Yearly Archives: 2003

Hutchison seeks independent evaluation of U.K. business

LONDON-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. wants an independent evaluation of its U.K. third-generation business as part of its legal battle with Dutch company KPN Telecom. KPN...

TeliaSonera sells Bharti stake

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera said it subsidiary Overseas Telecom has completed the disposal of its 26-percent stake in Indian mobile operator Bharti Mobile. Bharti Televentures purchased...

Vodafone to cut 480 U.K. jobs

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc will cut 480 jobs in the United Kingdom, according to international press reports.The cuts will be made at Cellular Operations, a...

Bermai receives $12M financing

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Bermai Inc. said it has received a $12 million B round of financing to support delivery of the company's 802.11x chipset portfolio...

Senate committee passes anti-bankruptcy bidding bill

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday passed by voice vote a bill meant to keep the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy saga from happening again. NextWave...

Nextel reports on customer satisfaction, 2003 guidance

NANTUCKET, Mass.-Nextel Communications Inc. told investors it is achieving improved customer satisfaction, is continuing to scale capital spending and is on track to meet...

Verizon Wireless sponsors Lollapalooza

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will sponsor the Lollapalooza 2003 Concert Tour, which is scheduled to begin a nationwide 30-show tour July 5 in...

RIM earnings beat expectations but shares drop

Research In Motion Ltd.'s earnings report beat expectations for its revenues and sales, causing several research firms to upgrade the companies stock, but investors...

Orative collects $6M venture funding

MENLO PARK, Calif.-Startup Orative Corp. announced it scored $6 million in venture funding. The company said it would use the funds to develop software...

Sun acquires Pixo

Sun Microsystems Inc. acquired wireless Java downloading company Pixo Inc. for an undisclosed sum."The adoption of Java technology and the Java Card Subscriber Identity...

RCC buys PCS spectrum from AT&T

Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers...

Symbol again delays annual report

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc., which builds wireless and mobile devices for businesses, again delayed the filing of its 2002 annual report due to a...

Motorola wins patent lawsuit against DBTEL

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it was won a copyright and design patent lawsuit filed against it by Taipei-based DBTEL. The lawsuit related to the...

WRC-03 agreement reached for 5 GHz Wi-Fi spectrum

WASHINGTON-The U.S. delegation at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva said Wednesday a tentative agreement was reached to earmark nearly 500 megahertz of additional...

Hutchison 3G inks deal with sports content distributor

LONDON-Hutchison 3G has inked a deal with sports content distributor Extreme International under which some of Extreme's sports video clips will be delivered to...

Jupiter: Small firms less concerned about WLAN security

BOSTON-Only 28 percent of enterprises are using point-to-point user virtual private networks, 29 percent are using 802.1X, and 48 percent are using technical solutions...

RFMD prices note offering

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. announced the pricing of its offering of $200 million of its 1.5-percent convertible subordinated notes due 2010. The notes...

Datacomm releases 1x EV-DO report

CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-A new research report says cdma2000 1x EV-DO enables operators to launch profitable multimedia services as well avoiding the "false dilemma" of charging...

Last-minute amendment may hurt spectrum relocation bill

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee may have killed the wireless industry's hopes of gaining much-desired frequencies in the 1700 MHz band when it amended a...

Lucent snags contract with E-Plus

BONN, Germany-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a multimillion dollar UMTS contract to supply German operator E-Plus with data networking equipment and services...

Comarco releases UMTS drive-test system

IRVINE, Calif.-Comarco Wireless said it has unveiled what it describes as the first comprehensive third-generation UMTS drive-test system known as Seven.Five."With our powerful post-processing...

FCC approves MSS frequency changes

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved frequency changes for four mobile satellite service operators and said MSS licensees are making progress toward meeting milestones, a...

FAA studying airline use of wireless devices

WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration is working with a technical advisory group to study interference issues and commercial implications associated with the use of new...

Gurian named to Genesis Campus board

RICHARDSON, Texas-Venture capital fund Genesis Campus, which focuses on information and wireless technologies, has appointed wireless industry pioneer Mal Gurian to its board of...

RF Micro Devices to offer $200M in notes

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. said it will offer $200 million of convertible subordinated notes due 2010, plus up to $30 million at the...
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