February 19, 2004 articles

Mobile spam spreads

Feb 19 2004 - 04:01 PM ET | SMS
Unsolicited SMS spam messsages are getting more popular according to a Retuers article. Over half of Europe's cell phone users report receiving up to five unsolicited text messages a week on their handsets. The US doesn't have nearly as big...

AT&T Wireless still under 3G deadline

Feb 19 2004 - 02:52 PM ET | 3G, AT&T Wireless
Thanks to an investment by NTT DoCoMo, AT&T Wireless must start up 3G service in 4 of the top 50 US markets by December 2004 [MobileTracker coverage 1, 2]. The Cingular buyout did not change the deadline. However, once the...

Nextel adds over a half million subscribers

Feb 19 2004 - 02:47 PM ET | In The News, Push-to-talk
Nextel announced that it had a net increase of 553,000 subscribers in Q4 2003. The numbers are in line with predictions, and bring the final net increase of 2003 to 2.3 million new customers. Average monthly revenue per customer was...

Vodafone ships Sharp GX30

Feb 19 2004 - 02:38 PM ET | Sharp, Vodafone
Vodafone announced the the first mega-pixel camera phone for GSM networks - the Sharp GX30. Other features include a large 262,144 color screen, a removable SD memory card and an MP3 player. The phone should ship in March....