Yearly Archives: 2003

LGP Allgon to supply antennas in San Francisco

FORT WORTH, Texas-LGP Allgon has been awarded a contract to provide an indoor distributed antenna system to improve wireless phone and data coverage at...

Crown Castle updates on tender offer

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. announced it has received consents for amendments to the terms of its 10.375-percent senior discount notes and its 11.25-percent senior...

Verizon to take $2.8B charge related to layoffs

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. said it expects to record an after-tax fourth-quarter charge of approximately $2.8 billion related to a voluntary separation plan under...

New group forms to focus on Java phones

SAN RAMON, Calif.-Industry leaders have formed the Mobile Expert Group with a view to promoting Java technology in the mobile space. The focus will...

Intel brings wireless into Communications Group

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it has brought its wireless operations under a larger group known as the Intel Communications Group.With this announcement, the...

Motorola announces new version of text input system

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Motorola Inc. announced a new version of its text input system the company said could predict and suggest entire sentences based on...

IPWireless gets Sentech contract in South Africa

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless announced its mobile broadband solution will be used to power South Africa-based Sentech's new MyWireless service to offer broadband wireless connectivity...

Analysys outlines scenarios for industry’s evolution

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-The wireless industry is at a crossroads, according to new research from Analysys Research that investigates three plausible scenarios for the evolution...

Telcordia acquires DAX intellectual property

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telcordia Technologies Inc. has acquired intellectual property from DAX Technologies Corp. related to the DAX Optima Performance platform.With the acquisition, Telcordia will create...

AT&T Wireless garners most LNP complaints

After more than two weeks of availability, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. led its nationwide competition in local number portability customer complaints, according to a...

Java site to feature Vodafone Live! games

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced its newly launched Java.com Internet site will feature wireless Java games for Vodafone Live! subscribers. The effort is aimed...

U.N. panel to study U.S. management of the Internet

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration sidestepped a confrontation with poor nations at the World Summit on Information Society in Geneva after officials from around the world...

Xingtone expands ring tone service to desktop files

LOS ANGELES-Ring tone company Xingtone announced it expanded its innovative ring tone service, which allows users to turn their MP3 or WAV music files...

Christensen named to Action Engine board

REDMOND, Wash.-Former Microsoft Corp. pointman Juha Christensen again popped into the limelight, this time as an appointment to the board of directors for wireless...

Fujitsu develops W-CDMA base station amp

KAWASAKI, Japan-Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd said it has developed an amplifier with the world's highest output for W-CDMA base stations. It is known as a...

STMicroelectronics, TI expand joint venture to EV-DV

DALLAS-Chipmakers STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments Inc. said they are jointly developing a standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution, which they hope to market to handset...

Phone makers gear up for holiday season

As the holiday season approaches, the industry's mobile-phone players are working to gear up for a quarter most predict will be gangbusters.First up is...

Vodafone Germany begins UMTS tests

DUSSELDORF, Germany-Vodafone Germany began UMTS tests for business customers using data cards for PCs. The operator plans to launch commercial third-generation service next year.Vodafone...

Qualcomm approves 7-cent quarterly dividend

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of 7 cents per common share, which will be payable March...

Chip market to remain flat through 2008

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The overall market for GaAs and silicon-based power semiconductors will remain relatively flat during the next five years, hovering around the $2...

Avis, Motorola expand location-based service to new markets

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Avis Rent a Car System Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced the "Avis Assist" navigation service has been expanded, with premieres this week in...

AT&T Wireless, Semotus to co-sell BlackBerrys

SAN JOSE, Calif.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported an alliance dealer relationship with Semotus Solutions to co-sell BlackBerry Handheld mobile applications to AT&T Wireless business...

SBC to cut thousands

NEW YORK-SBC Communications Inc. told investors at the Lehman Brothers Fifth Annual Telecom, Trends & Technology Conference that it plans to reduce its workforce...

Cingular argues that $12M CPUC fine is flawed

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. told the five California Public Utility Commission members that findings leading to a record $12 million fine against the mobile-phone carrier...

Lucent launches customer management tool

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has unveiled a solution to enable service providers to manage customer data such as subscriber profiles and...
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