July 2003

Handset maker NEC Corp. further expanded its outsourcing agreement with electronics manufacturing company Solectron Corp., under which Solectron will provide manufacturing and after-sales services for NEC’s advanced Internet-enabled handsets. Solectron …

RESTON, Va.-NII Holdings Inc., which was formerly known as Nextel International Inc. and operates wireless networks in four Latin America countries, said it added 42,300 subscribers during the second quarter, …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. has priced the public note offering and the convertible note offering it announced earlier this week. The company will sell $175 million principal amount of its 3.25-percent …

NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has reportedly agreed to purchase $1.4 billion worth of wireless spectrum licenses from bankrupt license holder NextWave Telecom Inc., according to Bloomberg News, citing people familiar …

MEXICO CITY-Mexican operator America Movil said it acquired the 20 percent interest in Ecuadorian mobile operator Conecel that it does not already own from minority shareholders. The value of the …

WASHINGTON-The Pentagon on Tuesday bowed to political and public pressure and stopped a proposed terrorism future market from being established by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. “The FutureMAP research …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-ARM Ltd. said it has added a new member to its foundry program, and it is the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., which has also licensed the ARM7TDMI microprocessor …

LONDON-U.K. fixed-line operator British Telecommunications announced plans to focus on the consumer wireless market with a wireless product called BT Mobile Home Plan targeted at families. The carrier will resell …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said it will expand the mobile network for Turkish operator Aycell. The value of the contract is $26.2 million. Under terms of the deal, Siemens will increase the …

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Even without wireless local number portability, churn continues to increase, according to a recent study by Solomon-Wolff Associates that says annual churn is currently 17.7 percent, reflecting an …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-A class-action lawsuit filed against chip maker Intel Corp. has been dismissed on grounds of insufficient proof. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel said the plaintiffs could not demonstrate …

LUXEMBOURG-Gemplus International reported gross profits of $54 million, up 27 percent from the prior quarter. The maker of smart cards for mobile phones said it had a net loss of …

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-POSA Tech Inc. recently launched Freedom to Speak, a nationwide prepaid wireless program. “We created a program that pays the retailer up to $100 for each activation, along …

TOKYO-Mobile-phone maker Sharp Corp. said net income was up about 13 percent to $117 million, and sales of its camera phones helped spur sales in a down worldwide economy. Sharp …

PARIS-After previous struggles, French vendor Alcatel told a story of hope in its second-quarter result with a net loss of $776.25 million as against a loss of $1.64 billion a …

Sprint PCS continued to improve on last year’s difficult quarterly results, posting 360,000 net customer additions during the second quarter of this year, which was a 17-percent increase compared with …

LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. will provide Texas’ Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network with its IntelliVector Emergency Roadside Medical Messaging Service (ERMMS), an enhanced mobile safety solution for area police. The …

Wireless took another major step toward third-dimensional technology with the ratification of the OpenGL ES application development standard for wireless devices. The 3D graphics forum Khronos Group said it ratified …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. said it will commence a public offering of 12.4 million shares of Class A common stock for $114.4 million in net proceeds, which it will use to …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and its affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. reported full availability of their Nationwide Direct Connect service across the United States and Hawaii, which the carriers said earlier …

BEIJING-China Mobile, China Netcom and China Unicom, each of which was recently awarded several 3.5 GHz fixed wireless access licenses in China, will deploy Cambridge Broadband’s VectaStar fixed wireless access …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. released positive second-quarter 2003 financial results, reflecting an upturn in demand in the Asia-Pacific region. The company recorded revenues of $379 million, up 25 percent from the year-ago …

RESTON, Va.-XO Communications Inc. will offer up to 43.3 million shares of its new common stock as part of its plan of reorganization, according to a statement in a recent …

In what industry experts see as a counterpunch to WinTel, a Microsoft-Intel partnership, some major industry players have a formed a new alliance that focuses on peripherals, microprocessors and software …

Verizon Wireless continued to distance itself as the nation’s largest wireless carrier during the second quarter, posting 1.3 million net customer additions, which is more than double the customer growth …