LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Following its successful text messaging campaign with the “American Idol” TV show, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced a new text messaging promotion for football fans. AT&T Wireless and Motorola …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T Wireless hikes new NFL text messaging promo >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sun teams with TI for next-gen handset technology >
DALLAS-In what both companies see as a signal of future collaboration, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. are working together to deliver optimized end-to-end wireless solutions for 2.5- and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CTIA offers consumer tips on LNP >
WASHINGTON-With just over three weeks before the scheduled implementation of wireless local number portability, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association released a number of consumer tips that it said would …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nextel Partners registers offering >
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a public offering of 33 million shares of Class A common stock, including 10 million …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">SK Telecom to offer OTA upgrades through Bitfone >
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-South Korean wireless carrier SK Telecom announced it will offer over-the-air software upgrades to its customers through a new deal with OTA technology company Bitfone Corp. SK Telecom …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Alcatel, Ericsson enjoy improved financial results >
The optimistic beat goes on for wireless infrastructure vendors as Alcatel Corp. and L.M. Ericsson both reported profits and significant drops in losses for the third quarter respectively. Alcatel said …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Telular releases fixed cellular terminal >
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. has released its Phonecell SX4T CDMA2000 1X fixed cellular terminal. The new product launch follows the introduction of its Phonecell SX4P CDMA2000 1X fixed cellular phone, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Japanese operators see revenue boosts from 3G services >
TOKYO-Japanese operators NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. posted first-half results, with both operators achieving strong results boosted by third-generation services. NTT DoCoMo posted an operating profit of $5.5 billion …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">American Tower strong in 3Q >
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. reported strong third-quarter results, including increased revenues and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and decreased net losses. Total operating revenues were $186.9 million, up from …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Studies find strong sales of mobile phones >
A new report shows the mobile-phone industry could hit almost 500 million shipments this year, a number driven by demand in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America and sales …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Cingular says fewer than 1% of sites affected by Calif. fire >
LOS ANGELES-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported less than 1 percent of its cell sites in the San Diego and Los Angeles areas are currently being impacted by the region’s wildfires, and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Cincinnati Bell posts revenue drop in wireless division >
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Inc. reported that its wireless division, which is an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner, posted a 6-percent year-over-year drop in revenues from $68.9 million during the third …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">No decision yet on U.S. leader for WSIS >
WASHINGTON-The State Department’s top telecom official Wednesday said decisions have yet to be made on who will lead the U.S. delegation and represent the Bush administration at December’s World Summit …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Intel adds 802.11a capability to WLAN chip >
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it has introduced its wireless local area network chipset, which adds higher-speed 802.11a capability to its Centrino mobile technology for notebooks. The product combines a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">TIA voices support for rural Internet act >
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association voiced support Wednesday for new legislation to foster funding of high-speed Internet access for distance learning, telemedicine and other programs in rural America. The Rural Renaissance …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Both sides scramble in LNP delay debate >
WASHINGTON-It ain’t over ’til it’s over, and state regulators are not giving up until they are sure the wireless industry cannot succeed in delaying the Nov. 24 mandate to implement …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Appeals court rejects industry’s request on MSS licensing >
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court has rejected a mobile-phone industry request to consolidate challenges to Federal Communications Commission decisions regarding awarding licenses to mobile satellite service applicants and allowing them to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Alamosa Holdings extends debt offering >
LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. extended the expiration date of its offers for its public debt from Oct. 29 until Nov. 4. Alamosa reported that as of Oct. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CPUC commissioner to offer alternative bill of rights >
WASHINGTON-An aide to California Public Utilities Commissioner Susan Kennedy said the regulator will offer an alternative bill of rights for telecom consumers that likely will exempt state mobile-phone carriers from …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Operators urge Calif. to resolve 909 number shortage >
WASHINGTON-Five national mobile-phone carriers want California state regulators to adopt a plan to resolve the critical shortage of telephone numbers in the state’s 909 area code. Cingular Wireless L.L.C, Nextel …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">FCC partners with NIMA on tower database >
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency plan to create a tower location database though a memorandum of understanding that requires them to exchange unclassified database …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nokia deploys Hutchison core network in Hong Kong >
HONG KONG-Hutchison 3G HK Ltd. and Nokia have been working together to deploy the core network equipment for Hutchison’s 3G W-CDMA network in Hong Kong. Nokia said it is supplying …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Openwave reports rising revenue, decreasing net loss >
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet software provider Openwave Systems Inc. reported a solid quarter, showing increasing revenues and a decreasing net loss, with an outlook for generally improving numbers next quarter. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Crown Castle revenue, net loss up >
Crown Castle International Corp. reported a slight year-over-year increase in total revenues during the third quarter from $227.4 million last year to $235.6 million in total revenues during the third …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Microsoft, Vodafone further detail Web services initiative >
Following on promises to release additional information on their plan, Microsoft Corp. and Vodafone Group plc offered further insight into their Web services plan. Specifically, the companies released their Web …