Monthly Archives: August, 2003

SBA records decreased revenues

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Tower owner SBA Communications Corp. has reported its second-quarter 2003 financial results.The company said its total revenues for the quarter were $50.4...

Motorola targets public safety with technology releases

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola made a handful of public-safety related wireless announcements in conjunction with this week's Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in...

Skyworks to sell up to $250M in stock, debt

WASHINGTON-In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Skyworks Solutions Inc. said it will periodically sell up to $250 million in common and...

GSA suspension will cost WorldCom

WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc. said Monday that its suspension from doing business with the government could cost the company as much as $137 million by 2005.In...

UbiquiTel posts 23% revenue increase

Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported $66 million in total revenues during the recently completed second quarter, a 23-percent increase compared with the $53.6...

Samsung to work with Staccato on UWB

SAN DIEGO-Samsung Electronics said it will work with chip maker Staccato Communications to develop ultra-wideband products, a short-range technology with a data-transfer rate of...

Powell highlights 911 at APCO convention

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell invited all state officials responsible for deploying wireless enhanced 911 to the Federal Communications Commission in late October for the...

Midwest Wireless launches BREW services

MANKATO, Minn.-Rural wireless operator Midwest Wireless launched a range of entertainment applications and communications services on its recently deployed CDMA2000 1x network using Qualcomm...

FCC allows California to change numbering rules

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Aug. 11 that California could change its allocation of numbers in the 310 and 909 area codes, but not...

Camera phones click in U.S. market

The camera-phone craze appears to have officially hit the United States, with Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both boasting of millions of picture messages...

FCC concedes Airadigm protected under bankruptcy

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Aug. 8 that the 15 licenses owned by Airadigm Communications Inc., a bankrupt PCS C- and F-block licensee...

SpectraSite enjoys solid second-quarter results

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Inc. released solid second-quarter 2003 results, reflecting improved revenues and decreased losses.The company said total revenues were $80.9 million, up from $73.2...

Agere releases messaging interface for handsets

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems released an advanced messaging interface (AMI) for high-speed communications and applications processing in next-generation mobile phones. "With the continued growth in...

Itronix wins $14M in government contracts

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itronix, which specializes in ruggedized mobile computing systems, announced it has been awarded new project contracts worth $14 million.The company is involved in...

China Mobile sees profit increase, warns on competition

HONG KONG-China Mobile reported a 13-percent increase in profit in its first-half results, but noted declining average revenue per user and warned on increased...

Cingular makes it official, carrier to buy some NextWave spectrum

Following a hastily retracted announcement earlier this month, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. officially announced last week it would purchase 34 PCS licenses covering 83 million...

Corrections

The headline in the July 28 issue on page 12 about American Tower earnings should have read "American Tower to shed tall tower construction...

Radiation protection firms settle FTC charges

WASHINGTON-Safety Cell Inc. and Rhino International Inc., which marketed and sold fake cell-phone radiation protection patches, have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

I3 Mobile to link up with ACE*COMM

STAMFORD, Conn.-One day after a surprising surge in its stock price, wireless data company I3 Mobile Inc. announced it has signed a non-binding letter...

Swiss court rules in Motorola’s favor

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. won another legal victory over Turkey's wireless carrier Telsim in a Swiss court ruling to freeze the $800 million of assets controlled...

Vodafone signs Sony Pictures for content, purchases U.K. reseller

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc signed a deal with Sony Pictures Mobile for new entertainment products based on Sony Pictures Entertainment, as well as original and...

3G, the Chinese way

Most people agree China offers a lucrative wireless landscape. It is already the world's largest market with one of the lowest mobile penetration rates....

Nokia wins W-CDMA network contract in Switzerland

GENEVA, Switzerland-Nokia Corp. said it has inked an agreement to supply Switzerland's Sunrise with its W-CDMA core network, which will be commercially available by...

LNP shoplifting

If you go into someone's shop and take something without paying, it's shoplifting and is punishable by jail time and a fine. But when...

Tektronix UMTS tester chosen by Beijing co.

BEAVERTON, Ore.-Tektronix Inc. said its UMTS protocol tester has been chosen by the Beijing Northern Fiberhome Technologies Co. Ltd."UMTS release 4 is the next...
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