Yearly Archives: 2003

Sprint PCS to take billing in-house

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

AT&T Corp. to bolster Wi-Fi hot spots

AT&T Corp. said it will spend $500 million this year to improve customer experience, including an extension of its business customers' secure corporate intranets...

Western Wireless sells stake in Croatian operator

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Western Wireless International Corp. reported an agreement to sell its 19-percent interest in Croatia's largest GSM wireless operator VIPnet...

Ericsson formalizes IT outsourcing deal with HP

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...

Lucent invests in China

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. has joined other vendors to defy SARS with a new wave of investment in the Chinese market. The vendor has committed...

GSA inspector general investigates WorldCom federal contracts

WASHINGTON-The inspector general of the General Services Administration is investigating WorldCom Inc.'s contracts with the federal government and may issue recommendations soon on whether...

Upton calls for wireless E-911 federal grant program

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the House telecommunications subcommittee on Wednesday called for the establishment of a federal grant program for the deployment of wireless enhanced...

Cable & Wireless reports layoffs, U.S. exit

LONDON-U.K.-based telecommunications provider Cable & Wireless said it will cut 1,500 U.K. jobs, exit the U.S. market and suspend its dividend for a year.The...

Agilent, Anite team to develop test solutions

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies and Anite Telecoms announced they will team up to develop and market RF protocol and network emulation test solutions for...

Comverse sees declining Q1 sales, improvement in loss

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. released its first-quarter fiscal 2003 results, which reflected lowered sales but an improved net loss. The company said sales were...

Alcatel shortens bond maturity

PARIS-Alcatel bowed to investors over the company's decision to sell bonds of about $1 billion.The French vendor was forced to shorten the maturity to...

Lawmakers say wireless LNP could hurt E911

WASHINGTON-Many house lawmakers expressed concern Wednesday that the deployment of wireless local number portability may divert resources from the implementation of wireless enhanced 911.This...

ITC extends license agreement with Sharp

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp. has extended its 1998 patent license agreement with Sharp Corp. of Japan...

Collins dissatisfied with GSA response on WorldCom

WASHINGTON-Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she is dissatisfied with the General Services Administration's response to her May 30 inquiry on...

Palm announces Handspring acquisition plans

The founders of personal digital assistant pioneer Palm Inc. have returned to the fold as the company announced plans to acquire Handspring Inc.Jeff Hawkins...

Verizon Wireless may launch PTT in July

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...

IWO Holdings to miss interest payment

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that its wholly owned subsidiary, IWO Holdings Inc., which is currently...

Mobile vendors focus on China

Bucking an anti-investment tide generated by the SARS epidemic, two major wireless players, Qualcomm Inc. and Nokia Corp., announced initiatives to pursue CDMA investments...

Atheros begins system-on-a-chip shipments

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Atheros Communications Inc. said it has begun volume shipment of four new wireless system-on-a-chip solutions, including what it describes as the first dual-band...

Camera phone excitement helps spark wireless Internet use

A new customer survey shows that the wireless data industry may have turned the corner, a change that seems to be due to the...

Lucent wins MmO2 UMTS contract

In a significant contract win, Lucent Technologies Inc. will provide MmO2 with UMTS gear, including packet technology and services for voice and data.Many industry...

Intel, HP partner for wireless solutions

ATLANTA-Intel Corp. and Hewlett Packard Co. have agreed to work together to develop standards-based solutions to enable wireless equipment manufacturers to reduce development costs...

Motorola wins Baghdad radio contract

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. has been awarded a $15.8 million contract to supply the Baghdad Police Force with 3,000 vehicular-mounted mobile radios and base stations,...

Sprint North Supply, InCode offer indoor coverage boost

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint North Supply and InCode Telecom reported plans to roll out the InReach toolkit designed to help carriers improve indoor coverage for...

NTSB recommends efforts to curb driving while talking

WASHINGTON-The National Transportation Safety Board today recommended to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that a stronger media campaign and educational effort be developed...
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