Wireless carriers answer call for number swaps

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Study: Carriers answer customer demands

Study: Carriers answer customer demands 04/27/2004 12:56 PM
The majority of cellular consumers are happy with the quality and coverage of their service, according to a study from Jupiter Research.

Carriers not ready for number
portability

Carriers not ready for number
portability 11/10/2003 11:05 PM
Oh man, we really don't want people to think we're fixated on the whole cellphone number portability thing (though it is nice to be pre-occupied with something besides the dismal failure of the N-Gage), but there's a new report out from Mobile Competency about how the cellphone companies still aren't ready for November 24th, the first day the new rules go into effect (even though they're had no problem charging their subscribers for it for months). They're recommending that if you can manage it, to wait until next year to switch. Read...

Carriers Still Trying Last Minute Delays
On Number Portability

Carriers Still Trying Last Minute Delays
On Number Portability 11/19/2003 07:03 PM
This just never ends... While most of the major wireless carriers have given up trying to stop wireless local number portability (and in the case of Verizon Wireless, publicly embraced number portability), it appears that some of the smaller carriers are now making their last minute desperation play to stop it. A group representing smaller rural carriers has given the FCC an ultimatum, saying that if they don't stop number portability by tomorrow, they'll go to court to get portability delayed. They claim that number portability leads to an unfair competitive situation where the bigger carriers can stomp on the smaller ones. The FCC's response? Nope. Number portability is going into effect Monday no matter how much carriers of all sizes complain about it.

HP Gets Call for Carriers

HP Gets Call for Carriers 08/16/2004 12:38 PM
Motorola taps the computer maker to team up on next-gen networks.

Beagle To Answer Mom 's Call?

Beagle To Answer Mom 's Call? 12/27/2003 06:43 PM
CBS News Dec 27 2003 5:38PM ET

Net phones: Ready to answer the call?

Net phones: Ready to answer the call? 07/22/2004 04:21 PM
ZDNet Jul 22 2004 8:16PM GMT

Newest camera phones answer the call for
better resolution

Newest camera phones answer the call for
better resolution 07/24/2004 05:49 PM
Los Angeles Times Jul 24 2004 8:42PM GMT

Telewest Broadband, one of Great
Britain’s largest alternative carriers,
banks on next-generation technology of
the European Computer Telecoms Group
(ECT) for its service number offering

Telewest Broadband, one of Great
Britain’s largest alternative carriers,
banks on next-generation technology of
the European Computer Telecoms Group
(ECT) for its service number offering 09/22/2004 02:13 AM
Based on ECT’s solution, Telewest launches its new Special Rate Service (SRS) Advanced Solutions [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]

Wireless carriers not happy about DRM

Wireless carriers not happy about DRM 04/01/2005 03:24 PM

The wireless carriers are not happy with licensing feeds being put on them and are basically feel they are being robbed. Personally I am glad that industry is starting to feel some pain maybe someone will wake up someday and say that DRM is out of control and needs to reeled in. [Engadget]

Wireless Carriers Working on Super 3G

Wireless Carriers Working on Super 3G 12/31/2004 12:36 PM
BrightHand Dec 31 2004 4:20PM GMT

World's Wireless Carriers To Supercharge
3G

World's Wireless Carriers To Supercharge
3G 01/03/2005 05:06 PM
E-Commerce Times Jan 3 2005 8:36PM GMT

Wireless Carriers Get the Message
(NewsFactor)

Wireless Carriers Get the Message
(NewsFactor) 08/06/2004 04:44 PM
NewsFactor - Wireless operators Verizon and Cingular are launching messaging services with the help of leading Internet portals MSN and Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), respectively, providing further momentum for the emerging wireless instant-messaging (IM) market.

Wireless Not Yet the Recommended Answer

Wireless Not Yet the Recommended Answer 01/02/2004 06:07 AM

Wireless Carriers Court Sports,
Entertainment

Wireless Carriers Court Sports,
Entertainment 09/17/2004 07:44 PM
As mobile video becomes more robust, wireless carriers look to carry sports and entertainment offerings.

Wireless carriers develop mobile
standard

Wireless carriers develop mobile
standard 01/06/2005 12:35 AM
Buenos Aires Herald Jan 6 2005 2:17AM GMT

Wireless Carriers Give In On Coverage
Maps

Wireless Carriers Give In On Coverage
Maps 07/21/2004 04:25 PM
Politicians have been threatening to put a "Cell Phone Bill of Rights" in place for years. The idea would be to force wireless carriers to open up their coverage maps and allow early termination for those whose homes or offices have coverage gaps. Now, it appears that threats from various state AGs has done the trick. Verizon, Cingular and Sprint have now agreed to reveal the coverage maps and let people cancel within two weeks of signing up for service... but only in 32 states, which sucks if you're in the other 18 (or if you use a different carrier). Also, it's unclear exactly which coverage maps will be revealed. The carriers have been adamant that the detailed coverage maps they have are trade secrets, so it still seems unlikely that they'll reveal them. The one thing this might do, however, is really force them to be much better about coverage gaps -- something that's been lacking (despit commercial advertisements to the contrary). Of course, none of this helps if you happen to move into a new home that is in a gap, but I guess there's only so much consumer friendliness you can force on carriers at a time.

Wireless carriers: Privacy bill not
needed

Wireless carriers: Privacy bill not
needed 09/21/2004 06:24 PM
WASHINGTON - Representatives of wireless telephone carriers planning a telephone directory service told a U.S. Senate committee Tuesday that legislation to protect their customers' privacy isn't needed, because their plan already does.

Wireless carriers show porting piety

Wireless carriers show porting piety 12/04/2003 10:41 PM
Some U.S. cell phone providers are reportedly offering refunds to customers who have experienced multiple-day delays getting old numbers switched to new phones.

Vendors, carriers eye WiMax wireless
broadband

Vendors, carriers eye WiMax wireless
broadband 01/23/2004 02:21 PM
Manufacturers and service providers looked at the emerging WiMax wireless technology this week and saw a possible rival to wired broadband services -- at the end of what some see as a long standardization process.

Here Come Class Action Lawsuits Against
Wireless Carriers

Here Come Class Action Lawsuits Against
Wireless Carriers 05/18/2004 04:34 AM
Admittedly, wireless carriers are notorious for their poor service. However, with the advent of number portability, one would hope that a little competition should help to solve many of those problems. However, why wait for the market when you can sue? It looks like some groups are trying to come up with just about any excuse to file a class action lawsuit against mobile phone service providers. Now, I'm no fan of most of the wireless carriers - who I think have done a terrible job providing service to their customers and who are often misleading and downright sneaky in what they do. However, I also don't think bogus class action lawsuits help the situation much either.

3 Wireless Carriers Enter Disclosure
Deal (AP)

3 Wireless Carriers Enter Disclosure
Deal (AP) 07/21/2004 06:11 PM
AP - Some of the nation's largest wireless companies have just become more accountable to consumers.

Entertainment Industry And Wireless
Carriers Upset About The Inevitable

Entertainment Industry And Wireless
Carriers Upset About The Inevitable 09/16/2004 11:27 AM
For years, we've been saying that a true "Napster for mobile phones" was on the way, but the recording industry and (most) wireless carriers continued to put their head in the sand and think that mobile phones were somehow different than computers. This wasn't a particularly hard lesson to learn from just a few years ago, but both industries have an incredibly large set of blinders that they seem to wear. So, in the last few weeks as news spread about both SK Telecom and Nokia developing file sharing apps -- neither of which uses copy protection -- the industries were again taken by surprise. In response to these developments, they are fighting back by... complaining. Rather than actually dealing with the issue they're out talking about how such developments could be disastrous to their money making plans and how they shouldn't be allowed to continue. In other words, they're acting like buggy makers freaked out that someone is building cars and saying it shouldn't be allowed. While it was a bit surprising that the first developments came from large industry players, if the entertainment industry and the carriers somehow convince the large companies to back down on their plans, have no fear that smaller players will fill the void. The shortsightedness of so many companies in both industries continues to amaze.

Call on Me hits number one spot

Call on Me hits number one spot 09/19/2004 02:05 PM
Swedish DJ Eric Prydz goes straight to number one in the UK chart with dance track Call on Me.

Java Jumpstart Promises Fast Money for
Wireless Carriers

Java Jumpstart Promises Fast Money for
Wireless Carriers 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Two mobile software publishing firms have introduced a new deployment program based on the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) platform. Dubbed Java Jumpstart, the program is backed by Handango and Tira Wireless and promises to get a complete J2ME-based application system up and running in about a month.

Carriers in 11 countries open wireless
Internet for travellers - 11/11/2004

Carriers in 11 countries open wireless
Internet for travellers - 11/11/2004 02/05/2005 09:51 PM
Metronews Feb 5 2005 11:59PM GMT

It's Time for Wireless Carriers to Shed
Their Tech-Phobia (washingtonpost.com)

It's Time for Wireless Carriers to Shed
Their Tech-Phobia (washingtonpost.com) 04/02/2005 10:40 PM
washingtonpost.com - Some tech-conscious cell phone shoppers have a new complaint: Verizon Wireless can't hear them now, and that's not good.

Shifting Trends In Customer Ownership
Between Wireless Carriers And Phone
Makers

Shifting Trends In Customer Ownership
Between Wireless Carriers And Phone
Makers 04/21/2004 04:47 AM
Nearly a year ago we had a post where we discussed the fact that many shoppers on the market for a mobile phone service focused on what phone they wanted more than what service provider they wanted. So, if they wanted a certain Nokia phone, their choices of service providers was limited to those who sold that particular phone. A few months later we looked at how the carriers should respond to this and one of the predictions was that carriers would start to focus increasingly on white-label phones where smaller, lesser known device manufacturers would build phone handsets to spec and brand them with the carriers name. It appears that's exactly what's happening. The carriers have been doing their best to take the customer ownership back from the handset makers, and it appears to be working. More and more people identify their phone by the brand of the service provider, rather than the handset maker. Of course, the article uses Nokia and Motorola as the example cases of the big name handset makers likely to lose out - and back it up with Nokia's poor earnings. However, the story was written before Motorola posted very impressive earnings due to their handset sales taking off again. Maybe this is one battle that isn't over yet.

AOL's New Whitelist Policy (Not What You
Heard)- SPF's New Name - Microsoft + AOL
Call for Widespread Collaboration and
Answer THE Question: Publish SPF Now or
Wait for Future Standards?

AOL's New Whitelist Policy (Not What You
Heard)- SPF's New Name - Microsoft + AOL
Call for Widespread Collaboration and
Answer THE Question: Publish SPF Now or
Wait for Future Standards? 06/24/2004 02:53 AM
Microsoft, AOL and SPF Developer Meng Weng Wong answer questions about the SPF technology, the new SenderID format, what organizations are supposed to be doing now and what it means for every organization that sends email (bulk or otherwise). Microsoft and AOL explain the rapidly growing collaboration & how AOL will be using SPF for inbound email delivery & whitelisting. ASTA's (ISPs anti-spam coalition) initiatives and best practice recommendations editorial. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

Wireless gaming is a match made in
venture capital heaven: The mobile
carriers need new ways to hold on to its

Wireless gaming is a match made in
venture capital heaven: The mobile
carriers need new ways to hold on to its 08/17/2004 06:48 PM
Newsweek Aug 17 2004 9:58PM GMT

Comarco Wireless Test Solutions Offers
Custom Reporting And Analysis Service
For Cellular Carriers

Comarco Wireless Test Solutions Offers
Custom Reporting And Analysis Service
For Cellular Carriers 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
Comarco (NASDAQ: CMRO) Wireless Test Solutions today announces Symphony, a new service for cellular carriers that are users of the Seven.Five/NQDI test and analysis system. Symphony is a service whereby Comarco's Symphony team rapidly develops scripts for NQDI licensees, based on their specific needs for presentation of wireless network performance data. [PRWEB Feb 4, 2005]

AT&T Wireless Fumbles Number
Portability

AT&T Wireless Fumbles Number
Portability 12/05/2003 03:03 PM
cloudscout writes "The FCC is demanding that AT&T Wireless Services explain their number portability failures. Apparently, tens of thousands of customers ...

Top Tip: Maximum number of PCs on a
wireless router?

Top Tip: Maximum number of PCs on a
wireless router? 04/20/2004 11:27 PM
I have a wireless, 4 port (for hard wired) router. Can I have unlimited wireless connections to this? Is the "4" related to the physical ports only?

FCC: OK to switch home number to
wireless

FCC: OK to switch home number to
wireless 11/11/2003 11:39 AM
CNN Nov 11 2003 11:07AM ET

AT&T Wireless says most number-switching
snags fixed

AT&T Wireless says most number-switching
snags fixed 12/12/2003 01:53 PM
The No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier placed much of the blame on third-party vendors it hired to handle the number switches.

FCC asks AT&T Wireless about phone
number porting snags

FCC asks AT&T Wireless about phone
number porting snags 12/05/2003 05:28 PM
It's reportedly having the most trouble of any carrier in complying with the FCC's wireless number portability rules, which went into effect last week.

Pace for Wireless Number Switches
Quickens (Reuters)

Pace for Wireless Number Switches
Quickens (Reuters) 09/03/2004 04:28 PM
Reuters - The number of U.S. wireless subscribers who are switching providers while keeping their telephone numbers is accelerating, the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday.

Cingular and AT&T Wireless make last
minute attempt to delay number
portability

Cingular and AT&T Wireless make last
minute attempt to delay number
portability 10/31/2003 01:39 AM
We'd thought that the cellphone companies had stopped trying to weasel out implementing number portability after a Federal appeals court threw out their lawsuit against the FCC back in June, but apparently they hadn't quite given up yet. AT&T Wireless and Cingular just tried again in court to stall the new rules by arguing that the FCC hadn't been clear enough about how number portability applies to landlines as well. On Wednesday this second lawsuit was also thrown out, though now it looks like AT&T Wireless and Cingular might be trying get Congress to intervene and obtain a delay. Read [Via MobileTracker]...

uk2abroad’s new Mobile Roaming Solution
Allows Travellers to Keep Their Existing
UK Mobile Number and Save up to 80% on
Call Charges when Going Abroad

uk2abroad’s new Mobile Roaming Solution
Allows Travellers to Keep Their Existing
UK Mobile Number and Save up to 80% on
Call Charges when Going Abroad 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
uk2abroad has today launched its innovative Mobile Roaming Solution that allows users to: - avoid excessive charges on making and receiving calls abroad;- retain their existing UK mobile number and incoming ringing tone; and- have complete control over their spend - no more surprise phone bills [PRWEB Jun 1, 2005]

Wireless wake-up call

Wireless wake-up call 03/14/2005 06:27 PM
Cisco/Airespace deal boosts thin access point/WLAN switch topology and makes enterprise WLANs more enticing.
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Nextel Motorola i730 Status Light Fix

Nextel Motorola i730 Status Light Fix 04/21/2004 08:45 AM
David Blake sends this handy tip for Nextel Motorola i730 users:Many owners of the Nextel (Motorola) i730 were disappointed to find that it did not have a status light. There is now a Java app that adds this to the phone. Read...

Nextel debuts wireless broadband service

Nextel debuts wireless broadband service 04/14/2004 03:43 PM
CNET Apr 14 2004 8:09PM GMT

Nextel Launches Wireless Broadband
Service (Reuters)

Nextel Launches Wireless Broadband
Service (Reuters) 04/14/2004 11:41 AM
Reuters - Nextel Communications Inc. (NXTL.O) on Wednesday said it had begun selling an advanced wireless broadband service in North Carolina, offering download speeds comparable to home broadband lines.

Cingular Wireless and Telescope, Inc.
Launch Moderated Mobile Chat Service for
FOX's AMERICAN IDOL, Season 4

Cingular Wireless and Telescope, Inc.
Launch Moderated Mobile Chat Service for
FOX's AMERICAN IDOL, Season 4 03/30/2005 09:24 PM
MobileBurn Mar 31 2005 1:02AM GMT

Photo users complain as Yahoo tweaks
service

Photo users complain as Yahoo tweaks
service 12/24/2003 06:36 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 24 2003 5:39AM ET

Wireless Leader Cingular Wireless To
Deliver 3G Wireless

Wireless Leader Cingular Wireless To
Deliver 3G Wireless 06/22/2004 12:17 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jun 22 2004 3:18PM GMT

Cingular Wireless, the nations No. 2
mobile phone provider, has agreed to
acquire third-largest AT&T Wireless

Cingular Wireless, the nations No. 2
mobile phone provider, has agreed to
acquire third-largest AT&T Wireless 02/17/2004 09:58 AM
MSNBC Feb 17 2004 1:12PM GMT

Cingular to Acquire AT&T Wireless,
Effecting Relationship of NTT Docomo
with AT&T Wireless

Cingular to Acquire AT&T Wireless,
Effecting Relationship of NTT Docomo
with AT&T Wireless 02/18/2004 02:18 AM
Japan Corp Feb 18 2004 6:55AM GMT

BigHand Win Four Technology Awards for
2004 to Confirm Number one Status

BigHand Win Four Technology Awards for
2004 to Confirm Number one Status 12/24/2004 12:18 PM
BigHand, the leading digital dictation workflow vendor, has collected four separate technology awards to finish 2004 as the undisputed number one in its sector. [PRWEB Dec 24, 2004]

Cingular Wireless ups bid for AT&T
Wireless as tender deadline passes (AFP)

Cingular Wireless ups bid for AT&T
Wireless as tender deadline passes (AFP) 02/14/2004 04:02 PM
AFP - Cingular Wireless upped its bid to buy AT&T Wireless from 30 billion to an estimated 34 billion dollars as the deadline for bids passed Friday, it was reported.

3G Wireless Billing Solution

3G Wireless Billing Solution 12/11/2003 08:33 AM
3G Dec 11 2003 7:23AM ET

Wireless cola gives USAF target practice

Wireless cola gives USAF target practice 07/02/2004 04:17 PM
Marketing people - Incoming!

Sitecom Wireless PC Lock

Sitecom Wireless PC Lock 04/06/2005 07:28 AM
PC Authority Apr 6 2005 11:21AM GMT

Wireless Provider Nextel Triples Profits
(AP)

Wireless Provider Nextel Triples Profits
(AP) 04/22/2004 10:48 AM
AP - Wireless provider Nextel Communications Inc. nearly tripled its profits in the first quarter, earning $591 million as the company continued to add high-value business customers at a healthy pace.

FCC OKs Wireless Airwaves Swap for
Nextel (Reuters)

FCC OKs Wireless Airwaves Swap for
Nextel (Reuters) 07/08/2004 12:14 PM
Reuters - U.S. communications regulators on Thursday approved a plan to give Nextel Communications Inc. (NXTL.O) wireless airwaves it wanted in a swap aimed at ending interference with police, fire and rescue communications.

Wireless War Heats Up As Sprint Grabs
Nextel

Wireless War Heats Up As Sprint Grabs
Nextel 12/29/2004 03:16 AM
Information Week Dec 29 2004 6:40AM GMT

Cingular + AT&T Wireless?

Cingular + AT&T Wireless? 12/23/2003 05:45 PM
Lots of speculation that Cingular is weighing a merger with or acquisition of competitor AT&T Wireless. While we like the idea of there being more,...

Cingular to Buy AT&T Wireless for
$41B

Cingular to Buy AT&T Wireless for
$41B 02/17/2004 10:06 AM

Cingular to Buy AT&T Wireless for
$41B (AP)

Cingular to Buy AT&T Wireless for
$41B (AP) 02/17/2004 08:44 AM
AP - Cingular Wireless, the nation's No. 2 mobile phone provider, won the bidding war to acquire third-largest AT&T Wireless for nearly $41 billion, a deal that could create the nation's largest cell phone company.

Cingular to Bid $31.9B for AT&T
Wireless (AP)

Cingular to Bid $31.9B for AT&T
Wireless (AP) 02/13/2004 06:37 PM
AP - Cingular Wireless was planning to submit a new bid Friday to buy AT&T Wireless for at least $31.9 billion, a source familiar with the situation said.

Cingular to Bid $31.9B for AT&T Wireless

Cingular to Bid $31.9B for AT&T Wireless 02/13/2004 09:07 PM
San Jose Mercury News Feb 14 2004 1:12AM GMT

GOP Conventioneers Fail to Lock Down
Wireless

GOP Conventioneers Fail to Lock Down
Wireless 09/02/2004 09:41 PM
TechWeb Sep 3 2004 2:19AM GMT

Nextel Moving Forward With Wireless
Broadband Offering

Nextel Moving Forward With Wireless
Broadband Offering 04/14/2004 01:05 PM
Back in February, Nextel made quite a splash with their surprise announcement that they were offering wireless broadband trials in North Carolina based on Flarion's technology. While Nextel has apparently been looking at a variety of wireless broadband technologies, it appears that they've been happy with the North Carolina Flarion trials so far. They've expanded the coverage area and are now going to accept paying customers to the service, which offers DSL-like speeds. They say it will average 1.5 Mbps down stream and 375 kbps upstream - with burst rates at double that. The cost of the plans will vary between $35 and $75 depending on speeds and other features (such as email accounts and storage). Clearly, this is something of a vote for Flarion's technology, and it will be interesting to see if Nextel continues to expand this offering (which sounds like it would be quite competitive with Verizon Wireless's EV-DO offering) and whether or not they publicly trial other technologies as well. Of course, launching in one location and launching nationwide are two very different beasts, but Nextel has shown that they've got quite a lot of marketing muscle - and are especially good at segmenting and targeting specific markets.

Nextel debuts wireless broadband in
North Carolina

Nextel debuts wireless broadband in
North Carolina 04/19/2004 04:29 PM
A US first

FCC Approves Nextel Wireless Spectrum
Swap (NewsFactor)

FCC Approves Nextel Wireless Spectrum
Swap (NewsFactor) 07/09/2004 02:55 PM
NewsFactor - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday approved a controversial spectrum swap with wireless carrier Nextel (Nasdaq: NXTL), designed to resolve interference problems associated with public-safety radio systems.

SchoolDude.Com and Nextel Communications
Offer New Wireless Applications

SchoolDude.Com and Nextel Communications
Offer New Wireless Applications 05/04/2004 06:25 AM
dBusinessNews.com May 4 2004 10:13AM GMT

Cingular to Deliver 3G Wireless

Cingular to Deliver 3G Wireless 06/23/2004 02:51 AM
3G Jun 23 2004 7:29AM GMT

Cingular buys AT+T Wireless

Cingular buys AT+T Wireless 02/17/2004 11:47 AM
$41 billion. What will the resulting company be, and do? Wow. Dan Gillmor has this to say about why the mega-merger shouldn't worry those concerned about carrier consolidation:

This merger won't necessarily be bad for competition.I've been using AT&T Wireless' GSM service for about a year now. Quality of service is marginal, and the customer service has been a bit lower than marginal. But Cingular, also a GSM carrier, has an even worse reputation. So maybe combining these two networks will create something that offers at least reasonable quality.

Cingular probably overpaid, but it's smart to make this deal in at least one respect. There's only room for a couple of mergers before the market gets too cozy for real competition. While expecting serious antitrust scrutiny from the Bush administration is probably futile, there's probably enough angst in Congress to keep consolidation from being rampant.

Cingular Said to Boost AT&T Wireless Bid
(AP)

Cingular Said to Boost AT&T Wireless Bid
(AP) 02/14/2004 12:05 PM
AP - Cingular Wireless was planning to submit a new bid to buy AT&T Wireless for at least $31.9 billion, a source familiar with the situation said.

Wireless carriers answer call for number swaps

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