Monthly Archives: December, 2002

InfoSpace fires Jain

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which provides wireless applications and software in addition to its Internet software business, announced it fired Naveen Jain, the company's former...

GSM Kazakhstan gets US$55M loan from Sonera

ASTANA, Kazakhstan-Leading Kazakh carrier GSM Kazakhstan said the Finnish Sonera has granted it a US$55 million loan for further development in 2003 and the...

Verizon Wireless CEO guides with a steady hand

Editor's Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl,...

Qwest reduces debt in exchange offer

NEW YORK-Following an unsuccessful court challenge by some bondholders, Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc. reduced its outstanding debt by $1.9 billion to $22.6 billion...

Reliance Infocom chooses Comverse solution

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Reliance Infocom selected Comverse to enable prepaid and voice mail services for its cdma2000 wireless local loop wireless communications network in India.The system...

Symbol CFO resigns

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Kenneth Jaeggi, the senior vice president and chief financial officer for Symbol Technologies Inc., resigned from the company. William Nuti, the company's president...

Philips launches new phones

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics launched its new fisio 825 and 625 mobile phones, which use technology from Cellon International."Our partnership with Philips represents...

Ericsson wins supply deal in Bali

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it scored a deal to supply PT Telkomunikasi Indonesia in Bali with CDMA 1xRTT gear. Terms of the deal were not...

Rural Cellular Corp. faces class action shareholder lawsuit

BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-Rural Cellular Corp. is being sued by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway in a shareholder class action lawsuit."The complaint charges...

Reliance launches WLL service

MUMBAI-Reliance Infocom announced it launched limited mobility telecom service in 673 towns and cities across India with three schemes including a three-year Dhirubhai Ambani...

Secured Lenders approve Microcell recapitalization

TORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. said its secured lenders have agreed on the terms of a recapitalization plan for the struggling company.Microcell missed a US$29.3 million...

GSM Kazakhstan gets US$55 million loan from Sonera

ASTANA, Kazakhstan-Leading Kazakh carrier GSM Kazakhstan said the Finnish Sonera has granted it a US$55 million loan for further development in 2003 and the...

Akerson to leave XO following financial restructuring

RESTON, Va.—Daniel Akerson, chairman and chief executive officer of XO Communications Inc., will quit the company following the completion of XO's financial restructuring. The...

Hitachi, Mitsubishi to merge semiconductor operations

TOKYO-Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. will merge most of their semiconductor operations April 1 into a new company, Renesas Technology Corp., whose goal...

Sendo files suit against Microsoft

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-British mobile phone maker Sendo filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp., marking another chapter in the companies' tumultuous relationship.Details on the lawsuit...

Carriers around the world upgrade networks

HELSINKI, Finland-Network upgrades continue the world over, as carriers in the United States, Taiwan and Denmark announce plans to upgrade to faster wireless technologies.In...

S&P lowers Alamosa Holdings debt rating

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Corp. has lowered to CCC from B-minus the speculative-grade ratings on approximately $860 million in outstanding debt issued by Sprint...

Sprint PCS to sell Samsung PDA

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS announced it will begin selling Samsung Telecommunications America's new SPH-i330 personal digital assistant/mobile phone device. The device is much like...

Moody’s lowers rating on Millicom debt

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service has lowered the speculative-grade ratings of the $962 million in outstanding Millicom International Cellular S.A. debt to Caa3 and assigned...

Schumer, NARUC push FCC to remove LNP bone fide request requirement

WASHINGTON-As the Federal Communications Commission was preparing for Christmas it was being pressured by a senator and state regulators to remove the bona fide...

AT&T Wireless pushes back W-CDMA rollout to Dec. 2004

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will delay and scale back the planned rollout of its W-CDMA network, pushing back the date by...

Microsoft buys reference design software from Intrinsyc

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Microsoft Corp. purchased reference design software from Intrinsyc Software Inc., a product the companies said will help original design manufacturers to create...

ThinkingBytes changes name to Adesso

LEXINGTON, Mass.-ThinkingBytes Technology announced it changed its name to Adesso Systems, which means "now" in Italian and said it will continue to work to...

InfoSpace fires Jain as CEO

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which provides wireless applications and software in addition to its Internet software business, announced it fired Naveen Jain, the company's former...

Philips to buy Systemonic

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips...
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