Yearly Archives: 2005

Supreme Court to weigh in on brain cancer lawsuits

WASHINGTON-The District of Columbia Superior Court judge overseeing a cellular industry motion to dismiss six brain cancer lawsuits could be swayed by a Supreme...

Unlicensed wireless advocates after TV white space

WASHINGTON-Advocates of unlicensed spectrum are trying to get their hands on TV airwaves they believe will be available in channels 2-51 following the transition...

SK Earthlink changes name of MVNO to Helio

LOS ANGELES-SK Earthlink Inc. followed through on previous claims that it was looking at a new name for its planned mobile virtual network operator...

CALEA draws fire from judge, several groups

WASHINGTON-Another federal court has ruled that law enforcement may not track someone using a cell phone without probable cause. The federal district court for...

RIM stung again by court ruling in NTP case

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. suffered yet another setback as the Supreme Court declined to halt NTP Inc.'s case against the company. Although...

Sharp teams with Red Bend for FOTA

TOKYO-Sharp Corp. has tapped Red Bend Software to provide firmware over the air (FOTA) technology for its 3G mobile phones. Terms of the deal...

Swenson jumps T-Mobile ship, joins Amp’d as COO

LOS ANGELES-Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. reported that Sue Swenson has joined the company as chief operating officer and a member...

Verizon Wireless posts strong 3Q results: Continues to lead industry in growth

Verizon Wireless continued to dominate its competitors during the third quarter by adding more than 1.9 million net customers. The strong growth was a...

Benefits of wireless connectivity are key to handset-based m-commerce

There's little doubt that m-commerce is quickly gaining traction among U.S. users. But exactly what m-commerce means to the wireless industry is far from...

Emergence of interstitial ads on the wireless Web a thorny issue

Surfing the wireless Web can be downright painful. More than two-thirds of all U.S. adults access the Internet from personal computers, according to a...

Most teens subscribe to Verizon, says survey

NEW YORK-Nearly half of 10- to 18-year-old Americans use cell phones, and nearly one-third of them are subscribers of Verizon Wireless, according to a...

FCCEMA

Welcome to the new age of response politics. Not necessarily responsive politics, but response politics. It permeates everything from government procurement guidelines to telecom...

Higher penetration rates invite increased scrutiny on how customers are counted

One factor many investors look at before sinking money into the wireless industry has been the ability of wireless devices to penetrate the general...

NTIA launches spectrum management advisory committee

WASHINGTON-National Telecommunications and Information head Michael Gallagher announced the creation of the spectrum management advisory committee. The committee plans to advise the Commerce Department...

Siemens to construct WiMAX network in Russia

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced an agreement with ZAO Start Telecom to construct a fixed WiMAX network in Russia based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard....

Motorola scores deal in Telsim Mobile case

Motorola Inc. said it received a $500 million cash payment as part of an agreement to settle its financial and legal claims against Turkish...

People

Psion TeklogixPsion Teklogix appointed Ron Caines vice president of marketing to lead and manage the company's global product strategy and develop its corporate marketing...

InPhonic sells off its MVNO operations

WASHINGTON-Online reseller InPhonic Inc. said it signed a letter of intent to sell certain assets of its Liberty Wireless and Spanish language Viva Liberty...

MobileMax users gain access to GPRS network

HERNDON, Va.-GeoLogic Solutions, which provides tracking solutions for the transportation industry, said its MobileMax customers can use Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s nationwide data network to...

Qualcomm racks up Taiwanese BREW deal

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. continued to expand BREW's footprint, announcing a deal with Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communication (APBW) to bring the platform to users...

Sweden’s 3G carriers must use UMTS for rollout, agency says

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Post-och telestyrelsen, the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency, said that in order to ensure that there are no adverse effects for Swedish...

Protesters criticize RFID use at Wal-Mart as tags gain followers

The cries of privacy advocates can be heard around the world as the booming radio-frequency identification technology sector marches ahead. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has...

So long

It is hard to believe that I have sat in the second chair at RCR for 10 1/2 years. This time spent following the...

Mobile messaging set to grow in U.S.

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Mobile messaging revenues from U.S. mobile subscribers more than doubled in 2004 from the previous year and will account for 10 percent of...

World Briefs

RUSSIAInfiNet Wireless, which provides broadband wireless access and pre-WiMAX equipment, said Enforta BV selected it to provide equipment for a nationwide broadband network in...
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