For all you middle-aged, BlackBerry-toting, neck-tie-wearing executives who were wandering around the CTIA Wireless I.T. show floor last week, let me interrupt your reminiscings about the wonders of wireless e-mail …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Wireless games get crazy >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Motorola shows Screen3, pushing Web info to home screen >
SAN FRANCISCO-Motorola Inc. plans to release its new dynamic idle-screen technology, dubbed Screen3, to U.S. wireless users in time for this year’s holiday season. Although the company declined to provide …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">180+ developers compete in Navteq contest >
SAN FRANCISCO-If the kickoff for Navteq’s Global LBS Challenge is any indicator, 2006 may be the year location-based services finally get legs. Software developers, reporters, venture capitalists and other insiders …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Disney trying to see what sticks in content space >
SAN FRANCISCO-When it comes to wireless content, there isn’t much Disney isn’t going to try. As the company gears up to launch its much-hyped MVNO next year, the House of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CTIA reports 25M new subs >
SAN FRANCISCO-The wireless industry reported 25.2 million new subscribers, its largest one-year addition of new subscribers in its more than 20-year commercial history, according to CTIA’s semi-annual industry survey released …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Industry: Siting process with tribes, preservationists not working >
WASHINGTON-After doing an about-face and agreeing to clear a backlog of siting applications held up at the Federal Communications Commission, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said he has been unable to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Cingular selects RealNetworks platform for W-CDMA wireless TV service launch >
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to launch additional mobile TV services later this year using a platform from RealNetworks Inc. The supplier said its new Helix OnlineTV solution will enable Cingular …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint Nextel says iDEN system won’t make E-911 handset deadline >
WASHINGTON-Living up to a warning it made in 2004, Sprint Nextel Corp. asked for a waiver for its iDEN network of the enhanced 911 rules requiring some carriers to have …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint Nextel says iDEN system won’t make E-911 handset deadline >
WASHINGTON-Living up to a warning it made in 2004, Sprint Nextel Corp. asked for a waiver for its iDEN network of the enhanced 911 rules requiring some carriers to have …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CTIA reports 25M new subs, $4B in data revenue >
The wireless industry reported 25.2 million new subscribers, its largest one-year addition of new subscribers in its more than 20-year commercial history, according to CTIA’s semi-annual industry survey released this …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Wireless vendor execs provide future technology glimpses >
Unlike the freewheeling and sometimes thought-provoking keynotes of previous CTIA Wireless I.T. shows, Tuesday’s opening keynote session was a trio of rudimentary company presentations on business basics from Microsoft Corp., …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Amp’d, Disney ready MVNO wireless services >
Amp’d Mobile Inc. and Disney both offered details this week about their upcoming mobile virtual network operator services. Amp’d Mobile said it’s on track for a pre-holiday service launch of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Cingular selects RealNetworks platform for W-CDMA wireless TV service >
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to launch additional mobile TV services later this year using a platform from RealNetworks Inc. The supplier said its new Helix OnlineTV solution will enable Cingular …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Customers stay connected in wake of Katrina >
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry averted a potential public-relations disaster, assuring government leaders that wireless services for Hurricane Katrina evacuees would not be cut off for lack of payment. Members of Congress, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Wireless industry to extend billing grace periods to Gulf Coast subscribers >
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry appears to have averted a potential public-relations disaster; quickly responding to government leaders who were concerned that Hurricane Katrina evacuees’ wireless services had been cut off for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">VoIP providers get E-911 delay >
WASHINGTON-Internet-based telephone companies have joined cellular carriers in having difficulty meeting federal enhanced 911 requirements, prompting the Federal Communications Commission to give Voice over Internet Protocol service providers an additional …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Verizon sues 2 telemarketers >
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless sued two telemarketers for violating the prohibition against making sales calls to mobile phones using autodialers. Using evidence initially gained because Verizon Wireless employees received recorded messages selling …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Verizon Wireless sues 2 telemarketers >
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless Wednesday sued two telemarketers for violating the prohibition against making sales calls to mobile phones using autodialers. Using evidence initially gained because Verizon Wireless employees received recorded messages …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">VoIP providers receive E911 delay >
WASHINGTON-Internet-based telephone companies have joined cellular carriers in having difficulty meeting federal enhanced 911 requirements, prompting the Federal Communications Commission to give Voice over Internet Protocol service providers an additional …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Industry urges Martin to reject interference temp >
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is urging FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to reject a key spectrum policy of his predecessor-the interference temperature-and instead ensure existing wireless carriers they will not have to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Send us your I.T. show news >
CTIA has named RCR Wireless News an official Show Daily publication for the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2005 conference and exhibition Sept. 27-29 in San Francisco. For consideration in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Despite some negative press, mywireless.org claims victories >
WASHINGTON-Nearly six months after launching mywireless.org to educate and energize wireless consumers about taxes and regulations at the state and local level, the group is claiming victories even as opponents …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">California creates area-code overlay for Beverly Hills >
WASHINGTON-California regulators did something they have never done before, creating an area-code overlay for Beverly Hills. Beginning Aug. 26, celebrities wanting second, third and fourth phones may find themselves with …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Industry urges Martin to reject interference temp >
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is urging FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to reject a key spectrum policy of his predecessor-the interference temperature-and instead ensure existing wireless carriers they will not have to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Calif. creates new Beverly Hills area-code overlay >
WASHINGTON-California regulators Thursday did something they have never done before. They created an area-code overlay for Beverly Hills. Beginning Aug. 26, 2006, celebrities wanting second, third and fourth phones may …