Yearly Archives: 2004

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Wireless retailer FTS Wireless Inc. reported it will begin offering Nextel Communications Inc. subsidiary Boost Mobile L.L.C.'s prepaid wireless services. FTS, which also operates...

Verizon spectrum build-up will aid EV-DO development

With a customer base of more than 40 million subscribers and nearly 500,000 new customers added each month, Verizon Wireless has firmly established itself...

Samsung, Sony Ericsson show megapixel camera phones

Continuing the recent flood of camera-phone announcements, Samsung released plans for a 3.2-megapixel digital camera phone, the SPH-S2300, that it said includes features that...

Lucent rises on $5B Verizon deal

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reinforced its CDMA profile and its place in the heart of Verizon Wireless with a whopping $5 billion contract with...

DS-UWB squeaks out win in standards fight

The standards deadlock over ultra-wideband technology between the Multiband OFDM Alliance and the Direct Sequence UWB Forum continued at the IEEE conference last week....

RFID debate may lead to large privacy bill

WASHINGTON-While retailers and manufacturers insist they can safeguard consumers' rights by self policing radio frequency identification systems, some groups see an opening to argue...

Rugged device market up

The global market for enterprise mobile device platforms is forecast to reach $12.3 billion by 2008, according to a report by Venture Development Corporation,...

Cell phones, laptops give new twist to air-to-ground communications systems

With cell phones, pagers and even wireless computers nearly ubiquitous, dozens of agencies are working to open the door for airline passengers to be...

Nextel: States shouldn’t impose billing restrictions

WASHINGTON-State regulators should be stopped from implementing restrictive billing requirements, Nextel Communications Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission in comments on a consumer advocate...

SRS Industries adds engineering division

LOS ANGELES-SRS Industries Inc., which provides transmission infrastructure equipment, said it has added an engineering services division to its company.The company provides project management,...

Verizon teams with Smith Micro on access management tool

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Smith Micro Software Inc. will provide support for Verizon Wireless' new VZAccess Manager, the two companies announced Friday.Using technology from Smith Micro, VZAccess...

Intel earnings jump

LOS ANGELES-Intel Corp. this week reported a quarterly net profit of $1.76 billion, or 27 cents per share, compared with $896 million, or 14...

Nextel secures $4B credit facility

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced it has entered a new five-year $4 billion revolving credit facility, increasing the company's borrowing capacity by $1.4 billion...

APCO voices concerns on E911 via VoIP

WASHINGTON-Just days before the Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to consider the VoIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004, public-safety officials were urged Thursday by...

Qualcomm demos in-flight cell-phone service

Qualcomm Inc. successfully tested an in-cabin voice communications system using CDMA mobile phones, the company announced Thursday.Passengers, including reporters and government representatives, were able...

TelePlus launches MVNO service using AWS network

TelePlus Enterprises Inc.'s TelePlus Wireless Corp. subsidiary announced it will launch the TelePlus mobile virtual network operator to run on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s...

Handset vendors are topping carriers in consumer loyalty

BOSTON-Wireless operators are losing a multibillion-dollar battle for customer loyalty to handset manufacturers, Massachusetts-based Strategy Analytics said.Research from the company's Wireless Network Strategies service...

3G Americas: EDGE commitments exceed 100

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Once considered a technology with little future, EDGE networks currently number more than 100, according to industry association 3G Americas. The group said...

Puerto Rican operator completes Phase II deployment

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-MoviStar Puerto Rico has completed the initial deployment of Phase II E911 services via technology from Telecommunication Systems Inc. MoviStar is certified by...

Shentel’s wireless revenue up 23 percent

EDINBURG, Va.-Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said its second-quarter revenues grew by 20.6 percent from the same quarter last year to $30 million,...

ComCARE releases RFP for alpha version of EPAD

WASHINGTON-The Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies (ComCARE) Alliance Wednesday issued a request for proposals for the alpha version its emergency provider...

Samsung posts $2.7B profit on strong phone sales

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. posted $2.71 billion in overall net income for the second quarter of 2004, citing strong sales in its semiconductor, LCD...

Council Tree disagrees with CTIA on NextWave re-auction

WASHINGTON-Council Tree Communications Inc., an investment company that identifies telecom business opportunities for minorities and women, told the Federal Communications Commission late Thursday to...

Freescale shares priced at $13

AUSTIN, TEXAS-Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and parent company Motorola Inc. Friday announced the initial public offering of 121,621,622 shares of Freescale Semiconductor Class A common...

UWB standards deadlock continues

The standards deadlock over ultra-wideband technology between the Multiband OFDM Alliance and the Direct Sequence UWB Forum continued at the IEEE conference this week....
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