Yearly Archives: 2003

Japanese chips sales on rise

TOKYO-Sales of Japanese chips may rise to 17.3 percent from April 2002 to April '03 $9.06 billion, according to the Semiconductor Equipment Association of...

Qualcomm names high school contest winners

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. named two high school students as the winners of its Wireless Technology Touchdown contest, which called for ideas on how wireless...

Verizon credit ratings affirmed by Fitch

NEW YORK-Fitch Ratings affirmed its A+ senior unsecured rating for Verizon Global Funding and A+ implied senior unsecured rating of Verizon Communications Inc., noting...

MSN Mobile launches U.K. picture messaging service

LONDON-MSN Mobile in the United Kingdom launched a new picture text messaging service through a partnership with FunMail Inc. and conVISUAL.The service will be...

ArrayComm demos seamless handoff via i-BURST

SAN JOSE, Calif.-ArrayComm Inc. demonstrated the seamless Internet session hand-off between two base stations using its i-BURST technology near its San Jose, Calif., headquarters.During...

Harris net income declines slightly

NEW YORK-Harris Corp. closed out its second quarter, which ended Dec. 31, with a slight decline in net income, a steady state in net...

Intel sells Trillium assets

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Intel Corp. has sold the software assets and intellectual property rights of subsidiary Trillium Digital Systems Inc. to Continuous Computing Corp."The asset...

Lufthansa, Boeing launch in-flight Wi-Fi service

FRANKFURT-Lufthansa and Boeing have launched Lufthansa Flynet, allowing airline passengers high-speed connectivity to laptop computers for accessing the Internet as well as sending and...

T-Mobile U.S.A. exec resigns

WASHINGTON-Brian O'Connor, vice president for legislative and regulatory affairs at T-Mobile U.S.A., has resigned to pursue opportunities elsewhere in the private sector. O'Connor said...

France Telecom sells $5.8B in bonds

NEW YORK-France Telecom dug itself out of a deep hole when it sold $5.8 billion in euro-denominated bonds after raising the deal size...

Matav Digital of Israel to offer cable messaging

WOODBURY, New York, United States-Messaging supplier Comverse said Israeli cable television provider Matav Digital selected its e-mail server to expand its unified communications services...

Lucent reaches CWA agreement

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has reached a tentative agreement with the Communications Workers Of America to increase wages and update its...

Software solution helps maintain voice quality

NEW YORK-Psytechnics, San Jose, Calif., is selling its new PESQ Tools for determining the root cause of voice quality problems associated with speech quality,...

Globalstar reports debtor-in-possession financing

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Satellite phone service provider Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. reported an agreement with New Valley Corp. to provide Globalstar with $55 million in debtor-in-possession...

Nextel Partners offers phase one Nationwide Direct Connect

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported phase one availability of Nationwide Direct Connect service in certain markets, following a similar announcement earlier this week from...

Intel beats forecast

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. announced an upbeat fourth-quarter result with a net income of $1 billion, or 16 cents per share, beating an optimistic market...

Nortel wins 3G contract in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has been selected by Asian Pacific Broadband Wireless to build what it describes as Taiwan's first cdma2000 1x...

One Voice gets European contract

SAN DIEGO-One Voice Technologies Inc., which develops wireless voice products, announced it scored a contract with an unnamed European wireless operator."Our team has been...

BlackBerry to enter Spanish market

WATERLOO, Ontario-Telefonica Moviles Espana, a subsidiary of the Telefonica Moviles Group, will sell Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail device starting in the...

Orange investigates security problems with SPV

LONDON-Orange is looking into possible security breaches in its new SPV smart phone, according to reports. The device is the first to use Microsoft...

Dynamic Telecom unveils W-CDMA scanning receiver

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Dynamic Telecommunications Inc. introduced a dual- band 850/1900 MHz version of its W-CDMA Scanning Receiver for network testing in the United States."The...

Music groups pulled in $71M from ring tones in ’02

ESSEX, United Kingdom-Music groups collected $71 million from ring tone sales last year, a 58-percent increase from the previous year, according to an executive...

OMA certifies OZ product suite

MONTREAL, Canada-Instant messaging company OZ Communications Inc. said its suite of products has again been tested officially compliant with the Open Mobile Alliance's Instant...

Comverse to replace Matav Digital server

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse said Israel's Matav Digital has chosen its e-mail server to replace and expand its current unified communication services offering.Matav Digital's users with...

Zyray Wireless to appear at ChinaTech conference

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Zyray Wireless will take part in a panel on third-generation wireless at the ChinaTech 2003 Conference taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan....
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