Monthly Archives: March, 2003

UbiquiTel reports increased revenues

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-UbiquiTel Inc. reported $60.1 million in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2002, a 48-percent increase compared with the $45.8 million the carrier...

Cramer promotes Canellos to Americas VP

VIENNA, Va.-David Canellos has been promoted to vice president and general manager for the Americas at Cramer Systems Ltd., a provider of inventory management...

Weis joins Cometa as CEO

SAN FRANCISCO-Gary Weis, formerly senior vice president of global services at AT&T Corp., has become president, chief executive officer and a director of Cometa...

Verizon launches in Georgia, Alabama markets

ALPHRETTA, Ga.-Verizon Wireless launched its branded service in Macon, Columbus, Griffin, Warner Robins, Augusta and Thomaston, Ga., and Auburn, Montgomery and Dothan, Ala.The markets...

Enpocket to use text messaging to promote Phone Booth

NEW YORK-Wireless marketing company Enpocket announced it will conduct a detailed text-messaging campaign through a new deal with 20th Century Fox for its upcoming...

Toshiba notebook named Bluetooth interop testing platform

IRVINE, Calif.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group named Toshiba Corp.'s Portege 4010 Series notebook computer a Designated Profile Interoperability Tester platform for testing and verifying...

CTIA gives awards for mobile films

LOS ANGELES-The winners of the "World's Smallest Film Festival," an event held in conjunction with last week's CTIA trade show in New Orleans aimed...

Vodafone, J-Phone see strong multimedia uptake

TOKYO and LONDON-Vodafone Group plc and J-Phone Co. Ltd. both announced strong subscriber numbers for their respective multimedia messaging services.Vodafone said it has met...

MetroPCS alters pricing plans

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which provides flat-rate unlimited local calling service in Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., expanded its text messaging service offering to...

Nishimura joins AT&T Wireless board

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced Koichi Nishimura will join its board of directors, effective April 1. Nishimura was chairman, president and chief executive...

Report: Location services market could reach $8B

BOSTON-New research from Strategy Analytics predicts the location-services market could reach $8 billion in revenues by 2008, but carriers specifically need to move ahead...

T-Mobile USA to end EOTD plans

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA reportedly plans to drop enhanced observed time difference (EOTD) technology as its solution for implementing Phase II enhanced 911 service.T-Mobile's deployments of...

Limited start to limited mobility in India

NEW DELHI, India--India, one of the fastest-growing wireless markets in the Asia Pacific region, is set for a churn. But it is unable to...

Celltick supplies interactive broadcast system to China Unicom

HERZLIYA, Israel-Israeli company CellTick Technologies said China Unicom will deploy its interactive broadcast system in XinJiang state.The platform allows operators to establish interactive communications...

Fido launches Nokia 7210 handset

MONTREAL-Fido, run by Microcell Solutions Inc., announced it will offer the Nokia 7210 handset to its customers in Canada. The Nokia 7210 features a...

ISS issues proxy analysis on Price business plans

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp., which was acquired last year by Verizon Wireless for $1.2 billion in stock, reported that Institutional Shareholder Services issued an...

Everypath announces availability of mobile enterprise technology

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Everypath announced its Everypath Mobile Task Automation (MTA) solution is now available.The solution, designed for use by sales, service and order management-related...

3G relocation bill fails to win Bush support

WASHINGTON-An industry-backed relocation fund bill penned by House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) failed to win strong backing from key Bush administration officials...

MetaSolv enhances service activation capabilities

PLANO, Texas-MetaSolv Software Inc. announced enhancements to its service activation capabilities.Extended service capabilities include Internet Protocol services device support for Alcatel 7670 MPLS switches,...

Viasys to resell MeshNetworks technology

MAITLAND, Fla.-MeshNetworks Inc. signed a reseller agreement for its mobile broadband peer-to-peer networking solutions with Viasys Corp., which provides infrastructure development and maintenance services...

I3 Mobile shuts down Pronto, continues partner search

STAMFORD, Conn.-I3 Mobile Inc. announced it will shut down its Pronto voice-activated information and content service and will continue to search for a potential...

GuestWiFi teams with Pronto Networks

NEW YORK-GuestWiFi, which provides wireless local area network access at small and mid-sized hotels, has teamed with Pronto Networks, a Pleasanton, Calif., provider of...

Nigerian operator begins 1x service

LAGOS, Nigeria-Nortel Networks and carrier Multi-Links Telecommunications Ltd. said they have launched what they describe as Africa's first next-generation wireless network with cdma2000 1x...

New Ericsson leadership faces threat from unions: Svanberg calls job cuts ‘inevitable’

HELSINKI, Finland-Swedish unions are threatening to "block" mobile equipment vendor Ericsson's restructuring plans if the company refuses to "provide genuine guarantees" that future cuts...
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