August 2003

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 in total revenues during this year’s …

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 due 2007 that were initially issued …

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 commitment was included in a …

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 a recent filing with the Securities …

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 played a significant part in …

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 million for its second quarter, news …

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 Improvements Act has expired, which the …

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 has more than 100,000 mobile-computing …

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 technology in the country. The COAI …

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 quarter, which was less than half …

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 quarterly customer growth was an improvement …

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 firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and …

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 in wireless operator Eurotel Praha. Cesky …

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 and languages. NAC’s technology uses the …

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 communications solutions, including local, long-distance and …

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 false and misleading claims about their …

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. The research group expects the smart …

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 Parks Associates. The research firm estimates …

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, suppliers and competitors. This evidence …

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 would save $3.20 in terms …

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 almost 17 percent to about $2.33 …

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 it had 600,000 FOMA subscribers …

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 all the positive steps the …

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, health care and insurance represent bright …

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 Mbps for broad use of multimedia, …