Yearly Archives: 2003

Roto-Rooter chooses Gearworks, Nextel for field solution

CINCINNATI-Roto-Rooter Inc. said it will install wireless solutions using Gearworks Web-based applications and Nextel Communications Inc.'s handsets and network for its more than 1,500...

Lucent narrows loss

MURRAY HILL, N.J.- Telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. posted its 11th consecutive quarterly loss while reaffirming its forecast to break even in the...

Wireless Networks inks deal with Marketlink

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Wireless Networks Inc. has signed an agreement with Marketlink Technologies L.L.C. to market and sell its entire product line to distributors, value-added...

Regulator rulings to trim Telenor’s margins

OSLO, Norway-Norway's leading operator and former telephone monopolist Telenor has suffered a series of regulatory rulings that will bite into the company's profit margins.The...

U.K. operators ordered to cut termination charges

LONDON-The U.K. mobile landscape looks set for change after the U.K. Competition Commission recommended in a report released today that the four U.K. mobile...

Telenor takes Portuguese 3G issue to court

HELSINKI, Finland-Telenor, the Oslo-based Norwegian state telecom company, has been stung into legal action in Portugal, following the "premature and unwarranted" closure of the...

Crown Castle to pay dividend

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. announced the quarterly dividend on its 6.25-percent convertible preferred stock will be paid on Feb. 17 to holders of record...

SBA reaffirms 4Q guidance

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. has reaffirmed its fourth quarter financial guidance, which it plans to officially release March 24, 2003.SBA expects to record...

XO emerges from bankruptcy

RESTON, Va.-Wireless broadband service provider XO Communications Inc. has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with significantly reduced debt and...

Vodafone withdraws from Dutch bidding

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reportedly has pulled out of the bidding for rival British-based wireless operator Mm02 plc's Dutch wireless operations due to cost concerns...

EDS endorses Aether Systems in resale agreement

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. scored a massive deal with technology services giant EDS, under which EDS will manage and resell Aether's wireless technologies...

Handspring revenues well below expectations

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Treo maker Handspring Inc. reported a dreary quarter, with revenues coming in far below some analyst expectations and warnings of further problems...

S&P cuts Crown Castle rating

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut its rating on Crown Castle International Corp. to a "B-" and said the outlook for the company,...

Mobile Ecosystem index predicts downturn will continue through first half

WELLESLEY, Mass.-The Mobile Confidence Index developed by Mobile Ecosystem projects the wireless industry downturn will continue through at least the first half of this...

Alcatel announces two GSM contracts

PARIS-French supplier Alcatel Corp. announced two infrastructure wins on Thursday.Alcatel said it will supply Ikatel, the second GSM operator in Mali owned by Sonatel/France...

Bouygues Group to up stake in telecom subsidiary

PARIS-French company Bouygues Group, which operates France's smallest mobile operator, announced plans to buy 16 percent of its telecom subsidiary from Germany utility Eon...

Philips to supply video technology to Wind

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Philips Electronics said its video and playback encoding software is being used by Italian mobile operator Wind for its multimedia message service...

Microsoft reports higher quarterly revenues

REDMOND, Washington, United States-Microsoft reported revenues of US$8.5 billion for its second quarter, up from the US$7.7 billion it scored in the same quarter...

Reports: Interest in O2 Netherlands wanes

LONDON-Vodafone Group has ended talks with MmO2 regarding its Dutch mobile subsidiary, according to international press reports. Deutsche Telekom is the only named company...

Russia allows Svyazinvest to keep wireless assets

MOSCOW-The Russian Ministry for Anti-Monopolist Policy (MAP), which last year ordered the major national communications holding company Svyazinvest to dispose of non-core wireless assets,...

Groups, operators investigate tactics to combat mobile spam

DUBLIN, Ireland-A schism is developing in the marketing world as mobile marketers insist on going it alone on measures to minimize spam over wireless...

Andrew reports sales increases, net income slips

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. reported significant increases in sales but substantial declines in net income and net income per share for its first quarter,...

Telefonica/Portugal Telecom acquire Brazil’s TCO

MADRID, Spain-The Brazilian joint venture of Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom has acquired Tele Centro Oeste (TCO), which operates in the capital city of...

Nextel completes NeoWorld acquisition

RESTON, Va.-In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Nextel Communications Inc. reported it had completed its acquisition of all the stock of NeoWorld Communications...
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