Monthly Archives: November, 2003

FunMail to offer mobile comic strips

PLEASANTON, Calif.-FunMail Inc. announced a major new offering for the U.S. market that will allow mobile users to download daily newspaper comic strips, including...

Senate approves rider for rural broadband loans

WASHINGTON-The Senate late Thursday approved a spending bill rider that partially restores funding to a rural broadband loan program. The agriculture appropriations amendment, co-sponsored...

Galvin maintains Motorola ties for 2 more years

The cord linking Motorola Inc. and Chairman Christopher Galvin will remain for another two years as the vendor will retain his services as a...

Sendo selects Opera browser for Sendo X

OSLO, Norway-U.K. phone manufacturer Sendo said it will use Opera Software's mobile-phone browser in its Sendo X smart phone.Opera, which has less market share...

Anite offers new testing platform for GSM/GPRS

LONDON-Anite Telecom said it has introduced a new platform that runs on Agilent Technologies' hardware for protocol testing and network simulation for GSM, GPRS...

DoCoMo to expand i-mode to Greece

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. has expanded its European i-mode reach to Greece with a partnership agreement with mobile operator Cosmote. DoCoMo is licensing Cosmote to...

Hutchison to buy KPN stake in 3 U.K.

KPN Mobile and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. reached an agreement on their disputed U.K. third-generation operator business. KPN Mobile will sell its 15-percent stake in...

Nextel snags 2 GHz spectrum in Nucentrix auction

Nextel Communications Inc. won a number of wireless licenses, spectrum and tower leases for $51 million in an auction of certain assets of bankrupt...

Siemens to expand GSM network in Oman

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it won a $40 million contract with Oman Telecommunications Co. to expand its GSM network in Oman. The expansion will...

Updated Bluetooth spec adopted

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported the adoption of Bluetooth Specification Version 1.2, which the organization said includes new features resulting in...

Motorola uses Broadcom Bluetooth chips

IRVINE, Calif.-As Bluetooth continues to slowly make its way into the wireless world, Broadcom Corp. announced Motorola Inc. is using its Blutonium single-chip Bluetooth...

Wireless Facilities provides engineering services for Triton PCS

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. will provide RF optimization and performance engineering services for Triton PCS' network through 2005. Under their agreement, WFI will provide...

Nextel introduces new phone in Falcon line

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. continued to roll out its Falcon line-up of advanced handsets with the introduction of the Motorola Inc. i730, which features...

SpectraSite offers solid quaterly results

Tower owner and operator SpectraSite Inc. this week released fairly solid third-quarter 2003 financial results.SpectraSite reported total revenues of $83.9 million, up from $79.3...

Qualcomm enjoys rising income, optimistic outlook

With a sunny fourth-quarter result, Qualcomm Inc. reaffirmed its place in the wireless world and the traction of its CDMA technology.The company announced a...

Nextel disputes NextWave, Cingular waiver on PCS licenses

Nextel Communications Inc. filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission disputing NextWave Telecom Inc.'s and Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s plans seeking a waiver concerning $170...

Christensen departs Microsoft to start his own company

REDMOND, Wash.-The head of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile devices division, Juha Christensen, will leave the software giant to start his own company, one focused on...

Ericsson wins services contract in Spain

HELSINKI, Finland-Spanish mobile operator Amena awarded Newtelco Services, which is 75-percent owned by L.M. Ericsson, a six-year contract to outsource the field services of...

Asian EDGE operators demo data roaming

BANGKOK, Thailand-The world's first roaming demonstration of multimedia data services was conducted on a live EDGE network in Asia Wednesday, the Global Mobile Suppliers...

Wynd demos wireless service for the deaf

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-Wynd Communications announced the first public demonstration of its Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), designed to wirelessly connect people who are deaf...

Mobile gaming to hit $3.4B in 2008

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Mobile gaming will be gangbusters in Western Europe, according to a new study, increasing from $228 million last year to nearly $3.4...

Airspan to acquire Nortel’s Proximity fixed wireless business

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc., provider of broadband fixed wireless DSL networks, announced it plans to acquire Nortel Networks' fixed wireless access business for...

UTStarcom enters 3G joint venture with Panasonic

BEIJING-UTStarcom and Panasonic Mobile Communications Inc. said they have entered into a joint venture to design, develop and manufacture third-generation equipment, focusing on Internet...

Ericsson conducts EV-DV calls in U.S. lab

SAN DIEGO-L.M. Ericsson said it has successfully conducted a series of data calls in its CDMA2000 1xEV-DV lab, using its base station controller, packet...

Wireless to top fixed-line services in Iraq

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Wireless technologies are expected to dominate the voice, data and Internet service markets in Iraq, according to a new study from...
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