Monthly Archives: September, 2003

Nextel, Sprint PCS face slew of billing lawsuits

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS are facing unprecedented billing litigation, a legal challenge Nextel brought to the attention of the Securities and Exchange...

DoCoMo’s 3G coverage to match 2G coverage by March

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said that its FOMA network would cover 99 percent of the population in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region of Japan, which includes Tokyo,...

Nortel signs $1B Verizon Wireless contract

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless signed a $1 billion multi-year agreement with Nortel Networks Ltd. to expand and upgrade the carrier's nationwide CDMA network. The agreement...

LNP could cost $20B due to increased churn

A 10 percent increase in customer churn associated with the scheduled implementation of wireless local number portability could cost the wireless industry more than...

House to continue E-rate program probe

WASHINGTON-A House panel could hold a hearing later this month on a $2.25 billion federal program that subsidizes wireline and wireless Internet connections to...

Openwave to offer $100M in notes

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet software provider Openwave Systems Inc. announced it could further its acquisition push with a new offering of $100 million in...

LG phones to feature Openwave messaging technology

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Two new phones from LG Electronics will feature multimedia messaging technology from Openwave Systems Inc., the companies announced. Further, Openwave said its...

DoCoMo to begin rolling over unused monthly minutes

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin rolling over customers' unused monthly dialing and communications allowances for up to two months beginning in November.The...

Telenor Mobile Interactive to offer interactive TV services in U.S.

DUBLIN, Ireland-Telenor Mobile Interactive said it will use technology from Irish mobile applications company Xiam to offer wireless services that allow U.S. TV viewers...

Nextel adds At Road application to field worker options

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. added At Road Inc.'s @Road Pathway application to its suite of mobility service applications for field workers that At Road...

Symbol’s accounting troubles continue

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Troubles continue to mount for Symbol Technologies Inc., which offers wireless and mobile computing devices and products, as the company again delayed its...

Buffett buys $320M worth of Nextel bonds, stock

Stock market guru Warren Buffett has purchased approximately $320 million worth of Nextel Communications Inc.'s bonds and preferred stock since last year through his...

Siemens announces sliding phone to sell through AT&T Wireless, Cingular

Mobile-phone maker Siemens announced a unique new sliding phone it will sell through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. The company said...

OFTA gives 3G licensees waiver on bonds

HONG KONG-Hong Kong's telecom regulator the Office of the Telecommunications Authority said it would waive the submission of performance bonds due in October from...

Dobson files SEC statement on possible stock re-sale

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. filed a registration statement late last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the possible re-sale by certain shareholders...

Motorola note holders can force purchase through Sept. 29

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said holders of its liquid yield option notes due Sept. 27, 2013, can surrender the notes for purchase today through Sept....

WorldCom names five independent directors, faces new AT&T charges

WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc., which is doing business under the name MCI, named five independent directors to its board late last month.Laurence Harris is a partner...

Rural carriers ask for wireless enhanced 911 waiver

WASHINGTON-The Rural Telecommunications Group is urging the Federal Communications Commission to give rural wireless carriers more time to comply with wireless enhanced 911 rules...

T-Mobile to delay UMTS launch until 2004

BERLIN-German wireless provider T-Mobile, which is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, is reportedly pushing off the launch of UMTS services until next year...

Iraq mobile-phone bids under review

WASHINGTON-Bids for mobile-phone licenses to serve three regions of Iraq are currently being reviewed by a panel established by the Coalition Provisional Authority with...

France Telecom to take full control of Orange

PARIS-In addition to its first-half operating results released Monday, France Telecom said it will buy the remaining 13.7-percent stake in mobile subsidiary Orange that...

Whistler deploys Wi-Fi for skiers, locals

WALTHAM, Mass.-In a move facilitating business on the slopes, British Columbia, Canada-based ski resort Whistler selected V-Link Solutions to provide Wi-Fi based wireless Internet...

BARI Holdings offers competing bid for i3 Mobile

BOCA RATON, Fla.-BARI Holdings Irrevocable Trust said it will attempt to purchase i3 Mobile Inc. as part of its effort to develop and manufacture...

O’Brien compares public-safety interference problems to Pompeii natural disaster

DENVER-Nextel Communications Inc.'s Chairman Morgan O'Brien stressed there may not be time to consider every possible alternative to solving the complicated 800 MHz interference...

Patent office will decide who owns ‘push to talk’

Whether generic or proprietary, the phrase "push to talk" may become the words of war in the wireless industry in the next few years....
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