Yearly Archives: 2003

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...

Sendo sues Orange on patent infringement claims

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is...

Wireless LNP upheld by federal appeals court

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court on Friday struck down an attempt by the wireless industry to delay or eliminate the Nov. 24 mandate that it...

Virgin Mobile USA launches youth-focused ad campaign

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. launched its latest youth-oriented advertising campaign this week titled "Live Without a Plan."The mobile virtual network operator said the campaign,...

CTIA contracts for health research

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Thursday announced it signed contracts for phase two of industry-funded health research called for under an agreement with...

KDDI leads rivals in May subscriber additions

Japan's second-largest wireless operator KDDI Corp. led its bigger and smaller rivals in customer additions last month as the carrier said it added 162,000...

FCC allows Connecticut to create wireless area code

WASHINGTON-Connecticut won a two-year fight to implement a specific area code for wireless and certain other phone numbers. The Federal Communications Commission said the...

S&P assigns Western Wireless CCC debt rating

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its CCC rating to Western Wireless Corp.'s $100 million convertible subordinated notes offering and placed the rating...

U.S. carriers to sell Czech stake

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom, the largest fixed-line operator in the Czech Republic, has reached a tentative agreement to buy full control of mobile operator...

Rogers AT&T offers Java games from Tira

TORONTO-Rogers AT&T Wireless customers can now download English- and French-language Java technology-based games and applications published by Tira Wireless to their mobile devices. "Rogers...

Telefonica Chile to market Novatel Merlin G100

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. and Chile's Telefonica Movil, an affiliate of Telefonica Moviles, announced the availability of the Merlin G100 Wireless PC Card Modem.Telefonica...

NTCA urges FCC to keep tribal buildout requirements

WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association urged the Federal Communications Commission to keep in place rules that require telecom carriers that receive auction bidding credits...

Extended Systems adopts defense plan for hostile takeover

BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems Inc. said it has adopted a stockholder rights plan to fend off unsolicited takeover attempts. This will be applied by issuing...

Intel stock up on narrowed sales estimates

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp.'s stock jumped on the company's announcement that it narrowed its sales estimates for the second quarter owing to improved demand.The...

Silicon Village launches SMS encryption

BIRMINGHAM, U.K.-Developer Silicon Village has launched its Fortress SMS encryption application for sending secure end-to-end short message service messages on Series 60 and Symbian...

Wireless Knowledge to become part of Qualcomm

The long, hard road of Wireless Knowledge seems to have finally come to an end.Starting Monday, Wireless Knowledge will fold into Qualcomm Inc.'s Wireless...

Nokia to fix E911 glitch in phone, pay $60,000

WASHINGTON-Nokia Corp. reached an agreement with the Federal Communications Commission to fix a glitch in one of its U.S. mobile phones that does not...

InterDigital announces license agreement with Nakayo

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.'s InterDigital Technology Corp. subsidiary has signed a patent license agreement with Nakayo Telecommunications Inc. covering wireless terminal units...

Verizon to offer new Samsung handset

DALLAS-Verizon Wireless will sell Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s new SCH-a530, which features Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW application download technology, as well as CDMA 1xRTT services...

Collins urges GSA to consider WorldCom suspension

WASHINGTON-Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) today urged the General Services Administration to consider cutting ties with WorldCom Inc., potentially putting lucrative...

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...
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