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Monday, March 8

The Nature of The Beast Called "WIRELESS" LOL  



Wednesday, March 3


Visit Wireless World

Tuesday, March 2

NEW FORUM ANNOUNCED!! WE WANT TO MAKE THIS SITE EVEN MORE INTERESTING, AND HELP YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR WIRELESS DEVICE! 


Special Offers Only at the Palm Store!

I found a nice Member Forum for our sister site, Palm Place and thought we would give it a try. We will cover Wireless Phones. Bluetooth etc, not just Palm PDA's. Yes, there is plenty of these "forums"surrounding the Palm and Wireless community, but I think we can do it better. And we are at least going to try. So, pop on over and register, remember once your favorite online name is gone, it's gone, so do not delay. Please send me suggestions for topics, what you would like to see and remeber THE SKY'S THE LIMIT!!

ADDED: Bonus I have a few "gifts" that I have been given in the way of Palm Cases and Synch\Charging cords, so I think I will be giving away those at random to those who register, so you never know!! Also, we well NEVER sell your name or abuse your info. It is strictly for the Forums use.
See ya soon at http://kickme.to/wirelessworld, Palm Place Users Forum-Ron Pendleton WebMaster, Palm Place and Wireless World





-Ron Pendleton WebMaster, Palm Place and Wireless World


Cut-the-cord complaints rise to 10 percent of LNP problems 



WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said it had received 5,852 informal complaints regarding the ability of customers to switch telecom providers and keep their telephone number including customers wishing to cut the cord.

“Most of the complaints concern alleged delays in porting numbers from one wireless carrier to another. A much smaller number of complaints, just under 10 percent of the total, involve alleged delays in porting numbers from wireline carriers to wireless carriers,” said the FCC. “At the close of the third 30-day period following wireless local number portability implementation, the total number of complaints had increased to 5,852, about 1,188 additional complaints. This information clearly reflects a downward trend in the number of WLNP complaints being submitted to the commission.”

As of the Jan. 23, the FCC said that 5 percent of the complaints involved customers wishing to replace their wireline service with mobile-phone service.

AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which recently agreed to be acquired by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., is still atop the complaint board with 2,787 total complaints. Cingular is in fifth place with 849. Nextel Communications Inc. had the fewest complaints with 420.

Since each carrier in a porting transaction is noted with each phone call to the FCC’s call center and a disgruntled customer may call numerous times, the actual problems with porting may be much lower.

“The existence of a complaint does not necessarily indicate any wrongdoing by the carrier or carriers named, nor do the complaint numbers reflect the relative number of a carrier’s subscribers attempting to port a number,” said the FCC.

WLNP was implemented in the largest 100 metropolitan service areas on Nov. 24. All carriers are required to be capable of porting as of May 24. Small rural wireline carriers are fighting this requirement claiming that although wireline LNP has been in place for years, they have not received a request to port and so they are not now prepared to begin porting. A lawsuit challenging the requirement is pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.



Qwest launches nationwide wireless through Sprint network sharing 


March 01, 2004 1:28 PM EST

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. launched its nationwide wireless voice service for residential and small business customers as part of its network sharing agreement announced last year with Sprint PCS.

Qwest said its nationwide plans start at $25 per month for 200 anytime calling minutes when customers combine wireless service with any of the company’s other services on a single bill. In addition to the bundle discounts, Qwest customers signing up for its nationwide wireless offering will receive free evening and weekend long distance on their wireline service, one number service enabling calls to be routed to both landline and wireless phones and a Voice Mail Link that directs unanswered wireless calls to a home or office voice mail box and sends a notification to both the wireline and wireless phone.

The telecommunications provider said it would begin notifying current wireless customers of the pending transition to new rate plans noting most would have the option to transfer to a comparable plan with new national coverage. Qwest customers in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming will remain on existing Qwest wireless plans until later this year.

Qwest added that it will continue to offer two-way text messaging services and plans to include picture phone capabilities and downloadable content early next month.


Monday, March 1

No Online Upgrades for Sony Ericsson P800 


Despite great interest and hopeful anticipation among owners of Sony Ericsson's first WAN handheld, the P800, the manufacturer today confirmed it will not bring forward an Internet-based software upgrade service - similar to that available to owners of the company's P900 model - for the P800. According to Per Alksten, the company does not prioritize further development of software for the P800, but is instead considering introducing upgrade functionality similar to that found in the P900 for models in its mobile phone portfolio, however a final decision has not yet been reached.

Nokia 'fesses up to poor N-Gage sales 


Nokia has given the first official indication that sales of the N-Gage game deck are not living up to expectations, but says that the platform must be given until November 2005 to prove itself.
"The sales are in the lower quartile of the bracket we had as our goal," Nokia chairman and CEO Jorma Ollila, told the Financial Times - the first time that the company has admitted that sales of the device have been lower than expected.
However, Ollila says that the N-Gage has to be given until November 2005 - two years after its launch in autumn 2003 - before the success or failure of the platform can be properly judged.
It's expected that at least one new version of the N-Gage hardware will be introduced before that date - possibly as early as next Autumn - although the platform will remain backwards compatible throughout.
The announcement comes after months of speculation over the N-Gage's actual retail performance. Nokia has refused to give sales figures for the device - only shipment figures of 600,000 units have been announced. And, since most video game market research firms target game stores only, not mobile phone retailers, accurate sales figures have been impossible to estimate.


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