Yearly Archives: 2003

Samsung plans upgrade of DRAM plant

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it plans to spend $500 million to upgrade its dynamic random access memory chip plant in Texas.The...

Burns aims to stop states from raiding 911 funds

WASHINGTON-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), chairman of the Senate communications subcommittee, said late Monday evening that he likely will introduce legislation to require that money...

Benefon applies for reorganization

HELSINKI, Finland-Embattled handset maker Benefon Oyj has applied for statutory corporate reorganization after several attempts to find new investors failed. The company said it...

KPN rejects Hutchison 3G loan request

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-KPN Mobile has decided not to grant a shareholder loan of $239 million to Hutchison 3G U.K. Holding in which it...

Sprint signs frame relay contract with SchlumbergerSema

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. signed a three-year, multimillion dollar contract with SchlumbergerSema to deliver a multisite frame relay network designed to carry internal and...

Nokia speech codec selected by 3GPP2

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it beat five other proposals for standardizing a cdma2000 wideband speech codec with the Third Generation Partnership Project 2."The new...

France’s SFR to implement Kabira provisioning system

SAN FRANCISCO-Kabira Technologies Inc. said French carrier SFR will use the Kabira Provisioning and Service Activation (KPSA) system to support and manage all mobile...

Sony Ericsson phone sales shrink

TOKYO-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications reported a net loss of $115 million for the quarter, down from the small profit it made in the same...

Sierra Wireless reports slim profit

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Modem maker Sierra Wireless Inc. reported revenues of $20 million and a profit of $400,000, down from the profit of $1.1 million...

Openwave reports mixed results, announces carrier deals

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc., which sells wireless Internet and messaging software, reported new carrier sales along with third-quarter results showing declining losses and...

Brightpoint Activation signs deal with Nextel

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Activation Services L.L.C. signed an agreement with Nextel Communications Inc. to provide wireless voice and data products and value-added support programs to Nextel...

MIC launches service in Laos

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular said it launched GSM services in the Lao People's Democratic Republic earlier this week under the Tango brand name. Tango...

Good to partner with Dell

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Good Technology Inc. scored a strategic partnership with computer giant Dell Computer Corp., but neither company is releasing details of...

Openwave announces Asian contracts, 1Q results

REDWOOD CITY, California, United States-Openwave Systems, which sells wireless Internet and messaging software, reported new carrier sales and upgraded products, along with third-quarter results...

Japanese carriers announce new multimedia initiatives

TOKYO-Japan's three mobile operators all announced multimedia-related activities today, which will likely further boost third-generation (3G) uptake in the highly competitive market.Market leader NTT...

EU calls for members to lobby ITU

OXFORD, United Kingdom-At the forthcoming International Telecommunication Union (ITU)-organized World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (WRC-03), the European Union has called on European member states attending...

AT&T Wireless becomes third operator in Santa Lucía

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A month after Digicel broke Cable & Wireless' cellular monopoly in Santa Luc

U.K. operators come clean on porn services

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having long denied their networks are being used to access pornography, U.K. cell-phone operators are now revealing plans on how to manage...

GlobalWirelessNews.com to suspend service 1 May

DENVER, United States-GlobalWirelessNews.com will suspend publication at the end of the month, and all mobile industry coverage will be included in the Web site...

Qualcomm reports improvements in revenue, earnings

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc.'s financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 reflect improvements in revenues, income and earnings.The company reported revenues of...

AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile form joint roaming agreement

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a joint roaming agreement designed to increase coverage of their respective GSM/GPRS networks.AT&T Wireless...

Mforma provides content services to Boost

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Mforma Group Inc. said it's providing WAP mobile content, including games and location-based services, to Boost Mobile L.L.C. Mforma added that nearly half...

Wavecom releases new development tool

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom's latest applications development tool, version 2.0 of the MUSE Platform Open AT, is now available.The tool will allow developers to embed applications...

Siemens reports $60M profit in wireless division

MUNICH, Germany-Although Siemens AG suffered a loss in net income, its wireless division reported a group profit of $60 million in the second quarter...

Qualcomm reports earnings, to exit Vésper

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm's financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 reflect improvements in revenues, income and earnings.The company reported revenues of US$1 billion,...
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