Monthly Archives: January, 2003

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...

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...

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...

AT&T Wireless gets top ranking in Chicago

CHICAGO-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it was the highest ranked wireless operator in Chicago according to a consumer survey conducted by Chicago Consumer's Checkbook.They...

Openwave loses $24M in 2Q

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Investors decried Openwave Systems Inc.'s second-quarter report, sending the company's stock down almost 20 percent to $1.70 per share. The company announced...

SiGe enters agreement with IBM

BOSTON-SiGe Semiconductor said it has entered an agreement with IBM under which it will be granted assignments and licenses to intellectual property associated with...

Vodafone Holdings completes acquisition of Transtel S.A. stake

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported that its Vodafone Holdings GmbH subsidiary completed its acquisition of SBC Communications Inc.'s stake in Transtel S.A., which represented a...

General Dynamics achieves TL 9000 certification

NEEDHAM, Mass.-General Dynamics Network Systems announced its wireless services unit has been granted TL 9000 quality certification following an audit of its business practices...

LGP Telecom proposes merger with Allgon

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Two Swedish mobile equipment suppliers announced plans to merge through a share exchange. LGP Telecom Holding, which manufactures radio coverage and data transmission...

LG licenses i-BURST

SAN JOSE, Calif.-LG Electronics said it will license the i-BURST personal broadband system, a cheap alternative high-speed wireless service, from ArrayComm Inc.LG will manufacture...

FastMobile completes push-to-talk test

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-FastMobile said it successfully completed a voice push-to-talk test between Chicago and London using two standard mobile phones operating with the company's fastxt...

Sanmina-SCI reports profit

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Contract electronic manufacturer Sanmina-SCI Corp. reported a first-quarter profit of $1.4 million, or 1 cent per share, in line with Wall Street...

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...

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...

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...

Openwave loses US$24 million in 2Q

REDWOOD CITY, California, United States-Investors decried Openwave Systems' second-quarter report, sending the company's stock down almost 20 percent to US$1.70 per share. The company...

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...

3 forecasts fast track to Swedish profitability: Market war to focus on apps, not price

HELSINKI, Finland-Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa and Swedish venture group Investor are planning a spring launch for their so-called 3 mobile telephony service in Sweden....

Telstra, Optus gain sales on handset subsidies

MELBOURNE, Australia-Australia's largest two mobile-phone operators, Telstra and Optus, proved the Christmas sales winners with heavy handset discounting largely responsible for both carriers' successes.Despite...

Smart Card Alliance announces speakers for conference

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J.-Executives from Computer Associates International, Forrester Research Inc., Hypercom and the Transportation Security Administration have been tapped to be speakers during the...

Marvell introduces SOHO gateway router

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Marvell Technology Group Inc. said it has introduced what it describes as the first single-chip integrated SOHO gateway router to link wide area...

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...
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