Monthly Archives: November, 2003

Nextel Partners to expand Fla. customer center

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. signed a letter of intent to expand its Panama City Beach, Fla., customer care center including a new 30,000 square-foot...

Samsung may join Nokia in Interdigital battle

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is looking to join Nokia Corp. in its legal disagreement with wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. Samsung is requesting...

Roamware provides SIM solution to Hong Kong CSL

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Roamware said it is providing its new SIMM service to Hong Kong CSL, enabling CSL's subscribers to use multiple local mobile numbers in...

AT&T Wireless buys South Texas operations from U.S. Cellular

U.S. Cellular Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to sell its TDMA wireless operations in South Texas to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $95...

Ericsson raises $517M in bond exchange

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it raised $517 million in total acceptances as it closed its bonds exchange offer.The company said the new bond, which...

Vodafone to increase stake in Greek subsidiary

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it will acquire from Intracom S.A 51.25 million shares in Vodafone-Panafon Hellenic Telecommunications Co. S.A., representing 9.433 percent of the...

DoD begins Iraqi mobile-license investigation

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense Tuesday said it has begun to investigate allegations of wrongdoing in connection with the award of three mobile-phone licenses in...

T-Mobile to pay $4.8M in back overtime pay

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc. has reportedly agreed to pay $4.8 million in back wages to employees in 13 call centers after a Department of Labor...

800 MHz fight continues

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz fight is heating up again as both sides argue that public-safety communications must be the overarching concern in any negotiation.The city...

Alcatel to expand capacity in the Philippines

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it was awarded a $100 million contract by Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. to increase its Sun Cellular subsidiary capacity to 1...

Senate passes anti-spam bill

WASHINGTON-Legislative relief from spam, including wireless devices, moved one step closer Tuesday when the Senate passed the Can Spam Act by voice vote."We have...

Survey finds LNP won’t affect near-term churn

A survey by global marketing research firm Ipsos-Insight found that while 70 percent of wireless customers are aware of the local number portability mandate,...

Susteen software transfers contact info between devices

IRVINE, Calif.-Susteen Inc. said it has released a software solution that enables handset users to transfer contact information between devices. The company said it...

RIM continues global spread

WATERLOO, Ontario-Wireless e-mail company Research In Motion Ltd. continued its international expansion, launching a new BlackBerry device with European carrier MmO2 and racking up...

M-Systems mobile platform supported by ARM hardware

LONDON-M-Systems said ARM's latest hardware development platform known as RealView will support its memory and boot device called Mobile DiskOnChip."M-Systems' DiskOnChip technology enables us...

FCC warns telemarketers not to use autodialers to call mobiles

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Monday told telemarketers that they must make arrangements to obtain mobile-phone numbers because it is illegal to use autodialers to...

Cellular One settles Pa. lawsuit with subscriber refunds

WASHINGTON-Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher today said thousands of Cellular One subscribers in the state will be entitled to refunds as part of a...

Nokia outlook doesn’t impress investors

Nokia Corp. offered its first market outlook for its newly reorganized business divisions, including its new Enterprise Solutions and Multimedia segments, but the news...

Plantronics releases 900 MHz headset

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Plantronics Inc. launched its CS 50 Wireless Headset System, which uses 900 MHz digital transmission technology, allowing office professionals to communicate up...

Linux mobile platform announced

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-MontaVista's Linux consumer electronic edition will support Renesas Technology Corp.'s multimedia application processor for mobile phones, according to both Renesas and MontaVista Software...

First day of LNP sees few porting requests, fewer successful ports

Despite wireless carrier-generated public-relations hype surrounding the success of initial number porting, which was helped by only a slight increase in customer traffic, a...

Qualcomm licenses chip technology from France Telecom

SAN DIEGO-France Telecom said it has granted Qualcomm Inc. a worldwide license to its Turbo Code patents for both CDMA2000 and W-CDMA chipsets.The Turbo...

Study indicates 21% of Americans consider cutting the cord

WASHINGTON-More than one in five people with a mobile phone has considered cutting the cord, the Pew Internet & American Life Project said Sunday."For...

DoCoMo to offer 3G card for PDA users

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a new flash card to enable personal digital assistant users to use its FOMA third-generation services....

FCC denies Western Wireless LNP waiver request

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. is not substantially different from other Tier II carriers, so it should not be exempted from the wireless local number portability...
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