Yearly Archives: 2003

State regulators approve wireless consumer resolution

WASHINGTON-State regulators meeting in Atlanta this week passed a resolution aimed at improving wireless carrier customer service.The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners said...

U.S. Cellular launches service in Fort Wayne, Ind.

FORT WAYNE, Ind.-U.S. Cellular Corp. launched service in Fort Wayne, Ind., with supporting services, including eight company-owned retail locations, 12 exclusive agent sites and...

Virgin Mobile tops U.K. customer satisfaction report

LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. said it received the lowest number of complaints in the latest customer satisfaction report from U.K. telecom regulator Oftel compared with...

Intel drops in flash memory sales ranking

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. has recorded a negative first as it has dropped from the first place in flash memory sales to fourth place, according...

SpectraLink to pay dividend

BOULDER, Colo.-SpectraLink Corp. said its board of directors will shell out dividends of 10 cents per share of its common stock payable Dec. 23.The...

AT&T Wireless enhances mMode

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. unveiled enhancements to its mMode wireless data service, which the carrier said are designed to provide customers with faster and...

NII launches new iDEN phones in Latin America

RESTON, Va.-NII Holdings, which operates iDEN-based networks in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Peru, said it will expand its portfolio of handsets with new models...

Shareholder class-action suits filed against Alamosa Holdings

NEW YORK-A trio of law firms filed class-action lawsuits on behalf of investors against Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. claiming the carrier violated...

European operators forced to decide on competing technologies

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-A plethora of emerging technologies is forcing mobile operators in Europe to make difficult investment choices, according to a new report from Analysys.Operators...

Nortel hires law firm to review financial statements

BRAMPTON, Ontario-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has retained a law firm, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, to review the restatement of its results for 2000...

MmO2 launches music download service

LONDON-MmO2 has inked an agreement with audio compression specialists Coding Technologies under which the operator will use MPEG-4 aacPlus as the audio compression standard...

Paging industry consolidates with Metrocall buying WebLink

The long, blustery relationship between paging and messaging carriers Metrocall Holdings Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. appears to have come to a close, with...

Parks optimistic on unlicensed broadband wireless

DALLAS-Research firm Parks Associates said unlicensed broadband wireless technologies will bring recurring revenue of approximately $2 billion by 2008, with a compound growth rate...

Alcatel purchases PacketVideo network division

Wireless infrastructure company Alcatel announced it purchased the network division of streaming video company PacketVideo Corp., a move Alcatel said will bolster its video...

Alcatel demos EDGE download with Philips

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Alcatel Corp said it has joined with Royal Philips Electronics to showcase EDGE technology in an interoperability test.The companies said the...

Wireline industry threatens legal action on LNP

WASHINGTON-The wireline industry late Tuesday asked the Federal Communications Commission to delay local number portability until it is possible for most wireless consumers to...

Nextel names NASCAR marketers

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. named communications and marketing directors for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, which the carrier in June signed a 10-year contract...

WiMAX faces barriers

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Operator reluctance and general market confusion represent significant barriers to the success of WiMAX, according to a new report from Pyramid. Pyramid...

Qwest to deploy Lucent solution merging voice, multimedia

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said Qwest Communications Inc. plans to deploy the Accelerate voice over Internet Protocol solutions the vendor just introduced for...

Dobson stock approved for Nasdaq National Market

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. reported that its class A common stock has been approved for trading on the Nasdaq National Market, and the company...

XO closes first-stage share offering

RESTON, Va.-XO Communications Inc. said it has received $161 million in paid subscriptions for approximately 32.2 million shares of its new common stock in...

Alltel Telecom integrates tracking, billing systems

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Telecom Services has integrated its Repair Tracking and Inventory system with its VirtuosoPro customer care and billing system to offer wireless...

Wind launches i-mode service in Italy, participates in Wi-Fi trial

TOKYO-Following a partnership signed in June, Italian operator Wind Telecomunicazioni said it began i-mode services in Italy today based on technology from Japanese...

Qwest posts drop in wireless revenue

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. reported its wireless operations posted a 15.1-percent drop in revenues from $179 million during the third quarter of 2002 to...

Sprint PCS prepares new text messaging service, without WAP

Sprint PCS said it will launch a new text messaging service in the coming weeks, a move that will allow users to fire off...
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