Yearly Archives: 2003

Hop-On appoints new interim president

IRVINE, Calif.-Disposable phone maker Hop-On announced it appointed Samuel Demissie as its interim president. Demissie joined Hop-On in February 2003 as president of its...

Forsee takes on chairman post at Sprint

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. announced Gary Forsee, recently named president and chief executive officer, will replace William Esrey as chairman of its board of...

InterDigital 1Q revenue rise attributed to Ericsson, Sony Ericsson agreements

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.'s first quarter results reflected an improved financial performance during the past year.InterDigital reported revenues of $37.3 million, a...

Nokia continues MasterCard m-commerce trial in U.S.

DALLAS-Nokia Corp. announced it is continuing its mobile-commerce trial with credit card company MasterCard International through a new trial in Nokia's home base of...

Siemens signs expansion contract with China Mobile

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a $36 million contract to expand GSM networks for China Mobile in Shanghai and Anhui provinces."Following this...

First GSM/TD-SCDMA chipset may be ready next year

BEIJING-The first GSM/TD-SCDMA chipset may be ready for rollout by mid-2004, according to RTX Telecom, which plans to make the products."The GSM/TD-SCDMA chipset will...

T-Mobile USA to allow bundling of Hot Spot service

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will allow subscribers to bundle unlimited access to its HotSpot service to their current wireless voice and data...

Don’t be fooled

The Internet may be the most revolutionary communications medium ever, but that revolution comes with the burden of a boatload of questionable "stuff"-rampant pornography,...

Nextel Partners launches in Georgia, South Carolina markets

AUGUSTA, Ga.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it launched wireless service in Augusta, Ga., and Aiken, S.C., allowing customers to use the service along Interstate 20...

Sprint PCS to offer Yahoo content to Vision users

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS and Yahoo Inc. reported an agreement to distribute Yahoo products and services to Sprint PCS' Vision customers. The Yahoo products...

Arch Wireless loses 477K subscribers

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Paging and messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. reported a net income of $6.1 million for its first quarter on revenues of $165 million,...

Carrier Briefs

Sprint PCS added movie reviews from Hollywood trade publication Daily Variety and up-to-the minute professional baseball scores and updates to its PCS Vision 1KTV...

Two Austrian carriers launch UMTS

VIENNA, Austria-Two mobile operators have launched UMTS services in Austria, highlighting a new 3G momentum on the European continent.The two carriers, Mmobilkom Austria and...

Verizon Wireless buys Devon Mobile license

WOBURN, Mass.-Verizon Wireless acquired a wireless license and related network assets from Devon Mobile Communications for $635,000.Verizon Wireless said the acquisition, which includes the...

AT&T Wireless launches 411 text messaging service

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its TXT-411 text messaging-based directory assistant service that the carrier said provides text-access to the White and Yellow...

Lone Star Phones sues Dobson

DALLAS-LSPCS Inc., which does business as independent retailer Lone Star Phones, filed suit in federal court against Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. claiming the wireless...

Motient snares resale deals with Verizon, T-Mobile

RESTON, Va.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. scored reselling agreements with two of the nation's largest wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc., moves...

3G brings profits to DoCoMo, KDDI

TOKYO-Fiscal year 2002 financial earnings released by the No. 1 and No. 2 Japanese mobile-phone carriers, NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp., reflected a...

Nokia refocuses developer efforts with hiring of Palm alum

Nokia Corp. hired a former Palm Inc. executive to head up its worldwide developer efforts, a move that highlights Nokia's continuing focus on its...

Motorola, Telsim duel refuels in ad, vendor under fire

The legal duel as well as the claims and counterclaims between Motorola Inc. and Turkish carrier Telsim intensified with a recent full-page advertisement in...

AT&T Wireless hits stores with first EDGE phone

Nokia Corp.'s 6200 EDGE-capable phone hit store shelves this week, making AT&T Wireless Services Inc. the first carrier in the world to sell an...

Tech rallies around tax cut

WASHINGTON-Telecom and high-tech sectors, beaten down and eager for an economic revival, last week found themselves forced to pick and choose among competing tax-cut...

Gurian helped to shape cellular’s formative years

The legacy Mal Gurian leaves the wireless industry will be found as much in the generations of people he has influenced as in the...

Chipmakers battle it out in applications processor space

Chipmakers continue to stake claims in anticipation of an assured industry upswing.Bellwethers Intel Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. offered optimistic second-quarter projections, reinforcing a...

3 launches UMTS service in Sweden

Hutchison's 3 is one of the European carriers to blaze the trail for third-generation UMTS technology with a launch of its services in Sweden,...
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