Wireless Week back issues from September 2002:
The path toward Project 25: attacks created renewed urgency over public safety issues. (9/11 & Project 25).
Sep 02, 2002; ... WASHINGTON -- For Project 25, the events of Sept. 11, 2001, triggered what could be the push the initiative needs to finally get under way. Project 25 is a more than decade-old effort to make interoperable gear for police, fire and other emergency responders. Nearly a year ...
Analog's demise raises red flag. (News).
Sep 02, 2002; ... The FCC's decision last month to sunset the analog compatibility requirement for cellular phones in five years was praised by many in the-industry, including CTIA President and CEO Tom Wheeler, who called the ruling a "matter of good spectrum management." But the decision is ...
Leap ponders restructuring. (News).(Leap Wireless International )
Sep 02, 2002; ... Lately in the wireless industry, timing and luck seem just as important as execution. Only last year, Leap Wireless International was winning accolades left and fight for quickly building out its network and signing up customers to its unlimited use local wireless service. While other ...
Litigation causes insurance questions. (Health Issues).
Sep 02, 2002; ... WASHINGTON--If cell phone makers and other industry players tied up in health liability litigation eventually end up losing in court, the costs could be exorbitantly high. That risk, along with the toll taken by the Sept. 11 attacks and a slackening economy, have made insurance providers ...
3G takes a big gamble. (Wireless Focus).(Sprint PCS )
Sep 02, 2002; ... Last month, Sprint PCS heralded itself as the first company to roll out its 3G services nationwide. For about $10 a month more than their regular voice services, PCS Vision customers can check personal and corporate e-mail accounts, browse the Internet in color and at speeds faster than ...
Sound off. (Wireless Focus).(surfing the Web with mobile devices)(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... A new study estimates nearly 10 million people in the United States are surfing the Web with mobile devices. How often do you use your wireless phone to access Internet or ...
Stabilizing handset demand brings holiday hope. (News).(Gartner Dataquest)
Sep 02, 2002; ... After many quarters of falling sales, global handset demand finally has stabilized, raising muted hopes for a stronger holiday selling season this year. Gartner Dataquest estimates 98.7 million wireless phones were sold to consumers in the second quarter, 1 percent more than ...
Dealers unite over Cingular troubles. (News).(Kempner Mobile Electronics )
Sep 02, 2002; ... Chicago-based dealer Kempner Mobile Electronics is looking for other Cingular Wireless agents that may be experiencing difficulties with the wireless carrier. Kempner, which filed a lawsuit against Cingular Wireless in May, has established a Web site, www.cellulardealerlawsuit.com, in ...
Broadcasters lead in 700 MHz bidding. (Spectrum Auction).
Sep 02, 2002; ... WASHINGTON -- About half of the C and D Block licenses in the 700 MHz spectrum auction received bids last week in the FCC's delayed effort to sell off the bandwidth. Bids totaled about $72 million at the end of the eighth round on Thursday with broadcasters leading the bidding ...
DoCoMo aims at pranksters. (News).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... NTT DoCoMo is taking measures against mobile phone scammers that are dialing a number, Letting it ring once and hanging up. Callers who receive a "missed call" message and then return the call are charged a fee to hear obscene content. ...
Sonera prepares for 3G launch. (News).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Citing delays in UMTS technology development, Sonera says it plans to first use its GSM/GPRS network to Launch 3G mobile services in Finland on Sept. 26. Since January, Sonera's UMTS network has been operational only in limited areas. A ...
Sun lowers expectations. (News).(Sun Microsystems )(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Java developer Sun Microsystems likely will see lower-than-predicted current-quarter results, according to CFO Stevee McGowan. The company's fiscal first quarter, which ends in September, will see sates in the low end of Sun's previously predicted range of ...
Qualcomm, Siemens ink deal. (News).
Sep 02, 2002; ... Qualcomm says it has all the major CDMA infrastructure deals it wants now that it has nailed down a cross-licensing agreement with Germany's Siemens. The San Diego-based CDMA company says Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group has licensed the rights to make and sell ...
Pixo cuts staff, but doors remain open. (News).
Sep 02, 2002; ... Pixo President and CEO Dave Rothschild quashed unconfirmed reports last week that the wireless provisioning software player had ceased operations in the United States and Europe. Rothschild says the company [aid off some staff in the United States but is forging ahead with its mobile ...
LECs detail E911 progress. (E911: making the call).
Sep 02, 2002; ... Without the assistance of the incumbent local exchange carriers, enhanced 911 stands little chance of becoming a reality. ILECs typically own and operate all the existing 911 systems and therefore provide the selective routers, automatic location information databases and trunks to carry ...
New chip incorporates WLAN. (News).(Texas Instruments TNETW1100B)(Product Announcement)
Sep 02, 2002; ... If it works as promised, a new technology coming out of Texas Instruments will make it possible to embed the wireless local area networking technology called Wi-Fi into small devices. The semiconductor company is expected Sept. 3 to introduce a new processor technology that will ...
Post-attack world creates new spectrum policy landscape. (9/11: up close a year later).
Sep 02, 2002; ... WASHINGTON -- Wireless communications was at the epicenter of the Sept. 11 attacks, physically, emotionally and logistically. At no other time in history has a technology allowed such an intimate view of a catastrophe. The consequences of its spotlight performance, though, ...
Wireless remembers 9/11. (Wireless 9/11).
Sep 02, 2002; ... With painful memories of Sept. 11 still fresh, many wireless operators are foregoing any sort of formal acknowledgment of next week's one-year anniversary and instead will channel their energy into supporting various grassroots efforts. Major wireless carders generally joined ...
Industry makes subtle shifts to meet security needs. (Wireless 9/11).
Sep 02, 2002; ... One year after the terrorist attacks, nearly everyone has heard stories of how mobile phones helped victims and survivors reach loved ones and how wireless technology played a critical role in coordinating crisis communications in the horrific aftermath of Sept. 11. Looking ...
Verizon, CTIA ask for forbearance review. (Tracking The FCC).
Sep 02, 2002; ... WASHINGTON -- In asking the U.S. Court of Appeals last week to take a look at the FCC's forbearance standard, CTIA and Verizon Wireless have taken aim at a fundamental regulatory idea at the commission. CTIA and Verizon asked the court to review the commission's ruling in July ...
Report: expect high churn from LNP. (News).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Not surprisingly, analysts believe local number portability will lead to increased churn for carriers. Now a research firm has released a report projecting just how bad the churn could be. In-Stat/MDR, a sister company to Wireless Week, estimates one-third of U.S. wireless ...
RadioShack: consumer demand slacks. (News).
Sep 02, 2002; ... Coming just two weeks after the launch of Sprint PCS' Vision, RadioShack Corporation's severe profit warning might have been viewed as an indication that retail customers weren't exactly flocking to the carrier's long-awaited next-generation service. Not so, analysts say. Rather ...
Nortel plans more layoffs. (News).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002; ... Blaming spending reductions by U.S. carriers, Nortel Networks warned last week that its workforce will shrink even further to keep up with falling revenue. By the time the additional 7,000 layoffs are completed by the end of this year, Nortel will be slightly more than one-third its former ...
TriQuint downsizes operations. (News).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Only a month after becoming TriQuint Semiconductor's new CEO, Motorola veteran Ralph Quinsey took the "difficult but necessary action" of laying off more than 100 employees, or 7 percent of the company's 1,600-member workforce. The Hillsboro, Ore., wireless chipmaker is cutting 15 percent ...
Departing CFOs cause industry jitters. (Business Finance).
Sep 02, 2002; ... People get nervous when a company changes any member of its top management team. But in the current climate, it's the departure of a company's CFO that's likely to cause the most consternation. In an era of big-time accounting scandals and bankruptcies, the resignation of the ...
Wireless software provider Pinpoint Networks closed an $8 million round of funding led by Massey Burch Capital, Noro-Moseley Partners and Wakefield Group.(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Wireless software provider Pinpoint Networks closed an $8 million round of funding led by Massey Burch Capital, Noro-Moseley ...
Centennial Communications has sold its 51 percent interest in Centennial Digital Jamaica for undisclosed terms to Oceanic Digital Communications, which owns 49 percent of the Jamaican wireless business.(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Centennial Communications has sold its 51 percent interest in Centennial Digital Jamaica for undisclosed terms to Oceanic Digital Communications, which owns 49 percent of the Jamaican ...
Maxima.(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Maxima, a San Diego-based developer of optical wireless transmission systems, added another $4.2 million to its $3 million first ...
Fortress Technologies, a Tampa, Fla., wireless security company, attracted $13 million in funding.(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Fortress Technologies, a Tampa, Fla., wireless security company, attracted $13 million ...
Dobson Communications.(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Dobson Communications has asked for a review of Nasdaq's determination that the company is in violation of ...
SpectraSite Holdings and GoAmerica each moved from the Nasdaq national trading market.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SpectraSite Holdings and GoAmerica each moved from the Nasdaq national trading market to the Nasdaq ...
Shooting for multiplatinum stardom: carriers look to ring up sales with polyphonic tones. (Cellular PCS).
Sep 02, 2002; ... In a technology upheaval that some industry observers compare to migrating from a black-and-white television set to color, polyphonic ring[ones are making their way into the United States wireless market. Unlike the basic monophonic ringtones most subscribers are accustomed to, polyphonic ...
Wireless service pricing August 2002. (Cellular PCS).
Sep 02, 2002 ... Wireless service costs across the four usage revels Econ One analyzes rose less than 1 percent in August, coming in 0.84 percent higher than July. The overall rise amounted to 31 cents. Nine markets witnessed cost increases, white six saw costs fall. San Francisco experienced the largest ...
InterVoice-Brite. (Bits).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... InterVoice-Brite received shareholders' approval to change its corporate name to Intervoice Inc. The company says the name change represents the ...
AsiaInfo Holdings signed a contract to provide Yunnan Mobile, a provincial subsidiary of China Mobile. (Bits).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... AsiaInfo Holdings signed a contract to provide Yunnan Mobile, a provincial subsidiary of China Mobile, with its analytical ...
Alcatel signed a contract with First Cellular of Southern Illinois to deploy a new Signaling System 7 network enabled by the Alcatel INfusion STP A signaling transfer point. (Bits).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Alcatel signed a contract with First Cellular of Southern Illinois to deploy a new Signaling System 7 network enabled by the Alcatel INfusion STP A ...
LocatioNet's LBS middleware platform and LBS interface were successfully tested for interoperability within Ericsson TDMA systems. (Bits).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... LocatioNet's LBS middleware platform and LBS interface were successfully tested for interoperability within Ericsson ...
Messaging associations dig in: despite cellular's popularity, paging carriers refuse to uproot. (Paging Messaging).
Sep 02, 2002; ... Paging providers acknowledge their businesses don't have the same pizzazz they enjoyed before cellular became popular and absorbed much of the paging customer base. But that doesn't mean these carriers are going to abandon their roots. While paging now is a much smaller industry ...
WebLink Wireless. (Bits).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas approved the Chapter 11 reorganization plan for ...
Fujitsu and NMS Communications say they jointly have developed a wireless video gateway system for distributing multimedia content from the Internet to handsets. (Bits).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Fujitsu and NMS Communications say they jointly have developed a wireless video gateway system for distributing multimedia content from ...
Device manufacturer PerComm sealed a deal with Arch Wireless and WebLink Wireless to manufacture ReFlex devices for use over ReFlex paging networks. (Bits).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Device manufacturer PerComm sealed a deal with Arch Wireless and Weblink Wireless to manufacture ReFlex devices for use over ReFlex paging networks. PerComm ...
Palm Solutions Group and BEA Systems announced an agreement to bring Web services to Palm-branded handhelds. (Bits).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Palm Solutions Group and BEA Systems announced an agreement to bring Web services to Palm-branded handhelds. Palm will develop tools and a ...
Messaging pervades retail opportunities. (Paging Messaging).
Sep 02, 2002; ... The local grocery or electronics store is becoming a wireless technology hot spot where chips, sodas, chuck roast, TVs, video games and just about every other item in the store will manage itself, and the customer, wirelessly. That's the idea, at least. Wireless ...
Vodafone hopes to score with Beckham. (News).
Sep 02, 2002; ... MANCHESTER, England--Multimillionaire soccer superstar and fashion icon David Beckham has sold his voice to Vodafone. In an unprecedented two-year, $3 million deal, Beckham, husband of pop sensation Spice Girl Victoria "Posh Spice," will unleash his celebrity in a worldwide ...
TowerAmerica has big vision for billboards. (Insight: site development).
Sep 02, 2002; ... If tower has its way, billboards will do more than publicize pop stars' latest releases or tell highway travelers how far it is to the next hotel room. The way the company envision it, many of the study icons of commerce will discreetly carry antennas for wireless communications in ...
Superconductor firms squeeze into wireless market. (Insight: site development).
Sep 02, 2002; ... Wireless operators seeking techniques to squeeze more performance out of their systems are finding a new cadre of increasingly interested suitors: high-temperature superconductor technology companies that have chosen wireless infrastructure as the target market for their products. ...
Ricochet bounces back with new business plan. (Smell The Coffee).(Ricochet Networks)
Sep 02, 2002; ... Nearly two years ago on the same day, two companies with compelling technologies recorded momentous passages in their histories. Some prognosticators believed that day marked the emergence of a mobile Internet industry, a prediction ahead of its time. The day was Sept. 21, 2000 ....
Customized speed tests. (Seybold's Take).(using Microsoft Exchange Server to check wireless data speeds)
Sep 02, 2002; ... It's easy to become an "expert" on wireless data speeds. All you need to do is connect to any one of a number of Internet sites that provides speed calculations (2wire.com, connectcheck.com), run the tests and within a few minutes you know your throughput speed. However, these ...
Integrators pump up roles: as enterprises delve deeper into mobile technologies, they want full service solutions, not just individual applications. (Cover Story).
Sep 02, 2002; ... The economic challenges of the past year have pushed many corporations to change the way they adopt mobility, but overall interest in wireless technologies hasn't waned as businesses look for full service solutions to increase mobile employees' productivity. A recent report by ...
Shifting handsets into high gear: CTIA's involvement with the CDMA Development Group could help drive more phones through the certification process and into the marketplace. (Handsets).(Celluar Telecommunications Industry Association)
Sep 02, 2002; ... CTIA is positioning itself to grab hold of new business opportunities in CDMA 3G handset interoperability testing. Globally, the CDMA industry has far more IMT2000 (3G) devices on the market than its GSM rivals. Still, the number of CDMA2000 1X handsets ready for manufacture by ...
Microsoft's wireless play brings mixed reactions. (In-Stat/MDR Exclusive Research).
Sep 02, 2002; ... Microsoft has been attempting to enter the wireless market for years through various roads. That entrance hasn't gone smoothly, though. In fact, it wouldn't bean exaggeration to compare the company's initial forays to that of a bull entering a china shop. One of the company's ...
Solving the paperwork plague: California police officers no longer load their squad cars with crime stats and daily updates before heading to the streets. With new software, they update their records wirelessly-from hot spots in the field. (Big Ideas).(Oakland Police Department's use of software from Padcom)
Sep 02, 2002; ... In the past, police in Oakland, Calif., continually were bogged down by paperwork. Every day before they headed to their squad cars for their daily patrols, the officers were handed stacks of wanted posters, crime statistics and other daily updates. Today, these same officers ...
Calendar.
Sep 02, 2002 ... <Pre> Intel Developer Forum Sept. 9-12, San Jose, Calif. www.intel.com/idf/g3 </Pre> * Wireless networking and solutions will be among the topics of this event. Top Intel executives discuss the company's vision for its four key architectures and examine the convergence of ...
Know your environment, understand your solution. (DevBiz: developer insights).(wireless applications)
Sep 02, 2002; ... The architect Eliel Saarinen once said: "Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context-a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan." This implies that no design should be developed in a vacuum without ...
KDDI, Japan's second-largest mobile operator, in October plans to roll out a new application for its "au" brand 3G service, which will enable customers to send and receive video clips. (short takes).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... KDDI, Japan's second-largest mobile operator, in October plans to roll out a new application for its "au" brand 3G service, which will enable customers to send and receive video clips. The carrier says the move is meant to entice 5 million more 3G customers ...
Motorola, Philips Electronics NV and STMicroetectronics NV unveiled a new complementary metal oxide semiconductor, or CMOS, design platform. (short takes).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Motorola, Philips Electronics NV and STMicroetectronics NV unveiled a new complementary metal oxide semiconductor, or CMOS, design platform. The collaborating chipmakers ...
Toshiba's Computer Systems Group and iPass together announced a plan to integrate broadband wireless hot spot locations based on Toshiba's technology into the iPass Global Broadband Roaming service. (short takes).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Toshiba's Computer Systems Group and iPass together announced a plan to integrate broadband wireless hot spot locations based on Toshiba's ...
Insignia Solutions announced the availability of Insignia Mobile Foundation for the Microsoft Smartphone 2002 operating system. (short takes).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Insignia Solutions announced the availability of Insignia Mobile Foundation for the Microsoft Smartphone 2002 operating ...
Wayport, a provider of high-speed Wi-Fi and wired Internet access in hotels and airports nationwide, will provide broadband Internet service in seven properties operated by Loews Hotels, a collection of hotels and resorts in the United States and Canada. (short takes).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Wayport, a provider of high-speed Wi-Fi and wired Internet access in hotels and airports nationwide, will provide broadband Internet service in seven properties operated by Loews Hotels, a collection of hotels and resorts in the United States and ...
Novatel Wireless and Mobiltron China introduced the Merlin G201 GSM/GPRS PC card modem in the People's Republic of China last week. (short takes).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Novatel Wireless and Mobiltron China introduced the Merlin G201 GSM/GPRS PC card modem in the People's Republic of China last week. Chongqing Mobile will offer the Merlin G201 to its mobile data customer base in Chongqing city ....
Broadband Wireless Alliance announced the creation of 17 new broadband wireless working committees to begin the process of establishing coordination and promoting progress by vendors, wireless operators and end-users in the broadband wireless industry. (short takes).(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... The Broadband Wireless Alliance announced the creation of 17 new broadband wireless working committees to begin the process of establishing coordination and promoting progress by vendors, wireless operators and end-users in the broadband wireless industry. At recent events, including last ...
ComScore Media Metrix. (short takes).(survey on the use of wireless Internet in the US)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Sep 02, 2002 ... Americans are starting to pay attention to the wireless Internet, a survey from ComScore Media Metrix shows. The number of people who use handheld devices or mobile phones to access online information in the United States is 9.9 million-or roughly 11 percent of the total number of ...
Brightstar exec answers the call. (Facetime).(Call To Protect initiative to donate wireless phones to victims of domestic violence)
Sep 02, 2002; ... For Denise Gibson. COO of distributor Brightstar Corporation, community service ix an important element in her career and personal life. As a long-time wireless executive, Gibson always has believed the industry has a philanthropic obligation to provide communications and ...
People to politicians: can the spam. (Facetime).(receiving political campaign messages on handsets)(Brief Article)
Sep 02, 2002 ... How eager are wireless phone users to receive political campaign ads as text messages on their handsets? Only a bit more eager than they were to elect Ralph Nader president. Nader garnered just under 3 percent of the popular vote in 2000, but early returns from Wireless Week's ...
AirTouch colleagues get in touch at reunion. (Facetime).(AirTouch Communications)
Sep 02, 2002; ... About 300 visitors at the upstate Blackhawk Museum in Danville, Calif., recently mingled for cocktails and appetizers in the auto museum, an acclaimed collection of unusual automobiles, which are displayed in a vast, black granite hall as individual works of fine art. Few seemed ...