Monthly Archives: July, 2003

LG Electronics quarterly profits down 24%

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics' second-quarter profits slumped by 24 percent, while its handset shipments also dropped.The company said it sold 5.3 million mobile phones,...

Irish can now get Papal Thought of the Day via SMS

ROME-Not only can your mobile phone keep you in touch with friends, family and co-workers, it can also keep you closer to the Holy...

Western Wireless to redeem senior notes

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it will redeem all of its 10.5-percent senior subordinated notes due 2006 valued at $187.1 million and 10.5-percent senior...

TI beats earnings expectations

DALLAS-An upswing in the wireless semiconductor sector has helped Texas Instruments beat expectations in its second-quarter results with earnings of $121 million, or 7...

Sprint PCS signs Lucent to $1B contract

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a multi-year, $1 billion deal with Sprint PCS to upgrade the carrier's CDMA-based network with additional next-generation equipment.Lucent...

AT&T launches wireline/wireless combination plan

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 to...

Moody’s upgrades Nextel

Citing continued strong operating results, Moody's Investors Service upgraded its credit rating on Nextel Communications Inc. one notch, assigned a B2 rating to the...

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 of...

Nextel’s effort to buy WorldCom assets under greater scrutiny

WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc.'s proposed $144 million sale of fixed wireless assets to Nextel Communications Inc. potentially faces far more obstacles than initially thought, a situation...

American Cellular restructure could involve bankruptcy

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. and its American Cellular Corp. joint venture with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported plans to restructure American Cellular's $1.6 billion...

Nextel stock dips 2 percent amid record-setting growth

Nextel Communications Inc. surpassed even the most bullish expectations, posting a quarterly record 591,000 net customer additions during the second quarter, compared with 469,000...

Wireless broadband finds success in modular approach

It has been just a few years since wireless broadband was all but declared dead. But the industry instead has made a small recovery.Wireless...

News Briefs

Siemens AG said it will expand Russian mobile operator MegaFon's mobile-phone network under a $94.2 million contract. The agreement covers the extension of the...

2Q financials paint muddled wireless portrait

Reports from the world's top mobile-phone and network infrastructure providers painted a muddled portrait of the industry, with a few bright spots mixed in...

AT&T Wireless reaches out with roaming deals

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continued to expand the reach of its GSM/GPRS service last week, signing roaming agreements with Dobson Communications Corp. and its...

HP unveils flexible server

Just as the battle to dominate the handset operating system realm intensifies, the contest for supremacy on the server side has taken a fresh...

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...

Companies say killer app uses handsets as time cards, employee trackers

Companies in the service industry are exploring wireless solutions for tracking employees to save time and money while improving customer relationships. Some small technology...

Summer kvetching

It's 100 degrees outside. It seems dismal second-quarter earnings are muddying my hopes for a steady industry upturn. In short, it seems like an...

Wireless portals start to live up to hype

Like '70s disco or roller skates, the wireless portal is now retro cool. Dude.In the heyday of the late 1990s, the wireless industry was...

France Telecom to test Alvarion wireless DSL

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Ltd. said France Telecom will trial its broadband wireless DSL solution as part of an initiative to...

Lucent expands 1x network in Russia at 450 MHz

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

Convergys gets China Unicom biz

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. licensed its Activation Manager provisioning module to China Unicom Guangdong, a provincial operator of China Unicom Ltd., marking Convergys' first product deployment...

NEC to re-enter U.S. phone market

NEC to re-enter U.S. phone marketNEC Corp. plans to re-enter the U.S. mobile phone market through an exclusive phone deal with AT&T Wireless...

AARP: High-volume users unsatisfied with service

WASHINGTON-High-volume mobile-phone users are less likely to be "very satisfied" with their service quality, according to a study by AARP."Consumers who use their cell...
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