Monthly Archives: January, 2003

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...

Crown Castle to pay dividend

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. announced the quarterly dividend on its 6.25-percent convertible preferred stock will be paid on Feb. 17 to holders of record...

Handspring revenues well below expectations

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Treo maker Handspring Inc. reported a dreary quarter, with revenues coming in far below some analyst expectations and warnings of further problems...

EDS endorses Aether Systems in resale agreement

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. scored a massive deal with technology services giant EDS, under which EDS will manage and resell Aether's wireless technologies...

Vodafone withdraws from Dutch bidding

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reportedly has pulled out of the bidding for rival British-based wireless operator Mm02 plc's Dutch wireless operations due to cost concerns...

XO emerges from bankruptcy

RESTON, Va.-Wireless broadband service provider XO Communications Inc. has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with significantly reduced debt and...

SBA reaffirms 4Q guidance

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. has reaffirmed its fourth quarter financial guidance, which it plans to officially release March 24, 2003.SBA expects to record...

Alcatel announces two GSM contracts

PARIS-French supplier Alcatel Corp. announced two infrastructure wins on Thursday.Alcatel said it will supply Ikatel, the second GSM operator in Mali owned by Sonatel/France...

Mobile Ecosystem index predicts downturn will continue through first half

WELLESLEY, Mass.-The Mobile Confidence Index developed by Mobile Ecosystem projects the wireless industry downturn will continue through at least the first half of this...

S&P cuts Crown Castle rating

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut its rating on Crown Castle International Corp. to a "B-" and said the outlook for the company,...

Philips to supply video technology to Wind

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Philips Electronics said its video and playback encoding software is being used by Italian mobile operator Wind for its multimedia message service...

Microsoft reports higher quarterly revenues

REDMOND, Washington, United States-Microsoft reported revenues of US$8.5 billion for its second quarter, up from the US$7.7 billion it scored in the same quarter...

Groups, operators investigate tactics to combat mobile spam

DUBLIN, Ireland-A schism is developing in the marketing world as mobile marketers insist on going it alone on measures to minimize spam over wireless...

Russia allows Svyazinvest to keep wireless assets

MOSCOW-The Russian Ministry for Anti-Monopolist Policy (MAP), which last year ordered the major national communications holding company Svyazinvest to dispose of non-core wireless assets,...

Microsoft reports higher revenues

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. reported revenues of $8.5 billion for its second quarter, up from the $7.7 billion it scored in the same quarter last...

Nextel completes NeoWorld acquisition

RESTON, Va.-In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Nextel Communications Inc. reported it had completed its acquisition of all the stock of NeoWorld Communications...

Andrew reports sales increases, net income slips

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. reported significant increases in sales but substantial declines in net income and net income per share for its first quarter,...

Reports: Interest in O2 Netherlands wanes

LONDON-Vodafone Group has ended talks with MmO2 regarding its Dutch mobile subsidiary, according to international press reports. Deutsche Telekom is the only named company...

Bouygues Group to up stake in telecom subsidiary

PARIS-French company Bouygues Group, which operates France's smallest mobile operator, announced plans to buy 16 percent of its telecom subsidiary from Germany utility Eon...

Telefonica/Portugal Telecom acquire Brazil’s TCO

MADRID, Spain-The Brazilian joint venture of Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom has acquired Tele Centro Oeste (TCO), which operates in the capital city of...

SK Telecom signs joint venture deal with China Unicom

SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom, Korea's largest mobile carrier, said Thursday it has signed an agreement with China Unicom to establish a wireless Internet joint...

Vienna unlikely leader in WLAN deployments

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the growing hype surrounding wireless local area networks (WLANs), the Austrian capital, Vienna, has claimed the number-one position for the city...

China Unicom fined for tariff violations

BEIJING-The Beijing Telecommunications Administration has fined China Unicom 300,000 yuan (US$36,245) for tariff violations related to promotional packages offered on the carrier's GSM network.China...

Samsung reports US$34 billion in total sales last year

SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Electronics reported total sales for the year of about US$34 billion, with total year sales in its mobile phones and network hardware...

Chipmaking gear sales drop 37.4%

TOKYO-Worldwide sales of chipmaking gear dropped 37.4 percent in November from a month earlier to US$1.27 billion, according to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials...
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