With public hot-spot locations popping up faster than reality-based TV shows, companies that provide support services are finding a market ripe for innovations, the most compelling of which is how …
Although GSM proponent Nokia Corp. continues to profess plans to improve its CDMA phone sales, the company’s efforts to date in the United States seem relatively unimpressive. Of the two …
Openwave Systems Inc. today released software for mobile-phone makers looking to offer support for multimedia messaging services. The company also said Agere Systems has licensed the software and will sell …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed fining a carrier for building a tower without seeking the proper authorization. The FCC wants to fine Western Wireless Corp. $200,000 for constructing and …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a $36 million contract to expand GSM networks for China Mobile in Shanghai and Anhui provinces. “Following this expansion, over 3.4 million subscribers …
As the wireless industry comes of age, upgrades are necessary to keep existing, legacy infrastructure in working order and compatible with emerging wireless communications technologies. Those upgrades and enhancements start …
SAN RAMON, Calif.-The PAM Forum plus Parlay Group now equals the Parlay Group. Both standards groups are merging into the Parlay Group in a process that will be completed by …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission adopted rules that allow wireless carriers to lease spectrum they are not using to other companies, a move heralded by the wireless community. “The spectrum-leasing policies …
WASHINGTON-Despite interest in steering Iraq reconstruction business to American companies through competitive bidding and White House reluctance to meddle in wireless rebuilding in the war-torn country, the Bush administration has …
In an interesting turnaround, Motorola Inc. said it will use synchronization technology from Extended Systems in one of its new mobile phones instead of technology from its former subsidiary Starfish …
SAN DIEGO-Highlighting its focus on fiscal responsibility, Leap Wireless International Inc. reported a year-over-year increase in revenues and a drop in its net losses for the first quarter of 2003. …
HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless enterprise company GoAmerica Inc. said it will postpone its quarterly conference call due to “strategic opportunities that may enhance the company’s liquidity and revenue potential.” The company said …
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Nortel Networks Inc. said it will supply GSM/GPRS technology to Sunbeach Communications Inc., a wireline and wireless Internet service provider in Barbados. Sunbeach is expanding its service offerings to …
BERLIN-Personal Information Management software provider Weblicon Technologies AG announced investor Aurelia Private Equity has invested $4.385 million in the company for it to expand its international sales and marketing efforts. …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Holdings Inc. said it made its final repayment and retirement of the $60 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes, a move the …
Mobile infrastructure revenue dropped 14 percent in the first quarter of 2003 to $6.4 billion compared with the fourth quarter of 2002, according to a report by the Dell’Oro Group. …
A handful of Sprint PCS affiliates reported quarterly results late yesterday with most posting strong revenue growth tempered by increases in net losses and slowing customer growth. Alamosa Holdings Inc. …
A state judge set Oct. 6 as the trial date for Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon’s billing lawsuit against Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. Last December, Nixon sued Sprint …
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is pushing free trade with the Middle East to alleviate political and social ills in that region. While opening up new overseas markets would be beneficial to …
NEW YORK-UBS Warburg has upgraded L.M Ericsson and downgraded Nortel Networks Ltd., but both end up in the Neutral column. The firm upgraded Ericsson to Neutral from Reduce 2 and …
WASHINGTON-June could prove pivotal in the debate over driver distraction and cell phones, as a criminal trial involving the deaths of two family members begins in Texas and the National …
MILAN, Italy-Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s raised its long- and short-term corporate credit ratings on France Telecom S.A. to BBB from BBB- and A-2 from A-3. It also raised its …
NEW YORK-There is still work for Henry Schacht, Lucent Technologies Inc.’s former chairman and chief executive officer, at his former company for a princely $55,000 a month. The company will …
BOSTON-Wireless carriers are increasingly searching for solutions to serve credit-challenged customers, according to The Yankee Group, which released its opinions on AT&T Wireless Inc.’s recently announced GoPhone service and a …
Verizon Wireless announced it will shut down its slow-speed wireless data CDPD network by December 2005, following a similar move by CDPD network operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The move …
