Monthly Archives: January, 2003

Muleta candidate for Sugrue job

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...

AOWP to host sales associate training course

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...

Nokia doubles profit

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...

Nextel announces promotional contracts

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...

Nextel, Zingy enter ringtone agreement

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...

Lower churn helps UbiquiTel customer adds

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...

Nortel narrows 4Q loss

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...

U.S. states to ask wireless carriers to change practices

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...

NTT, local museum to launch indoor navigation system

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...

Zimbabwean fourth mobile operator plans shelved

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...

U.K. Competition Commission recommends lower mobile termination charges

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...

Victory took advice of ethics officer

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...

RIM to supply BlackBerry devices to GMAC

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...

Verizon offers color screen mobile phone from LG

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...

Teleca to target Asian market

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...

Victory questioned on spectrum cap decision

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...

Russia’s MTS stunned as customer data stolen

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...

China Telecom signs new UTStarcom contracts

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...

SnapTrack promotes Grajski to SVP

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...

Roto-Rooter chooses Gearworks, Nextel for field solution

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...

Lucent narrows loss

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...

Wireless Networks inks deal with Marketlink

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...

Regulator rulings to trim Telenor’s margins

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...

U.K. operators ordered to cut termination charges

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...

Telenor takes Portuguese 3G issue to court

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...
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