earthlink becomes wireless voice provider with BlackBerry device

Internet Service Provider EarthLink has added wireless voice provider to its resume with the release of the all-in-one color BlackBerry 7750 Wireless Handheld with...

Atrua gains $12M in new funding

CAMPBELL, Calif.-In further validation of demand for fingerprint technology on wireless devices, Silicon Valley-based Atrua Technologies Inc. announced it has raised $12 million in...

BellSouth offers $3B in notes to fund AWS buy

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. said it plans to offer $3 billion aggregate principal amount of five- and 10-year senior notes to help finance its share of...

ITU: Asia surpasses North America as world’s largest wireless market

GENEVA-The Asia-Pacific region continues to show strong telecommunication market growth, according to research from the International Telecommunication Union, which kicked off ITU Telecom Asia...

More than 300,000 customers cut the cord since April

WASHINGTON-More than 300,000 customers have cut the cord since May with more than a half a million customers switching totally to wireless since local...

Lucent could see $816M tax refund

TRENTON, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. may enjoy a tax windfall of $816 million in refunds if the IRS and the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation...

UWB camps still sparring, another deadlock expected

With each side of the ultra-wideband technology conflict ratcheting up rhetoric and maneuvers, the turf of war is sizzling with less love and more...

Shark to exit AMTA

WASHINGTON-Alan Shark is resigning as president of the American Mobile Telecommunications Association to become executive director of Public Technologies Inc., a nonprofit association that...

Content company acquisition readies it for IPO

PLANO, Texas-E-Mobile Information Technologies acquired mobile entertainment provider CHL Technologies, the companies announced.The acquisition was necessary for CHL to go public, according to a...

U.S. down on Japan’s plans to add fees to unlicensed devices

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration and the high-tech sector oppose Japan's proposal to add a user fee to unlicensed wireless devices, arguing it would undercut consumer...

Telus Mobility squeaks past Verizon in analyst’s ranking

Canadian athletes may not have matched the total number of medals hauled from Athens as its southern neighbor, but the Great White North did...

Crown completes U.K. sale, ponders Sprint buy

As expected, Crown Castle International Corp. completed the sale of its U.K. subsidiary, including 3,600 tower sites, to British utility company National Grid Transco...

Cellular One offers Kyocera’s Aktiv handset

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Cellular One have made the Kyocera Aktiv wireless handset available to Cellular One subscribers.The durable, rubbberized CDMA phone is...

New 3G siting technology to save E-Plus $72M

German wireless operator E-Plus has developed and applied for a patent for a new system to expand its UMTS network called Ultra High Sites,...

Clubbing, SMS style From virtual girlfriends to real ones, mobility adds social twists

Whether you're looking for true love or virtual love-or simply want to play hooky from work-your mobile phone can help.While handset manufacturers and carriers...

Marconi Rocks! Future of wireless is unlimited, unrestricted and (of course) untethered

The future of wireless could be the future of most everything. Wireless technology has evolved in leaps and bounds since the first transmission of...
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