Monthly Archives: July, 2003

Processor alliance swings counterpunch at Microsoft-Intel partnership

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...

Brightpoint releases strong 2Q results

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...

HickoryTech reports slightly improved revenues

MANKATO, Minn.-Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. reported $3.968 million in wireless revenues during the second quarter, which was a slight improvement compared with the...

XO to offer shares to pre-bankruptcy creditors

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...

Cambridge Broadband announces 3.5 GHz orders in China

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...

Sharp net income rises on camera-phone sales

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...

Motorola licenses Hop-On technology for possible disposable phone

Motorola Inc. could have plans to build a disposable mobile phone through a new licensing deal with disposable phone company Hop-On.Officials for neither Motorola...

Hanaro to test Navini’s NLS broadband technology in Korea

RICHARDSON, Texas-Hanaro Telecom Inc. will begin testing non-line-of-sight wide-area wireless broadband technology from Navini Networks in Korea this month.Hanaro will test Navini's Ripwave system...

3D standard for mobile devices ratified

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...

American Tower announces public offering

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...

Nextel Partners names new CFO

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. named Barry Rowan vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, overseeing the financial management of the company.Rowan, who is scheduled...

Iusacell under scrutiny with counter offer

MEXICO CITY-The previously announced agreement on the sale of Verizon Communications Inc.'s and Vodafone Group plc's stakes in Mexican mobile operator Grupo Iusacell SA...

Two-way ‘pagers’ may be answer to disparate public-safety systems

Two-way messaging devices may have a niche in emergency services communications.U.S. emergency service organizations need an effective way to guarantee that their wireless devices...

Nextel asks judge to dismiss Verizon suit

ARLINGTON, Va.-Nextel Communications has asked a federal judge to dismiss Verizon Wireless' allegations last month that Nextel improperly obtained and tested samples of Verizon's...

Sprint PCS uses handset line-up to differentiate: No. 1 Nokia back in the fold after prolonged absence

Sprint PCS can be largely thanked (or blamed, depending on your outlook) for what those in the industry term the "Asian invasion."Sprint in the...

Lucent, Nortel suffer from cautious carrier spending

Caution chastened optimism in vendor earnings.While companies like Qualcomm Inc. and Siemens AG enjoyed profits, others like Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks...

Handsets get more storage space for apps

In the early days of wireless, users could expect their phones to store, perhaps, 100 names and phone numbers. Today, users in some cases...

AT&T deploys wireline/wireless combo

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Building on a resale agreement announced earlier this year with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., AT&T Corp. launched its AT&T One program allowing customers...

Cingular points to success in driver’s-ed program as navigation tools on rise

Driver distraction has become an increasing debate among lawmakers, with Congress likely to consider legislation soon that would ban the use of handheld cell...

MarketWatch.com acquires Pinnacor

SAN FRANCISCO-MarketWatch.com Inc. announced it purchased news and information provider Pinnacor Inc. for about $103 million. Pinnacor, formerly known as ScreamingMedia, offers a range...

Photo gives Motorola/Microsoft collaboration more credibility

Pictures of a possible Motorola Inc. smart phone using Microsoft Corp.'s operating system surfaced on an enthusiast Web site, further stoking industry rumors that...

Batelco turns on GSM in Baghdad

WASHINGTON-A day before the civilian administrator of Iraq addressed the National Press Club and the U.S. Department of Commerce released the details of an...

IBM toolkit allows Zaurus to combine voice, visual apps

While wireless trends emphasize the movement to data, the use of voice as an enabler tends to tail off to the background in carriers'...

E911 expertise leads TCS, TruePosition to showcase location apps

DENVER-Consumer-friendly pervasive telephony technologies were the focus of last week's Zelos Group's Pervasive 2003 show here. Directory assistance and speech-recognition technologies, both hot topics...

Taking off the gloves

As the wireless industry aims to work together to exploit data initiatives and conserve cash through network sharing, it continues to play hard ball...
- Advertisment -

Most Read