Monthly Archives: October, 2002

Sierra reports positive 3Q results

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless reported revenues of $20.1 million and net earnings of $500,000 for its third quarter, news that rallied...

Siemens joins 3G handset race, Motorola exchange still a possibility

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Siemens has joined the growing ranks of cell-phone manufacturers to announce third-generation (3G) handsets. The company, which somewhat surprisingly used New York...

T-Mobile Germany to offer instant messaging

SAN FRANCISCO-T-Mobile in Germany will offer wireless instant messaging services through a new deal with messaging company MessageVine.Using the Mobile IM service powered by...

724 stays focused on profitability goals

TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc. reported revenue for its third quarter of $5.6 million, up from the $5 million in the company's previous quarter but down...

Pinpoint raises $4M in venture funding

CARY, N.C.-Pinpoint Networks Inc., which sells content platforms to wireless carriers, announced it raised $4 million in venture funding from its new investor New...

Symbol names Peak Technologies its largest reseller

COLUMBIA, Md.- Peak Technologies was awarded as the largest reseller for Symbol Technologies last year, selling about $28 million worth of Symbol products."Peak Technologies...

Colligo releases instant network product

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Colligo Networks Inc. released the Colligo Workgroup Edition, the latest product in their line of "instant network" solutions.Colligo Workgroup Edition is designed...

Wireless Services, CMG set up text service in Canada, U.S., Latin America

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Messaging companies Wireless Services Corp. and CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced they set up a service to allow mobile customers to send text...

Sierra Wireless records surprise profit

TORONTO-Sierra Wireless Inc. reported a surprise third-quarter profit Tuesday as sales of its wireless modems came in higher than management had expected.The Vancouver-based company...

Devon to auction tower assets

WILMINGTON, Del.-Bankrupt Devon Mobile Communications L.P. said it will attempt to sell, via auction, substantially all of its site tower assets and will assume...

Bankruptcy court denies NII Holdings reorganization plan

WILMINGTON, Del.-A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., denied NII Holdings Inc.'s proposed Chapter 11 reorganization plan noting its filed documents violated a number...

T-Mobile to market riteMail products

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Pen&Internet LLC, creator of riteMail, a handwritten e-mail application, has teamed with T-Mobile dealer RACO Industries to market riteMail products and services through...

American Tower amends loan agreement

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. amended provisions of the loan agreement for senior secured credit facilities of some of its subsidiaries.The provisions ease the company's pro...

AOWP reaches 1,500 members

LAS VEGAS-The Association of Wireless Professionals (AOWP) announced at last week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet conference that it has reached a worldwide membership...

Access Spectrum subsidiary to provide band management

BETHESDA, Md.-Access Spectrum LLC said federal regulators have given permission to its subsidiary to provide band management services in the 220-222 MHz band. The...

Globe Telecom, Smart look toward MMS interoperability

MANILA, The Philippines-While Globe Telecom and Smart Communications are now offering multimedia messaging service (MMS), such issues as interconnection, standards of interoperability and rates...

Microsoft to acquire Vicinity

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced it will acquire location-services company Vicinity Corp. in a deal valued at about $96 million.Microsoft said it will integrate Vicinity...

Hop-On becomes Qualcomm licensee

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.-Hop-On, which makes prepaid, recyclable mobile phones, announced it licensed CDMA technology from Qualcomm Inc., a move that will allow the company...

AT&T Wireless to shut down CDPD in 2004

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will stop accepting customers on its slow-speed packet-data CDPD network by next year, and will shut down the network...

Andrew reports fiscal net loss

NEW YORK-Andrew Corp., Overland Park, Ill., reported a fiscal 2002 net loss of $26.4 million, or 30 cents per share, and sales of $865...

Agilent releases products geared toward 3G

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. is standing by the promise of 3G and releasing new products it believes will position carriers to deploy next-generation...

Intel expects era of one-chip processors

TOKYO, Japan-Intel Corp. said it expects its Manitoba microchip to usher in an era of one-chip processor when the product launches in 2004.The company...

TruePosition platform designed for smaller carriers

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-TruePosition Inc. released a wireless location platform designated for small and medium-sized wireless operators.The solution uses Uplink Time Difference of Arrival...

Triton PCS narrows loss

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted $194.7 million in total revenues for the third quarter, a 31-percent increase from the $148.8 million the carrier...

Wireless to usurp wireline in some Middle East countries

LONDON-Cellular subscriber numbers in nine Middle East countries are set to overtake the number of fixed-line customers by the end of 2002, the latest...
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