Monthly Archives: November, 2003

Infrastructure contracts

Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in October 2003.China. With China Mobile to expand its GSM networks.Value: $50 millionComorian Union. With SNPT to roll...

Delta Telecom to bring BREW to Russia

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW application download service could pop up in Russia through a new agreement between the technology giant and Delta Telecom, a...

Leap loses couch, keeps focus simple in re-launch

Following more than six months of restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Leap Wireless International Inc. is set to re-launch its Cricket branded service...

Optimus to launch WAP 2.0 with LogicaCMG technology

LONDON-LogicaCMG said Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has deployed its Wireless Service Broker product, which will enable Optimus to deliver mobile Internet services based on...

Loan funds for E911 included in farm bill

WASHINGTON-The chairs of the E911 Congressional Caucus, Sens. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), have amended the agricultural spending bill to include...

UWB standards body at standoff

Failure to arrive at an industry standard has caught ultra-wideband technology players between bowing to standards pressures and customer demand.The Institute of Electrical and...

Software glitch takes down AT&T Wireless GSM activations

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said last week it was making progress on fixing a software glitch that has prevented the carrier from activating new...

FCC warms up to interference-temperature concept

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday took the first step to altering the way spectrum interference is measured by seeking comment on the controversial interference-temperature...

Canadian text messaging triples in 18 months

OTTAWA-The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association said Canadians sent more than 32 million person-to-person text messages during the month of September, representing three times as...

Nextel plans upgrade to WiDEN

RESTON, Va.- Nextel Communications Inc. announced late Friday it will upgrade its iDEN network using Motorola Inc.'s WiDEN network technology, which the carrier said...

Wireless must keep pace with changing consumer opinions

As the penetration of advanced mobile phones continues to rise, mobile operators must be aware of a changing mindset among consumers, as well as...

AT&T Wireless signs porting agreements, reports job cuts

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has signed agreements with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint PCS detailing how they will port customers' phone...

LightSurf to manage Bell Mobility photo service

TORONTO-Bell Mobility said it will sell the new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. SPH-a600 camera phone, and that it will offer a picture-sharing service through...

Broadcasters claim spectrum earmarked for Pentagon could hurt video links

WASHINGTON-Another unexpected snag has further complicated industry's chances for securing military spectrum for third-generation wireless services, with the powerful broadcast lobby claiming new studies-conducted...

Ricochet evaluates options to continue service

DENVER-Ricochet Networks Inc. is "actively evaluating a number of options relative to its business prospects" to continue to service existing customers and to grow...

O’Brien to leave Nextel operations

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. founder Morgan O'Brien said he was leaving the company as an employee, which recently included overseeing Nextel's spectrum acquisition program,...

Hutchison to buy KPN stake in 3 U.K.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-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...

AWS, Rogers launch cross-border program

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Canadian operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc., which operates as Rogers AT&T Wireless, launched a cross-border North American Corporate...

Environmentalists say FCC violating bird rules on towers, carriers say evidence lacking

Wireless carriers continued their push for more research on whether tower facilities kill large numbers of birds, while environmental groups shook their collective finger...

AAT closes on financing

ST. LOUIS-AAT Communications Corp. announced it has closed on $180 million of equity capital it plans to use to help fund acquisitions and build-to-suit...

US Unwired revenues take roaming hit

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. reported total revenues fell during the third quarter from $148.8 million last year to $142.9 million this year, led...

AT&T Wireless signs porting agreements, reports job cuts

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has signed agreement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint PCS detailing how they will port customers' phone...

Tellabs outsources international products manufacturing

HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K.-Tellabs said it will outsource manufacturing of its international products and transfer ownership of its Espoo, Finland-based manufacturing operations to Elcoteq Network...

Appeals court urged to overturn RF headset cases

WASHINGTON-Plaintiffs' lawyers again urged a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling dismissing five class-action suits that sought to force mobile-phone carriers...

M-spatial map service available in U.K.

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Wireless data services provider M-spatial announced its Mapway View Map and walking directions services are now being used on the Orange World network...
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