A study commissioned by the Wi-Fi Alliance not surprisingly found that Wi-Fi users in fact do enjoy the convenience of Wi-Fi technology. Survey.com conducted the survey, which tallied 1,000 Americans from various income levels between Nov. 28 and Dec. 1. "As Wi-Fi is now...
Highland Cellular Holdings Inc., which operates a GSM network under the Cellular One brand name in parts of Virginia and West Virginia, said it has sold several 1.9 GHz spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The licenses include a...
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp., which provides outsourced customer services, human resources and billing services for some telecom companies, has slashed its fourth-quarter earnings projections by more than half. The company said it expects fourth-quarter earnings to be 14 cents per share instead of the 30 cents...
This is a somewhat official update on the other war: the war on spam. Like the other war, this one is global and asymmetrical in nature and involves spying. Just for the record, we're winning this one, too! Whoopee!"We're using technology and teamwork in...
DENVER-Licensing clearinghouse MPEG LA L.L.C. said it is working to assemble a patent portfolio for Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, which is used in South Korea to send video content to mobile phones and other devices both terrestrially and by satellite. The company said it hopes...
Sprint Nextel Corp. will purchase the 68 percent of Nextel Partners Inc. it does not currently control for $6.5 billion, the two companies have announced. The deal puts an end to contentious legal wrangling over how much Sprint Nextel would fork over to acquire...
VANCOUVER, B.C.-Sierra Wireless Inc. unveiled a new embedded laptop card ready to operate on Sprint Nextel Corp.'s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network. The Sierra Wireless MC5720 PCI Express Mini Card is the first product in Sierra's "mini card" series, designed for integration into laptop computers...
TORONTO-Bell Canada launched a full-track music download service powered by Groove Mobile, which also enables a similar service recently launched by Sprint Nextel Corp. Bell Canada said consumers are charged $2.58 per song and that the service is available using the Samsung Electronics Co....
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it received a $70.8 million order from the Saudi Railways Organization to upgrade more than 600 miles of the Saudi Arabian railway network infrastructure between Dammam and Riyadh. The network upgrades include new signaling and safety equipment, a GSM railway...
WASHINGTON-The Government Accountability Office is recommending that Congress extend the Federal Communications Commission's auction authority past its current expiration date of Sept. 30, 2007. GAO, the auditing arm of Congress, examined the spectrum allocation and licensing process. The paper is a follow-up to a...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The WiMAX Forum appointed Jeff Orr director of marketing and Matt Wangler director of operations. Orr will oversee global marketing strategy and day-to-day marketing operations. Prior to joining the forum, Orr was director of worldwide product marketing at Proxim Wireless. He also...
If life is a journey, 2005 has been a long, strange trip for the wireless industry.Looking back at the events of this year only underscores how quickly this industry changes. We reported that Verizon Wireless launched Vcast service in January and committed to MediaFlo's...
CHICAGO-Fitch Ratings released a new report on the wireless industry in which it said large North American wireless operators will maintain stable credit profiles in the coming year. Regional Bell operating companies should be able to offset financial losses from Voice over Internet Protocol...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. CarriersStandard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its A- corporate credit rating on Sprint Nextel Corp. and its subsidiaries, while all ratings for Nextel Partners...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced that its softswitch solution has been chosen by Hutchison 3G Austria to optimize the operator's mobile network. "We are confident that Nokia's cost-efficient MSC Server System keep us ahead in the competition," said Jan Trionow, chief technology officer at Hutchison...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Ki-Bi Mobile Technologies Ltd. announced a deal to deliver Valentine's Day-themed mobile content through U.K. wireless retailer Carphone Warehouse. Carphone Warehouse said it plans to offer two specially created Ki-Bi card types: one that allows users to send anonymous text messages to...
WASHINGTON-More than two-thirds of the nation's population has access to enhanced 911 service, largely because it is being deployed in urban areas faster than in rural communities, according to figures posted earlier this month by the National Emergency Number Association. Howver, more than half...
BECKLEY, W. Va.-Highland Cellular Holdings Inc., which operates a GSM network under the Cellular One brand name in parts of Virginia and West Virginia, said it has sold several 1.9 GHz spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission told Congress that it plans to begin examining whether some of the 24 megahertz of spectrum public safety is set to receive as part of the transition to digital TV could be used for a nationwide interoperable broadband network. "Emergency-response...
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp., which provides outsourced customer services, human resources and billing services for some telecom companies, has slashed its fourth-quarter earnings projections by more than half. The company said it expects fourth-quarter earnings to be 14 cents per share instead of the 30 cents...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Alvarion Ltd. announced that its BreezeACCESS VL is the wireless broadband base station muscle behind Rioplex Wireless' 5,000-square-mile deployment in Texas targeting high-capacity consumers and businesses using unlicensed spectrum. Rioplex is an end-to-end wireless operator that owns its backbone and last-mile networks...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. jumped Thursday morning after the company reported strong third-quarter sales of its BlackBerry devices. RIM reported $560 million in revenue during the period, up 53 percent from last year's third-quarter revenue of $366 million. Third-quarter diluted per-share...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry was as close to getting its hands on 700 MHz spectrum as it ever has been. A hard date had been set for auctioning broadcast spectrum as part of the transition to digital TV services. The House and the Senate had...
Global Signal Inc. announced that David Grain is stepping down from his position as president of the nation's third-largest tower company. The company said its chairman and chief executive, Wesley Edens, will take on the president's title also. "We appreciate David's efforts on behalf...
