Wireless/Mobile

Breaking wireless and mobile news

Inmarsat's first broadband satellite takes off
Mar. 14, 2005
Inmarsat successfully launched the first of its new generation of satellites on Friday, bringing it one step closer to offering 3G-compatible broadband data services to mobile users.

Sprint Nextel estimates the costs of Hurricane Katrina
Sep. 14, 2005
Sprint Nextel announced Wednesday that it expects telecommunications restoration efforts in the Gulf region to cost between $150 million and $200 million through the rest of the year.

Sprint to buy affiliate
Jul. 11, 2005
Sprint this week said it will acquire its second largest wireless affiliate, US Unwired, for $1.3 billion.

Start-up offers OSS for municipal WLANs
May. 13, 2005
Even "enterprise-class" wireless LAN gear, by itself, isn't enough to create a metro-area WLAN service that can rival today's wired and wireless phone nets. Fledging Waltham, Mass., company Airpath Wireless says it has ...

CTIA: Nortel stretches CDMA
Mar. 15, 2005
At the CTIA Wireless 2005 conference this week, Nortel said it plans to offer CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A (DO Rev A) technology to allow CDMA network operators to provide more feature-rich services, such as VoIP and ...

Wireless and mobile opinion

Making the leap to cheap VoIP?
Aug. 16, 2005
We are sure you take it as a matter of course that the whole world is going to IP and that VoIP is "the future." Of course it is! Whether you're talking about residential users migrating to Vonage and the like, large ...

Group starts work on Super 3G standard
Jan. 12, 2005
The 3G Partnership Project eyes wireless downlink speeds as high as 100M bit/sec.

A look at two key FCC rulings
Dec. 24, 2004
Commission adopts new network-sharing rules, considers in-flight cell phone use.

Sprint, Nextel ink $36 billion union
Dec. 22, 2004
Plus: Nortel reports third-quarter revenue down; Huawei starts inroads into U.S. mobile market

Cingular to cut workforce after AT&T Wireless integration
Dec. 03, 2004
Cingular Wireless is preparing to reduce its workforce by 10% starting next year.

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