Monthly Archives: July, 2003

EC approves 3G sharing in Germany

BRUSSELS-The European Commission has approved an agreement between T-Mobile and mmO2 to share third generation mobile networks in Germany, following approval earlier this year...

Interest in bundled offerings on the decline

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Interest in one-stop shopping for communications services continues to decline, with less than half the population still interested, according to new research...

Matsushita to offer wireless home networking solution

OSAKA, Japan-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., the company behind the Panasonic brand, announced it will offer a home networking system, dubbed Kurashi Net (Japanese...

Convergys gets China Unicom contract

Convergys gets China Unicom contractCINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. has licensed its Activation Manager provisioning module to China Unicom Guangdong, a provincial operator of China Unicom Ltd.,...

House committee restores TA funding in bill

WASHINGTON-The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday restored funding for the Office of Technology Policy of the Commerce Department, setting the stage for lawmakers to...

CDG says worldwide cdma2000 subscriber base tops 50 million

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The cdma2000 global subscriber base surpassed 50 million in May, according to the CDMA Development Group. There are currently 53 commercial cdma2000...

AT&T Wireless announces airline miles program

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said customers who enroll in a new qualified service plan can earn up to 10,000 bonus miles with American...

BREW services to come

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it scored another carrier deal for its BREW application download service, with Telefonica Moviles Peru planning to offer BREW services...

Messaging pricing models may need revision

LONDON-Mobile operators should revise their pricing models for advanced mobile messaging services including multimedia messaging services, wireless e-mail and wireless instant messaging, analyst firm...

Qualcomm increases dividend

SAN DIEGO-Surrounded by a rough-and-tumble economy, Qualcomm Inc. seems to inhabit an island of bliss as its board of directors has approved a 40-percent...

Iraq tender may come within days

WASHINGTON-U.S.-led coalition officials are expected within days to issue a tender for a regional mobile network in Iraq and schedule a conference in Amman,...

Full story on Motorola results is below the surface

CHICAGO-On the surface, the second-quarter results of vendor Motorola carry a breath of optimism with a $119 million profit, or 5 cents per share.But...

XO to close offices, cut jobs

RESTON, Va.-Telecommunications provider XO Communications Inc. will shut down some offices and lay off 500 people by the end of the year, according to...

WorldCom fixed wireless hearing postponed

WASHINGTON-A federal bankruptcy court in New York postponed to July 22 a hearing on objections and other issues regarding WorldCom Inc.'s $144 million sale...

Oral argument in brain-cancer suit set for Sept.

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., will hear oral argument in an $800 million brain-cancer lawsuit against wireless firms the week of Sept....

Applied Reasoning Systems, Roaming Messenger to provide homeland security solution

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Software technology company Applied Reasoning Systems Corp. said it signed a deal with Roaming Messenger to offer real-time notifications for the homeland...

Lucent battle remains uphill

CHICAGO-Lucent Technologies Inc. further dampened Wall Street zeal with its announcement that it would not see black until next year, citing poor demand for...

Sprint PCS ad campaign targets AT&T Wireless

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS launched an aggressive advertising campaign focused on the business market and targeting AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which Sprint PCS said...

Former U.S. Wireless execs charged with fraud

SAN RAMON, Calif.-Two former executives of E911 company U.S. Wireless were charged with defrauding investors, according to press reports.Oliver Hilsenrath and David Klarman of...

Colombia Movil chooses Portal CRM/billing solution

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Colombia Movil SA, an emerging wireless service provider in Latin America, has chosen Portal Software Inc.'s Infranet customer relationship management and billing solution...

FCC punts on long-distance equal access

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has decided to put off deciding until late 2004 whether wireless carriers must offer equal access to all long-distance service...

FCC clears NextWave’s ownership structure

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. on Monday passed the final regulatory hurdle when the Federal Communications Commission said it was not in violation of foreign-ownership rules."We're...

Lucent expands 1x network in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-Lucent Technologies said it completed an expansion of the 450 MHz cdma2000 1x network in Russia for Delta Telecom, the first Russian...

J-Sky service to rebrand to Live

TOKYO-Japanese operator J-Phone Co. said it will change the name of its J-Sky mobile Internet service to Vodafone Live in line with its adoption...

Virgin Group wins court decision on trademark

The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that U.K.-based Virgin Group Ltd.'s trademark covers its wireless phone service, and the company can seek...
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