Yearly Archives: 2003

T-Mobile U.K. to offer new e-mail service using Infowave software

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Infowave Software inked an agreement with T-Mobile International for Infowave's wireless messaging product. The technology will be part of T-Mobile's new Instant...

JavaOne highlights wireless, Java integration

The 2003 JavaOne Conference is witnessing a collision of giants, as Sun Microsystems and IBM Corp. are pushing their platforms, highlighting a division within...

Sprint affiliates deploy Lucent switch

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reported that six Sprint PCS affiliates are deploying its PacketStar 4500 Multiservice Media Gateway, which Lucent said will allow...

LogicaCMG to supply MMSC to Russia’s MTS

MOSCOW-LogicaCMG said it reached an agreement with Russian operator Mobile TeleSystems to deploy multimedia-messaging services in the Moscow region. MTS will use LogicaCMG's MMS...

M/A-COM offers portable radio for OpenSky use

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-COM Inc. released the P-800 portable radio for the OpenSky network. The Internet Protocol-based digital two-way radio operates on trunked and conventional systems...

Italy’s TIM commits to EDGE

Telecom Italia Mobile has become the first European operator to publicly state its commitment to EDGE technology, according to international press reports. The reports...

Musiwave announces European mobile music deals

PARIS-European company Musiwave has signed deals with Sony Music Europe and several independent record labels for its technology and services.The Sony agreement will make...

Over-allotment exercised on Lucent debt

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced the underwriters of its $1.525 billion offering of convertible senior debt have exercised an over-allotment option to acquire...

Global Markets

Midwest Wireless launches 1st phase of 1x network

MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network, spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than...

Telia announces new Swedish data offering

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia announced a new mobile data service in Sweden called Telia Go, which offers user-friendly menus and preset mobile phones, including the Nokia...

ITU, CEA partner

GENEVA-The International Telecommunication Union, the international standards body, said it formed a relationship with the Consumer Electronics Association to work together on wireless and...

Palm holds Handspring’s hand

The founders of personal digital assistant pioneer Palm Inc. have returned to the fold as the company announced an all-stock, $169 million plan to...

Ericsson, HP sign outsourcing deal

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a five-year contract to outsource its information technology infrastructure to Hewlett-Packard Co.HP will provide IT services for...

Cooking lessons

A certain RCR Wireless News reporter based in D.C. who shall remain nameless likes to hold onto her stories for a little bit before...

T-Mobile to launch color-screen Sidekick, rate plans

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it launched a color-screen version of its Danger Inc.-produced Sidekick device, as well as introduced new rate plans for...

Visto, ViAir to merge

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced it will merge with ViAir Corp, and the combined company will do business under the Visto name.Visto provides personal...

Fourth right

Time was when all roads led to Baltimore federal court, where U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake oversees everything from elevator operations to cell-phone health...

Paging auction nets $2.4M for a few thousand licenses

A recently completed Federal Communications Commission paging spectrum auction generated about $2.4 million for a total of 2,832 licenses, numbers that come nowhere near...

AAT to purchase Wisconsin towers

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. announced AAT Communications Corp. will purchase 122 towers in Wisconsin for $43 million, the last chunk of the 801...

SpectraSite tells mall rats to ‘talk on’

Highlighting its major stake in the in-building arena, SpectraSite Inc. is making an unusual move for a tower company, directly marketing its infrastructure to...

Wi-Fi business model remains precarious

Without going too far out on a limb, it seems a safe bet to claim the wireless industry has gone crazy for most anything...

O2 inks MVNO pact with supermarket, hires Lucent to deploy UMTS service

LONDON-Tesco, one of the United Kingdom's major supermarket chains, announced plans to launch its own mobile service in partnership with MmO2.The supermarket will offer...

Sprint PCS to take billing in-house

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Billing and customer-care provider Convergys Corp. said it signed an agreement with billing customer Sprint PCS to support the carrier's migration from...

Verizon may launch PTT in July

DENVER-The next phase in the push-to-talk wars is expected to begin in less than a month as industry sources claim Verizon Wireless will launch...
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