Monthly Archives: August, 2003

Triton loss larger than expected

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. reported a 12.8-percent increase in total revenues, from $183 million during the second quarter of 2002 to $206.5 million...

Nextel Partners note holders can resell debt, shares

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the resale of its 1.5 percent senior convertible notes...

FCC expects to finish 5 GHz unlicensed rules by end of year

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission committed on Thursday to complete rules for unlicensed use of the 5 GHz band by the end of the year.The...

Dodge buys more AMT stock

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Steve Dodge purchased 100,000 shares of American Tower stock priced between $9.13 and $9.37 according to...

Chip sector signals expanding demand for flash memory

Chips continue to provide cheer in an otherwise gloomy wireless environment.According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, strong demand of chips in the mobile market...

Arch stock up on 2Q earnings

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-The nation's No. 1 independent paging and messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. reported a net income of $5.2 million on revenues of $154...

Palm-Handspring marriage passes antitrust hurdle

MILPITAS, Calif.-Antitrust concerns have now been pushed aside in Palm Inc.'s acquisition of Handspring Inc., as the waiting period required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-Trust...

Quest acquires DDS

EUGENE, Ore.-Mobile-computing company Quest Solutions announced it acquired mobile software platform company Distributed Data Systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Quest said DDS...

India court dismisses petition trying to stop CDMA

NEW DELHI-India's Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal has dismissed a petition from the Cellular Operators Association of India to stop the operation of CDMA...

US Unwired subs decline in 2Q

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc., which recently filed a lawsuit against network partner Sprint PCS, said it added 8,878 net subscribers during the second...

Alamosa churn, ARPU, CPGA all down

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported 24,000 net subscriber additions during the second quarter, ending the period with 677,000 total subscribers. The...

Fried to advise House committee

WASHINGTON-Neil Fried has been named telecommunications counsel for the House Energy and Commerce Committee and will begin his duties Aug. 18.Fried joins from law...

Cesky gets approval for Eurotel Praha purchase

PRAGUE-The Czech Office for the Protection of Economic Competition has approved Cesky Telecom's planned purchase of the 49-percent stake it does not already own...

NAC Geographic Products releases location service

TORONTO-NAC Geographic Products Inc. introduced a new location service the company said simplifies the use of wireless location services across a variety of locales...

XO to offer services to RE/MAX offices

RESTON, Va.-Embattled broadband communications provider XO Communications Inc. will offer bundled solutions to RE/MAX International independent realty offices nationwide. XO will offer RE/MAX associates...

Radiation protection companies settle FTC charges

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

Visant predicts smart-antenna market growth

NEW YORK-Smart-antenna technology is now deployed in one of every 10 base stations in the works, according to new research from Visant Strategies Inc....

Report says U.S. hot-spot market to garner $800M

DALLAS-The hot-spot service market in the United States will garner revenues in excess of $800 million by 2007, according to a new report from...

European Commission urges Microsoft to untie Media Player from Windows

The European Commission gave Microsoft Corp. one more chance to remedy monopolistic behavior."The commission has gathered additional evidence from a wide variety of consumers,...

TTPCom releases MIDI solution for handsets

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-TTPCom said it has unveiled a software-based MIDI solution for handsets, which eliminates the need for separate MIDI hardware.The company said the product...

InterWave revenues climb, net loss increases

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-InterWave Communications International Ltd. reported growing revenues and a rising net loss for its fourth quarter, news that sent its stock down...

DoCoMo reports profit on cautious outlook

NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported a net income of $1.65 billion in the first quarter ending June 30 in its first quarterly financial report.DoCoMo said...

Judge approves WorldCom’s SEC settlement amid continued bickering

WASHINGTON-The judge overseeing the bankruptcy of WorldCom Inc. on Wednesday approved the company's settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission."It represents additional validation of...

IDC: Vertical markets offer IT bright spots

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Although the sluggish economy has hurt a variety of information-technology companies-including those selling wireless wares-research firm IDC said verticals such as manufacturing, banking,...

IEEE increases speeds for WPAN networks

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has increased the speed of wireless personal area networks to 55 megabytes per second from 1...
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