Monthly Archives: December, 2003

Airspan completes buy of Nortel’s fixed-wireless business

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc. announced last week the completion of its acquisition of Nortel Networks' fixed wireless access business. The purchase price of...

Dobson to repurchase $46.1M in stock

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. has entered an agreement for a private transaction to repurchase approximately $46.1 million of its 12.25-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock...

Cellebrite offers contact transfer between phones

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.-Cellebrite said its recently released RealSync/UME 12T, which transfers phonebooks, names and numbers between cellular phones, offers advantages to consumers using new...

Nortel files amended financial reports

Nortel Networks Corp. announced last week amended financial reports for full-year 2002 and the first two quarters of 2003, following up on a previously...

Swedish 3G-license holder takes on second license

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish company Svenska UMTS-nat AB, jointly owned by TeliaSonera and Tele2, has agreed to purchase the fourth third-generation license in Sweden from Orange...

California Amplifier to acquire Vytek

CAMARILLO, Calif.-Microwave equipment manufacturer California Amplifier Inc. announced it will acquire hardware and software solutions provider Vytek Corp."This acquisition will add strong complementary engineering...

American Tower subsidiary files for Chapter 11

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. announced last week its Verestar Inc. subsidiary has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. American Tower had planned to sell the...

Hang Gear releases cell-phone holder

LAS VEGAS-Hang Gear has released its Universal Phone Thong cell-phone holder. The device consists of an adjustable clear band that wraps around any cell...

Nortel wins $56M contract in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it will expand Pakistani mobile operator Pak Telecom Mobile Ltd.'s GSM 900 MHz national network under a $56 million...

Bahrain operator included in Vodafone roaming, branding network

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it expanded its partner network agreement with Kuwait mobile operator Mobile Telecommunications Co. to include the Bahraini market.MTC-Vodafone launched services...

Sanyo selects Zi text entry for Taiwanese market

CALGARY, Alberta-Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. will use technology from Zi Corp. in its new wireless phones for the Taiwanese PHS market. The phones are...

IPO, merger speculated for Cingular Wireless

NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s parent companies SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. are reportedly looking at an initial public offering for their wireless division...

Verizon Wireless to pick up American Wireless licenses in Ark.

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless signed a definitive agreement to acquire 10 megahertz PCS licenses from American Wireless License Group L.L.C. covering 1.1 million potential customers...

Dobson to acquire Michigan properties

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of NPI-Omnipoint Wireless L.L.C., which provides GSM service...

Edge Wireless deploys Alcatel MMS system

DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. deployed Alcatel's Multimedia Messaging Services system designed to enable Edge Wireless customers to send and...

Nextel Partners refinances credit facility

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported that its Nextel Partners Operating Corp. subsidiary refinanced its $475 million senior secured credit facility in an attempt to...

2004: Disruption, dancing

Even with the promise of a tech recovery and emergence of new applications for wireless gadgets aimed at free-spending teenagers, information-starved road warriors and...

Amdocs to acquire XACCT

ST. LOUIS-Billing and customer retention management provider Amdocs Ltd. said it has reached an agreement to acquire privately held mediation software provider XACCT Technologies...

New challenges

Ah, the sweet promises of a new technology. A recent report by the New Millennium Research Council, an organization of academics and private business...

AOL, DoCoMo dissolve joint venture

TOKYO-Struggling Internet company America Online Inc. and Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced they dissolved their widely touted joint venture, once heralded...

Verizon Wireless, Vodafone to launch transatlantic text messaging

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and minority interest parent company Vodafone Group plc said they plan to launch transatlantic text messaging capabilities between Verizon Wireless' CDMA...

Millicom Sierra Leone chooses Nokia solution

Millicom and Nokia announced the carrier has chosen LeadCom and Nokia to supply Nokia Connect GSM equipment for Millicom's network in Sierra Leone. Millicom...

Jamdat updates bowling game with multiplayer, audio features

LOS ANGELES-Wireless gaming company Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced a sequel to its popular Jamdat Bowling application, a game that will feature enhanced audio and...

Nokia inks $125M expansion contract in China

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $125 million GSM expansion contract that will increase the network capacity of Henan Mobile Communications Corp....

Business Briefs

Wireless local area network aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. reported a roaming agreement with WorldCom Inc., providing the telecommunications provider's MCI customers with remote access...
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