Monthly Archives: March, 2003

State department settles with Hughes, Boeing

WASHINGTON-The State Department reached a settlement with Hughes Electronics Corp. and Boeing Satellite Systems Inc., imposing a $32 million fine against the two firms...

StarHub forms wireless broadband partnership in Singapore

SURABAYA, Indonesia—Singapore mobile operator StarHub joined 5G and Bluengine to form Singapore’s first marketing partnership initiative for wireless broadband. This Wi-Fi initiative aims to...

Hutchison confirms 3G handset negotiations with Sony Ericsson

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having launched its first W-CDMA handset in Cannes last month, Sony Ericsson is trying to convince Hutchison that it does have a...

China’s mobile carriers counter Xiaolingtong competition

BEIJING-China's two mobile carriers, China Mobile and China Unicom, are resisting competitive pressure from fixed-line operators China Netcom's and China Telecom's aggressive promotion of...

T-Mobile faces possible $1.25 million fine for missing Phase I deadlines

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed fining T-Mobile USA Inc. $1.25 million for not providing wireless enhanced 911 Phase I within six months...

Motorola extends deadline on Next Level buyout offer

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. has extended its deadline for Next Level Communications Inc. to accept its buyout offer until Friday. Motorola already owns 74 percent...

Blake dismisses five mobile-phone lawsuits

WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake today dismissed five class-action lawsuits against the mobile-phone industry that sought to force wireless carriers to supply consumers with...

Kazakhstan set to buy neighboring Kyrgyztelecom

ASTANA, Kazakhstan-Kazakhtelecom, the national operator of the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, said it plans to buy a controlling stake in its Kirghiz counterpart....

Mobile-phone sales predicted to increase 10% in 2003

New York-A new report predicts mobile phones will become as prevalent as televisions and radios and that handset sales will continue to grow during...

Nokia, Metrowerks unveil developer kit for series 60 platform

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nokia Corp. said it has worked together with Metrowerks to unveil an all-in-one developer kit for the series 60 platform."The new CodeWarrior...

Mexico’s Cofetel approves P-Com radios for Mexican use

CAMPBELL, Calif.-P-Com Inc. said its Encore Plus, a variable bandwidth, digital microwave radio, has been approved for use by telecom operators in Mexico by...

Kiwi PCS reports EBIDTA positive results

WILMINGTON, N.C.-ComScape Telecommunications Inc. reported that its Kiwi PCS operations in Wilmington, N.C., was earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization positive four months...

Qualcomm bolsters Chinese operations

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. is strengthening its Chinese operations with the appointment of Jing Wang as chairman of Qualcomm China and Frank Meng as president...

UTStarcom spends $100M on CommWorks unit

ALAMEDA, Calif.-In a cash transaction valued at $100 million, UTStarcom Inc. will purchase some of the assets of the CommWorks division of 3Com Corp.,...

South African telecom raises $488M in IPO

NEW YORK-In its first privatization of a state-owned company, the government of South Africa sold a 25-percent stake in Telkom South Africa Ltd. March...

Russia boasts major mobile growth, but figures differ

MOSCOW-Russia boasted unexpected major growth in the total number of mobile-phone users in 2002, however, various governmental bodies differed in estimates.The Communications Ministry said...

Sonic Mobility offers wireless access to NetIQ suite

ORLANDO-Sonic Mobility announced sonicadmin now allows for wireless access to NetIQ's AppManager Suite via Pocket PC or BlackBerry wireless handhelds."Together, NetIQ and Sonic Mobility...

Telkom South Africa raises US$488 million in IPO

NEW YORK-In its first privatization of a state-owned company, the government of South Africa sold a 25-percent stake in Telkom South Africa 4 March,...

Nigeria’s poor service quality blamed on thieves

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigerian mobile network operators MTN Nigeria and Econet Wireless have blamed a gang of thieves called the Area Boys for the poor...

SFR completes rollout of Cramer inventory solution

BATH, U.K.-SFR, the wireless division of France's Groupe Cegetel, has completed the rollout of Cramer Systems' inventory solution, which SFR is using to manage...

Nortel to expand GSM network for China Mobile

BEIJING-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed an approximately $36 million contract to expand the GSM digital cellular network of China Mobile in Hebei...

IDA collaborates with Intel on Wi-Fi program

SINGAPORE-The telecom regulator in Singapore announced a collaboration with chip maker Intel Corp. on a Wi-Fi initiative that the Infocomm Development Authority said would...

S&P affirms Nextel rating

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'B+' corporate credit rating on Nextel Communications Inc. and revised its outlook from negative to stable....

Comsys appoints Ben-Sinai to CEO post

HERZELIA, Israel-Comsys Communications & Signal Processing Ltd. announced Elkana Ben-Sinai has been made chief executive officer.Ben-Sinai previously served as acting CEO, chief operating officer...

Cingular Wireless launches Voice Connect portal

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its Voice Connect voice-activated portal across its markets enabling customers to access voice and data services using voice commands. Customers...
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