Dialing for dollars in the Big Easy

Turner jokes with telecom crowd
"Captain Outrageous" tells CTIA attendees that he may sell his plane due to financial losses.
March 19, 2003 
CTIA--Gear and clothing in New Orleans
reporter's notebook Did Boingo's Sky Dayton change suits between this year's CTIA conference and last year's? Apparently not. Also: Flushable schwag.
March 19, 2003 
Handset makers find more ways to connect
Handset makers are looking to give people the ability to connect to different types of wireless networks--all on one device.
March 19, 2003 
Qualcomm CEO touts cellular over Wi-Fi
Breaking ranks with other cell phone industry leaders, Irwin Jacobs says cell phone providers don't need to spice up their mix of offerings with access to Wi-Fi networks.
March 18, 2003 
PalmSource phones add BREW to mix
The Palm unit allies with Qualcomm to use the chipmaker's BREW download software to deliver games and other applications to cell phones.
March 18, 2003 
Motorola CEO: Let's get back to basics
During a speech at the CTIA Wireless 2003 confab, Chris Galvin tells the industry to skip the bells and whistles and focus on improving voice calls. Others beg to differ.
March 17, 2003 
Push comes to shove for 'push to talk'
Nextel Communications has had a lock on the enormously successful walkie-talkie cell phone feature, but competitors are looking to change that.
March 17, 2003 
Danger, AOL tighten relationship
Start-up Danger is expanding its relationship with Internet service provider America Online to bring access to AOL e-mail to devices running Danger's software and services.
March 17, 2003 
AT&T Wireless wants to be world traveler
The company, looking to win over more international dialers, announces a slew of new roaming agreements with wireless carriers in about 100 different countries.
March 17, 2003 
HP gets into the wireless swing
The computer hardware maker announces partnerships with four service providers to deliver wide-area wireless Internet access to its notebooks, tablet PCs and handheld devices.
March 17, 2003 
Verizon taps into speedy network
Verizon Wireless says it's rolling out a wireless service based on the new 1xEV-DO standard in the third quarter of this year in two cities.
March 17, 2003 
Microsoft sends alerts through Comverse
The companies partner in a .Net Alert deal that will make it possible to receive voice mail message notification through instant messaging services.
March 17, 2003 
TI unveils a design called Wanda
Texas Instruments brings out a 3-in-1 design for mobile devices, which it said is the world's first to integrate cell phone networking, 802.11 and Bluetooth technologies.
March 17, 2003 
Helping cops keep tabs on wireless data
VeriSign, Cisco and other telephone gear makers are giving law enforcement agencies their first look into the dark side of America's new wireless data services.
March 17, 2003 

previous coverage
Microsoft plans wireless software push
The software titan aims to further its cause in the realm of mobile communications, teaming up with device maker Research In Motion and telephone company Sprint PCS.
March 16, 2003 
Whistling Dixie as you dial
Wireless executives gather in New Orleans for their largest trade show of the year, trying to find their way out of a two-year growth slowdown that's put them in a corner.
March 16, 2003 
RIM, Symbian partner on cell phone e-mail
The companies plan to let people with Symbian OS-powered cell phones tap into Research In Motion's BlackBerry e-mail service--meaning they can access corporate data remotely.
March 14, 2003