January 2003

WASHINGTON—John Muleta, former chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Division of the Common Carrier Bureau, is a top candidate to be wireless telecom bureau chief at the Federal Communications Commission. Thomas …

FOLSOM, Calif.-The Association of Wireless Professionals (AOWP) announced it will hold its AOWP Certified Wireless Sales Associate (CWSA) Training Course March 16 and 17 as part of the CTIA Wireless …

NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. more than doubled its net profit last quarter, earning $1.05 billion, or 24 cents per share, on net sales of $9.51 billion. For the year, the Finnish …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. signed a deal as the official wireless communications provider for the Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks and the American Airlines Center. The five-year deal includes official and …

NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc. reported a deal with mobile entertainment provider Zingy to supply polyphonic ringtones for Nextel customers using Motorola Inc.’s i95cl and i90c handsets. Zingy will offer hundreds …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it added 22,400 customers during the fourth quarter of 2002, noting 84 percent of the subscriber additions were prime credit class customers. The …

TORONTO, Canada-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it narrowed its fourth quarter loss to $248 million, or six cents per common share, in contrast with the same period in 2001 when it …

WASHINGTON-The states are preparing to crack down on the mobile-phone industry. Twenty-two attorneys general, who have been collecting information from wireless carriers during the past two years, are laying the …

TOKYO-NTT Comware, an NTT Group company, and a local museum in Hyogo Prefecture, Western Japan, will launch a field test for an “indoor navigation system” on 28 January, the organizations …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Zimbabwean Ministry of Transport and Communications has ruled out the possibility of licensing a fourth mobile network operator in the near future. Dr. Witness Mangwende, the minister …

LONDON-The U.K. mobile landscape looks set for change after the U.K. Competition Commission recommended in a report released today that the four U.K. mobile operators reduce their mobile termination charges …

WASHINGTON-The Office of Government Ethics said National Telecommunications and Information Administration chief Nancy Victory should have disclosed costs associated with a private reception wireless lobbyists helped pay for in mid-October …

WATERLOO, Ontario-Wireless e-mail company Research In Motion Ltd. scored a deal to provide 20,000 of its BlackBerry devices to real estate company GMAC. The deal comes as RIM and Good …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless will sell a new color screen mobile phone from LG Mobile Phones, the companies announced. The new VX4400 features a 65K-STN color internal LCD display as well …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish vendor Teleca said it will focus on the Asian market with a new office in Seoul, Korea. Teleca produces the AU Mobile Suite, a mobile Web browsing platform. …

WASHINGTON-The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) said National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) chief Nancy Victory should have disclosed costs associated with a private reception wireless lobbyists helped pay for …

MOSCOW-Biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) was stunned to see its database of clients sold on pirate CD across Moscow and launched an investigation among the staff. The CD containing …

ALAMEDA, California, United States-UTStarcom said it signed contracts worth US$80 million with China Telecom Guangdong Province for new deployments of its PAS equipment. The equipment allows China Telecom to offer …

CAMPBELL, Calif.-SnapTrack Inc. announced Kamil Grajski, formerly vice president of engineering, has been promoted to senior vice president and general manger. He replaces Bret Sewell who resigned to pursue other …

CINCINNATI-Roto-Rooter Inc. said it will install wireless solutions using Gearworks Web-based applications and Nextel Communications Inc.’s handsets and network for its more than 1,500 field technicians designed to improve quality …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.- Telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. posted its 11th consecutive quarterly loss while reaffirming its forecast to break even in the next financial cycle. The company reported …

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Wireless Networks Inc. has signed an agreement with Marketlink Technologies L.L.C. to market and sell its entire product line to distributors, value-added resellers and end users. “Marketlink has …

OSLO, Norway-Norway’s leading operator and former telephone monopolist Telenor has suffered a series of regulatory rulings that will bite into the company’s profit margins. The latest blow is a Norwegian …

LONDON-The U.K. mobile landscape looks set for change after the U.K. Competition Commission recommended in a report released today that the four U.K. mobile operators reduce their mobile termination charges …

HELSINKI, Finland-Telenor, the Oslo-based Norwegian state telecom company, has been stung into legal action in Portugal, following the “premature and unwarranted” closure of the Portuguese mobile-phone start-up OniWay. The legal …