Monthly Archives: November, 2003

Qualcomm gets GlobalTracs contract with construction company

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its GlobalTracs equipment management system will be used on Case New Holland Inc.'s construction equipment. The system collects, manages and...

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...

GoAmerica needs funding to get past January

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless enterprise company GoAmerica Inc. reported another dim quarter, with declining revenues of $3.1 million and a net loss of $1 million. The...

Swisscom Mobile launches Ericsson, Sony Music service

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless technology company L.M. Ericsson announced a new music product through a partnership with Sony Music Germany that delivers bundled packages of artist...

NII Communications to sell NII Holdings shares

RESTON, Va.-NII Communications Inc. plans to sell 3 million shares of NII Holdings Inc. in a secondary offering for $70.50 per share generating $211.5...

Rural Cellular 3Q revenues increase

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. posted a year-over-year increase in total revenues from $125.7 million during the third quarter of 2002 to $136.6 million...

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...

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...

Wireless expected to top many wish lists

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Wireless devices will be high on holiday gift lists this year, according to a survey released by Staples Inc. The retailer predicts wireless...

Nokia comments on battery troubles

HELSINKI, Finland-Following numerous reports of exploding batteries in Nokia Corp. phones-which the company continues to blame on unsafe, low-quality counterfeit products-Nokia said it has...

Churn away, but please recycle!

OCALA, Fla.-Switching carriers will mean switching phones, potentially leaving millions of cell phones in the trash following the implementation of wireless local number portability....

Convergys reports Satelindo license

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said it will license its Infinys solution to PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo).Satelindo will use the Infinys application for order management, and...

BCGI investors file lawsuit

NEW YORK-Purchasers of Boston Communications Group Inc.'s publicly traded securities between June 12, 2003, and July 16, 2003, have filed a class-action lawsuit against...

Nokia wins Globe Telecom EDGE contract

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a deal to supply EDGE equipment for Global Telecom in the Philippines. Global Telecom will deploy the...

Sprint PCS offers streaming TV

BERKELEY, Calif.-Sprint PCS yet again is offering a streaming TV service, this time through MobiTV and technology partner Idetic Inc.In February, Sprint announced its...

Nokia supplies TETRA system to French agency

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia will provide its digital TETRA professional mobile radio system to Amec Spie Communications for the Communaute Urbaine de Bordeaux, the Bordeaux metropolitan...

Tessco scores gov’t supply contract

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies said it has won a contract with General Services Administration to supply federal agencies worldwide with a wide range...

Liberty Alliance approves Phase 2 specs

MADRID, Spain-The Liberty Alliance said its Phase 2 specifications have been approved, rounding out the existing Liberty Federation Framework and the foundation for the...

Siemens beats expectations

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG posted a fourth-quarter net profit of $847.6 million, or 94 cents per share, beating analysts' expectations. For the fiscal year, it...

InterDigital makes big gains

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Corp. reported a net income of $3.4 million, or 6 cents per share, for the third quarter of this year....

Alvarion, Airspan get Serbian contract

BELGRADE, Serbia-Serbia's Telekom Srbija a.d. has chosen Alvarion Ltd. and Airspan Networks Inc. as suppliers for the rebuilding of its telecommunications infrastructure. The company...

Aether continues work toward profitability, looks at ‘strategic alternatives’

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Wireless enterprise company Aether Systems Inc. reported declining revenues and losses, and said that although its earnings were lower than expected, the...

FCC warming to interference-temperature concept, will proceed cautiously

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...

Half of states won’t meet 911 deadline

WASHINGTON-Only 24 states told congressional investigations that they plan to meet the 2005 deadline for wireless enhanced 911 Phase II deployment."Implementation of wireless E911...

Esmertec raises $27M in funds

LONDON-Wireless Java company Esmertec announced it raised a significant $27 million in venture funding, with Earlybird Venture Capital, Partners Group and Sofinnova Partners leading...
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